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Score Edit Window
Score Edit Window
This chapter is all about editing your sequences using con-
ventional notation. Although the Event and Matrix Editors
have features that are designed for specific tasks (such as
velocity and note length editing), if you read music, there’s
nothing like being able to work directly on the stave.
Opening the Score Editor
The Score Editor is opened choosing Windows > Open
Score.
The standard elements in the Score Editor
As a reminder of what’s available, here are the elements
listed:
– The buttons Catch, Link, MIDI Out, Zoom
– A toolbox
– The bar ruler
The operation of these elements should be familiar to you
by now.
The parameter box: The Options menu is where you can
hide the parameter box from view. This is useful if you use
a small monitor as it gives more room to the staves.
When you first open the Score Editor it defaults to the
middle zoom level.
Justifying the display
The default display quality is generally quite sufficient
when just editing notes, as one is more concerned with ef-
ficiency and speed than with wanting to perfect a score for
printing. However, it can become necessary to adjust
some of the display parameters to better accomodate the
musical material being edited. You’ll find the display para-
meters in the display parameter box that’s described in de-
tail in the section Layout and Printing from page 244 on-
wards.
Click the little box next to the sequence name to open the
display parameter box for that sequence.
“Style”: The Score Styles in MAGIX midi studio genera-
tion 6 are pre-programmed standard settings for specific
instruments. Whether it’s piano or bass or transposing in-
struments such as saxophone—the Style contains,
amongst other things, the right clef, octave range and
transposition. Selecting a Style automatically adjusts the
display of the notes in the sequence.