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Note allocation in multiple staves
The term "Stave" refers to an individual line within a stave as well as all staves of a score. In cases where
it is important to be able to differentiate a score and a staff from one another, we use the term "Stave" for
the score and "staff" for a single system.
What is meant by a "Stave" can often be interpreted from this relation, for example, in a two-handed
piano piece, "upper" or "lower" systems are referenced.
Samplitude Music Studio 15 provides multiple systems, e.g. for piano notation, or entire scores which
can possibly be comprised of up to 16 individual systems.
To manually assign notes to a system, click
to move the selected notes one line on a stave higher. Click
to move them one line lower. This results in the note being connected to the line (independent of the
MIDI
channel or pitch). This manually set allocation can be undone by clicking on
"Automatic staff allocation"
When transcribing a MIDI piano recording, splitting the notes into a two-line piano system using the split
point is recommended. The points where individual notes are placed incorrectly in a line can be corrected
easily by assigning the notes manually with a click to the desired stave.
The automatic allocation of the score to a specific line is flexible. Either the MIDI channel of the note
event, the pitch, or even a combination of the two can make up the criteria. This permits simpler and
faster distribution of MIDI notes in the score line.
For example, it's often the case with some standard MIDI files that a particular piano piece's lower
system notes have a different MIDI channel than that of the notes of the upper stave. Let's assume the
notes for the right hand are on channel 1 and the notes for the left hand are on channel 2. In this case you
should set up two staves for the stave in the note stave settings. The easiest way to do this is with the
"Piano" preset. For the first staff, set the MIDI channel allocation to "Ch. 1" in the "Channel" selection
box and "Ch. 2" for the second staff. Deactivate allocation according to pitch by setting the split point to
0 (see MIDI score settings dialog).
The rules for allocation are as follows:
If the (preset) option "Automatic stave allocation" is set for the note, then the staves will be played
through until the MIDI channel corresponds with it and the pitch is over or equal to the split point.
Note:
It may happen that some notes are not shown at all as they are not yet allocated to a stave.
Multi-voice notation
Up to two independent voices can be annotated for each staff. The voices differ in the direction of the
note stems: the first voice is always with the stem pointing upwards, the second with the stem pointing
downwards. Rests are displayed individually for each voice.
Multi-voice notation can simplify the score considerably and enable multiple instruments or parts to be
displayed in one staff together.
You can set the voice by selecting the notes and clicking on the button or menu command "Assign first
voice" or "Assign second voice".
This sets the stem direction of the notes, and therefore the voice itself.
This assignment can be undone by clicking on
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