User Manual

QUICKSCRIBE EDITOR
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Hold down the Option/Alt key when dragging
notes if you want to drag copies of the notes.
Drag and drop from the QuickScribe Editor
You can drag and drop selected notes out of the
QuickScribe window onto your computer desktop
or into other Digital Performer windows. To do so,
drag the material horizontally, not vertically, as
vertical dragging is reserved for transposing the
pitch.
Cutting, copying & pasting notes
After notes are selected as described in the
previous section, they can be cut, copied, and
pasted using the commands in the Edit menu. To
paste notes you have either cut or copied, click the
staff with the pointer on the location at which you
would like to paste the material. Watch the Cursor
Information window to specify the exact beat
location at which you will paste. You can copy and
paste between other editing windows as well.
Using Region menu commands
Similar to the Edit menu commands mentioned
above. Any Region menu command can be applied
to notes you have selected. This includes
quantizing, transposing, and any other command
from the Region menu.
Changing note durations
To change a note duration, click the desired
duration from the tool palette and click on the note
you wish to change. To change several notes at
once, select them and then Command/Ctrl-click
the desired duration in the tool palette.
Automatic vs. Manual durations
QuickScribe’s transcription engine automatically
displays notes with intelligent durations that are
best for notation. The Change Selected Notes to
Automatic Durations and Change Selected Notes to
Manual Durations commands, available under the
QuickScribe mini-menu’s Change Selected Notes to
sub-menu, let you change the display duration for
selected notes.
Using Change Selected Notes to Manual Durations
is somewhat like quantizing durations in
QuickScribe without changing the actual durations
in the MIDI data. It means, “Be more precise in
how the durations are notated, instead of using
durations that make live recorded MIDI data look
simpler.” Using Change Selected Notes to Automatic
Durations tells QuickScribe to use durations which
may be less precise but produce simpler notation.
Neither command changes the duration of the
actual MIDI note event.
Controlling note spellings
Accidentals in the QuickScribe Editor are
automatically calculated by the transcription
engine.
Changing how an accidental is spelled
To change how an accidental is spelled:
1 Click the Change Enharmonic Spelling tool
(Figure 43-12 on page 471).
2 Press on the notehead to the right of the
accidental with the Change Enharmonic Spelling
Cursor as shown below in Figure 43-14.
3 Choose the desired enharmonic spelling from
the menu. Choose Auto to let QuickScribe
automatically choose the spelling using context-
sensitive note spelling algorithms.