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Chapter 11: Notation Enhancements 63

Chapter 11: Notation Enhancements

Notation Enhancements: Overview

Keystroke Note Editing.

You can easily edit notes using only keystrokes now.

By stepping through the notes one-by-one, when a note is highlighted you can

change the pitch using the cursor keys, and other values (timing, duration,

channel with other hot keys. This speeds up editing of notes. For example, you

can record a song using the Melody Wizard, which will have the correct timing

and durations but incorrect pitches. Then you can quickly step through the notes

of the song, using the cursor up/down keys to fix the notes, and you'll end up

with a Melody as good as if you had played it on a MIDI keyboard.

To use this function, you do the following:

Open up the Notation Window.

Move to the note that you want to edit, and then press the Chord Advance

(INS or DEL key on the Numeric Keypad). This highlights the current note.

With the note highlighted in red, use the cursor up/down keys to change the

pitch of the note. You hear the pitch change as the note changes. (Tip: If the

function highlights a chord, and you only want a note highlighted, use the

SHIFT-Arrow Right/Left to move a note at a time.)

Use the cursor left/right keys to change the note's start time, duration,

channel or velocity (depending on the setting of the "Right/ Left Cursor

Edits" field in the Notation Options Dialog.

Press the Escape Key (or STOP button) when you're done.

Notation range.

You can specify an upper limit of a note range so that high

notes won't result in an excessive number of ledger lines. This is set in the

Notation Options, using the setting called "Max Ledger Lines". The default is 6,

which would show a maximum of 6 ledger lines above the treble clef staff.

Enhanced Event List Editing.

You can edit events including all MIDI events

and lyric events using the new Event List. The newer event list is more tightly

integrated into Band-in-a-Box. You can edit the Melody, Soloist, Lyrics or

StyleMaker Patterns using this Event list.

The event list is launched from the Notation Window, by pressing the event

list button. You then see the event list window.