User Manual
9.2
Use step-time input to enter a single note, chord, or rest at a time. This is especially useful for dicult passages, since you
are not tied to any time duration between entries, plus it is one of the fastest ways of entering notes.
TIP - Check and print out the Shortcuts document in the Help menu for the keyboard shortcut sets mentioned
below. This useful document would also brighten up any workspace wall...
Activate Step-Time Input
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. With your Pointer, click the instrument’s sta at the location in your score you want to begin.
» Notion marks this location with a light yellow bar and highlights other staves at this beat with the editing marker.
On a grand sta, notation will appear in either the upper or lower sta, depending on which one you click.
3. To Enter step-time mode, either:
> Press the keyboard shortcut of Windows: Ctrl + E Mac: + E, or
> Click the Step-Time button in the Transport., or
> Click the pencil icon in the onscreen keyboard or fretboard
» The program highlights the instrument from this location to the end of the score in a light beige color.
◙ Light beige highlight appears for that instrument.
Enter Notation
You use both keyboard shortcuts, onscreen instruments and the MIDI keyboard to enter notes and rests.
1. To enter a note or chord:
2. Press the keyboard shortcut for the time value you need
> If you have Notion Default US Shortcuts, it’s Q for quarter note; E for eighth note, and so on
> If you have International Shortcuts, it’s 0 for whole note, 9 for half note, 8 for quarter note, and so on with 7,6,5.
> You can also set the Numberpad to echo Sibelius and Finale durations and use those instead
3. Enter the pitch with either:
> A connected MIDI instrument
> On screen keyboard, fretboard or drumpad
> QWERTY keys (using a,b,c,d,e,f,g) - see Preferences>General>Step Time to select this shortcut set
4. To Enter a rest, simply press the Spacebar. You can also press the duration shortcut twice for a rest. This
automatically adds a rest of the same time value.
» Whenever you change time values, the change remains in memory for all subsequent note and rest entries until
you press a keyboard shortcut for a new time value.
5. To Enter a tie during Step-Time, Enter the rst note, then Shift + T, then the second note of the tie.
6. Continue this way for as long as you want: specify time values with keyboard shortcuts, specify notes/chords with
the MIDI keyboard, and specify rests with the Spacebar. When you ll up (or exceed) a measure’s count, the light
green marker proceeds to the next measure automatically.
Step-Time Input