User Manual

QUICKSCRIBE EDITOR
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treble or bass clef staves. QuickScribe can also
notate multiple voices on a single staff — that is,
notes that have different rhythms happening at the
same time in the same measure. But you don’t
really need to know any of this; the result of it all is
that you get some of the best automated notation
transcription available in music software.
Displaying triplets and tuplets
In addition to being able to properly display
unquantized data, Digital Performer automatically
detects triplets and tuplets and displays them with
the appropriate bracket and note spacing. In some
cases, the placement of the notes in the tuplet may
not be accurate enough for Digital Performer to
properly detect the tuplet. If you’d like to see the
tuplet properly displayed, try quantizing the data
with the tuplet option in the Quantize command.
Try experimenting with Strength settings less than
100%, as the tuplet does not need to be fully
quantized for Digital Performer to recognize it.
However, if all else fails, quantize the start time of
all notes in a given measure to be sure that triplets
and certain other rhythms will be detected.
Context sensitive note spelling
QuickScribe’s transcription engine also takes into
account the context in which an accidental is
spelled. For example, in an ascending line,
QuickScribe will use a sharp to notate an
accidental, but use a flat in a descending line.
THE PLAYBACK WIPER
The playback wiper operates as usual in the
QuickScribe Editor (see “Auto scroll” on page 216),
with the following exception: since the
QuickScribe editor employs engraver spacing for
notes, it does not have a linear time ruler like
Digital Performer’s other editors. Therefore, to
make the playback wiper jump immediately to a
particular location, double-click on a staff at the
desired spot. To scrub, drag the wiper as usual.
Note that you can drag it vertically to jump to the
next or previous staff system. If you drag
horizontally off the end of a system, the wiper will
continue on to the next system at its current speed,
as long as the mouse is held down. Continuing to
drag left and right with the mouse will change the
speed and direction of the “runaway wiper”.
GETTING AROUND IN THE QUICKSCRIBE
EDITOR
Use the next/previous page buttons (Figure 43-1
on page 458) or the corresponding QuickScribe
Editor mini-menu commands to scroll through
each page and go to the first or last page. The mini-
menu commands have the following keyboard
shortcuts:
You can also jump to a particular page by using the
page number box at the bottom of the window.
Figure 43-2: Click the page number to go to any page.
Mouse wheel scrolling
If your mouse has a wheel on it, you can scroll the
QuickScribe window vertically and horizontally
with the wheel. To scroll horizontally, hold down
the Shift key.
QuickScribe commands
There are many QuickScribe commands in the
Commands window. These keyboard shortcut
operations can greatly speed up your work in the
QuickScribe Editor, and they can be fully
customized. For details, search for “QuickScribe”
in the Commands window (Setup menu).
Mini-menu command Keyboard shortcut
Next page N
Previous page P
First page F
Last page L