Reference Guide

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Staff View
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The Staff View Toolbar
The Staff view toolbar has all the controls you need to enter and edit notes and symbols, and
control the display of your notation.
Here’s what each button does:
Button What it does
Select tool
Select a note or notes
Draw tool
Enter and move notes and/or symbols
Erase tool
Delete notes and/or symbols
Scrub tool
Plays all displayed tracks as you drag the cursor forward or backward
Zoom Out
Zooms out by a fixed percentage, both horizontally and vertically
Zoom fader
Zooms in or out by the amount and direction that you drag it
Zoom In
Zooms in by a fixed percentage, both horizontally and vertically
Snap button
When depressed, controls what size blocks of musical time you can select
Snap value
This field shows the current value of the Snap to Grid. When you click a note
value in the Staff view toolbar, the Snap value copies that value, unless you
override it by opening the Snap to Grid dialog and setting a value.
Fill Durations
Visually rounds up notes to the next note or beat, whichever comes first—useful
for displaying recorded MIDI notes, but not for entering notes with the Draw tool
Trim Durations
Visually rounds down note durations if they extend a little past the start of the
next note—useful for displaying recorded MIDI notes, but not for entering notes
with the Draw tool
Display Resolution
Shows the value of the smallest note you can display—for example, if it’s set to
a quarter note, and you enter some eight notes, they will display as quarter
notes until you set the display resolution to an eighth note
Staff view layout
The left side of this button opens the Staff View Layout dialog. The right side of
this button opens a drop-down menu where you can select one of two
commands: Quick TAB and Regenerate Tablature.
Pick Tracks Combo
The left side of the Pick Tracks combo button opens the Pick Tracks dialog,
and the drop-down arrow on the right side contains the Show Next Track and
Show Previous Track commands