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RESULT
The kit is exported and saved as a library le.
TIP
You can later import the library le into other projects to reuse the percussion kit.
Importing percussion kits
You can import library les containing percussion kits, which allows you to use kits again without
having to create them from scratch.
PREREQUISITE
You have added a new solo player in the Players panel in Setup mode.
PROCEDURE
1. In Setup mode, open the instrument picker for your empty solo player in any of the following
ways:
●
Select the empty player and press Shift-I .
● Click the plus symbol in the empty player card.
● Right-click the empty player and choose Add Instrument to Player from the context
menu.
2. Click Import Kit in the instrument picker to open the File Explorer/macOS Finder.
3. In the File Explorer/macOS Finder, locate and select the percussion kit library le you want to
import.
4. Click Open.
RESULT
The selected library le is imported as a percussion kit. It is assigned to the player from whose
card you opened the instrument picker.
Changing the playing techniques of notes on percussion kit
staves
For notes on percussion kit staves that use playing technique-specic noteheads to indicate
different playing techniques, you can change their playing techniques after they have been input
by cycling through the available playing technique-specic noteheads.
NOTE
These steps only apply to changing playing technique-specic noteheads.
PREREQUISITE
The percussion kit instruments whose playing techniques you want to change have at least two
playing technique-specic noteheads dened in the Percussion Instrument Playing
Techniques dialog.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the notes whose playing technique-specic notehead you want to
change.
Unpitched percussion
Changing the playing techniques of notes on percussion kit staves
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