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The MIDI editors
Clef and Key
The correct Clef and Key are set using the two scroll bars
in the Clef/Key section.
If you activate the “Auto Clef” checkbox, the program attempts to guess
the correct clef, judging from the pitch of the music.
• To set the clef and key for the lower staff, activate the
“Lower Staff” checkbox in the Clef/Key section.
Display Transpose
Some instruments, for example a lot of brass instruments,
are scored transposed. For this purpose, the Staff Set-
tings dialog allows you to specify a separate Display
Transpose setting for each staff (track). This transposes
the notes in the score (i.
e. how they are displayed) without
affecting how the notes play back. This allows you to re-
cord and play back a multi staff arrangement, and still
score each instrument according to its own transposition.
• Use the pop-up menu to select the instrument for which
you are scoring.
You can also manually set a display transpose value with the Semitones
box above.
Interpretation Options
These provide additional options for how the score is dis-
played:
Applying your settings
After you have made your settings, click Apply to apply
them to the active staff. You can select another staff in the
score and make settings for that, without having to close
the Staff Settings dialog first – just remember to click Ap
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ply before you change staff, otherwise your changes will
be lost.
Parameter Description
Clean Lengths When this is activated, notes that are considered to be
chords will be shown with identical lengths. This is done
by showing the longer notes as shorter than they are.
When Clean Lengths is turned on, notes with very short
overlaps are also cut off; a bit as with No Overlap (see
below), but with a more subtle effect.
No Overlap When this is activated one note will never be shown as
overlapping another, lengthwise. This allows long and
short notes starting at the same point to be displayed
without ties; the long notes are cut off in the display. This
will make the music more legible.
An example measure with No Overlap deactivated…
…and with No Overlap activated.
Syncopation When this function is activated, syncopated notes are
shown in a more legible way.
This is a dotted quarter at the end of a bar when Synco-
pation is Off…
…and when it is On.
Shuffle Activate this function when you have played a shuffle beat
and want it displayed as straight notes (not triplets). This
is very common in jazz notation.