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MIDI Editors
Score Editor Operations
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Score Display
The main area of the Score Editor window shows the notes in the edited parts on
one or several staves. Parts on different tracks are shown on different staves.
• If you are editing one or several parts on the same track, as much of them as
possible is shown on several staves, comparable with a score on paper.
• If you are editing parts on several tracks, they are put on a grand staff. A grand
staff is composed of multiple staves that are tied together by bar lines.
• The number of bars that are displayed on the screen depends on the size of
the window and the number of notes in each bar.
• The end of the last part is indicated by a double bar line.
All MIDI input is directed to one of the tracks, which is called the active staff. The
active staff is indicated by a blue rectangle to the left of the clef symbol.
• To change the active staff, click on the staff that you want to activate.
Score Editor Operations
This section describes the principal editing operations within the Score Editor.
Improving the Score Display
When you open the Score Editor for a part that was recorded in real time, the score
may not look as legible as you expect. The Score Editor can ignore the minor time
variances in performance and make a neater score. To achieve this, the Staff
Settings dialog provides settings that determine how the program displays the
music.