User Manual

QUICKSCRIBE EDITOR
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Working with dynamic symbols
Below is a summary of how to work with dynamic
symbols:
Adjusting a hairpin crescendo/decrescendo
You can adjust the length and angle of a hairpin
crescendo or decrescendo as shown below:
Figure 43-18: Adjusting a hairpin crescendo or decrescendo.
Closing the Dynamics Palette
To close the Dynamics Palette, uncheck it in the
QuickScribe window mini-menu, or click the close
button in its title bar.
POPUP METER CHANGES, KEY CHANGES
AND TEMPOS
You can change meters directly on the QuickScribe
page using the Arrow tool as follows:
Meter changes performed with the mouse always
use the Only move barlines option (“Only move
barlines” on page 728), and take effect until the
next meter change. The metronome click value is
set to the denominator of the time signature
(except that for 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 it is set to a dotted
quarter note). For more options, use the Change
Meter dialog in the Project menu> Conductor Track
sub-menu.
To do this: Do this:
To insert
a dynamic symbol
Click the desired symbol in the pal-
ette and then click on the Quick-
Scribe page.
To insert
a crescendo/decrescendo
Click the Crescendo or Decrescendo
tool and then either click or drag on
the page.
To select one or more
dynamic symbols
Use the same Pointer tool selection
techniques as described in “Selecting
notes for editing” on page 474.
To move
a dynamic symbol
Drag it with the Pointer tool.
To duplicate
a dynamic symbol
Option/Alt-drag it.
To move a dynamic
together with notes
Select both with the Pointer tool and
then drag the selected notes.
To copy and paste
dynamic symbols
Select them (as described above),
copy, click at the desired location to
place the insertion cursor, and paste.
To copy and paste
dynamic symbols
together with notes
Select them both with the Pointer
tool, copy, and then paste the notes
as explained earlier in “Cutting,
copying & pasting notes” on
page 475.
To adjust the shape of a
crescendo or decrescendo
See “Adjusting a hairpin crescendo/
decrescendo” below.
To remove a dynamic
symbol
Click it with the Pointer tool to select
it and the press the delete key.
To hide all dynamic
symbols
Deselect “Dynamics Symbols” in the
View Filter (Setup menu).
To do this Do this
To change an existing meter Click on it with the “4/4” cur-
sor for a pop-up menu of
options.
To add a meter change after a
key change
Click on the right third of a key
signature with the “4/4” cursor
to get the meter change popup.
To add a meter change at a
measure that has no key or
meter change
Click on the barline itself with
the “4/4” cursor to get the
meter change popup.
Drag these handles to
shorten or lengthen it.
Drag this handle to change the
size of the opening (height).
Drag this handle
vertically to change
the overall slope.