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Score Edit Window
long. If this were to be accurately displayed in the nota-
tion, it would be unreadable, as in the above illustration.
Also, pure MIDI events have no way of communicating
whether the gap between two notes is a real rest, what the
key is, which notes are to be tied and which not, and how
the dynamics of the piece should be treated. That’s why
the automatic conversion of MIDI to notation is always to
a greater or lesser extent different from what is expected.
Fortunately, MAGIX midi studio generation 6 offers a
range of automatic and manually controllable functions
that are designed to render a readable score with the min-
imum fuss. These make a big difference, as you can see
from the illustration below, which shows how the above
example will look after applying a few of these settings:
Graphik
…and how it should look
The layout and scoring functions set out in this chapter…
– optimize the conversion of the MIDI events into nota-
tion ready for printing,
– offer dynamics signs, clefs, slurs and many other
symbols to complete the notation,
– offer text with definable fonts for musical comments,
titles, instrument names, and so on,
– offer a printing preview feature for further WYSIWYG
layout and printing.
Preparing the notation for printing
While one of MAGIX midi studio generation 6’s goal’s is
to provide a readable score without changing the MIDI
performance this is not always realistic. An example of
this is where you need to alter note lengths so that the dis-
play shows the correct note value or rest; this type of edit-
ing would of course affect the playback. For this reason,
we generally recommend that you have two versions of
your song, one for sequencing and the other for the layout-
ing/printing. This allows you to alter the MIDI events
while you are preparing the score for printing without
worrying about how this will affect playback.
The parameter area
The parameter area that occupies the left-hand side of the
Score window has the following elements:
– The track filter
– The display parameter box
– The event parameter box
– The toolbox