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1. 4Aiij 90 of MIDI port B Measure Beat 1 1 e Close General transposition by 0 halftones Tempo 120 T e Default Track Voice Part Name Chan Part Lock Set Instrument Mute Solo Volume Pan Transp 1 E FianaR 1 B L1 El Grand Piano i jjj jjj i Honky tonk 2 E FianaL 5 B Abodes E Piano n j A oO Chorused E Piana 2 f Fiano 6 B Harpsichord k Mij 100 s 0 Clavinet FIGURE 2 2 Playback Console with Voice Visibility on Changing Instrument sounds in Playback Console The left and right hand piano parts have been automatically recognized as piano and assigned the General MIDI patch of Grand Piano a Inthe Instrument column of Track 2 Voice 2 red track change the instrument to Timpani Press the spacebar or Play button You will hear that the secondary voice of the left hand will be different from the others b Move volume slider left or right to increase or decrease volume on one or more parts Close Playback Console Wa 2 2 5 Editing Chorale Many scores are written with multiple voices within a single staff line Solo piano guitar and choral music typically include different voices moving indepen sh dently in and out of measures SmartScore s voiceline threading allows for easy isolating and manipulating of voices NOTE SA TB scores will have voices separated either by opposing stems or by two noteheads joined to a single stem Many hymnals combine SA and TB to a
2. E LAF M ee FIGURE 5 5 Measure with rhythmic error 1 beat is missing Using to SmartScore X2 71 For neatness sake many scores intentionally truncate second and third voicelines Nor mally truncated voices will not cause playback problems provided notes on the same beat are vertically aligned FIGURE 5 6 Voice 2 stem down is truncated causing measure to highlight Pickup measures and measures split between systems play back without pauses by select ing Properties Tool Esc key clicking the beginning barline of the pickup closeout or split measure and choosing Play as written NOTE The red color used to highlight flag error measures can be turned off by uncheck ing Show Error Measures under the View menu 5 2 3 Inserting Notation Symbols Musical symbols can be selected from one of several floating tool palettes posi tioned on the left side of the screen Symbols with multiple values are grouped inside a single master button identified with a small arrow By holding down any button containing an arrow the entire set of selectable symbols will expand to the right rm Pr LI FIGURE 5 7 Expandable Palette Buttons Notes and Rests 5 2 4 Quick select Ctrl Click You can select any symbol on a page without having to find it in a palette Hold the Ctrl key down and click on any object The cursor will inherit that object s properties Using to SmartScore X2 78 5 2 5 Insert m
3. 0 cee eee ee eee 62 Adding instruments llle 63 Add elr um Irae KS e oae oases md CER 63 DIVITIS ie De hte wags e tdeo tuac Side wad tae hs ido Seu rcd Et 63 ENF Graphical controllers 0 0 0 0 e eee eee eee 63 Velocity Controller 2345 2205 c40 5025600800054 SEE a 64 Tempo C OBDtroller ressa dapib he E ad A ed diode 64 Normalize controllers 0 2 ccc eee eee 65 Working with Finale and other scorewriters or programs 66 Converting SmartScore files to other file types 66 Maintaining playback continuity 0 00 aee 66 Merging Systems uus ERR Indre towed hs 66 Restoring a missed or invisible staff line 67 Reinking parts ons cts ede tn xo LG ede he a a deg ee ek arn o 69 3rd party VST Windows and AU Mac audio setup 71 MIDESSIUD ziii eaa pu patiotik a dr mtd 22 Audio MIDI Setup Macintosh 0005 73 Basic Score Editing 74 Navigating Inside an ENF Document 74 JACUVCSLOEEIHIIG 5 id o deg dw da aut dad dubie dw cee bend Sacks 74 Pase View DISDIAY a 2d dir ber wd bent E bo eS Aine ha eas 74 Scan View Window 0 00 cc cee ee ee ees 75 ZOOM etian acid S EA eA E AE dus E A N 76 lun e rr TET 76 Status Bar ODLHODS 35 25 43 cata eee od eh EAS E ataca es 76 Editine the MUSIC ues aoo met eos te edu HOT I IS T Pitch shift INUOPe THOGO 1 9 22 4 01 9 PE CEP
4. 47 Correcting Vertical Alignment 05 47 IN or he a ash seh Se en eats alc Re Aa dc lec he cde Ge Deane ee hi 49 Repeated Verses techn hae eee her EROR CO een Pad dnb Ra 49 INuribered EndINES sirener tenn nearne Cw dee E 50 Deleting numbered endings and barlines at the end of systems 51 Change of key time and the double barline 52 unn MICI T D term 32 Working with the Coda 0 ccc cee eee 22 Working with the Segno cee ee 22 Working with the da Capo D C dal Segno D S and Fine SCS hit eda blwa tea ae E when eae Make eae das 53 Playback Properties 4 42 ook cat eee ee Resa 54 Note Properes 129r u in ere d ers eb Edd SO 54 Property Options All Properties windows 55 blur Legato Properties 2222 x psp REO EE SUED ER 55 Tempo Marking Properties 0 0 cc cence 56 Accelerando Descelerando and Ritard Properties 56 Hairpin Cresc and Decresc Properties 57 TAPED GS sack 2052 dope NOn dee 1E Bea e E ean ese E ese 57 Dynamic Marking Properties 000 0c ee 58 JTuplet PROPCIUICS 3ieu EE trn CR OE Eee ca EH RCRUB deridet 58 Multi Measure Rest Properties 000005 59 Barline Properties Pickup measures and Codas 59 Other Playback Options 22222 le RR DECRFE WE 61 Krako VIEW tore bd eee a dete Eden aoe vs 6l Instrument Templates 0 0 0 cece eee 61 Transposed instruments
5. ENF Documents Score Parts Farts Ensemble score having 4 parts ENF Documents Score Parts Farts Inserting New Score Parts ENF Documents Score Parts Farts ew Part violin ew Part violin II ew Part Wiola Original Part Cello Naming and re inking Parts to New Score Parts Using to SmartScore X2 Here is a typical ensemble score containing several parts linked to it Since all parts are joined there is only one Score Part Click on the empty Score Part and push Insert to create three new Score Parts Drag each Part child to new Score Parts par ent to deconstruct the ENF doc ument Right click option click for Mac in Properties and give a name to each FIGURE 6 6 Creating Score Parts from Ensemble scores Push Apply to New This will create a new document with 4 Score Parts arranged in order all pages of Part 1 first then all pages of Part 2 etc Playback remains synchronized Again the original ENF document will remain open and unchanged 103 7 Detailed ENF Editing 7 1 Quick Keys i TIP Refer to the Quick Keys map FIGURE 7 4 for a graphic depiction of all i SmartScore keyboard shortcut keys 7 1 1 Quick select Ctrl Click The fastest way to choose any object for inserting deleting or changing is to Quick select it first Ctrl Click on any object inside the active staff and the cursor inherits all of that object s attributes The curso
6. Time Signature Lock to Time Signature Play all measures as written Lack to Time Signatura Play all measures as written E FIGURE 4 23 Document Preferences gt Playback Play as Written In Barline Properties you can also create system breaks Codas and page breaks NOTE If the original score contains a coda system break it s important to indicate that prior to recognition SmartScore will recognize split systems if Recognize tabla ture percussion and split systems is checked in the Begin Recognition dialog For more information see Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 Using to SmartScore X2 60 To create a Coda Split system e Select Properties Tool and click on the barline that begins a measure of interest Choose Actions gt Split System FIGURE 4 24 Creating Codas Split Systems 4 10 Other Playback Options 4 10 1 Karaoke View Feel like singing out loud Hey you only live once To view moving lyrics with familiar bouncing ball a Press the Karaoke button in the Navigator palette b The Options menu allow for changes in the Karaoke display These options are ui also available in Edit Program Preferences Kamoke c Open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 for Mac to adjust tempo and change instrument assignments for parts and voices 4 10 2 Instrument Templates Instrument Templates is the source from which instruments are create
7. Using to SmartScore X2 54 4 9 2 Property Options All Properties windows e Apply changed property to All Selecting this option will update playback properties of the same mark throughout the score e Apply Setting s to All Future Files Selecting this option will permanently reset the default value for the selected property to its new values for all future ENF files e Back to Default This will reset values to application launch defaults e Reset Defaults This will return values to new installation defaults 4 9 3 Slur Legato Properties Slur Properties Extend duration E _ _ in 2Z 25 None Back to default iv Apply extended duration legato to all slurs Apply these settings in for all future files Reset Defaults FIGURE 4 14 Dynamic Marking Properties e Extend duration Duration of notes associated with the slur e None No increase of note duration Using to SmartScore X2 55 4 9 4 Tempo Marking Properties Tempo values can be changed by clicking any tempo marking with the Properties tool Changes can be applied to all tempo marks in the document or to all future instances of the selected tempo mark Tempo Marking Properties Tempo Back to default Back to default Uncommon name leave empty for default v Apply this tempo setting to all tempo markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Reset Defaults
8. a Push the Properties tool and click on the mark Allegro in Measure Move the e slider to change the speed to something slower NOTE With Apply this tempo to all similar marks checked all existing marks of Allegro will become updated to the new tempo after you push OK Editing three or more voices Solo classical guitar and solo violin scores are unique in the world of published music In most music usually no more than two voicelines are present each being distinguished by notes having opposite stem directions b Savethe file with the default name given c Notice measures have notes in three colors including green The green notes rep resent the third or tertiary voice Push spacebar to Play Hit spacebar again to Stop Controlling part names The part name Nylon Guitar overlaps the first measure To turn off part names go to View gt Show gt Part Names submenu Check Don t Show Assigning different instruments to voices d Open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 Click into Instrument selec tion for Voice 2 In the Instrument pull down menu change Nylon String Guitar to Tango Accordion e Change Voice 3 to Acoustic Bass or some other instrument f Push the spacebar and listen to how contrapuntal voices become more distinct when they are assigned to different instrument sounds Converting notation to guitar TAB a Select Properties tool from the Toolbar b Click on the yellow triangle to th
9. Cancel FIGURE 4 15 Tempo Marking Properties e Tempo slider Reset tempo value e Uncommon Name Enter an alternative name for the tempo marking e g really fast 4 9 5 Accelerando Descelerando and Ritard Properties Accelerando Properties Start in Ending in 150 Back to default Uncommon name leave empty for default E Apply this tempo range to all tempo markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Feset Defaults e Starting and ending tempos as a percent of default tempo e Use an uncommon name e g gradually slower Using to SmartScore X2 56 4 9 6 Hairpin Cresc and Decresc Properties Hairpin Properties Back to default Apply this velocity range to all Hairpins Apply these settings in for all future files Peset Defaults Cancel FIGURE 4 16 Hairpin Properties Velocity sliders Start value and Ending velocity values 4 9 7 Trill Properties Trill Properties Permutation Level 4th oth 16th 32nd Examples Whole note Half note Quarter note will create subnnotes Eighth note 16th Back to default Apply this settings to all trilla Apply these settings in for all future files Rezet Defaults cancel FIGURE 4 17 Trill Properties Permutations The number of half step movements Using to SmartScore X2 57 4 9 8 Dynamic Marking Properties Dynamic Marking Properties Volume
10. Strategy Link Accidentals to Key v Cancel FIGURE 7 7 Transposition window b Select a new target key or target clef for the score by selecting either the Key or Clef tab Scroll up or down to select a target key signature or target clef c Closest allows SmartScore to automatically choose up or down based on the least number of intervals To choose the direction manually select either Up or Down NOTE It is recommended that you fully edit your score before transposing If your score contains incorrect change of key signatures and or guitar fret and chord symbols it may be hard to Undo properly Also the scanned score won t transpose and visual checking of pitches will be difficult after transposition Using to SmartScore X2 106 7 2 1 Transposition Strategy You can choose two strategies for transposing your scores Link Accidentals to Key and Keep Line space e Link Accidentals to Key This choice will consider the target key signature during transposition If the target key belongs to the opposite class than that of the source key e g transposing from a key with sharps to a target key with flats then accidentals may be swapped to their harmonic equivalents e Keep Line Space This choice will retain exact relationships between intervals after transposition is com pleted Accidentals will generally remain fixed No attempt will be made to swap har monic equivalents of accidentals For exa
11. e Acquire Initiates scanning Same as Scan in Navigator Le e Select Scanner Opens list of available TWAIN drivers to select e Choose Interface gt SmartScore s selects the SmartScore scanning interface Refer to Selecting your scanner driver in SmartScore Windows only Section 3 1 2 for details gt Your Scanner s selects scanning software from your scanner T 11 2 9 Recognize _ This initiates the recognition sequence for recognition of pre scanned images See Scanning in Macintosh Section 3 2 on page 19 for details 11 2 10 Page Setup Setup This opens the document layout control panel See Custom document layouts Section 6 3 5 on page 96 for details e Print Ctrl P Cmnd P Print out your score a 11 2 11 Print Preview a s UFEN Check for proper page layouts Adjust individual page margins using green tabs Preview Also seen in Page Setup view Using to SmartScore X2 218 11 2 12 Most recently opened ENF files The last four ENF files are listed and may be opened by clicking their names 11 2 13 Exit Saves and closes all open ENF files and closes SmartScore 11 3 ENF EDITOR gt EDIT Menu 11 3 1 Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd Z M Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Undo 11 3 2 Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has most recently been Undone 11 3 3 Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X To view selected objects fr
12. e Mordent Click on notehead to apply a mordent Mordents play back as follows tk EE FIGURE 11 2 Mordent e Inverted Mordent Inverted mordent play back as follows j FIGURE 11 3 Inverted Mordent 7 6 2c Tremolo single double triple quadruple Tremolos repeat the note affected by dividing the associated note by four times the selected tremolo value To insert a tremolo a Select a tremolo from the Tremolo button of the Articulations palette Avail able tremolos are single double triple or quadruple Both single or beamed tremolos 4d 22nnmsnm Using to SmartScore X2 130 FIGURE 7 1 Tremolos Articulations palette b Click on the head of the note to apply the tremolo value c Adjacent half notes will join to become beam tremolos when the first half note is clicked with beam tremolo selected NOTE Beam tremolos will playback only if the applied half beam notes are posi tioned in measures as if they were quarter notes To change existing half notes to beamed tremolos e With a beam tremolo value selected click on the first of two adjacent half notes The notes will beam with tremolo mark inside 7 6 2d Arpeggio Arpeggiated chords will offset the start time of all members of a cluster and will keep them sustained throughout the duration of the chord l 1 2 r _ DL jg l lI l1 ol d oe A L j f Written P
13. type Or push one of the Recogni S tion buttons in the Toolbar or Navigator The Recognize function is also found B under the File menu b After the image is converted from PDF to TIF it will open in SmartScore s Image Editor where you can set grayscale threshold levels as well as delete non notation pages such as the title page and front matter While this step is recom mended it can be skipped each time or bypassed permanently Using to SmartScore X2 22 c A file selection window Begin Recognition will open This is where you list your pre scanned files for recognition by selecting them rearranging them removing or reordering them amp fegn Hecogotor n 4 alles LI Bogin he Begne TIF p 1 Add Files to List B Text Engish Dictionary S Hagin te Bagne TIF p gin ne TIF p Recognize tynes outs de of systems Begin the Begne TIF p 3 Beg e Begne TIF p 4 Buperess Chord Symbols Begin te Begine TIF p 5 L 9 Suppress Lyrics Tuplets Let to trpiets Save As Pedals Bowings Hymnal Fonts Ossias Recognize tabulature percussion and or split systems coda fragments Pat Lana Add mew parts tn top B Canoe Feetpoard Stiege o B FIGURE 3 2 Recognition Selected Files Options Preview d Inthe Begin Recognition window push Add Files to List Browse to where your images are stored Click on an image file to select If more than one page was scanned in the SmartScore scanning interface the file will appear as a
14. 0 cee eee 23 Removing replacing and re saving scanned pages 24 Recognittton SEQUENCES oeseri quo opc e n 24 Recognition Options 0 ec ees 25 POSIISeCOBDIDOIDE 55 5 2 0 353 Au Sed AUR Ear ea ir a rasa aS 28 Scanning Part Scores Score Parts 0 0 00 eee 28 Recognition ACCUIACY icisdeveakadeRenqec idee UE Re us 20 Troubleshooting Scanning and Recognition 31 llnprus sev dT ead ee Be odes Bee A ee Se 34 Opening files in the Image Editor 0 34 Image Editing Toolse ss red RES OR ake 34 Pase TOOLS suut un Seuruu datis es op xot aes ba daa a 35 Cut Copy and Paste functions 0 000000 38 Play Wak 64625506 ar ea OR RU eae ees 39 Working with the Aria Player and Garritan sounds 39 Notes on working with the Aria player 40 Quick Playback Tricks 0 0 ccc ee eee 4 Playing back a selected section 0 002 e eee 4 Playback Console 3 24 ahd be eub d DURER hare eee te 42 Playback Console controls 0 0 0 ccc eee eens 43 Dynamics and Articulations 0 0 c eee ee eee 44 Tuplets and Slurs Legatos 0 2 0 0 0 ccc cee 44 Voices and Playback 4222 23i RR RR beds eae E ees 45 VOICE VISIDIBB 1 ocd aco scite tdeo te tina om iod s A 45 Voice Splitting Select H 0 2 0 0 cee eee 45 Assigning instruments to voices llle 46 Changing instrument sounds on the fly
15. Cmnd S Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk 11 7 5 Save As Opens Windows File Selection dialog box Save processed or modified MIDI files to hard disk following MIDI Recording or Editing procedures Use to save selected files to directory other than the working directory 11 7 6 Show Task Window Ctrl W Opens SmartScore Task Window Using to SmartScore X2 230 11 7 7 DVD Writer Opens DVD Writer Burn window See Recording to Audio Save as file Burn to CD Section 10 14 on page 212 11 7 8 Recent 1 2 3 or 4 Automatically loads one of the last four files accessed by SmartScore 11 7 9 Exit Quit Cmnd Q Exit SmartScore Save current file Go to Windows main desktop 11 7 10 MIDI EDITOR gt EDIT Menu 11 7 11 Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd Z Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Undo 11 7 12 Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has been Undone 11 7 13 Select Opens the Select window for defined note selection 11 7 14 Select All Ctrl A Cmnd A Selects all MIDI events in every track 11 7 15 Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X Removes the highlighted notes from the score and places them in the clipboard 11 7 16 Copy Ctrl C Win Cmnd C Mac Places selected notes on the clipboard without removing them from the score 11 7 17 Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the score without deleting the existing notes 11 7 18 Paste Special
16. Opens the Paste Special window The Paste Special window offers several options for pasting the contents of the clipboard back into the music 11 7 19 Delete Del Deletes the selected section from the MIDI file Using to SmartScore X2 231 11 7 20 Delete Track Deletes the currently displayed MIDI track 11 7 21 Program Change Piano Roll only Opens the Change Instrument window Insert a change to a new MIDI patch 11 7 22 Velocity Duration Opens the Velocity and Duration window Adjust the Velocity and or Duration of the selected MIDI events 11 7 23 Create Automatic Drum Pattern If you wish to convert a MIDI drum pattern and add it to the SmartScore drum pattern library load the MIDI drum pattern file and select this option For more information see Adding custom drum patterns from ENF Section 9 5 2 on page 184 11 7 24 Convert MIDI to ENF Converts MIDI data in the currently open file to ENF notation 11 7 25 MIDI EDITION gt VIEW Menu 11 7 26 Navigator Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator 11 7 27 Toolbar Opens and closes Toolbar 11 7 28 Image Toolbar Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar 11 7 29 Mini Console Opens Mini Console transport control 11 7 30 MIDI Toolbar Opens the MIDI Toolbar 11 7 31 Synchronize Synchronizes measure sizes in all MIDI views to that of current MIDI view All horizontal resizing is synchronized between all MIDI views Using to SmartScore X2 222 11 7 32 Show Actua
17. Selector icon in the ENF toolbar and right drag to highlight both grace notes Select Edit gt Copy or push Ctrl C Cmd C c Position your cursor in Measure 24 Push Ctrl V Cmd V and click to paste the grace notes where they should be C d The pitch of the first grace note should be e not d Zoom in with zoom too M While holding the SHIFT button down drag the head of the first grace note up a step to e Transposing the key E a Push the Transpose button in the Toolbar or select Edit gt Transpose PL b Inthe Transpose window click the scroller upwards to change the target key sig nature from 1 flat Dm to 1 sharp Em c Push OK to effect the key transposition Using to SmartScore X2 8 Unifying irregular staff sizes This piece comes from an older edition with somewhat irregular sized staff lines Notice the bass staff is slightly larger than the treble staff SmartScore measures and displays staff and systems distances exactly as the original a b Unify C Locate the blue staff height tab left of the bass staff in Measure 15 Move the blue tab upward to slightly decrease staff height so it matches the staff width of the treble clef Once you are satisfied with staff and line spacing hit the Caps Lock key to lock in the active system Push the Unify button in the Navigator Select Unify System Staff and Line Spacing Based on active system Push OK Hit the Caps Loc
18. Thank you page which will give you your new ID and serial number Be sure to print this page out and store it for future reference You will then be directed to a link for downloading If you are upgrading from a previous Musitek product you will first be required to enter your previous ID and serial number b Inthe Download Product page you will be able to choose to download the complete installer SmartScore X Aria Player and Garritan sounds or just the SmartScore x product you purchased The full download installer is over 600MB and may be slow or possibly even time out if you have a slow Internet connection c If you choose to download only the SmartScore X2 installer you will be given a link where you can purchase the full DVD for 5 plus shipping DVD Installation d Insert the SmartScore X2 DVD into your computer s DVD drive Windows Inserting DVD should launch Auto run If not Push Start gt Run and Browse to find your DVD drive Double click Install SmartScoreX2 msi Using to SmartScore X2 1 oN HODE PUNI SING BODE PANI f Macintosh Insert the DVD and open the Macintosh folder Double click on the file Install_SmartScoreX2 All Installations g After successful installation launch your copy of SmartScore X Follow personalization and verification steps You will need to enter your unique Customer ID and Serial Number which is printed on the DVD box or was given to you when you downloaded the soft
19. staff is active Press Caps Lock again to unlock the active home staff NOTE Cross staff indicator lines can be either solid or dotted These attributes can be changed in Edit Program Preferences Systems Cross staff voicing line style To control cross staff beams beam collisions and flipped stems e f a beam collides with note stems or appears at odd angles after moving notes hold Shift down Nudge then click amp drag the control point on either beam end Drag beam end until it is properly positioned Stems of notes alternate as the beam angle is changed Beam colliding with Drag beam control point Drag beam control point note stems to alter stem orientation to change beam angle FIGURE 7 9 Controlling cross staff beams 7 9 6 Cross measure beaming To create a cross measure beam LL a Insert a flagged note on either side of a barline b Usethe Select tool to highlight both notes and hit the B key Using to SmartScore X2 151 7 9 7 Overlapping or offset noteheads Two notes in different voices can share the same pitch at the same time You can choose whether note heads of different voices should overlap one another or become horizontally offset To allow offset note heads e Check off Overlap Notes in Edit gt Document Preferences gt Score Symbols gt Overlap mode Playback will not be affected whether note heads are offset or overlap 7 10 Hidden Symbols You can insert any symbol and ha
20. Back to default Iv Apply this volume to all dynamic markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Peset Defaults Cancel FIGURE 4 18 Dynamic Marking Properties Volume slider Resets the volume for the current part Range 10 to 127 General Volume 4 9 9 Tuplet Properties Divisions The number of beats to be applied to the tuplet Value The number of equal notes that would be in the group if no tuplet were applied See 4 4 1 on page 44 for more details Hide Do not show uncheck to show Value number or Symbol bracket Apply to Only this symbol or All symbols in current file Tuplet Properties Division Value E E Hide Apply to Value Number Only this symbol Symbol Only thissymbol FIGURE 4 19 Tuplet Properties Using to SmartScore X2 58 NOTE Default settings for how tuplets appear can be changed in Text Symbols and Score symbols tabs found in Program Preferences or Document Preferences 4 9 10 Multi Measure Rest Properties e Measures Number of measures the multi measure rest applies Multiple measure R 2s Measure 2 Cancel FIGURE 4 20 Multi measure Rest Properties 4 9 11 Barline Properties Pickup measures and Codas Pickup measures normally begin a piece or section with a truncated measure having less beats than the time signature calls for It is often associated with a closeout measure at the end of the section Split measu
21. Bottom Left Right remaining pages Page Layout Facing Left Right pages with increased inside margins for binding Left Page 1 5 right margin Right Page 1 5 left margin Page Margins 0 5 Top Bottom Side default Using to SmartScore X2 97 Page Layout Facing with Header Page Left Right pages with first page having a 2 header Front Page Centered Left Page 1 5 right margin Right Page 1 5 left margin Page Margins 3 Top 1st page 0 5 inch Top Bottom Left Right remaining pages You may wish to create your own personalized layout and add it to the existing layout schemes To create a new document layout a In Document Layout pull down menu select a Custom Layout other than Center to Page Push the Add button Give a name to the new layout Reset the numerical scrollers on Left Right Top and Bottom or simply click and drag the margin guides inside the preview window You may also change page orientation and page type from the pull down menus on the right Push OK to create the new layout Page Setup Margins Top 10 8 4 inches Left 0 8 inches Right 0 8 E inches Bottom D 8 inches Default Centered Page Layout Page Width inches Page Height o Cl SJ inches Type of Page Letter 85x11in gt Orientation Portrait Cancel FIGURE 6 21 Default Page Margin Control Using to SmartScore
22. Choose 2 as the sequence number of the second end i n ing FIGURE 4 12 Multiple Endings e Finally click the barline that closes out the last ending Occasionally you may wish to change an existing numbered barline to a normal un num bered barline This would apply to a barline that was mis recognized as being numbered or to undo a one that had been previous edited as numbered To change a numbered ending barline to a normal barline a Ctrl click on a nearby barline or pick it off the Barlines palette Click directly to the left of the numbered ending This inserts the selected barline b Delete the numbered ending hit the X key and click to delete NOTE Repeat barlines are critical for correct playback Remember the number given to each ending represents the order each ending will play within a repeated sec tion You can have multiple Ist amp 2nd endings provided each set of endings is placed inside repeat barlines Without repeat bars SmartScore will interpret it as Repeat last section this number of times Jumps are different they are not sequential For more information about non sequential jumping see Repeated verses Section 4 6 1 on page 49 4 7 1 Deleting numbered endings and barlines at the end of systems Numbered endings and barlines at the end of systems have special properties They cannot be changed to normal barlines using the usual Ctrl click or Inse
23. Lyric Cross staff voicing Lyric Appearance Show and Print Line style Solid i d Editing V Minimize reformating MV Display Rhythmic Errors Propose auto tuplets Restore default OK Apply Cancel FIGURE 11 1 Document Preferences Systems Using to SmartScore X2 214 e Select how to display part names Choose how to abbreviate part names and whether to show or don t show part names e Change options for showing measure numbers e Change whether or not to display clefs in every system e Select whether to show and or print lyrics e Change the line style for cross staff voicing e Editing Defaults may be turned off Minimize symbol repositioning when reformatting music Display rhythmic errors highlight measures in red Suggest Auto tuplets after the same rhythmic grouping is inserted more than twice e Score symbols Change display options for e Triplet bracketing square arc none e Note overlap control overlap voices or offset noteheads e Rehearsal symbol display numbers or letters e Page number e Change display options for page number display visibility and position on the page e Chord symbols Change display options for chord symbols and fretboard font type size and color fret board size scaling and how chord symbols will be displayed e Show both chord name and guitar fretboard symbols e Show only guitar fretboards e Show only chord names e Show neither chord nor
24. Section 8 2 2 on page 165 e Use Rehearsal marks to enter string numbers with in circles e Use Nudge mode Shift to position inserted symbols exactly Using to SmartScore X2 171 8 4 2 Document Preferences Non lyric and non text symbols e g dynamic and tempo markings which appear as text are also editable Default font size and behavior of symbols can be changed in Document Preferences To edit Text Symbols Open Edit Document Preferences The Text Symbols tab appears as follows Document Preferences LX Text symbols Font name Bold Italic Underline Size in 7 Multimeasure rests Times New Roman vi lv I E E Tuplets Times New Roman N v E E 00 Dynamics Times New Roman vy iv Iv a fi 00 Coda markings Times New Roman iv iv L E 00 Tempo Times New Roman Y iv iv a 100 Expression Times New Roman a iv E 100 Text styles Restore default OK Apply Cancel FIGURE 8 7 Document Preferences gt Text Symbols tab To edit Score Symbols font characteristics Open Edit gt Document Preferences gt Score Symbols tab 8 4 3 Bracketing W Instrument families are grouped with the use of brackets Grand staff and braces are recognized whenever possible Use Bracketing to assign braces grand staff brackets and to join selected parts into barline groups in an ENF document This feature can be also be used to change the behavior of brackets and barlines For
25. changing 47 MIDI Menu Items 230 MIDI Setup Mac 73 MIDI to ENF 155 miniatures scanning 22 Mini Console 41 Using to SmartScore X2 247 modes Hidden symbols 152 Insert or change a symbol 79 Lyric 162 Nudge 120 Text 164 mordent editing 128 playback 130 Multi measure rest properties 59 multi measure rests 124 music editing 77 MusicXML 66 88 216 N navigating around ENF 74 navigating ENF screens 153 Navigator 143 242 NIFF 218 normalize graphical controllers 65 notation display 227 image association 225 notes 240 adding to existing 80 adjusting stems 120 associated with lyric block 162 Auto spacing 148 change 79 changing pitch 77 120 changing values 104 color 148 color properties 216 deleting 79 dotted 125 editing beamed 81 editing clusters 80 grace notes 125 insert change amp delete 104 inserting 124 inserting and changing 79 moving horizontal 120 overlap or offset 27 152 215 properties 54 punctuation 121 Quick select 8 splitting 45 143 stem direction 79 142 swap position of 150 Nudge mode 120 barlines 91 121 moving multiple symbols 120 repositioning measures 121 reshaping angles 120 special functions 121 text 166 numbered endings 50 deleting changing 51 O online help 229 optimize score size 99 optimized systems 69 109 118 221 Ossia 113 Ossias 26 overlap offset notes 152 P page add empty 112 222 page layout centering 9 page number display 215 Using to SmartScore X2 248
26. emma pep rae 2 dir X J FIGURE 6 19 Document Page Setup Center on Page c Push Apply Score pages in the background update with changes NOTE Each page can be fine tuned by dragging either of the frame tabs in the left mar gin up or down Use the bottom scroller to view and reposition each page up or Using to SmartScore X2 94 down if necessary Once you are satisfied with the layout of your document push OK 6 3 2 Changing default margins Page margins can be changed in the Page Setup window after selecting a layout choice and page type orientation Changes to margins must be made on a page by page basis FIGURE 6 20 Document Page Setup Center on Page e In Page Setup change margins of each page by moving tabs inside the vertical and or horizontal rulers NOTE Changing margins is done on a page by page basis Tabs inside vertical and hori zontal rulers will affect only the active highlighted page Move cursor over a page to make it active To change width of a single system see Vertical Refor matting Line staff and system spacing using tabs Section 6 2 on page 92 6 3 3 Changing page orientation of an ENF score To change page orientation of an entire ENF score e g from Portrait to Landscape a If you are changing layout from Portrait to Landscape you should increase the number of measures per system e g from 4 to 7 If Landscape to Portrait decrease the
27. from the beginning or return to the beginning To have playback return to the beginning of the piece and play through to the end e Select the D C button from the Barlines and Repeats palette D S dal Segno means from the sign or return to the sign To have a final repeat or ending return to the Segno and play through to the end a Select the D S button from the Barlines and Repeats palette b Click on the desired barline to insert the D S sign Fine means ending It is usually placed in the middle of a repeated ending and terminates the song To have the last repeat stop return to the Segno and continue on to the end of the piece a Insert a Fine sign by clicking on the barline that marks the final end point b Select d s al Fine meaning from the sign to the end from the Barlines and Repeats palette c Insert either the d s al Coda or d s al Fine mark by clicking the barline where the ast repeat is to begin To have the final repeat or ending return to the beginning and play through to the Fine e Place the Fine sign at the appropriate barline Select and insert d c al Fine in a mea sure following the Fine sign Repeat signs ending markings including Codas and Segnos are found in the Barlines and Repeats palette Using repeat signs properly will alter playback accordingly Using to SmartScore X2 53 4 9 Playback Properties Playback values of dynamic and articulation marking
28. i To insert a rest choose a note value and hit Enter or right arrow 10 10 Virtual Drum Kit In any MIDI view you can record your own drum tracks onto existing tracks using noth ing more than your computer keyboard To activate Virtual Drums go to the Realtime menu and select Virtual Drum Kit See Virtual Drum Kit Section 9 6 on page 185 for more details 10 11 Playback Considerations after MIDI Editing If you return to the ENF view after editing in the MIDI environment playback will retain changes made in MIDI views until the ENF display is updated with MIDI Refresh If notation is subsequently edited in ENF or if MIDI Refresh is selected you will be given a choice of A Keeping current MIDI playback B Refreshing ENF and clearing previous changes made in MIDI or C Saving the current playback as a MIDI file 10 12 MIDI to ENF SmartScore accepts any Standard MIDI file and converts it to an ENF file Turn to MIDI to ENF Section 7 12 for details 10 13 Saving MIDI Files When saving a MIDI file remember that you are not saving a music notation file The more humanized the MIDI file sounds the less likely it will appear correctly when imported into a music notation application such as SmartScore Saving SmartScore files derived from scanning will normally give reasonably good results because the music is already quantized into discreet start and stop times To save a SmartScore MIDI file a Select FILE
29. in order to attain required resolutions dpi some scanners will actually re scale the size of the image An 8 5 x 11 page may end up becoming 9 x 13 Since SmartScore matches the size of music scanned exactly the resulting ENF file may print off the page If this is the case you can optimize the size of the SmartScore frame to fit precisely inside the margins of your default page size and orientation To re scale optimize your ENF pages a Center the score on the page See Page Centering Section 6 3 1 on page 94 b Go to File gt Format Score Check Scale score Push Find Optimal OK _ 2s z Format Score QI v Set num of measures per system to Setup indents Indent of first system 0 548 inches V Setup spacing Over staff 1 474 inches Below staff 9 22 inches Scale entire score Find Optimal 85 Apply pun Ok j Cm jJ FIGURE 5 13 Format Score window Using to SmartScore X2 86 TIP The Reset Workspace button or F1 key will reset all windows and palettes to their default startup positions It s useful if your workspace gets messy P 5 6 Saving and Exporting ENF Files You can save the current ENF file at any time by pushing the Save button in the S Toolbar or by hitting Ctrl S Cmnd S for Mac 5 7 Working with Finale and other scorewriters or programs If you already own a version of Finale or Print Music with Sm
30. oT EB Gm X e s o FIGURE 10 2 MIDI Toolbar 10 1 3 Closing MIDI Views Each MIDI view Overview Piano Roll and Event List has its own close icon in the upper left hand corner of the window Click to close an active MIDI view window Or select File gt Close Closing the last MIDI view will return dis play to its associated ENF view 10 2 Track Overview Overview provides a bird s eye view of all existing MIDI tracks Some editing Tz functions are limited 3 mu e e e e 2 P1anaL FIGURE 10 3 Track Overview window 10 2 1 Selecting tracks and MIDI events Right clicking option click Mac into a track s Name field in Overview will display the track properties Double clicking into a track s Name field will open its Piano Roll view Track Properties Name Flute Cancel Transpose 0 New Track Piano Roll Event List Delete Track FIGURE 10 4 MIDI Track Properties Using to SmartScore X2 188 The Track Properties window allows for editing of the Track Name and its Transposition It is also used to create new MIDI tracks Push Piano Roll or Event List buttons to view selected track in one of these views NOTE The Transpose selection window will actually move all the note events of the selected track by half steps e New Track will create an empty new track e Selecting Duplicate Track will crea
31. size and color of all text or lyric styles Changing the style of the lyric block will change ALL lyrics because lyric have only one style and text fields can be assigned many different styles Tesch sty be L ee Curent shh Add ee eee bA codify style E p EC 113 i T a zs a SF Salk Delete skyle za zi 7 bL vric MOTE SS eS Se F3ecoosnitiera 10 eel lars J ees Leer Recognition 1S ition 2S L lm a m Load S keles Bold Tuma Bald talc Sample FIGURE 8 3 Changing Text and Lyric styles To modify font styles of text fields and lyric blocks a Push the T button to enter Text mode Click into any text field While the cur sor 1s blinking right click alt option click for Mac to open the Style window b For lyrics push the L button and click on either the associated note or rest or directly into a lyric field Right click to open the Style window alt option click for Mac The current text style will be highlighted in the Text Style window c Click on the style you wish to change Select Modify Style and enter new font characteristics and push OR Using to SmartScore X2 165 You may also add a new style to the list for continued use later To add a new Style e Select Add style and enter new font characteristics Push OK and then gi
32. to check vertical alignments 7 9 4 Swap position of note heads Select L Occasionally you will want to swap the horizontal positions of a pair of joined offset notes This can easily be done by selecting a vertically aligned pair with the Select Tool O and hitting the L key The relative positions of these joined notes will be swapped without altering voice color or playback Note heads Note heads before swap after swap FIGURE 7 7 Note head swapping 7 9 5 Cross staff voicing Occasionally notes of one voice may visit an adjacent staff Technically visiting notes belong to their home staff but they obtain their pitch information from the visiting staff line To create cross staff voicing e Make sure the note to be moved across staff lines has its stem in the correct orientation Select S to change stem direction Hold the Shift key down and drag the note head to the desired pitch of an adjacent staff If cross staff notes belong to a beamed Using to SmartScore X2 150 group and the beam does not interfere with the movement of the notehead simply hold the Shift button down and drag the notehead into the adjacent staff to its desired pitch 2 3 FIGURE 7 8 Cross staff voicing e Notes positioned in a visiting staff still belong to the home staff To edit or move a note positioned in an adjacent visiting staff press the Caps Lock key while the home
33. 0 representing an open or unfretted string SmartScore uses an unique notation convention that not only displays the rhythmic value of each TAB numeral but also its voicing Note duration val ues rhythmic cues belonging to Voice 1 appear above the staff Rhythmic cues belonging to Voice 2 appear below the staff in red J J d 0 1 0 1 1 4 12 2 0 0 2 2 EET FTF F 4 FIGURE 9 2 SmartScore TAB notation typical 9 3 2 Change fingering configurations Changing fingerings is easily done in Nudge mode Moving a fret numeral to a new string automatically updates its fret number To reassign a fret numeral to another string a Hold down the SHIFT button Nudge mode b Drag the handle of any fret numeral to an adjacent string The number will automatically become updated to reflect its new finger position Its playback pitch remains the same Using to SmartScore X2 177 9 3 3 Editing TAB symbols To enter a fret numeral inside a TAB staff First select a note value Ctrl click on any nearby note with the desired value or select that note value from the Notes palette Position the cursor on the line you wish to enter a numeral and left click to enter the numeral as Voice 1 Right click to enter the numeral so it is assigned to Voice 2 red below staff NOTE To add a TAB numeral to an existing chord cluster position the cursor inside the vertical line of numerals until they hig
34. 104 Inserting and changing symbols C 104 Deleting notes and symbols XK 0 0 000s 104 SEIS CETOO Ol neis cn et ren eines tah One eae tn E ats 105 Using the Select Tool O to edit selected objects 105 WTAMSPOSHION 6 50 dae Sat Rice 38 quete ea tear 106 Transposition Strategy eee 107 Limit Transposition 0 0 00 cee 108 Score Proper ES odd ba em a b E eo a 109 Tarie statt SO ACTING ioa x xo Ld eR Ga dined ded 110 DIOE Properes ui acia uide bes ic eod dco vq cet cod as 111 Btackelilb sd soredco sd Cose mU qtd Sul eee ais 112 Systemi Manda s scie ebat eto dod de oie e hei abis 112 Part PADKIng 2525 deor ORE her UE REOR ERO e REND ES e eed 112 Add empty Pate 23 0 Sor ed Ed ahh wb dees tad 112 System Insert above Insert below Remove 112 Staff Part gt Insert Remove lllllllllllles 112 Score Part Insert above Insert below Remove 112 I UD Ss kM lta este tat doe nt Gee Nee le ghee MM MM IE ME 113 CIO TU asm ERA EUNDI a Ghee Bd Sae 113 System Manage iuo pau d adv Soon RD dor ob dH Pare bacs 113 Part Nae S 65 2 strc he soam bote oo racista a t cn it 114 Assigning MIDI Instruments to Voices General MIDI Playback 1112 TTC 114 Extractne Parts ss sema imeEIA QOL RES E Ed 115 Extracuns VOICOS 2 32 6 2 aed dw d RE aS PORC 116 Adding a new part to the score 0000 eee 116 SUSE SY SLOPE cocus eb E qoi dieere dona aua se atria
35. 3 1 1 Scanner Drivers SmartScore uses 3rd party drivers for scanner control These drivers are installed from the CDs packaged with your scanner Windows drivers are usually WIA or TWAIN If you encounter problems when attempting to scan locate your scanner manufacturers website download and install the most recent scanner driver before calling Musitek Tech nical Support NOTE Some users may have to select Custom from their scanner installers 3 1 2 Selecting your scanner driver in SmartScore Windows only a Goto File gt Scan Music gt Select Scanner Click on the driver name that corre sponds to your scanner Select Source Sources HP PrecisionScan LT 3 0 1 0 32 32 Microtek ScanWizard 5 5 76 32 32 VistaS can32 V3 55 3 1 32 32 WlA Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3300C 1 0 FIGURE 3 1 File gt Scan Music gt Select Scanner Using to SmartScore X2 18 Windows Users Select the WIA xxx driver associated with your scanner all in one device If your scanner fails to respond to the SCAN command try the TWAIN driver that corresponds to your scanner if one is listed 3 1 3 Choosing a scanner All scanners are not created equal Most will work well with SmartScore some better than others For an updated list of recommended scanners visit http www musitek com bundle html We ve produced some helpful videos on scanning in SmartScore along with other topics Visit our video page at www musit
36. 4 vetocy gi 2 3 6 o 7 o o t FIGURE 10 11 ENF MIDI Tile View with floating Zoom window 10 4 3 Inserting program changes Assign new MIDI instrument for playback You can insert any number of instrument changes into a MIDI track NOTE This same function inserting a change of instrument for playback can be done in the ENF notation view See Changing instrument sounds on the fly Section 4 5 4 on page 47 for details To insert a Program Change MIDI instrument change in a MIDI track In Piano Roll view position cursor and click to drop the red marker where you wish to make a MIDI instrument change a Using to SmartScore X2 193 b Push the Program Change button in the MIDI Toolbar or select Edit gt Program Change 1 1 000 N v 1 1 000 a L l Program Change 3 2 0000 Cancel Delete Instrument I Grand Piano FIGURE 10 12 MIDI Program Change Piano Roll c Select a new MIDI Instrument from the pull down menu In the Voice pull down menu select the voice number you wish to apply the new instru ment sound to For more about Voice Color Mode turn to Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 d Press OK NOTE List of instruments is determined by the selected Instrument set selected in Options gt Instrument Settings Instrument set is also able to be selected in the Playback Cons
37. 90 Step Time Recording 0 a a eee 90 Reformatting Part Extraction amp Page Setup 91 Reformatting scores in ENF view lees 91 Nudge Mode Barlines 0 0 00 cc eee eens 9 Adjusting measures elles 91 Horizontal Reformatting cee ee eee 92 Vertical Reformatting Line staff and system spacing using tabs 92 Changing line spacing and distances in the active system red EJDS cu cse id epum eae we Bao ee eM eee eae E 02 Changing staff line spacing in the active Blue tabs 93 Document Page Setup 13er eR Re RENE e ER 94 Pase Celle PIDE a po deerant dnd iru Sap dow Gtr sho ane 94 Changing default margins 0 0 00 cece eee 95 Changing page orientation of an ENF score 95 Default Page Size and Type 0 eee eee 96 Custom document layouts 0 cee cee eee 96 Document Layout Defaults 0 0 2 eee 97 Edit Format SCO 52d RHEINE IRR ATUS ee es 90 Using Score Structure to Extract amp Join Parts 100 Structure and hierarchy 0 cece eee ees 100 Extracting parts in Score Structure 0 100 Creating a conductor s score from individual parts 101 Creating Part Scores from Ensemble Scores 102 Detailed ENF Editing 104 QUEE yS uokusos io RU AE dose eats Rd aeta se tpa 104 Quick select Ctrl Click 0 0 0 0 005
38. All is only available from a Piano Roll or Event List view Selecting MIDI events using mouse click and drag can be done from any view Mouse functions work the same in all views To select a note or group of notes e Click on the individual note or click and drag to Group Select many notes To add note s to the Group e Hold down the Control key and click on the un selected note s To select note events within a given time frame a Click in Piano Roll to mark the beginning of the time frame b Hold down the Shift key and click again to set the end of the time frame The selected range will highlight in grey Using to SmartScore X2 197 10 4 8 Changing MIDI event attributes To change the start time of selected note event s e Click and drag the left edge of the note s to the position you want FIGURE 10 16 Editing MIDI note on off events To change the duration of selected note event s e Click and drag the right edge of a note to change a note s duration To change the velocity loudness note attack of selected note event s e Drag the top and bottom edges of a note adjust the note s velocity m e m mam m m m mmm ERE ES PEE ERE ERN ERN HE UNE EIS UE NUS Et Eu t Changing note velocity Changing note pitch FIGURE 10 17 Editing MIDI note velocities and pitches To change the pitch or position of selected note event s e Click and drag the center of the note to change pitch vertical drag or no
39. CCITT Type 4 a multi page single file highly compressed TIFF file format It will be approximately 10 times smaller than an uncompressed TIFF image file NOTE If you are going to open the scanned image in Adobe Photoshop you may want to save in the larger uncompressed TIFF format Photoshop does not currently support CCITT Type 4 files TIP When you Save a file to a specific location SmartScore will continue to save to that directory until you change it The same is true when you Open a file Remember that SmartScore may look in one directory when opening a file and then go to a different one when saving a file Once changed the new file path becomes the default 3 5 1 Recognition Options The following section describes options you can choose for recognition When satisfied with your choices push Begin Recognition Begn Hecogntor A f Begin Be Begne TIF p Add Filas to List Text Engish Dictionary i Hagin Te Begne TIF p 2 gin the Begine TIF p Recognize tries outside of systems Begin te Bejne p3 z C D Beg Me Begne TIF p 4 Buperess Chord Symbols t Begin Pe Begne TIF p 5 Suppress Lyrics Tuplets Lom to tripiets Save As Pedals Bowings Hymna Fonts Ossias Recognize tabulature percussion andor split systems coda fragments Join Offest Voices Wehi b Pat Laana Add new parts tn top o g g 5 m Fretboard Striege 6 FIGURE 3 3 Recognition Options NOTE If Recogn
40. ENF document Your original document will remain open and unaffected Using to SmartScore X2 100 6 5 3 Creating a conductor s score from individual parts a An ENF file was recognized from 3 part scores each having one Part per Score Part A Score Part consists of all the pages of a single instrument in a part score Some Score Parts may contain more than one Part a piano Score Part has 2 Parts and an organ Score Part has 3 Parts Let s view the structure of a part score and then combine all parts into one document Score Structure ENF Documents Score Parts Parts Voices Flute Add Reset Arrange a Show Voices Cancel Drag amp drop to reorder or reconnect Ctrl Click or Shift Click for multiselectien Right click for other functions menu FIGURE 6 3 Score Structure Typical 3 Score Part structure To view score hierarchy amp create a conductor s score from score parts b Click on any Score Part to highlight it and push the Insert button at the bottom of the window You will see a blank Score Part appear ENF Documents Score Parts Farts FIGURE 6 4 Inserting new Score Part NOTE Inserting a new ENF Document will work just as well In either case applying the change Apply to New will create a brand new ENF document leaving the original file untouched Using to SmartScore X2 101 Score Structure ENF Documents Score Parts Farts Item Properties x M
41. Error measures This will turn off the pink color which highlight measures having incorrect beats NOTE Individual measures can be assigned to Play as written by clicking the barline preceding the measure with the Properties tool and checking Play as written Editing Lyrics The first word in the second system lost the W because it was broken up a Inthe lower toolbar locate the L button for Lyrics and push it l b Click on the first eighth note in the vocal line The lyric cursor will jump to the beginning of the first lyric syllable Type the letter W c At the end of the same line find the blue lyric syllable noats Click the quarter note above it and hit the delete key Now type fI and click outside of the staff Using to SmartScore X2 14 NOTE Move to the next line down and correct the words otr and tmst in the top lyric line using the same method as you did before Hit the down arrow key to move to the next line down Now correct the words noat and yon Use the left and right arrow key to move along the lyric line In the next measure the word bough in the top line was associated with the wrong note It should be attached to the half note Use the arrow keys to position your cursor at the beginning of the word Click and drag right to highlight the word bough and with the Ctrl key down hit the X key to cut it to clipboard 40 To le tw
42. NOTE data instruments channels and transpositions of the original ENF or imported MIDI file will be maintained All playback functions are also available in the Realtime menu in MIDI or Playback menu in ENF TIP To select an entire track for cutting and pasting go to Overview and click option click for Mac in the track s Name field 10 3 3 MIDI Devices To set the MIDI input and output devices a NOTE Select MIDI Devices from the Options menu The MIDI Devices window will open r T Midi devices XR Refresh Midi Devices OK Cancel Output MIDI Mapper VST plugins Microsoft GS Wavetable Synt Use Mod Wheel Controller for Velacity FIGURE 10 6 Options MIDI Devices Click on the MIDI Input device interface you will use for recording new MIDI data Click on the MIDI Output device you wish to use for MIDI playback The MIDI device window will display all installed MIDI device drivers MIDI Mapper is the default in Windows and is most commonly used for sound cards although a specific soundcard driver may be selected from the Output list Press OK to set the selected MIDI devices as the current SmartScore MIDI sources The selected device then moves to the top of the list If the desired device is not listed in the MIDI Devices window make sure the device driver has been properly installed Check any software that was installed with your MIDI de
43. Page Setup 9 96 Center on Page 94 optimize page size 99 simple centering 85 page type orientation 96 preferences 216 page view layout 74 227 palettes expanding 7 78 part linking 66 69 109 143 Part names editing 114 showing 225 parts 239 adding new 116 extracting 13 115 maintaining continuity 66 making visible invisible 118 merging separated systems 66 naming in System Manager 114 re linking optimized 69 show names in ENF 114 visibility 111 Paste 220 page or region into other programs 88 Paste Replace 220 PDF recognition of 22 Save as 86 pedals 26 percussion 175 editing 179 noteheads 54 recognition 26 Percussion clef 139 Piano Roll 191 pickup and close out measures 11 pickup measures 14 59 60 pitch shift see Nudge 120 selected notes 105 Playback change instrument 47 changing instruments on the fly 41 Console functions 42 free rhrythm 11 hesitating 59 inserting instrument change 193 instrument change ENF View 47 jumps 52 Lock to time signature 11 59 215 maintaining continuity 66 pickup measures 11 Program change 47 242 Properties tool 12 Quick tricks 41 Randomizer 215 repeats 49 selecting a range 13 41 Playback Console 204 Set Instruments 43 polyphonic voices 9 Preferences Document 214 Program 216 Print Preview 85 94 218 printing 85 centering pages 94 optimizing page size 86 90 Program Change ENF View 47 Event List 204 Piano Roll 193 Using to SmartScore X2 249 Program prefer
44. Staffline cut off or during Restore missing staff See system scanning or was not Restoring a missed or localized during Recog invisible staff line nition Section 4 13 2 on page 67 Wrong part suddenly Expanding collapsing Reassign parts in system plays score Part instrument See Section 4 14 linking lost Display shows notes as ENF display is in Hidden Exit Hidden mode See brightly colored or with Objects Tempo or Veloc Hidden Symbols on green vertical lines or ity controller mode page 152 Velocity Con with a solid orange hori troller on page 64 or zontal line along the staff Tempo Controller on line page 64 Using to SmartScore X2 159 apOSUO gt pegiejd 6 3330 Wweag Fely ajajaq Wasuy 1o dini aba 9 9 o 19su aly I 3 8301 uopag Ways idis H ungui Hed 1 Sal 2 9 2 O uoiday PAS a8e4 0105 9 3 8301 uop ag WEY sajejdwag yuawnusu 4 MALA LOY MaN assures SHON Lugag o uoIday Pajas S92IOA Mds JONVH2 LYASNI seid ANY 414 140 TLND YM 313 13d wajsAs opisjno sanow aosan apiym waysds annoy YILSIVD se waysds juano surejureui gu 3IONIS pjou waysds annoy nu aoejday ajseg y S20IOA Papajas uor pP Sw Ay un 319 9 m su ueg SLIP xurp ay sSUOnoe asuey pue Hasuj JOY papajas saworaq palgo pay pajas yind p nu OpusgosoJ439 MUS uM a B L uoyid sSueu o
45. X2 98 6 4 Edit gt Format Score This window provides tools that can reformat the ENF score including line and staff spac ing Measures per system and even a tool that re scales optimizes the ENF frame should your scanner force re scaling the image instead of resetting dpi 3 J r Format Score Setnum of measures per system to 3 J Setup indents Indent of first system 0 548 inches V Setup spacing Over staff 1 474 inches Below staff 9 22 inches V Scale entire score o j Cm jJ FIGURE 6 1 Format Score window e Measures per system Select a fixed number of measures for every system in the score e Apply punctuation Apply auto spacing to reformatted measures e Setup indents Set indent for Ist system e Setup spacing Set staff and system spacing e Scale entire score optimize score size Following recognition and before printing scores can be resized up or down to fit the default page size This is particularly useful when scores were incorrectly scaled by some scanners e g all in one scanners correcting overly large scale or small scale ENF files To rescale the ENF score optimize page size for printing a Push Find Optimal button in Format Score window The optimal ENF page resize amount is calculated and will appear in percentage window b Push OK to apply change in page size Using to SmartScore X2 99 6 5 Open Page Setup File gt Page S
46. a 141 Keyboard Shortcuts seraa cmi na o a a eee eee 141 Eni Uie Sd stri dd ea e a TE ta E 141 OSD nce sea tod do ars a ae ce ET EE LE EE 141 LESAN cT 142 Bear directo A 662244004 bi dee n aE OP queer orb des 142 Sterm diectlOD S ie aos ok a Sale Re 142 Voice Splitting Select H 0 0 0 00 ee eee 143 Part Linking Ctrl L eee eee 143 INAVIC ALOE ucz du tns tabi Gc Sead ad dbi da aont ad Bie a 144 Open Ctrl O Cmnd M Mac 00006 144 NIC P PT 144 ReCOGiION X andere hs dope Oe aes 144 Unmb SCORE U necesse Nos He ae he E fe 144 SCUD wed oases he ae eS cut qa bee ee qtu d iP apee qus 146 PDCP Wa urs e dcin are m tomas qe Dedi dtr helene aes 146 DCOLG serri Scoto us na pata ee eee ee E eee ee 146 ISCCOEG atouts dialect ito utt caos T UR dns dc ee 146 Karaoke VICW dereka dahr kar E url d debeo idc bad 146 MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I for Mac 146 DD nr T ep k eles Be Pa a Seed a a ba Ss oS a aa 146 CD Buri s n d ee este eee eee aes qd Bara 147 AUlO BCAMINS 5 33 50 deed ebinades tered dp dp Pad 148 AOS PACU 255 is hee dca te odes Teu RUE do dU CE EORR a 148 Working with Contrapuntal Voices 0 0 eee 148 VOICE COLORS od odas erar dean dt E eee enka dus d 148 Overriding voice color assignments luuun 148 Checking vertical alignment of voices 150 Swap position of note heads Select L 150 Cross stalf V
47. a virtual MIDI drum track a Open MIDI View Using to SmartScore X2 185 b Right click inside any number the Track Number column Select New Track A MIDI Record view will open Test drum sounds by hitting the center keys on the two front rows of your computer keyboard d When ready hit the Record button You will hear a metronome sound for one measure Playback and drum recording begins e Hit Stop when finished Close the MIDI window to return to ENF 9 6 2 Defining Virtual Drum Kit To change a MIDI drum and link to your computer keyboard a Select Options gt Virtual Drum Kit Definition Virtual Drum Kit Definition Instrument Key Change Key Open Triangle Low Conga Open Hi Conga Tambourine change Instrument Hide Cymbal 1 Crash Cymbal 1 Hi Mid Tom Tene Open Hi Hat Z Low Tom Fedal Hi Hat Press the key to be assigned to the instrument You can use SHIFT of CTRL as modifiers Default es aa fs FIGURE 9 5 Virtual Drum Kit Definition b Click on an instrument key in nstrument list To reassign a MIDI drum instrument push Change Instrument and make another MIDI drum selection in the pull down menu d Toreassign a keyboard key for that instrument push Change Key and press any keyboard key to be linked to that instrument e When finished press OK To add a MIDI drum and link it to your computer keyboard a Push Add Press a key to become assoc
48. active staff 151 preferences 214 Ctrl A Select all 45 143 221 D da Capo 53 dal Segno 53 darkness scanning 21 defaults restoring 216 delete 79 104 105 barlines at the end of staff 51 beamed note 81 entire part 118 note s from cluster 45 80 143 notes and symbols 104 numbered endings 51 82 140 selected group of objects 105 when all else fails Tip 105 descelerando 56 display page view 74 document layout 94 custom 95 document preferences 172 214 dot of prolongation 125 241 delete 12 draw tool freehand 36 drums automatic drum patterns 183 virtual 185 working with 175 duplicate parts TAB 179 dynamics 241 markings 134 properties 58 range 153 Dynamics palette 133 Using to SmartScore X2 244 E Edit Format score 99 EDIT menu 219 endings numbered 49 simple numbered 50 ENF 242 add new page 76 222 blank templates 90 bracketing 172 cascade windows 228 CD recording 212 clone document 228 Cut Copy and Paste 219 editing files 19 file formats 87 Graphical Controllers 63 header 174 image association 225 orientation of score 96 paging 155 playback 41 Preferences 214 reformat 91 region to copy 85 scoring 66 88 status bar 76 System Manager 113 tempo marking 222 tile windows 228 using scrollers 155 visibility of parts 118 warning preferences 216 Zoom 76 192 195 ENF MIDI remove articulations 218 ENF playback 39 real time settings 43 ensemble 239 creating pa
49. are selected 5 2 12 Barlines a While in the Insert mode hit the I key or select any barline from the Bar lines amp Repeats palette b Click anywhere in the active staffline to Insert a barline 5 2 12a Deleting changing barlines at the end of systems Deleting a barline at the end or beginning of a system will cause that measure to roll up or down to an adjacent system Follow this step to delete or change a barline type that ends or begins a system To change a barline at the end of a system to another barline type a Insert the desired barline type to the left of the barline that you wish to remove Delete the barline X key then click The measure will shift slightly to the left but not roll to an adjacent system 5 3 ENF Symbol Properties The Properties tool is found in the Toolbar Certain playback and display proper ties of most symbols can be edited by clicking with the Properties tool Changes can be applied to all similar symbols in the score as well as all identical symbols created in future files 5 3 1 Score Properties Options for changing the structure and formatting of your score such as staff spacing and adding and deleting parts can be found in the Score Properties window Select Score Properties from the FILE menu Or with the Properties tool selected Score Properties is opened by right clicking anywhere inside a staff line For detailed description of the Score Properties wi
50. bound or stitched together Page margins and system widths will be altered depending the page size and orientation of the layout scheme you select Since pages will probably become reformatted you may see systems move from page to page We recommend that you correct edit the full score first while the TIF ENF panes are still synchronized NOTE In the English version Page Type size is Letter In European versions A4 is the default page type The default for Page Type can be reset in Edit Program Preferences e To select an alternative custom document layout Select the layout you want to apply from the Document Layout pull down menu as described below Using to SmartScore X2 96 Document Page Setup Document Layout Available Letter 8 5 x 11 in Layouts Loose Leaf Y Page Types Default Right Letter Portrait Letter 8 5x 11in Page Orientation Portrait v Page Layouts for Document Page Alignment Default Centered Letter Portrait T Add Edit Remove v Minimalize reformatting x e 6 3 6 Document Layout Defaults Page Layout Loose Leaf Single sided pages with music centered in the middle of the page Page Alignment Centered Page Margins 0 5 Top Bottom Left Right Page Layout Loose Leaf with Header Page Single sided centered pages with first page having a 2 header Front Page Centered Page Alignment Centered Page Margins 3 Top 1st page 0 5 inch Top
51. chord symbols automatically transpose with key transposition Refer to Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols Section 8 3 1 for details 11 3 23 Transpose Ctrl T Cmnd T Transpose your score by key or by clef Limit to a part a voice or select a range Refer to Transposition Section 7 2 for details 11 3 24 Edit Mode e Zoom e Select tool Ctrl O Cmnd O e Insert Change See Insert mode Section 5 2 5 on page 79 e Delete See Deleting notes and symbols X Section 7 1 3 on page 104 e Vertical Alignment Y See Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 on page 148 e Beam Notes B See Convert a sequence of flagged notes into one beamed group under 7 1 5 on page 105 e Split Voices H See Voice Splitting Select H Section 4 5 2 on page 45 Using to SmartScore X2 223 e Flip Stems S See Stem direction S Section 7 7 5 on page 142 e Delete Selected Ties Articulations G See Select tool O Section 7 1 4 on page 105 11 4 ENF EDITOR gt VIEW Menu 11 4 1 Toolbars e Navigator e Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator e Main e Opens and closes Toolbar e SmartScore e Opens and closes Toolbar e Image e Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar e Text and Controllers e Opens and closes the Toolbar containing control buttons for text and graphical controllers e Mini Console e Opens and closes the Mini playback console in ENF view e MIDI Toolbar e Opens
52. clef should all be 8th notes not 16ths We will use Quick select to fix it without having to go back to the tool palette a Position you cursor over the middle note of the 8th note beam group in the next measure Measure 2 until it highlights yellow With Ctrl button down click on it Notice the cursor immediately becomes a middle beamed 8th note This action is called Quick select With Ctrl down clicking on any object will inherit its attributes You may find Quick select to be the fastest and easiest method for selecting most musical symbols while editing NOTE ue b Position you cursor over the first 16th beamed note in Measure 3 until it high lights yellow and click on it The note will change to an 8th beam Notice the measure s pink color disappears This means there is no longer a tim ing error in the measure Push the Space bar to begin playing the piece To pause hit Space If the target note turns light blue a new note will be inserted Only objects that highlight yellow will become changed If a mistake is made push the Undo but ton or Ctrl Z Cmd Z for one button Macs Copying and pasting several notes at once Pitch shift In Measure 23 notice a grace note was mis recognized again as a quarter note a Hitthe X key and click to delete the first incorrect quarter note b Zoom out right click and return your cursor to the beginning of Measure 1 Hit the O key or push the
53. courtesy accidental is bounded by parentheses and acts as a reminder that a note has an accidental To insert a courtesy accidental Press the parentheses button when any accidental is selected before clicking a notehead Using to SmartScore X2 126 7 6 2 Articulations palette Articulations affect the playback of selected notes These include slurs turns fer matas mordents trills accents and tremolos 7 6 2a Slur Legato Note durations associated with slurs are increased about 10 giving an overlap ping or connected effect when played back To insert a legato slur a Push the Legato button in the Articulations palette b Drag to select range of notes to be associated with the legato Dragging down ward places the legato above notes Dragging upward positions legato under the notes c Inserting Slurs and Tuplets Detail Inserting and deleting slurs and ties are very similar While in the Insert mode select a triplet TI key from the Notes palette or select Legato from the Articulations pal ette Creating a triplet Creating a slur FIGURE 7 1 Creating a Tuplet or Slur legato a Click and drag down to insert the tuplet or legato above the notes to be selected b Click and drag up to insert the tuplet or legato below the notes to be selected Using to SmartScore X2 127 To insert expression marks Many common expression marks can be inserted
54. dase oa 118 Pare VES uen nc dake clark dese anced Been ux DEAS We oig 118 Delene Datts c ton ede Sade dae ewe eae kle E ece es 118 Instrument Templates 0 0 cece eee 119 PORMAU DS COLE ocu qase Grint omer anata bee a 119 Applying changes in System Manager to the score 119 Nudge mode Shift button 0 0 0 eee ee eee 120 Chansine note picnes 4 42 0304 educ e Por ebd hie 120 Moving notes and rests horizontally 120 Resizing beam angles and note stems 120 Repositioning text fields linked to an active staffline 120 Reshaping arcs and slurs 2 0 0 cece eens 120 Repositioning measures using barlines 121 Special fixes possible with Nudge mode 121 TOOLPAlelleS sin dire n d MU SHEEP E eee Roo e Ede d 123 Notes and Rests palette 0 0 0 eee eee 124 Articulations palette eee 127 Dynamics Palette c 2o 2 sep noto PEARCE dw dened Ped 133 Tempo Palee 425v acutus m dor ea ae QE ED OE 135 Tempo Marines 25 4 2 43179599 3000029102 Una Turo Seats 136 Change of tempo metronome mark 136 Metronome mark cer eh 137 Ritards Accelerandos Descelerandos 137 Tempo controle i um eU Reb db ar ERAS ES 137 Clefs and Signatures Key and Time palette 137 Barlines palette D 4i 2 02 n REOS ERE GR os end 140 Text and to ls Dalette 2 39 55 ee Vs ee ale en
55. default Back to default Uncommon name leave empty for default iW Apply this tempo setting to all tempo markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Reset Defaults FIGURE 7 5 Tempo Marking Properties window 7 6 6 Using the horizontal slider select a new tempo for the mark Choose whether to apply the change to just the single mark all similar marks or permanently apply the change for that mark 7 6 7 Change of tempo metronome mark Creating a change of tempo is accomplished by inserting a metronome mark above the staff line where you want the tempo to change Using to SmartScore X2 136 7 6 8 Metronome mark Ihe Metronome tool in the Tempo palette also activated in Edit gt Default Tempo sets the tempo at the point the mark is inserted Tempo x 30 50 100 150 200 J 2 120 Tempo value 120 Base note quater Cancel _ FIGURE 7 6 Setting Default Tempo 7 6 9 Ritards Accelerandos Descelerandos Select the appropriate symbol and enter it by dragging the mouse over the range of notes you wish to apply the effect to Use the Properties tool to modify the tempo change over the range of notes to which it applies NOTE To view the selected range of accelerando descelerando push the Hidden Objects button Range is shown with dotted line 7 6 10 Tempo controller Another method to change tempos is to use the Tempo Controller To activate the int
56. default tempo speeds 5 4 Transposition by Key and Clef Transposing all or part of a score can be accomplished in one of several ways i The most common is transpose globally by key e g change an entire song from the key of E Flat to the key of C Other transposition methods such as transpose by clef transpose within a selected range and transpose notes only are all possible To transpose the key of be a score first check that the source key signature is correct before applying any transposition function a Push the Transpose button or hit Ctrl T Win Cmnd T Mac Using to SmartScore X2 84 b The source key signature will appear in the main window with its signature name listed in both major and relative minor keys Transpose Change Clef Key Change Pitch F Major D Minor No of 1 2 Steps from 12 to 12 E Move rests v Adjust Stems V Move notes v Transpose Symbols Closest Up D Down E Ask for New Chord Symbol No of Octaves from 2to 2 a Strategy Link Accidentals to Key FIGURE 5 12 Key Transposition c Choose to transpose either by Key or by Clef or by Pitch Use the scroller to select a new key signature if by Key or a new clef sign if by Clef e With Closest selected SmartScore will transpose to the target key up or down with the least number of intervals Choose Up or Down if you wish to make your own choice Push OK For
57. display push OK and examine changes made 7 5 2 Staff Properties With Properties Tool arrow click into any yellow marker to the left of a staff line F Staff properties for that part are shown in the window i Staff properties Partname Flute Visibility Apply staff type Apply current line spacing Open Line Staff Spacing Set number of measures Apply to Entire part o ewe FIGURE 7 11 Staff Properties window Editable properties include e Visibility View or hide active staff line NOTE Turning off visibility permanently removes all notation symbols e Apply Staff Type Change the characteristics of the staff e g change a melody staff to a TAB or percussion staff For information on creating and editing TAB and per cussion staff lines see Chapter 9 Working with TAB amp Drums Using to SmartScore X2 111 e Apply Current Line Spacing Select to apply current staffline spacing to other staves in the system or score e Set number of Systems Select number of measures per line to apply to current or other systems e Apply to Select which staff lines will have selected property changes applied Cur rent subsequent System or all Score 7 3 3 Bracketing See Bracketing Section 8 4 3 on page 172 7 3 4 System Manager See System Manager Section 7 4 on page 113 7 3 5 Part Linking See Re linking parts Section 4 14 on page 69 The
58. following sections of the Score Properties window File gt Score Properties addresses adding removing parts staff lines systems pages and score parts to the score 7 3 6 Add empty page This command will append an empty page to the end of the score 7 3 7 System gt Insert above Insert below Remove Select one of these commands to insert a new empty system above or below the active system or to delete the active system NOTE Added systems will include every part contained in the Super System See Sec tion 7 4 6 Super System for details If it s necessary individual parts staff lines within any system can be optimized or made invisible Refer to Visibil ity in Staff Properties Section 7 3 2 for details 7 3 8 Staff Part Insert Remove Use to insert a new part into the score or to remove the active staff line from the system The Insert command is identical to the Add Part button found in the System Manager see Adding a new part to the score Section 7 4 5 on page 116 The Remove com mand removes only the active staff line from the current system To remove an entire part from the score refer to Deleting parts Section 7 4 8 on page 118 7 3 9 Score Part Insert above Insert below Remove Select one of these commands to insert a new empty Score Part or to remove the active Score Part A Score Part is one of a multiple set of pages for a piece that is scored for sep arately she
59. gt Save As click the Save as Type pull down menu and select either MIDI Type 0 Single Track Multiple Channels or MIDI Type I Multiple Tracks Multiple Channels b Push the Save button A window appears saying the following Using to SmartScore X2 211 Articulations such as slurs staccatos and legatos will result in a MIDI file that will not import properly into a notation program Choose whether you want your MIDI file for importing into a notation program or for playback only C 10 14 NOTE NOTE Choose Remove or Keep Articulations according to your need Recording to Audio Save as file Burn to CD Using the CD Writer feature you will be able to record one or more ENF MIDI playback performances as a audio file or burn to a playable in your car home stereo etc In order to burn to CD it will be necessary to have a CD R CD Writ able device installed and connected to your system Some external CD DVD R devices may no respond to the Writing burn com mand In this case you should record to WAV file and use dedicated CD burning software to record CD audio For best results and sound quality it is recommended that you use the Aria player for playback whenever saving to an audio file or burning audio to CD To record ENF or MIDI files and burn them to audio CD Sie a CD Burn a Push the CD Burn icon at the bottom of the Navigator or choose Push Add Files and select one or more ENF
60. holds all existing parts in the score All parts staff lines whether visible or not are stored and displayed in this special area The Super System display is found in the System Manager window under the Controlling System pull down menu Sometimes optimized music is scored for more instruments than may appear in any sin gle system of the score If the total number of possible instruments exceeds even the larg est system in the score parts need to be added to the Super System as described above SmartScore assumes that all possible instruments are equal to the system with the largest number of parts For playback will sound correct parts in optimized systems need to be reassigned to their appropriate instruments See Maintaining playback continuity Section 4 13 on page 66 and Re linking parts Section 4 14 on page 69 for more details Parts staff lines can be added either from the System Manager or the Staff Prop erties window 7 4 7 Part Visibility Any part of any system can be made visible or invisible This is called optimizing a system This is useful in those sections where a part is tacit or silent for several systems and or pages Optimizing systems can be accomplished using System Manager or the Visibility check box in the Staff Properties window See Staff Properties Section 7 3 2 on page 111 To make parts visible or invisible using System Manager a Make sure Controlling System is Act
61. information on additional transposition methods turn to Transposition Section 7 2 on page 106 5 5 Printing and exporting your final score provides various tools for controlling print layout The simplest way to center If your score was scanned ENF pages will probably not be centered Page Setup zl V music on each page is to select the Fit to Page layout option To center ENF frames prior to printing e Open Page Setup In the Document Page Setup pull down menu choose Center on Page Click Apply _Setup NOTE Various document layouts can be applied in Page Setup For exam ple you may want to have alternating left right margins for bound Using to SmartScore X2 85 scores To explore other printing layout options see Changing default margins Section 6 3 2 on page 95 To print your score e Select File gt Print or push the Print button in the Toolbar To save your ENF score as a PDF file e Select File gt Save As PDF Windows Users CutePDF is the default PDF creator application but several other alter natives may be installed and used To select an alternative PDF creator application for Windows a Open Edit gt Program Preferences and click on ENF PDF b Install an alternative PDF creation program and select it in the pull down menu in the upper part of the window SSi Optimizing oversized and undersized scanned scores Modern intelligent scanners can and will do some unexpected things
62. invert image in the Image Editor see Section 3 9 Image Editor on page 34 NOTE Selecting Next Page immediately activates your scanner Before selecting it position your next page onto the scanner and wait until the scanner bar resets If you push too soon you may get an error message that Scanner is not ready c Push Next Page and continue to preview deskew and scan until you have fin ished scanning your entire song project section or movement Select Finish when done NOTE If the piece you are processing exceeds 10 15 pages divide it into smaller dis crete sections e g Intro Part1 Part2 etc 3 3 2 Scanner settings The following section lists image enhancement and scanner settings which you can con trol within the SmartScore scanning interface e Brightness The default brightness setting is 35 For typical printed music this setting should be fine If beams smear together and whole and half notes appear closed or blobbed then brighten the scan If the original music is faded if it is a weak copy you may want to scan even darker than the default setting SmartScore wants to see solid well defined lines that are neither razor thin nor smeared together e Resolution It is recommended that you use Auto Resolution whenever possible NOTE When scanning music with staves having different widths e g containing both standard notation and TAB staves or smaller cue staff above a piano accompa niment or if
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64. measures adjacent to the barline Symbols will become more spaced out or more contracted depending on the direction This is helpful when a particular measure becomes crowded Try it Notice that relative note spacing punctuation is retained when measures are expanded or contracted To horizontally reposition all symbols in a staff line e Moving the barline at the end of a system will compress symbols in the entire system and all relative note spacing will still be kept intact If a barline at the end of a system is moved far enough to the left the first measure of the following system will reposition itself to become the last measure of the active system NOTE For more details see Vertical Reformatting Line staff and system spacing using tabs Section 6 2 on page 92 7 5 7 Special fixes possible with Nudge mode Flag of note in secondary voice In Nudge mode Shift dragging red causes stem in primary es P ATTE red note stem downward makes wee black 10 become offset room and offsel is corrected Flagged note B secondary MEM After dragging note stem control causes offset in primary voice point downward offset is corrected FIGURE 7 18 Improving flagged note positioning by lengthening its note stem Using to SmartScore X2 121 7 5 7a Fixing offset notes amp rests belonging to two voices Notes and or rests belonging to different voices within the same vertical event will auto matically of
65. multi page list NOTE You may click on and drag image icon s to the selected files list of the Begin Recognition window Some older Windows operating systems may not support drag and drop f Preview pages prior to recognition to check that pages were scanned completely and that no page is severely skewed Any of these issues will affect recognition results Select the Preview tab and click on each page to view your pre scanned pages g Refer to Recognition Options on page 25 for details on how recognition options operate 3 4 1 Reordering the File List Notice that one file may contain many pages If you happened to have scanned a page out of sequence or if you notice pages out of order e g Page10 is listed before Page2 To reorder the list of pages to be recognized click on any page and hit Move Up or Move Down It will be repositioned Hitting Remove Files from List will cause that page to be taken off the list and will not be recognized Using to SmartScore X2 23 3 4 2 Removing replacing and re saving scanned pages If one page of a scanned group is incorrectly scanned or is missing altogether from a multi page image file Page group you may reselect individual pages to form a new page group a Select or drag the original multi page file inside the selected files list of the Begin Recognition window b Highlight a page to remove and push Remove Files from List c To add a replacement or additional page t
66. one contrapuntal voice you will see more than one instrument channel assigned to that part For more information see Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 on page 148 Column 5 Port displays the current port device to which the MIDI track is being sent If more than one MIDI device is available the port assignment can be edited by clicking inside the Port field Column 6 Lock You may choose to lock the MIDI Channel of one or more parts to keep them from being changed dynamically Column 7 MIDI Instrument Every track is assigned a MIDI Instrument The default instrument is Grand Piano Some recognized scores depending on their structure may have other instruments assigned Set Instrument This button will open the Instrument Settings window which is designed to reallocated MIDI Channels and to save and load custom MIDI instru ment settings Column 8 9 Mute Solo buttons control whether a track should be muted while all other tracks play or soloed muting all other tracks Using to SmartScore X2 43 e Column 10 Volume This slider controls the default volume of each track e Column 11 Pan This slider controls the Left Right balance for each track e Column 12 Transpose Each track can have its playback transposed up or down Note that transposed instruments will already reflect a transposed playback value to com pensate for correct pitch 4 4 Dynamics and Articulations For detailed informat
67. or go to FILE gt CD Writer MIDI files to be recorded to CD Using to SmartScore X2 212 NOTE ei SmartScore s CD Writer Files to burn SECUN isc drive No File i time prive SAMSUNG CDRWJ DVD SN 3245 AutoDetect v Drive type CD RW Read max spead N A Buffer size 2 0 MB Burn method Auto Disc burn Only test burn Speed Ox Iv Burn proof status Speed select Disc total Type No Disc Status Unknown Used space 0 Selected files Estimated space 0 0 MB v Quick erase __ Add files Lieve i Properties Bore by path Refresh Eject Erase Add Folder i I with subfolders Hd Status FIGURE 10 27 Audio CD Writer window Each selected file must undergo a conversion to an audio format WAV is the default After converting the selected file s will appear in the Files to Burn list as an audio Files may be reordered using the Move Up or Move Down buttons They may be removed from the list separately or all together with Remove or Remove All buttons Insert an unused writable CD CD R into your CD DVD tray Burn Method Auto Change to another method if you have trouble Push Burn Last Track and Finalize CD to record and finalize your ENF files to DVD All selected files will record on a single CD track To record individual tracks use Burn New Track as described below Finalizing a DVD is necessary before a c
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69. pull down menu e Use the radio buttons to activate or deactivate specific MIDI channels for selected Instrument set and Drum set The default MIDI channel for drums is 10 f Usethe Drum pull down menu to select the type of MIDI Drum set your device supports GM No Drums Roland GS Drums Yamaha XG Drums Numeric or Custom g Push Custom to create a formatted text document for displaying custom instru ment names for your MIDI device Edit to change h Save will save Custom patch names as a formatted text document TXT Save this file then open it in a word processing application and enter your patch names Then save as a text document i Load will allow you to load the Custom text file Your custom patch names will display throughout SmartScore s MIDI patch selection windows Instrument Templates and Playback Console Using to SmartScore X2 196 10 4 7 MIDI event selection Under the Edit menu choosing Select opens the Select Window SELECT x a ALT Cancel 0 1 Plano All 2 FlanoL Tracks Time Ful Frae EP El Te 14 u 1 1 000 E 1 1 000 a FIGURE 10 15 Select Event window Select All tracks or an individual track or voice to highlight for cut paste pitch shifting or assigning parameters Choose Full time to display the full length of the MIDI file or des ignate a portion of the file to display by entering the measure beat and tick into the From and To fields NOTE Edit gt Select
70. seas ow ae Sh ah Sea th BE esa os 187 selecting MIDI VICWS 52s oto ES ee tasis 187 IVT TOODA 22 sree ute soa mne eel defer ran eei 188 Closing MIDI Views else RBIRR 188 Track OVE view ien xac Sip Rose bleib RD eios bee Ro ie 188 Selecting tracks and MIDI events 188 Play ACK s 2 60 25 66 dram o9 Que Ar RO E da here eee weed 189 SACD AN octo osi ia ow dee nsatnd dakar dua Ase Gedo BE dudo 189 Mii CONS OLS iuo Sara abt aid a s er had Aa ee See SERES 189 MIDI DEVICES eussuees EX RTRQEESEERRU EE ELE EGASEE 190 Playback Range 0 E E E SAES 191 lando METTE 191 Selecting MIDI track iim ee NER ER EA de 191 Tiling ENF and MIDI views selle 193 Inserting program changes Assign new MIDI instrument for DISU DOOR aeree eati iocis ea t e Ride aa ee ee 193 Velocity and Tempo Graphical Controllers 195 SONUN T OOl m E ae 195 MIDI Instrument settings 0 0 00 ee eee 196 MIDECVentUSeleCHOM 2 2 pes Eee x e Mou ee debug 197 Changing MIDI event attributes 198 N te Event WIDndOW sd vs scene E RULAML US encase 199 Cut Copy and Paste 25 oe bi wad deed ER SERE ade 200 Im Mb r v r 201 Changing parameters of selected notes 202 Inserting note events 2 desta t ms xcii Cx acte aber be ER 202 Editing Key Time and Tempo 203 Inserting Non Note Events llllelleesn 20
71. selected symbol along with a grey dot which indicates the line or space on the staff Click to insert NOTE Use Quick select Ctrl click to select any symbol on the page including notes and rests Press any numeric key from 1 through 0 to select a particular note value Shift 1 0 will select rests 7 6 1b Cluster tool See Editing note clusters Section 5 2 9 on page 80 7 6 1c Multi measure rests a Select the n measures object from the Rests palette b Select the number of empty measures c Click in an empty measure of the active staffline 7 6 1d Tuplets T The T key opens the tuplet Rhythmic Groups Palette Triplet is selected as the default Drag the mouse to box in the notes rests to become the selected tuplet Drag downwards to insert the tuplet above the selected notes rests Drag upwards to insert the tuplet below selected notes rests For details see Tuplets Section 4 4 1 on page 44 To delete a tuplet or articulation d Ctrl click on it press the X key then click again on the object Or use the Select tool O key to highlight one or more tuplets and or legatos e Once selected push the Delete key NOTE To resize or move a tuplet bracket use Nudge mode and drag the control point located on either end of the tuplet Using to SmartScore X2 124 e User defined Tuplet Rhythmic Groups The D B tool button allows for custom tuplets Divisions Value Divisions The
72. single stem cluster To separate two note clusters into separate voices see Voice Splitting Select H Section 4 5 2 on page 45 The sample file Chorale tif is a well known Lutheran hymn with four voices Soprano Alto Tenor and Bass written in two staff lines Using to SmartScore X2 10 a Push the Recog button on the Navigator Press the Add Files to List button in the Begin Recognition window Select Chorale tif from the SmartScore folder b Press the Begin Recognition button Once Recognition is complete press Open SmartScore File and save the file c Hit the spacebar to hear the playback Quick select Hold the Ctrl button down and in the upper staff click on the green note in Measure 3 Now hit the X key then click to delete it Hit the C key and drop the selected note into the lower staff line at f3 Correct playback of pickup and closeout measures Pickup and closeout measures are commonly found in hymns and other vocal scores Notes may be correctly recognized within these incomplete pink measures but playback will hesitate because SmartScore normally locks playback to the time signature There are two ways to force such measures to play unconstrained notation free rhythm __ _ s i Push the Properties tool Esc key Click on the barline at the beginning of the first measure In the Barline Properties window change the Playback pull down menu from Current time signature t
73. sure the cor Gm rect staff is active b Inthe main GCL window select a Root chord name Add Sharp Flat Tonality Extension and Augmentation If the selected configuration does not exist no diagram will show c Pushthe Add button to open the Add Guitar Chord editor Make chord configuration selections in the Label tab and desired fret and finger ing settings in the Frets tab e Once changes have been made push Done In the main GCL window push OK is drop the new chord in place 8 3 5 Adding additional fret configurations to the library You may wish to add alternative fingering configurations to other chord symbols which share the same chord name Also following recognition you may see some fret symbols without chord names These can also be configured and added to the library To add alternative fret configurations to the Guitar Chord Library a Ctrl click on any existing chord symbol or push the fretboard button in the Toolbar so the cursor becomes a grid Using to SmartScore X2 169 b Click on top of any fret symbol or click anywhere above a staffline to open the chord library c Push the Add button in the main GCL window to open the Add New Chord edi tor d Make chord configuration selections in the Label tab and desired fret and finger ing settings in the Frets tab e Push Done A notice may appear telling you that another fret configuration with the same chord name exists When asked if you want to ad
74. the MIDI Toolbar in the active ENF view e Print Preview Toolbar e Open and closes the Print Preview Toolbar when Print Preview is active e Status Bar Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of display Displays current page cursor posi tion image size zoom page view type and add page 11 4 2 Palettes Refer to Section 7 6 Tool Palettes for details 11 4 3 Show 11 4 3a Active Staff When selected the ENF display to highlight the active staff in black while other staves become grey The active staff line is the staff that the cursor was last positioned over Using to SmartScore X2 224 TIP f you find that a certain staff line is stuck on regardless of the position of your cursor it is probably is a result of having Caps Lock on Turning on Caps Lock will lock in the active staff line to allow you to move about freely TIP If an object does not delete even if it shows itself to be in an active staff use the Select tool O key to highlight it and then hit Delete All selected objects will be removed with the Delete key whether they are in the active staff or not 11 4 3b Error Message This selection will highlight measures with suspected rhythmic errors in a pink color If the total of beats in one or more voices in a measure do not equal the default time signa ture the measure will highlight pink It does not necessarily mean the measure is illegal or that it will play back incorrectly There
75. the System Report window and Save the ENF file c To listen to Gluck simply press the spacebar Hit the spacebar again to stop d A natural sign is missing from a half note in Measure 18 Quick select Ctrl click on the natural sign in the right hand piano part Move the cursor into the flute part and click on the half note to insert the natural Recog Using Properties tool to change playback characteristics In Measure 20 the words rif ritard or ritenudo and poco rit were recognized and applied to gradually slow playback down for that measure The word poco a little bit was also recognized but not necessarily applied To change playback characteristics of nearly any musical symbol use the Properties tool a With Properties tool active Esc key click on the word Tit z Ritenuto Properties Start in 2z 100 F Ending in 7 Back to default Apply this tempo range to all tempo markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Peset Defaults FIGURE 2 3 Ritenudo Properties window b Change the tempo value of the Ending of the measure by moving the slider to something like 70 or 80 of the current value c Push OK The measure will slow a bit more d Repeat in the bass clef this time by clicking on the marking poco rit NOTE With Properties tool active try clicking on the tr and f signs in Meas
76. the Type column of a Note Event to open the Note On window Hote On Channel Time COE 1 1 024 Duration Pitch 0 7 000 E Lancel Velocity FIGURE 10 22 Note On window The Note On window like the Note Event window allows for adjustment of an individual note s parameters Channel Time Duration Pitch and Velocity 10 5 2 Inserting note events To insert new events in the Event List view a Click the Event you want the Note to follow Select New from the upper left hand corner of the Event List The Create New Event window will open Scroll to Note On in the Event Type menu Press OK A Note On event will be inserted into the Event List Enter the Voice Time Duration and Pitch of the new event by clicking in the corresponding columns or double click in the Type column to open the Note On window oap g Using to SmartScore X2 202 10 5 3 Editing Key Time and Tempo Click in any column to make changes to any existing MIDI events To insert a new tempo key or time signature click the event you want the new event to follow Press the New but ton The Create New Event window will open Create New Event Event Type Meta Event Control Change A Pragram Change Cancel Channel Presure Fitch Bend Change Event Subtype H Key Signature End of Track Tempo SMPTE Offset Time Signature H Key Signature Sequencer Specytic FIGURE 10 23 Create New Event windo
77. voices to a vertical event The O key activates this tool Its button is found in the Toolbar TIP Use the Select tool Delete key to remove any object other than lyrics and bar lines It is especially useful for removing a large number of spurious or unwanted text or multiple objects that do not delete easily with the X key To delete one or more objects including notes rests and symbols a Push the Select tool icon in the Toolbar O Key and click on an object or drag to select multiple objects to delete b Hit the Delete key NOTE Occasionally you might find an area full of incorrectly recognized ties and or slurs or hairpins Use this tool to mass delete these objects 7 1 4a Cut Copy Paste Insert and Merge selected symbols Refer to Section 11 3 3 through Section 11 3 5b for details on how to use the Select Tool to clone measures or entire score segments and place them elsewhere in the music 7 1 5 Using the Select Tool O to edit selected objects A group of selected notes on the same staff can be transformed into one beamed group if they are flagged or they can be pitch shifted at once To convert a sequence of flagged notes into one beamed group a Use the Select tool O to select a group of adjacent flagged notes to be beamed together b Hit the B key to form the flagged notes into a beamed group To move a selected group of notes upwards or downwards in pitch To
78. you continuously receive error messages suggesting alternative res olutions turn Auto resolution OFF and re scan at 300 dpi Using to SmartScore X2 2 If you choose to set resolution manually turn Auto Resolution off For most printed music the recommended resolution is between 300 and 400 dpi If the original music is printed in smaller type you can increase resolution to 400 or 500 dpi For miniature scores try 600 dpi SmartScore works best with an optimum resolution Scanning at too high or too low a resolution will actually reduce recognition accuracy It is not recom mended to scan music below 250 dpi or higher than 600 dpi 3 3 3 Choosing an alternative scanning interface If your scanner fails to respond properly to the Scan command in the SmartScore interface or your scanned image is unacceptable partially scanned distorted etc your alternative is to scan using the software provided with your scanner See Section 3 2 1 Scanning Outside of SmartScore on page 19 for details 3 4 Processing PDF files for Recognition SmartScore will recognize nearly all PDF music files Before being processed PDFs are converted to the TIF file format and saved to the default directory PDF files must be prop erly pre scanned to achieve good results For PDF scanning requirements and procedures see Section 3 2 1 Scanning Outside of SmartScore To recognize PDF images of printed music a Push the Open File button and select Image
79. 1 NOTE Select Staff gt Insert above or below See To change staff property types Section on page 176 to change the part from notation to percussion Select eighth note from Notes palette and using beam direction tools create the following pattern Hit Spacebar to play back d 120 FIGURE 9 2 Creating a drum pattern Simultaneous drum sounds must be contained in the same voice Therefore you will need to use the Cluster tool to add additional drum note heads to an exist ing note stem Holding down Shift and dragging a notehead up or down will allow you to hear each drum sound associated with each space and line Using to SmartScore X2 182 9 5 Automatic Drum Patterns It s more fun if it s got a beat Simply select a drum accompaniment or you can add cus tomized patterns to the drum library yourself 9 5 1 Play back with automatic drum pattern To select an instant drum pattern for ENF playback a With any ENF file open click on the Drum Pattern button in the Toolbar b Sort each column by clicking on its name in the column header F Automatic Drum Track i bd Drum pattem Style n a 12 Bar Blues Blues Insert from measure no 29 Insert Silents 50 Ways Rock 8 Bar Shuffle Rock Ballad Rock Ballad Salad Pop Bassa Nova 1 Latin Batucada Samba AfroCuban Blues Rock Rock Carnivale Caribbean Chunka Rhytm amp Blues Conga Songo Latin Cool Ride Rock Country 2 And Country amp Weste
80. 10 8 Overview Selecting a track Using to SmartScore X2 191 Q M b Select the MIDI track you wish to display and press OK c Select the magnifying glass from the Toolbar Left click to zoom in and right click option click for Mac to zoom out of the Piano Roll view l lt P Ign 22102 sz Qe a BS io 2 CO NM ERE NEC ER E E A GN GS GN A NON NE RM o i 3 t Part 1 1 Page1 1 7 1 0061 FIGURE 10 9 MIDI Piano Roll View d Another method of zooming in or out is to drag measure markers horizontally Dragging to the right zooms in and dragging to the left zooms in FIGURE 10 10 Horizontal zoom by dragging measure markers Using to SmartScore X2 192 10 4 2 Tiling ENF and MIDI views simultaneously This is useful if timing problems are encountered while editing ENF notation By switching to MIDI Piano Roll view and pushing the Tile Win dows button it is possible to examine underlying MIDI events while referring to the same region as notation in the associated ENF window Using the Tile Windows feature you can view both ENF and MIDI windows To tile all open document windows e Push the Tile Windows button located both in the Toolbar and in the Navigator palette FETE E 2 s 5slIsrlerl Ilsrle Tile Window Lg oos lele s e Menu Button b
81. 3 Playback CONSOIG un doe diese ELA RR o 204 Adjusting Playback Console Settings 205 Display Controls 2240034 dm a eror eeu d 4346 ER ES EE 205 INC C 205 Mene EET 205 MIDER COGN 2 tuts t opto hood S Sachin eS aenean d aU ek heec 206 Recording Options 0 0 0 cee eens 206 MCIFONOMG 52 lt 144 b5cka scan ete SES REUS Ead 206 SAPO it bias Ges ee ne el Se temet Ed 208 Recording New Tracks Voices 0000 e eee 208 External Miners s bedi Gat ata eet DER de O A 209 Setting Punch In and Punch Out points 209 Step Time Recording a i4 ee OSS ESE RSs eee SERS 209 Virtual Drum Kit 2 0 llle 211 Playback Considerations after MIDI Editing 211 MIDHOENP ay ida adus bh dto dee of Sa ree tae 211 Savin MIDE Piles 2e mate RE IE Sq ede ens 211 Recording to Audio Save as file Burn to CD 212 R eleretite 2221222240 2222 9205 etisi TUE ES 214 PREV CECI CCS nc ed doe ba ao tesa AUR este see aha aito Sau 214 Document Preferences ovd d ek EAE E 214 Program Preferences o cresce DE neci itaona RE 216 ENF EDITOR gt FILE Menu 0000005 217 ENF EDITOR gt EDIT Menu 050 219 ENF EDITOR gt VIEW Menu 000000e 224 ENF EDITOR gt WINDOW Menu 228 ENF EDITOR gt HELP Menu 2005 229 MIDE EDITOR S FILE MS 42 2rd x ehe bed 230 MIDI EDITION gt OPT
82. 8 4 3 11 3 16 Add Empty Pages Use to add new pages Also found in Status Bar lower right corner Add empty pages X TR Number of systems Number of measures per system ome FIGURE 11 3 Add Empty Page window 11 3 17 Unify Signatures U Refer to Unify Score U Section 7 8 4 11 3 18 Restore Default Voices Ctrl U Use this feature to revert a selected set of notes within a measure to their default voice color assignment Useful if voice color assignments become confused after repeated over riding of voices 11 3 19 Score Header Refer to Score Header Section 8 4 4 11 3 20 Default Tempo To set the default tempo a Select desired Beats per Minute from the horizontal slider b Choose a base note Tempo Value 4 4 default quarter note Using to SmartScore X2 222 c Check the Metronome Mark Visibility box to display the Metronome Mark in Tempe Aa 5 106 150 200 l De Grp 100 FIGURE 11 4 Default Tempo window Refer to Tempo Markings Section 7 6 5 for entering change of tempo metronome markings 11 3 21 Automatic Drum Track Sad Opens the assign drum pattern window See Add drum tracks Section 4 10 5 on page 63 for details on creating automatic drum tracks 11 3 22 Guitar Chord Library Er The Guitar Chord library contains preset guitar chords and associated chord sym bols Add change delete and store any custom chords Guitar frets and
83. Apply To All Visibility 1 Part names Prev System Next System gt gt Next Page A similar but more detailed window will open This is the Super System It rep resents all existing parts in the score whether they re visible or not in any partic ular system The Super System can also be opened from the Controlling System pull down menu in the System Manager System Manager Part Name amp Abbr Voice 1 Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 Masi ti v i Insert Below 4 PianoR PiaR Grand Piano Grand Piano PianoL Pial Grand Piano Remove Controlling System Super Y Visibility E ja p E Cancel Apply Visit Part names Voices Apply To All v m lt lt Prev System Next System gt gt FIGURE 7 16 Creating a new part using Super System in System Manager Highlight an existing part where you want the newly added part to be placed by clicking on the black dot to the left Choose Insert Above or Insert Below and press Apply The System Manager window will appear displaying the active system and all visible parts including the newly added part In the Apply to pull down menu choose how this current part configuration will be applied throughout the score All systems current system current system plus all subsequent systems current Score Part or in some cases to the Super System Using to SmartScore X2 117 7 4 6 Super System The Super System is a receptacle that
84. D key dot or double dot from the Notes or Rests palette Click on any notehead to attach a dot of prolongation To delete a dot of prolongation e Press the D key again and click on the notehead Using to SmartScore X2 125 7 6 1h Ties Ties connect contiguous notes of the same pitch causing the first note to sound for the duration of both notes Ties are not the same as slurs While in the Insert mode hit the V key or press a Tie button in the Notes palette b Click on the notehead of the first note of a tied pair to insert the tie with a down ward arc c Right click option click for Mac to insert a tie with upward arc To delete a tie hit the X key with a tie showing on the cursor and click the first note of the pair to delete 7 6 1i Accidentals FIGURE 5 8 Accidentals in Notes palette To insert an accidental a Select any accidental from the expanding accidental button located in the Notes palette b Toggle the C key to activate Insert mode c Click on the notehead that is to receive the marking To change an accidental e Select an accidental from the Notes palette Click on a note with an accidental It will change to the selected accidental To delete an accidental e Quick select Ctrl click any accidental press the X key and click on a notehead to remove its associated accidental 7 6 1 j Courtesy accidental tool A
85. Format Score Changes to both horizontal and vertical formats can be easily made For detailed informa tion turn to Reformatting scores in ENF view Section 6 1 7 4 11 Applying changes in System Manager to the score Changes you make to System Manager will apply to the area of interest you select in the Apply To pull down menu e System Applies only to the currently active system e System Applies to the currently active system and all subsequent systems e Score Part Applies to the Score or Score Part e Super System Do not use except in extraordinary cases Changes will be applied only to the Super System e All Applies the change to all systems of the score Select this when you want your changes to be globally applied Once your changes have been set select where you want the changes to be applied Apply Using to SmartScore X2 119 The selected changes will be applied to the currently open ENF document e Apply to New This action will create a new document with your applied changes The original document will remain unchanged Both ENF documents will remain open The newly created docu ment will have 1 appended to its name 7 5 Nudge mode Shift button By holding the Shift button down the display switches to a special edit mode Active con trol points are shown as orange boxes r 7 5 1 Changing note pitches e Click and drag the control point center of notehead up or down 7 5 2 Moving note
86. IONS Menu 233 MIDI PLAYBACK Menu 2 0000 234 IMAGE EDITOR FILE Menu 235 IMAGE EDITOR gt EDIT Menu 236 IMAGE EDITOR gt VIEW Menu 237 GIOSSOIEV ades A oq S PR doe d MEA PSU PANE VPE 239 Score FOFDWBDS 2d Leere oe daa a dURCR CRINE Te RC S 239 Score COMPONEHIS 4 45 2 0 So e uA SENE Sd e deb see dad 240 MIDE TEMS Lud eed RR reves 241 SmartScore Terms ccce rer 242 D Installation and Introduction 1 1 SmartScore X Installation procedures SmartScore requires personalization and verification of ownership the first time it is opened You will be able to install SmartScore 5 times on up to 5 computers you own and use exclusively Contact Musitek Technical Support if additional installs are necessary For details please read the SmartScore licensing agreement a You will need to be connected to the Internet during the installation If you do not have Internet access you will be given a confirmation number which will require entering a response from Musitek Verification ID To complete manual verification contact technical support at tech musi tek com 805 646 5841 NOTE Turn firewall amp virus protection OFF during installation Copying the installed program to other media will to cripple the program Download Installations a After purchasing SmartScore for downloading you will be taken to a
87. Mute Cuica Tambourine Low Wood Block yee pe Hi Wood Block Chinese Cymbal aie ide Cymbal 1 Long High Tom esa rash Cymbal 1 iis viam Hi Mid Tom Low Mid Tom Maracas Cabsss ipen Hi Hat ow Tom E edal Hi Hat 7 sione High Floor Tom pi osei Hi Hat High Timbale gS a Electric Snare pom S Clap cou Snare f ien e ide Stick Hi iss Drum 1 u Bass Drum Cancel Default mur Drag amp drop to reconnect Right click on the linestaff to delete link Shift click to sound FIGURE 8 1 Drum to pitch links Drum Set c Click on a drum instrument name and drag to a new line or space If another instrument is linked to the line or space it will unlink d Clicking and dragging a line or space to an instrument name will also create a new link and delete any existing link e Press OK to finalize changes Press Cancel to undo changes NOTE Accidentals are ignored regardless of the key of the score 9 4 3 Creating a percussion staff from scratch a Position your cursor inside the staff line where you wish to insert a new percus sion line and right click Ctrl click for Mac TL Score Properties Line Staff Spacing Staff Properties Bracketing Ctrl B r System Manager Ctrl M iji Part Linking Ctrl L Add empty pages System EE Staff Part i Score Part Ossia ww ow TAB FIGURE 9 1 Staff Line Options Right click Using to SmartScore X2 18
88. OICING s oy dud etawwiwdinedaedacebeaoues 150 Cross measure beaming 0 eee eee ees 151 Overlapping or offset noteheads 132 Midden Symbol enea e E Gass E Ee S die e 152 More ENE navieaune n 3 i445 c402c44 EAE E E 153 Split screen and scan view reference views 153 SOMME 0s ooo aue amne du em ERA ee CO bee rad 155 lon A rrr 155 Jump To Page Ctrl G or Cmnd G for Mac 155 MITDE tO EINE caval toes ne SERE RSEEPAXECUS ENSE ERES 155 Troubleshooting ENF Problems lesus 158 Editing Text Lyrics amp Symbols 162 I PICS Lu Bo operetta ds eden EROR a Nees oa ee Ms Teo s 162 Dashes spaces and underscores 0000000 163 Verifying vertically aligned voices 164 diode aer rU 164 Entering and edite text 22 osos pee LESER RES 164 Adding and changing styles of Text and Lyrics 165 INUOSIDe CX cine ci gh cee cin SIUE pet eee dida 166 IMUSIC SVMDOIS 152 cud detur de dodi Ein Re ee 166 Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols 05 166 Choosing a fret chord symbol from the library 166 Changing Chord and Fret symbols 167 Creating a new chord symbol fret configuration 169 Adding additional fret configurations to the library 169 Guitar Library file management 170 Chord Symbol Preferences 0 00 e eee 170 Editing chord and fret symbols
89. RARE TI Isis thtmicoe EEO S 5 6 andes aee td RUE ede a Re ee 2 Inserting Notation Symbols 0 02 ee eee 78 Quick select Ctrl Click 0 0 0 0 0 0 00005 78 Insert mode sirsie tati etn eee ete eR dos 79 DICHEOTEOCCLIOR 25552 stu ot i ia al a ee eae 79 I3eleuno oDIE CIS dci om decode ca NU uoc diac dc Ete ois 79 Undog REGO fs es auch vr RURSUS eee ae as REIS OL 80 Editing note clusters eee eee 80 Inserting changing and deleting beamed notes 81 Forming beam groups Select B 04 82 Barines PPP TEE 82 ENF Symbol Properties 5 2 25 d 29 9 ek d 9 9e eee eet eave 82 SCOte Proper OS 3 ees ach Cena d asd Bad Sake Ra dvds 82 Baine Properties i2scesm bid Ecc mee rina Es ve es Ede we 83 Note Properties serieren ardor dod deat asi Moe Me ere e 84 Transposition by Key and Clef 0 0 ee eee 84 Printing and exporting your final score 044 85 Optimizing oversized and undersized scanned scores 86 Saving and Exporting ENF Files 004 87 Working with Finale and other scorewriters or programs 87 Converting SmartScore files to other file types 88 Copying a SmartScore page for pasting into other programs 88 Creating a New ENF Score from Scratch 89 NEWS COO cuui taeda ead eae eae duod 89 Using Built in Templates 0 00005 90 Real Time Recording 0 cece ees
90. Staff Properties Changing staff type b Check the Apply staff type box and choose a new staff line configuration from the list of available staff types in the pull down menu c Choose how to apply the change in the Apply to pull down menu Entire part Current staffline or system All parts in all systems System active system forward Push OK to apply the change NOTE It is recommended to correct mis recognized symbols before changing the staff height since this could cause the TIFF ENF screens to go out of sync In that case the floating scan window opens so you will still maintain some reference 9 3 Working with tablature TAB parts Parts written in TAB format are automatically recognized if the option Recognize TABs and Percussion Staff Lines is selected prior to recognition see Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 TAB scores are edited in a similar fashion as standard ENF notation Parts written in standard notation melody staff can be converted to the TAB format Recognized TAB music can also be converted to standard notation Converting one to the other is done in the Staff Properties window See Converting staff line types Section 9 2 on page 175 Using to SmartScore X2 176 9 3 1 Tablature notation display in SmartScore Tablature notes fret numerals are displayed as numbers on top of a string line 6 lines for guitar The number represents the fret that string is to be played with
91. Text mode Section 8 2 on page 164 7 6 13b Lyrics Selecting the Lyric button sets the cursor to the Lyric Edit mode See Lyrics Section 6 1 on page 162 7 6 13c Guitar Fretboard Selecting the Guitar chord fretboard button activate the Insert Guitar Chord cursor For details see Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols Section 8 3 1 on page 166 e Rehearsal Ten Rehearsal Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view e Pedals Four Pedal Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view e Bowings Two Bowing Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view e Breaths A Breath Marking can be placed anywhere in the ENF view 7 7 Keyboard Shortcuts 7 7 1 Unify U See Unify U Section 7 7 1 on page 141 or Unify Score U Section 7 8 4 on page 144 7 7 2 Dots D Hit the D key This toggles between Insert a dot and Delete a dot modes Notice how the cursor alternates between a solid insert dot and grayed out delete dot Any note or rest may be selected with dots of prolongation assigned to it Select a note or rest from the appropriate palette then click on the single or double dot button inside the palette In Insert mode the new note rest will have a dot Using to SmartScore X2 141 7 7 3 Ties V Hit the V key This toggles you between the solid Insert tie and grayed out Delete tie modes To tie two contiguous notes of the same pitch click on the first note The V tie tool will also
92. Toolbar e Rotate the image Left 90 degree rotation e Rotate the image Right 90 degree rotation e Select Edit gt Rotate gt Any to rotate at angles other than 90 degrees e Thresholding Using to SmartScore X2 37 If note stems and or staff lines are razor thin recognition will be improved by darkening the image Use this feature to manually convert grey images to black amp white using a vari able threshold 7596 lighter to 7596 darker Many PDF music files and sheets output from laser printers have thin lines 1 pixel wide Move the threshold slider far to the right in cases of razor thin lines Begin Recognition After modifying the image you can save and begin recognition of it by pushing 1 the Begin recognition button in the Toolbar 3 9 4 Cut Copy and Paste functions e Cut Edit gt Cut To cut an area from the scanned image hit Delete button Or use the Select tool and drag a box Cut with Ctrl X e Copy To copy an area without removing it from the image use the Select tool and drag a box with the mouse Select Edit gt Copy Ctrl C Win Cmnd C Mac e Paste To Paste the cut or copied region into an image file select Edit gt Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V Mac The cut or copied section will drop into the image With the mouse drag the fragment anywhere within the image and release the left mouse button To fix the frag ment in place click outside the pasted fragment Usi
93. URE 2 1 Begin Recognition window b Press Add Files to List In the Open dialog box double click on the sample file ai Fandango tif inside the SmartScore folder This will add the pre scanned file to Y the list c Press Begin Recognition This is where the magic happens Using to SmartScore X2 4 2 1 1 System Report Once recognition is complete you will see list giving the total number of systems found as well as the largest and smallest number of parts found in any given system This is espe cially important information if you are working with large scores or scores with expanding and collapsing systems Click Open SmartScore File to proceed normally NOTE If the information in the System Report differs significantly from your original score there may be problems with your scanned image such as broken systems or missing parts due to poor originals or incorrectly scanned pages 2 1 2 Unify Key and Time In the Unify window click OK to accept the default Unify key signatures based on the topmost staff line in each system Accepting the defaults after recognition is usually fine The name Fandango enf will appear in the Save As file name window SmartScore s file extension is ENF Extended Notation Format The enf extension will automatically be added to all file names after recognition Click on Save 2 2 Editing Sample Files 2 2 1 What you will see first After recognition of the Fandago file the screen w
94. Using SMARTSCORE M PRECISION MUSIC SCANNING Rev 10 5 8 Music is a kind of counting performed by the mind without knowing that it is counting G W Leibnitz 1714 Mathematics is music for the mind Music is mathematics for the soul Anonymous 18th century MUSITEK Music IMAciNG TECHNOLOGIES 410 Bryant Circle Suite K Ojai CA 93023 Using to SmartScore X2 1 Registration Warranty Customer Service Web Page E Mail Phone FAX Address Technical Support E Mail Phone FAX Web Page Customer Service Plan Registration is accomplished during installation To double check if you are registered go to HELP menu and select Register If fields are empty please fill them in and push Submit If the HELP menu item Activate your copy now appears in a grey color your copy is already registered validated and ready to use You will be able to receive technical support only if you are a registered owner Registering your product is important for you in many ways e You will be eligible for free periodic updates from our website and spe cial upgrade prices for future product releases e You will be given priority access to Musitek Technical Support and Cus tomer Service using your Customer ID All Musitek products are covered by a limited 90 day warranty To replace a defective DVD that is still under warranty contact Musitek Customer Service Out of warranty DVDs and manuals can be ordered online or by
95. ages Remember the saying Garbage in Garbage out If after examining the image and consulting the Troubleshooting chart you are still unable to achieve good rec ognition results we invite you to send us your TIFF file s for detailed analysis by our technicians You can attach your image TIFF files to e mail along with a short description of the problem you experienced to the following address tech 2 musitek com We will reply as soon as possible Most likely we will be able to locate the problem and offer a solution or recommendation Using to SmartScore X2 30 3 8 Troubleshooting Scanning and Recognition Table 1 Scanning and Recognition Troubleshooting Probable Cause Scanner does not operate Scanner drivers not This page should be scanned at xxx dpi Re scan or Accept Printed area containing music is too wide or too long to scan on a standard sized scanner installed Win only Scanner not selected Win only Scanner driver is incompatible with computer operating system Mac Scanner not connected or not turned on Staff widths not con sistent Music contains cue TAB or percussion staves Scanner model used does not support infi nitely variable DPI only scans in large increments Actual image size of the music is what counts not the size of the paper or page Install WIA or TWAIN software from scanner manufacturer s site Ensure proper scanner driver is s
96. al mode and will not print 7 11 More ENF navigating 7 11 1 Split screen and scan view reference views Both the ENF view white and the image reference view yellow appear in split screen format immediately following recognition Alternative reference views include a floating Scan view window and Overlay with fader feature Mac only Using to SmartScore X2 153 NOTE After reformatting a system page or score the floating scan view window will automatically open pS T ee z EIE TE SESS Lu Mein te mieh amp TIFF ENF Transparency Overlay Mac only FIGURE 7 1 Scan Reference Views To choose an alternative reference view a Goto View Split Screen and select an alternative reference view option Mac Only Try the TIFF ENF transparency overlay with fader To view a variable ENF transparency over the TIFF pane a Goto View menu and select Split Screen gt Overlay b Use the variable transparency fader to the right of the Toolbar to adjust the opaqueness of the top ENF pane To activate the floating Scan View window a Goto View menu select Scan View Window b To increase or decrease zoom view of the window choose either Zoom 25 or Zoom 50 from the View gt Scan View window Using to SmartScore X2 154 7 11 2 Scrolling Use the scroll bar and up down arrows to the right of the ENF window You may also use the arrow keys located on your computer key
97. al pages of images they will appear as xxxP1 xxxP2 xxxP3 etc c Click to highlight a page in the image page list A preview of the page will appear in the view window if Preview is checked Then click on the appropriate ENF page in the list of ENF pages d Push the Associate button to associate the image page with the appropriate ENF page Continue as necessary 11 4 5 Image Information Provides information on the structure and type of the currently displayed image file e Next Page e Displays next page of ENF document e Previous Page e Displays previous page of ENF document e Go to Page Ctrl G Cmnd G Presents a dialog box to select a page number to jump to Refer to Paging Section 5 1 5 for details Using to SmartScore X2 226 11 4 6 View Mode Choose how you want to view pages in the ENF notation display Horizontal vertical fac ing page book orientation or in long view pageless scrolling format 11 4 7 Zoom Lists available view percentages Changing zoom will affect both the image and the ENF file simultaneously Range is from 8 to 400 view scale 11 4 8 ENF EDITOR gt PLAYBACK Menu 11 4 9 Set Playback Range Refer to Playing back a selected section Section 4 2 1 11 4 10 Play Stop Rewind Used to control playback functions from menu 11 4 44 Thru Sets MIDI device to play live without MIDI Record on 11 4 12 Console Opens Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 11 4 13 Mini Console Open
98. ame Conductor s ltem iz new inserted by user Cancel Item iz child of Trio ent Naming new Score Part in Properties ENF Documents Score Parts Farts Conductors P Re linking Parts to new Score Part ENF Documents Score Parts Parts New Conductor s Score Apply to New To the left a new empty Score Part was Inserted you could also re link parts to an existing Score Part Here the new Score Part is given a name Win Right click Mac Option click to open its Properties To relink any structural object click on the object and drag it to another object in an adjacent column Here the three existing parts are relinked to the newly cre ated Score Part named Con ductor s FIGURE 6 5 Creating a Conductor s Score Highlight the unlinked Score Parts and push Remove Push Apply to New The modified structure 1s transformed to a new ENF document NOTE Newly created docu ments will have the same name of the source file plus T A etc 6 5 4 Creating Part Scores from Ensemble Scores Extracting instrumental parts out of a conductor s score in Score Structure is similar to creating a conductor s score from score parts just reversed NOTE All SmartScore files ENF documents must contain at least one Score Part linked to at least one Part a Open an ENF file with 2 or more staves per system b Select Edit gt Score Structure Using to SmartScore X2 102
99. amic and tempo markings written as text are smart as are chord symbols n it Annotations rehearsal markings and fingerings are dumb 8 1 Lyrics A lyric block is a string of characters equivalent to a spoken syllable Out of recogni tion a lyric block becomes associated with a single note or rest in the staffline immedi ately above it Locating the note or rest associated with a lyric block is as simple as searching directly above the center justified lyric block All lyric blocks within stafflines are horizontally linked and are separated from each other by dashes underlines and or periods NOTE Text and lyrics have different colors Text is black lyrics are blue Text and lyric colors are changeable NOTE Lyrics sometimes appear below a system e g some choral scores and a special option should be selected before Recognition See Lyrics Under Last Staff of Systems in Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 TIP Move notes in Nudge mode Shift to verify lyric to note associations To edit lyrics a Push the L button in the Toolbar to enter Lyric mode L b Click into a lyric block or on an associated note or rest Once highlighted text within the block can be edited like normal text c Click and drag inside a lyric block to highlight characters for editing Use the left arrow right arrow or spacebar on your keyboard to navigate within a lyric block Once positioned type normally
100. an be played back Once Finalize is applied you will not be able to record anything more to the CD If you wish to continue burning new selections without finalizing the CD push Burn new track Each set of converted files in the Files to Burn list will record to one track Select Burn Last Track and Finalize CD to record last track and finalize the CD Using to SmartScore X2 213 11 Reference 11 1 Preferences Default ENF display characteristics can be changed From the EDIT menu Select Document Preferences or Program Preferences depending on whether it is doc ument or program dependant 11 1 1 Document Preferences e Text symbols Reset default font size and type for text symbols such as triplets dynamics and expression marks For text and lyric defaults including part names push the Text Styles button Push Apply to change See Adding and changing styles of Text and Lyrics Section 8 2 2 on page 165 e Systems Reset display characteristics for systems including part names measure numbers lyric display clef visibility and printing cross staff pointer lines and constraining system scrolling when the score is reformatted r Document Preferences Score symbols Page numbers Part names Chord symbols Show part names i Hi Playback P 1st System Abbreviations Y Measure numbers Clefs J Number first measure Show clefs in all systems Y Starting number f1 Appearance Every measure X
101. anges Control Changes send adjustable parameters to your selected MIDI device 1 e vibrato hold volume pan effects etc You can add specific changes to these controls from within SmartScore s Event List To find out more about what each control change will do refer to the user s manual of your MIDI device e Meta Events Meta Events are MIDI file instructions written to the MIDI file They provide information such as file and track headers SMPTE code tempo key and time signatures etc and can be added to any MIDI file using SmartScore s Event List 10 6 Playback Console The Playback Console is available in Overview and Piano Roll views and allows for detailed viewing and control of playback and provides real time editing of the active MIDI file Push MIDI in the Navigator and select Piano Roll or Overview JH Push the Playback Console button in the Toolbar or choose Real time gt Playback Con sole Ctrl 9 Win Cmnd 9 Mac to open the Playback Console NOTE The console can act as a window shade To shrink vertically drag the bottom edge of the console up or down Using to SmartScore X2 204 10 6 1 Adjusting Playback Console Settings General e Adjust global playback volume using the General Volume slider e Adjust channel volumes using individual Volume sliders e Use Pan to adjust stereo balance for each channel e Default resets all MIDI tracks to their original settings e The Close button will c
102. are many accepted conventions that cause this 11 4 3c Part Names Select one of several choice to display Part Names along the left hand side of systems Do Not Show is also an option 11 4 3d Measure Numbers This option will display or not display measure numbers in the ENF display 11 4 3e Chord Symbols Choose to display chord symbols as guitar fret symbols text or not at all 11 4 31 Hidden Symbols Refer to Section 7 10 Hidden Symbols for details 11 4 3g Lyric Show Don t Show Checking this option off will remove the display and printing of lyrics 11 4 4 Associate Image Files Synchronization between the ENF and TIFF panes assumes exact ENF correspondence to the original score structure Synchronization may become lost after systems are inserted removed or if page margins are changed Once a system rolls from one page to another ENF TIFF synchronization will become lost for all subsequent pages Using to SmartScore X2 222 To synchronize ENF and TIFF views a Goto Associate Image Files Associate Image Files Select ENF page to associate ENF _ Associated Image Weiloe Rise page 1 BeamedGraces tif A Select image page to associate Associate BeamedGraces tif Load Image gt DK EE Cancel FIGURE 11 5 Associate Image File Window b Push Load Image to browse and locate the TIF file associated with the open doc ument Double click to select the image If the file contains sever
103. are unique tags To enter a Score Header at the top of the first page of the ENF file a Select Edit Score Header Title PO Composer FO Part Name Po Cancel FIGURE 8 1 Score Header a Entera name for the ENF document in the Title field b Enter a Composer name if desired c Type a part name if it is a Score Part For definition see Score Part on Score Formats Section 12 1 on page 239 To move a Score Header vertically e With Selector tool active drag the positioning tab associated with the score header found in the left hand ruler up or down Using to SmartScore X2 174 9 Working with TAB amp Drums ture parts Any existing part or staff can be transformed to and from a variety of staff types including TAB percussion and standard notation Individual MIDI sounds are linked to all staff lines amp spaces Drums and percussion instruments can be re linked using the Drum Map editor Playback can also be enhanced by adding automatic drum styles New rhythmic styles can easily be imported cre ated and added to the drum styles library sin SmartScore supports recognition editing and playback of percussion and tabla 9 1 Recognizing music with TAB or Percussion parts a Inthe Options section on the left side of the Begin Recognition window check the box Recognize tablature percussion and or split systems NOTE If your score contains a 4 line part SmartScore will by default consider it to
104. artScore Lite SmartScore can be made to launch automatically when Music Scanning is launched in Finale SmartScore full version works seamlessly with MakeMusic s Finale program To replace SmartScore Lite with SmartScore full in Finale In SmartScore open Edit gt Program Preferences In the User Interface tab place a check in the Integrate with Finale option Push OK to apply e Program Preferences l U i User Interface _ Page Type User Interface Units amp zoom I Tabulature Palettes options Color settings zz Midi channel color Bi Recycle Karaoke settings Keep palette configuration Autosave Notifications Music XML Score editing ENF PDF u Systems m Show active staff Score symbols Show margins Page numbers Starting program v Show T ask Window on Start FIGURE 5 14 Program Preferences User Interface Always edit your music in SmartScore before bringing it into Finale You will loose a lot less in the translation You may find it more convenient to work entirely in SmartScore e g transposition playback and printing or you may decide at some point to bring the SmartScore file into Finale Using to SmartScore X2 87 To launch Finale and import the current SmartScore file Push the Save as XML and open in Finale button in the lower Toolbar The cur ij rent ENF file will be saved as an XML file Finale is then l
105. as text with the use of Expres sion tool Available phrases can be found in English Italian French German with English translation Expression acpela o v capella 9 Italian t German French English Definition for choral music without accompaniment Cancel FIGURE 7 2 Expression Tool a Select the EXP Expression button b Choose a language and an expression from the pull down menu or type your own expression in the text field Press OK c Position the cursor anywhere in the active staff NOTE Expressions are simple text and have no affect on playback 7 6 2b Turns fermatas accents and mordents ornaments To insert turns fermatas accents trills and mordents Ornaments can be inserted above or below notes by clicking the top of a notehead or near the tip of note stem a Select the articulation b Click on a note head to insert the articulation above the note head c Click on a note stem to insert the articulation at the tip of the stem To delete a turn fermata accent or mordent e Quick select the articulation Or use O key to select Press the X key and click on the notehead or stem of the associated note e Trill With tr trill selected click on a note to insert a single trill marking To create an extended trill hold the Shift button down Nudge mode and drag the yellow control handle on the trill marking to the right Using to SmartScore X2 128 T
106. aunched provided it is a installed and the SmartScore file will import as a MusicXML file 5 71 Converting SmartScore files to other file types To save SmartScore files in one of several different file formats a In the File gt Save As File type Format pull down menu choose one of the following formats to save the ENF score to e MusicXML XML MusicXML has quickly become the most widely used file format for the exchange of music notation files between scorewriters Most well i known notation scorewriting programs now support importing and exporting MusicXML files including Sibelius Finale Notion Personal Composer and others e MIDI files MID will import playback data into most other music software programs with no page formatting All graphical information about note position stem direction voices etc are lost MIDI is to music what ASCII is to text See Saving MIDI Files Section 10 13 on page 211 b Press Save The proper extension will automatically be added The music notation equivalent to text is MusicXML is like rich text format and MIDI is to music like raw ASCII text 5 7 2 Copying a SmartScore page for pasting into other programs To copy and paste a region or page into another application e g Microsoft Word Adobe Photoshop e mail programs etc To copy a full page a Ctrl A Cmnd C Select All then Ctrl C Cmnd C Copy b Open 3rd party application posi
107. be a TAB staff If in fact it is a percussion part be sure to check the box Convert 4 line staffs to percussion Staff types can be changed after the recognition but all notation will be lost when converted Beon Hecogotor Peas VON Beg e Bogre TIF p 1 Add Filas to List B Text Engish Dictionary d Hagin he Bagne TIF p 2 go sine TIF p Recognize tyrics outside of systems Beg Begne p3 Hagm Pe Bogna TIF p 4 Buporess Chord Symbols Begin Se Begna TIF p 5 Suppress Lyrics Tuplets v Lrt to Triplets Save As Pedals Bowings Hymnal Fonts Ossias Rocog ze tabul ture percussion and or split systems coda fragments Pat Ling Add mew parts tn too B Canov Fretboard Striege 6 FIGURE 9 1 Recognition Selected Files Options Preview 9 2 Converting staff line types You may convert staff properties simply by choosing an alternative staff type For exam ple you may want to convert a line of standard notation melody to guitar TAB 6 string guitar Or reverse it change TAB to notation This is all done in Staff Properties Using to SmartScore X2 175 To change staff property types a Select the Properties Tool then click on the yellow arrow to the left of the staff you wish to change Staff properties Partname Flute Visibility Apply staff type Apply current line spacing Open Line Staff Spacing Set number of measures 4 Apply to Entire part FIGURE 9 1
108. board to scroll up down left and right in an ENF document 7 11 3 Paging To page forward or backward in an ENF document 7 Use the Next page Previous page buttons located in the Toolbar or push the d E double paging arrows at the lower right hand corner of the SmartScore window 7 11 4 Jump To Page Ctrl G or Cmnd G for Mac While editing you can go to any page or measure in ENF file To open the GoTo window a Choose the View menu and select Go To Ctrl G or Cmnd G for Mac Go To Location C Score Part ses number 1 Page Measure Open target in new view Cancel FIGURE 7 2 Go To window b Select whether it is a Part Page or Measure you wish to jump to c Enter the Part Page or Measure number Checking the Open Target in New View box will open a new ENF at the targeted Part Page or Measure Push OK to jump 7 12 MIDI to ENF i SmartScore accepts any Standard MIDI file and converts it to an ENF file Since printing is disabled SmartScore MIDI Edition does not include MIDI to ENF To create an ENF document from a MIDI file a Select File Open and change the file type pull down menu from SmartScore Files to MIDI Files All MIDI files in the given directory will appear in the selection window Double click on a selected MIDI file to open Using to SmartScore X2 155 The Playback Console window will appear with a MIDI Overview representation in the backgr
109. bove the active staff Dragging upwards will insert the hairpin below the active staff a FIGURE 7 1 Hairpin crescendo drag upwards To use keyboard shortcuts for entering hairpins P and Press the P key to select p piano dynamic marking and open the Dynamics palette Hold down Shift to select the crescendo hairpin Hold down Shift to select the decrescendo hairpin Using to SmartScore X2 133 To insert a crescendo or decrescendo mark a NOTE Select Cresc or Decresc from the Dynamics tool palette Or if the mark you want is nearby Quick select it by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the marking you want The cursor will become that mark In Insert mode click and drag the mouse to highlight the range of notes over which you wish to apply the dynamic change FIGURE 7 2 Inserting a crescendo marking Dragging downward while selecting the range of notes will insert the marking above the staffline Dragging upward will insert the marking below the staffline To change the range of cresc decres markings hold the Shift button down Nudge mode and drag the yellow control handle horizontally Notes to be affected by the mark will highlight in a light grey color Playback properties of articulations and dynamics may be changed using the Properties tool See Playback Properties Section 4 9 on page 54 7 6 3b Dynamic Markings To Ins
110. braries compiled for VST for Windows and Audio Units for Macintosh Some sound libraries may not be supported a Go to the Playback menu again and select VST or AU Setup Push Add and browse to the plug in folder created when your sound library was installed If the plug in folder cannot be located reinstall the library and be sure to install the audio plug in DT VET Playback Setup f Lie Piel vied Coseroler for Veliciby FIGURE 4 33 VST Win and AU Mac Setup b Goto Playback menu and select MIDI Devices Click on VST Plugins Win or Audio Units Mac from inside the Output window Click OK Mi rur Freliacn Mad D iessc st Di Lnd Refresh Ms Devices C c Cancel are Ti In Duizuk MIDS Happs VST plug Up Mies wheel Consol Vea alasi FIGURE 4 34 Playback MIDI Devices c To return to your computer s wavetable sound set open Playback MIDI Devices and reselect the desired driver Once the desired plug in is selected push OK In the main ENF view push the VST or AU button in the Toolbar to open the plug in player Sr Using to SmartScore X2 71 4 15 1 MIDI Setup It may be necessary to identify the MIDI device attached to your system in order for SmartScore to play General MIDI instruments In the Playback menus select MIDI Devices and choose General MIDI or MIDI Mapper Most computers today provide built in MIDI synthesis This allows you to select and play General MIDI GM soun
111. ces between stafflines and systems using the red or blue tabs inside the left ruler of the active system Changes made to a staffline or system spacings can then be applied globally to all other staff lines and systems using the Staff Line spacing option inside the Staff Properties window right click inside any system See Line staff spac ing Section 7 3 1 on page 110 for more details 6 2 1 Changing line spacing and distances in the active system red tabs To increase or decrease distances between staves and or systems e Position the cursor over a staff to make it active The top and bottom red tab control the distance between the active system and the systems above and below it The mid Using to SmartScore X2 92 dle red tabs adjust the distances between staves The T tab on top controls the over all spacing above the system Active Staff Changing staff distances Changing system distances Red tab T tab FIGURE 6 17 Using tabs to change staff distances and system widths 6 2 2 Changing staff line spacing in the active Blue tabs Moving the blue staff height tabs not only increases the height of a single staffline it also increases the size of all musical symbols inside that staff To apply a staff height change to all remaining staves use the Copy to command See Line staff spacing Section 7 3 1 on page 110 To increase decrease the height of individual staves Drag the blue tab aligned wit
112. core Push to create ENF score from scratch Choose ENF score template from System Type in JL Score pull down menu Same as File New New ENF To copy regions or pages of an existing ENF document to a new one see Copying a SmartScore page for pasting into other programs Section 5 7 2 on page 88 7 8 8 Record nM i a Push Record button to initiate MIDI Recording All open ENF documents are closed when MIDI recording is launched A MIDI Piano Roll view opens with Track 1 E staged for MIDI recording through an external MIDI device Identical to Real time gt Record Record in MIDI View 7 8 9 Karaoke View ead Push to enter Karaoke playback environment 7 8 10 MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I for Mac Push MIDI button to view score in MIDI environment Use also to change from one i ja MIDI view to another e g to change from Overview to Piano Roll view Choose Overview or Piano Roll or Event List for a selected Part Same as View New MIDI Tz View ENF view remains open until or unless recording is initiated To revert back to MIDI ENF view close the open MIDI view 7 8 11 Tiling Viewing several displays of your score can be extremely useful It is possible to view sev eral MIDI and ENF views simultaneously o Tile Using to SmartScore X2 146 e Push Tile button to display all open TIF ENF views along with any open MIDI Over view Piano Roll or Event List views This is identical t
113. create prob lems during recognition and may result in missing or incorrectly bracketed systems Sometimes by accident brackets and or barlines are cut off during scanning If this is the case you can manually draw in staff line and brackets or enhance their thicknesses To restore cut off or missing system brackets a Select Edit Line or choose Line Draw in the Image Toolbar b Push the Pen Color push button in the Image Toolbar if necessary to choose Black Color c Inthe Width pull down selector choose a fairly wide thickness 10 20 pixels Using to SmartScore X2 36 d Click and drag the mouse to draw a line along the missing or broken bracket along the left margin of the music FIGURE 3 7 Using Line Draw tool to restore missing bracket e When finished modifying the image Select File gt Save As and give it a name You may then Recognize the file with corrections e Line Brush Thickness To change the width of brush or line tool select a new size from the Width menu in the Image Toolbar Select from 1 to 50 pixels e Black White Color toggle Eraser Push the Eraser button to activate white color Push again to deactivate it for black color Or choose Pen Color gt Black or White from the Edit menu e Rotate Left Rotate Right To rotate an image file for landscape formatted scores or upside down scans go to the Edit menu and highlight Rotate OR press one of the Rotate buttons in the Image
114. d Characters can also be cut copied or pasted to other lyric blocks using standard Ctrl X C and V keyboard shortcuts Cmnd X C and V for Mac e To edit a lyric block below the current line of lyrics click into the topmost line of lyrics and use the down arrow key Cursor will enter the next block in lyric line immediately below Using to SmartScore X2 162 f To create a new lyric line hit Return anywhere in a lyric line A new lyric line will be created at the first note of the system g Push L again Toolbar to exit Lyric Edit To move lyrics up or down between staves a Hold the Shift key down Nudge mode locate the yellow control handle along the left most barline of the system Fields are white and You can tell the Point 1g out he While the mul t t FIGURE 8 1 Nudge mode repositioning Lyrics TIP You may also change lyric font size See Adding and changing styles of Text and Lyrics Section 8 2 2 on page 165 8 1 1 Dashes spaces and underscores Dashes spaces and underscores are special characters used to separate lyric blocks Typ ing any of these characters will move the cursor to the next block The Backspace key deletes dashes spaces and underscores In the following example the block der was missed in recognition The cursor was positioned at the end of the previous block A dash was entered to create a new syllabic block and the co
115. d Piano W io ee a Di eere A MEI IlInDDBIESR Ln n c To stop playback hit the Spacebar The Spacebar starts and stops playback With your cursor click and drag an edge of the Playback Console and drag it to the right side of the screen Do the same with the Aria player For more informa tion about the Aria player see Section 4 1 Working with the Aria Player and Garritan sounds on page 39 Now lets discover SmartScore s notation editor 2 2 3 Notation Editor The original scanned image is displayed in the upper pane and the newly recognized SmartScore version appears below it in white file appears below it Use the scroller bars mouse wheel or arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll up and down the page Mac Users Try the overlay mode controlled by the variable opacity slider in the Tool bar In the main menu select View Split screen Overlay Only one staff line is active at a time The active staff displays black while inactive staff lines display in grey Move your cursor within the boundary of a staff until it highlights black Caps Lock will lock in an active staff until it is hit again If you want all staves to Using to SmartScore X2 6 display in black go to the View menu and un check Show Active Staff If you do this remember to move your cursor within a staff line first before doing any editing within a staff line To see all staff lines in black check Show Active Staff
116. d and linked to parts in the System Manager See Section 7 4 on page 113 Using to SmartScore X2 61 a To open Instrument Templates select Edit gt Instrument Templates or hit Ctrl F Win Cmnd F Mac or push Open Instrument Templates from inside System Manager Name Abbr Instrument Transpase I roc FiaR Grand Piana 0 A Add IB r2 Pia Grand Piano a Electric Plano ElPiano Rhodes E Piano 0 Default B Harpsichord Harpsi Harpsichord 0 a rganR Orgh Church Organ 0 Reset Default Organ Org Church Organ 0 Pedal Ped Church Organ vw DK Instrument Settings GM Cancel Apply these settings in for all future files FIGURE 4 25 Instrument Templates To change or add a new instrument template a Hit Ctrl F Cmnd F or Edit gt Instrument Templates Click in the Name field of any template and type to change the given name of an instrument b Tochange an abbreviation click then type inside the Abbr field Click and select a different MIDI instrument from the Instrument list to change default MIDI instrument assignment d Transpose displays the default playback transposition for selected instruments The MIDI representation will reflect the transposed shift in pitch e Various sets of MIDI instruments can be selected in Instrument Settings pull down menu Instrument sets acquire their names by clicking on the Instrument Settings button and selecting a set f To save settings for future ENF files ch
117. d the new chord to the library select Yes 8 3 6 Guitar Library file management To export import reset or clear a GCL library file e Press File in the Chord Library window The Library Management window will open e Export Library will save the current set of chord and fret configurations to your hard drive as a GCL file e Import Library will load a saved guitar chord library from a directory and or drive Locate the GCL file and push OK to load e Reset to Default will reload original guitar chord library as initially loaded dur ing installation e Clear All Chords deletes all current guitar chord library data 8 3 7 Chord Symbol Preferences To modify how all chord symbols appear in the ENF view a Open the Chord Symbols tab in Edit gt Document Preferences window Change the default appearance of chords as follows Chord symbols General Chord Symbol Appearance Chord name and fretboard i Long tonality chord names Chord name and fretboard Fretboard onl Score symbols Page numbers Guitar chords scale in Chord name only Chord name Font name Bald Italic Size in Times New Raman Calor a a a i oo FIGURE 8 6 Guitar Chord Preferences Using to SmartScore X2 170 Chord Symbol Appearance Show Fret amp Chord names Frets only Chords only None e Long Tonality Check this off to display Major tonality as M and Minor as m Guitar Chords Scale Use the scroller t
118. delete spurious articulations on a page c Use the Select tool O to select an entire region for cleanup Edit gt Select All Ctrl A will select everything on the current page d Hit the G key Only articulations will be deleted All other notation objects remain unaffected Using to SmartScore X2 105 7 2 Transposition SmartScore offers several types of transposition options depending on your needs You can transpose by Key the most common type of transposition Transposing by clef is use ful for transforming one instrument to another written in another clef sign You can also choose to transpose by altering note pitches only either considering the active key signa ture or by ignoring the active key signature Using the Limit option you can choose a specified range part or voice to transpose To Transpose your entire ENF document to a new key a Position your cursor inside the first staffline of the score Press Ctrl T Cmnd T for Mac or select the Transpose button in the Toolbar or select Transpose i from the Edit menu The window in Transposition always displays the key signa p ture or clef sign of the active staff This is your source key Transpose pe Type Limits Change Clef Key Change Pitch F Major D Minor No of 1 2 Steps from 12to 12 7 Move rests v Adjust Stems 4 Move notes v Transpose Symbols 9 Closest f Ask for New Chord Symbol No of Octaves from 2to 2
119. description does not apply to either MIDI or Piano Edition T er T ith MO e Notfound in Piano or Guitar Editions n dis Indicates the feature or description does not apply to either Piano or Guitar Edition Using to SmartScore X2 2 SmartScore X Tutorial 2 1 Recognition of Sample Files Fandago tif SmartScore includes several pre scanned TIFF files For the purpose of this tutorial we will start with sample file Fandango tif a If the SmartScore Task Window is open Ctrl W will open it at any time E push the Recognize Scans button The Navigator and the Toolbar also have a Recognition button Recognize Scans NOTE The Task Window opens automatically only at program start It can be launched at any time with Ctrl W or by selecting Recognition from Windows menus on Windows or from the File menu on Macintosh The Begin Recognition window opens This is the window you will use to select previ ously scanned music for recognition Segn Hecogntor n 4 rH EJ Bogin he Begne TIF p 1 B Text Engish Dictionary i Hagin he Begne TIF p 2 Add Files to List Recognize lyrics outside of systems Buporess Chord Symbols Suppress Lyrics Tupiets Limit to Triplets Save As Pedals Bowings Hymnal Fonts Ossias Rocogie tabul ture percussion and cr split systems coda fragments Jo Oed Voces Win 1 8 of a orones DB Pat Living Add naw parts tn top B Fretboard Siriege 6 FIG
120. ding An alternative to Real Time Recording is Step Time Recording Step Time Recording is done in MIDI and can be a very fast method of entering in notes it BRA when you can t scan it in of course For more turn to Step Time Recording Section 10 9 Using to SmartScore X2 90 6 Reformatting Part Extraction amp Page Setup Score Structure The MIDI Edition will allow you to edit the score and even reformat he page layout etc However since MIDI Edition does not print it doesn t FE make a lot of sense to spend time changing score layout because this edition will only create MIDI files and or burn to CD 6 1 Reformatting scores in ENF view Measures staff lines systems and even pages can be resized compressed or expanded while maintaining proper note spacing Parts can be extracted from the score and or recombined to form conductor s scores Page layout and margins can then be selected modified and previewed prior to printing NOTE It s best to correct mistakes before reformatting the score because synchroniza tion between the ENF window and the original scan window in yellow will probably become lost Even if synchronization is lost a floating Scan View refer ence window is available For more details see Split screen and scan view ref erence views Section 7 11 1 on page 153 6 1 1 Nudge Mode Barlines Several interesting and useful reformatting possibilities can be applied when barlines are repositioned
121. do 11 11 2 Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has been Undone 11 11 3 Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X Removes the selected section from the image file and places it on the clipboard 11 11 4 Copy Ctrl C Cmnd C Places selected section on the clipboard without removing it from the image file 11 11 5 Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the image file 11 11 6 Delete Del Deletes the selected section from the image file 11 11 7 Select All Selects the entire image for moving centering 11 11 8 Crop Trims the image file down to the selected region 11 11 9 Invert Switches the colors of the image file Using to SmartScore X2 236 11 11 10 Rotate e Left Rotates the image file counter clockwise e Right Rotates the image file clockwise e Any Opens the Rotate window for rotation by defines degrees 11 11 11 Delete Page Deletes currently displayed page Does not delete the entire file 11 11 12 Selection Activates the Area Selection tool 11 11 13 Line Activates the Line drawing tool 11 11 14 Brush Activates the Brush tool 11 11 15 Deskew Activates the Deskew tool for straightening crooked scans 11 11 16 Selection Mode e Opaque When a selected area is moved to the clipboard the background will be included e Transparent When a selected area is moved to the clipboard only the black portion of the selected area with be moved 11 11 17 Pen Color Select the color used b
122. dotted quarter note is equal in duration to three eighth notes Double dotted notes increase the note s duration by 3 4 of the original Tuplet Some notes belong to a special readmit class called tuplets These include trip lets quintuplets and sextuplets A tuplet is a group of notes marked with a bracket that is subdivided into equal beats divisions with a total duration equal to the number of unmodified notes value For example a 3 2 triplet applied to three eighth notes is equal in total duration to two eighth notes Ties A tie links two pairs of notes of the same pitch whose durations are combined so that both notes are played as if one note Ties are often used to sustain the sound of a note across more than one measure NOTE Ties and slurs legatos often look alike but they are different Ties connect two notes of the same pitch and combine their durations into one note event and slurs connect two or more notes over a range of pitches forming a legato that when performed creates a slight overlapping of the notes Articulations Performance markings that provide instructions for playback of the marked notes For example a staccato a dot placed above below a notehead means the note should be short sounding for only a moment Dynamics Dynamic markings are used to denote the general volume and intensity of 6699 music For example f or forte means loud and p or piano means soft 12 5 MIDI Terms MIDI M
123. dow See Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 To edit recognized notes on a percussion staff a First check that the number of lines of the percussion part is correct If incorrect you may change the number of lines as described in Section 9 2 Converting staff line types Then ensure that the percussion part has correct number of lines in all systems Select Staff Spacing from the FILE menu Or select the Properties Tool and right click into the percussion staff Choose Line Staff Spacing In the Copy settings to menu select All Systems and push Copy When done push OR All percussion staves belonging to that part will become updated Edit drum notes exactly as any normal melody staff including note duration value and pitch A MIDI drum instrument is associated with every line and space and will sound as you Shift drag notes up or down If necessary you may need to reassign MIDI drum sounds using the 9 4 2 Playback Drumset To reassign drum instruments to percussion staff lines a With Property Tool active click in the yellow arrow associated with any percus sion staff Using to SmartScore X2 180 b Push Percussion Map button in the Staff Properties window to access the drum instrument map r Drum Set a Ims lline 2lines 3lines 4lines 5 lines ide Cymbal 2 Lm m posa Em MX om rash Cymbal 2 Pr ae cowbell E m V cae
124. ds without installing an outboard synthesizer or soundcard To set the MIDI input and output devices a Select MIDI Devices from the Playback menu The MIDI Devices window will open Dpat Ups Mod Wheel Coning icr neci n FIGURE 4 35 Playback MIDI Devices b Click on the MIDI Output device you wish to use for MIDI playback The MIDI device window will display all installed MIDI device drivers ni nn c If you intend to record in SmartScore select the desired MIDI recording device interface in Input window NOTE If the desired device is not listed in the MIDI Devices window make sure your MIDI device driver has been properly installed d Press OK to set the selected MIDI devices as your MIDI sources NOTE You may need to close any open MIDI programs Some MIDI programs prevent playback by blocking the MIDI Out port Using to SmartScore X2 72 4 15 2 Audio MIDI Setup Macintosh To access Audio MIDI Setup in Mac OS X locate Utilities folder inside the Applica tions folder Double click on Audio MIDI Setup HE Ls land v Utilities gt AirPort Admin Utility Ol AirPort Setup Assistant m Apple System Profiler gt 7 Asia Text Extras f Audio MIDI Setup 4 gt Bluetooth File Exchange FIGURE 4 36 Applications gt Utilities gt Audio MIDI Setup Mac If you have external MIDI devices installed such as an external synthesizer module and MIDI interface they should appear as icon
125. e Press again to 66 99 resume play Press the comma key to rewind to start point You can change the instrument sound of a part anywhere within the piece Press the Program Change button in the ENF toobar and position the down arrow of your mouse on the measure and beat of the staff for which you wish to change instruments Left click and select a new instrument sound For details see Changing instrument sounds on the fly Section 4 5 4 on page 47 Instrument change is only functional when General MIDI is selected under the Playback gt MIDI Device menu Aria player does not support instrument change The Mini Console transport controls Play Rewind and Stop The spring loaded slider will accelerate or decelerate playback depending on how far the slider is dragged The slider will snap back to the default tempo once it is released FIGURE 4 1 Mini Console 4 2 1 Playing back a selected section The quickest way to play back a snippet of the score is to use the Select tool and drag the mouse over a region of the page while holding down the right mouse button Alt click for Mac Measures selected for playback will high light light blue Hit Space bar to play FIGURE 4 2 Selecting measures for limited playback Using to SmartScore X2 4 For playing larger sections and for looping go to Playback menu gt Set Play Range Set MIDI Play Range Play Range From 5 i to 20 l m
126. e additional noteheads can be added to an existing note stem sim o ply by clicking above or below an existing note provided the selected note value displayed by the cursor is the same as the existing note stem Position the cur sor on the correct line or space and when the note highlights yellow click to insert cursor hit the Z key Cluster tool When the existing note highlights yel s a e To add a notehead to any existing note stem regardless of what is shown on your low click to insert new notehead Using to SmartScore X2 80 To delete a notehead from existing cluster e Select Cluster tool from the Notes palette Z key Then hit the X key Click ing on any notehead in a cluster will remove a single notehead The Delete clus ter tool also works to delete single headed notes NOTE Always use the Cluster tool to remove single note heads The single greyed note and arrow will delete entire note cluster 5 2 10 Inserting changing and deleting beamed notes To edit beamed notes Hit the C key or click on the Insert button for Insert mode and select a flagged note from the Notes palette Then choose a beam direction from the Beams palette or the A key on your computer keyboard If a similar beam note is Tony Ctrl click on it to select it Notes palette expanded Beams palette expanded FIGURE 5 9 Editing Beamed Notes To fo
127. e on page 19 For more information on half toning refer online to Dithering in the FAQ section at www musitek com under the Support tab e If objects such as note stems and staff lines are broken or thin or if objects appear weak and lack clarity re scan with 30 to 40 decreased brightness to fill in gaps e If edges of objects are stair stepped or ragged it may mean re scan with the Auto Resolution setting checked On or increase scanning resolution manually Optimum distance between horizontal stafflines is 20 pixels You may use the cursor and readout in the Status Bar pixel coordinates to measure exact width of a typical staff line e If the source document is poorly printed or is faded and weak try locating a better print copy of the music NOTE Other scan problems such as crooked or offset pages can be corrected in Smart Score s Image Editor See Image Editing Tools Section 3 9 2 on page 34 Following recognition guitar chord fret symbols may sometimes overlay chord names recognized as text Raw or dumb text chord names will not transpose Bis To remove dumb text fields use Nudge mode Shift and drag the control han dles of each text field upwards Use the Select tool and group delete all selected text fields Recognition accuracy is directly related to the quality of the source document as well as the quality of the scanned image Very cheap scanners may always produce poor or half toned im
128. e Shuttle Tool off and on To manually ve select press the Toggle Shuttle button in the MIDI Toolbar or go to the Options menu and select Shuttle On Click and hold anywhere in an Overview or Piano Roll and drag the Shuttle Tool to the right to play the MIDI file at your own tempo Drag the Shuttle Tool to the left to rewind and hear the MIDI file simulta neously To insert or change the voice assignment of selected note event s a Use the Voice Selection pull down menu located above the piano keyboard to select a voice number b Right click and drag to create a note event Using to SmartScore X2 195 10 4 6 MIDI Instrument settings To change MIDI instrument parameters a Select Instrument Settings under the Options menu In Playback Console push the Set Instrument button This will open the Instrument Settings window INSTRUMENT SETTINGS MIDI Port B Bank V all 1234557 8 9 101 12 13 14 15 16 Instrument General Midi elelelelelelele le elelelelele Drum Kit No Drums ccc iecicicicicic Custom Instrument M ames EC ES cen FIGURE 10 14 Instrument Settings b Select the MIDI Port of the MIDI instrument you will be adjusting with the MIDI Port pull down menu c Choose a specific Instrument Bank or all Banks from the selected MIDI Port if numerical banks are supported by your MIDI device d Select the type of MIDI Instrument GM MT32 GS Yamaha XG Numeric or Custom from the Instrument
129. e Toolbar or choose File gt Scan Music gt Acquire When you start scanning a low resolution pre scan will appear in the Preview window If your scanner does not respond properly inside SmartScore s scanning interface select File gt Scan Music gt Choose Interface Your scanner s and try again If your scanner still fails to respond correctly turn to Scanning Outside of SmartScore on page 19 3 3 1 Enhanced scanning functions e Auto Cropping If your music extends to the edge of the preview window uncheck Cropping and push Prescan to scan again This will allow for maximum scanning coverage If cropping is checked a bounding box will limit the scanning region If you scan with cropping on make sure about a 1 4 of clear white space is left on all sides of the music inside the pre view image Using to SmartScore X2 20 e Auto Deskew If the preview appears slightly crooked push the Deskew button to correct If the pre view is very crooked or if some music is cut off reposition the music in the scanner and scan again e Auto Resolution This feature takes the guesswork out of choosing the correct resolution dpi setting for each scan When selected the image is analyzed and sized in order to obtain an optimum image resolution thus achieving the highest possible recognition accuracy Use this when ever possible If the preview image appears with white notes on black background you will be able to
130. e a visible sign to indicate its pres ence If no key signature is visible in the first measure of the ENF display the key signature will be C major A minor by default To create a custom time signature to Insert or Change il a Select the Custom Time button from the Signatures palette b Using numeric scrollers select a new numerator beats per measure and a new denominator note value receiving the beat c Click to insert signature immediately following any barline To insert a new key or time signature in the body of a score e With atime or key signature selected from the Signatures palette Insert mode click to the right of any barline NOTE The score will be parsed from the insertion point Error measures likely disappear after correcting the new time signature To insert a new key or time signature at the end of a system According to the conventions of music notation a change of key or a change of time sig nature that begins on a new line should also be indicated to the right of a barline at the end of the previous system FIGURE 7 7 Time Signature at the end of a system Using to SmartScore X2 138 To delete a signature e Quick Select a key or time signature Hit the X key and click on the signature to delete it e To prevent the last measure from rolling to the next line avoid deleting the final barline of any system a Note positions do not move when a clef sign is changed To c
131. e control up or down you can quickly view more of the TIF pane or more of the ENF pane FIGURE 5 2 Window pane shade control bar View Split Screen Vertical The slider to the right of the Toolbar controls both the TIFF ENF window shade bar 5 1 3a TIFF ENF Overlay view Mac Only An opaque ENF over TIFF view is available on Macs The ENF TIF slider adjusts the opacity of the ENF overlay from 0 to 100 Using to SmartScore X2 75 To edit using ENF variable opacity overlay Go to View gt Split Screen gt Overlay 6060 j A a Pi MILI ILLUM FIGURE 5 x ENF TIFF overlay view Mac only To change zoom level in any view window e Select one of 3 zoom levels in View Scan View window 5 1 4 Zoom To Zoom in and out e Click the Zoom icon in the Toolbar or press Ctrl Q ed e Left click will increase the scale of your view Zoom In while right click DAS Option click for Mac will decrease the scale of your view Zoom Out Ctrl scroll wheel works for zooming in and out as well For additional information on navigating inside an ENF document see Split screen and scan view reference views Section 7 11 1 on page 153 5 1 5 Paging To page forward or backward in an ENF document The Next Previous page control buttons are located to the far right of the ENF LUULI Toolbar add a new page with empty systems e Pus
132. e document to the same drive the file was opened from The original name remains unchanged If ENF and Image are dis played only the ENF file is saved 11 2 5 Save As You can save files in several file formats other than SmartScore s native ENF format These include MIDI MID NIFF and MusicXML XML file a Goto Save As b In the File type Format window choose a format to save the file c Browse to another directory and change the name if necessary d Press OK The file will be saved in the last directory used to save NOTE Use Save Ctrl S Cmnd S to update the current ENF file Using to SmartScore X2 217 NOTE When saving ENF to MIDI files a dialog box will open to explain that articula tions such as slurs staccatos and tenutos will create MIDI events that are not quantized You will be given a choice to save the MIDI files with articulations removed or kept For the purpose of playback only it is recommended that artic ulations be kept If t is recommended that articulations be removed if MIDI files are to be imported into other notation based programs 11 2 6 Save amp Open XML in Finale Toolbar button Use this function also found in the lower Toolbar to launch Finale and import the current ENF file saved as an XML file 11 2 7 Save as PDF This opens file browser and saves current active ENF file as an Adobe Acrobat PDF format file Windows requires PDF 995 from installer 11 2 8 Scan Music
133. e for the new score c Add the Composer s name for the first page score header Press the Page Setup button to change the basic page layout of your score See Custom document layouts Section 6 3 5 on page 96 for details e Page Setup opens document size and layout window e Tempo will insert a metronome mark for playback e Uncheck Insert Clef Signs automatically to create an ENF document without clefs Using to SmartScore X2 89 5 8 2 Using Built in Templates SmartScore has 15 preset 2 page templates including solo instrument piano duet com mon vocal and orchestral scores and a custom setup a Select a desired template from System Type in Score window b Once the score is open you can edit normally To add a new page a Push the Add New Page button on the right of the status bar b Or push the Properties Tool right click into any staff line and select Add Empty Page from the Score Properties window To delete an empty page To delete a page all systems on the page must first be removed Right click alt for Mac into each system of the page you wish to delete Select System gt Remove in the Score Properties window Repeat as necessary 5 8 3 Real Time Recording An alternative to entering notes in by hand is to record MIDI based performances using a MIDI keyboard or some other MIDI instrument For more about this see MIDI Recording Section 10 8 on page 206 5 8 4 Step Time Recor
134. e left of any staff line c In the Staff Properties window click in the Apply Staff Type checkbox Select 6 string guitar TAB from the pull down menu SmartScore also recognizes TAB formatted scores For more details refer to Section 3 5 1 Recognition Options Recognize Tablature Percussion and Split Systems Codas Using to SmartScore X2 16 2 2 9 Macintosh Windows shortcut conventions Most SmartScore keyboard shortcuts are identical on both Windows and Macintosh com puters For Macs with a single mouse button the right click function is performed version by holding down the alt Option key and clicking the mouse Using to SmartScore X2 17 3 Scanning and Recognition 3 1 Preparing to Scan Music To scan right away locate the SCAN button in the toolbar or Navigator and push it Scan Start Scan Toolbar Start Scan Navigator If your scanner responds well to the SCAN command you can jump to Section 3 5 Rec ognition Sequence on page 24 To learn more about scanning options in SmartScore turn to Section 3 2 Scanning in Macintosh on page 19 If you are scanning with a Mac running Snow Leopard OS 10 4 or later and your scanner fails to respond to the SCAN command jump to Section 3 2 Scanning in Macintosh on page 19 Scanning in SmartScore on Mac computers is not quite as straightforward as Windows Mac users jump to Scanning in Macintosh Section 3 2 on page 19
135. e score a Highlight a visible part by clicking on the dot next to Part Name b Check or uncheck the Visibility box below the desired voice number depending on which voice s you wish to extract c Select Visibility in the Apply field and choose Apply to New from the Apply To pull down menu This will extract all checked parts to a new ENF document while keeping the original document unchanged The Apply option alters the current document Apply to New will create a new separate ENF document 7 4 5 Adding a new part to the score To insert a new part into the score push the Add Part button in the System Manager This is the same as choosing Staff Part gt Insert option in Score Properties window see Score Properties Section 7 3 on page 109 To restore invisible parts to systems see Restoring a missed or invisible staff line Section 4 13 2 on page 67 To add a new part to the entire score ej a Open System Manager Ctrl M or select File gt System Manager from the menu rzl System Using to SmartScore X2 116 b Push the Add Part button at the upper left corner of the window Format Score d VY PMS marnage Add Part Open Instrument Templates Pat Name amp Abbr Voice 1 Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 Flute Flu Piano PiaR Grand Piano PianoL PiaL Grand Piano Grand Piano Grand Piano Remove Controlling System Active Y Visibility Apply Voices
136. e smallest rhythmic values used to when spell ing note start times Note On and end times Note Off in the ENF document e Use Note On Note Duration to determine the smallest rhythmic values used to when spelling note start times Note On and the minimum length of each note Note Dura tion in the ENF document e Shorten each note to the last Note Duration value e Lengthen each note to the next Note Duration value e Justify each note to the nearest Note Duration value TIP If the resulting ENF file has many stand alone flagged notes try reducing the Quantization value e g to 1 8th notes Divide By Beats When ON resulting ENF file will interpret measure lengths by number of beats and insert change of time signatures if beats of each measure do not correspond to the default time signature Turn OFF to lock default time signature e Smooth Voices When ON contrapuntal voices will be interpreted as continuous lines whenever practical When OFF contrapuntal voice will be interpreted loosely Using to SmartScore X2 157 7 13 Troubleshooting ENF Problems Table 1 Troubleshooting ENF Problems Notes and symbols Font association lost Reinstall Chopin10 font appear as large letters Font is located in the SmartScore directory Measures outlined ina Incorrect rhythm in one Edit voicelines to agree red color or more voices with time signature Pickup or closeout mea Voiceline durations do With Properties tool sure highl
137. e written into the music check this box e Bowings If up down bowing marks are written into the music check this box e Hymnal Fonts If you are scanning in music from a hymnal with stubby flags and short stems check this box NOTE Shaped notes do not apply e Ossias Select if your score has one or more ossias line above a staff suggesting an alternative passage that you wish to have recognized e Recognize Tablature Percussion and Split Systems Codas Select to recognize TAB guitar notation or percussion staves having other than 5 lines per staff Using to SmartScore X2 26 NOTE If your music includes a part with 4 lines it will be recognized as 4 string TAB by default If the 4 line staff is in fact a percussion part check Convert 4 line parts to percussion e If the original score contains a coda system break it s important to indicate that prior to recognition SmartScore will recognize split systems if Recognize tablature per cussion and split systems is checked e Join Offset Voices Y Two notes belonging to opposite voices are often offset even though they re meant to sound at the same time By default noteheads of different colored voices having no more than 1 8th of a notehead s space between them will share the same time event and will sound simultaneously after recognition and appear in different colors e If your music has offset noteheads which are meant to sound simu
138. e2 etc PET Move Up Move Down Save As Group to Score Patt Part Name k Ea Part Name FLUTE tes FIGURE 3 5 Grouping pages to Score Parts c Highlight the first set of pages that make up the first Score Part Push Group to Score Part In the Part Name window give the selected pages belonging to a score part a unique name e When all pages are properly grouped to score parts push the Begin Recognition button SmartScore will internally organize score parts following recognition The ENF window will display pages for the first part followed by pages of the next part Parts will play back simultaneously 3 7 Recognition Accuracy If recognition accuracy is not as good as what you expected examine the image up close by zooming into the image pane of your ENF view You may also view your scanned pages in SmartScore s Image Editor FIle Open Image file type Determine the following by examining your image file close up e If large black areas are pitted with holes stippled instead of being solid black your scan is probably half toned dithered and will not recognize well If you are unsure Using to SmartScore X2 20 send the TIF file to tech musitek com We will confirm whether or not it is half toned If you were scanning from inside SmartScore s scanning interface scan instead using your scanner s software observing the guidelines found here Scanning Outside of SmartScor
139. ea sure beat and tick e Select Start from track to paste to a selected track number e All to track will insert the contents of the clipboard no matter how many tracks were originally selected into one track 10 5 Event List To view and edit detailed MIDI events meta events note events controllers program changes key and time signatures etc in a selected track a Press the MIDI button of the Navigator or in the menu select View gt New MIDI View or Window gt Event List b Choose Event List from the Type pull down menu c Select a track to view and press OK The Event List displays every MIDI event and note attribute of the selected track Brandenburg mid Track 1 Violin I New Delete T Scroll when playing V NotesOn Notes Off I Control IV Meta V Sys Ex z LE m ajor 3 1 000 1 0 000 6 5 85 FIGURE 10 21 Event List z E m o e Select what event types are displayed in the Event List by checking or un checking the Event Type boxes along the top of the Event List e To scroll the Event List display during playback check the Scroll when playing box in the Event List window e To page from track to track click on Track Paging buttons in the Toolbar EA Using to SmartScore X2 201 10 5 1 Changing parameters of selected notes To change parameters of a group of selected notes e Click in any of the columns to change the parameters of an existing MIDI event or double click in
140. easure Play All Loop Cancel FIGURE 4 3 Set Playback Range d In the From field choose a starting measure Then select an end point in the To pull down box e Torepeat playback over the range check the Loop box 4 3 Playback Console The Playback Console is opened from a button in the Toolbar by holding down Ctrl 9 Win Cmnd 9 Mac or by selecting Playback console from the Playback menu T General Volume 4iljB 907 of MIDI port A Measure Beat 1 1 Close General transposition by 0 halftones Tempo 120 Default Tempo a gt Default Track Voice PartName Chan Port Lock Set Instrument Mute Solo Volume Pan Transp F 1 E vion y A 2 Slow Strings 5 5 es eit E 2 E voni 2 9 PizicatoStings 0 75 o 0 IN NEG 3 E Viola 3 A 7 Syn Strings 2 5 5 4Jij 35 RR D 4 E cello 4 A 2 Celo 5 5 i Hi 0 5 1 StingBass 5 A Contrabass 2 i o 0 6 EI PianoR 6 A Grand Piano ili 0 0 6 Pianoh la A P 2 Grand Piano 2 5 h io 0 4 FIGURE 4 4 Playback Console NOTE Channel numbers tempo volume pan mute solo and transpose pitch controls in the Playback Console all function normally when the Aria player is activated or when General MIDI playback is activated Instrument assignments in the Playback Console are ign
141. eat barline repeat measure or any other repeat symbol e Toggle the C key to enter Insert mode Select any repeat symbol from Bar lines amp Repeats palette and click to place it To change any current barline to a repeat barline e Select a repeat barline from the Barlines palette Click on any existing barline to change it to the selected barline To delete any barline e Quick select Ctl click on a barline or select any barline from the Barlines palette Hit the X key and click on the barline to delete it NOTE Do not delete a barline at the end of a system to change it the following mea sures will become reformatted See Deleting numbered endings and barlines at the end of systems Section 4 7 1 on page 51 To insert a Repeat Previous Measure mark X a Select the Repeat Previous Measure mark from palette BM b All notation present in the previous measure will automatically repeat itself during play back In Insert mode click into an empty measure 4 6 1 Repeated verses Many scores have multiple verses that repeat several times even though the music is writ ten once and may or may not even have barlines e g hymnals Other scores have sec tions marked only by single repeat barlines but are intended to repeat several times e g the ending of a song with repeat and fade Using to SmartScore X2 49 To change how many times a section should be repeated a With the Pr
142. eck Save for Future 4 10 3 Transposed instruments Transposed instruments do not actually play the pitches notated in the score To play them back in tune with the other non transposed instruments they must have their playback adjusted up or down by certain intervals This playback transposition is already preset in Instrument Templates for most transposed instruments The number in this column repre sents the amount of pitch change in half step increments Using to SmartScore X2 62 4 10 4 Adding instruments You can add new instruments with unique names and playback parameters as well as change existing names and parameters for any existing template All templates are acces sible in the Part Name column of the System Manager For more information on the Sys tem Manager turn to System Manager Section 7 4 4 10 5 Add drum tracks Adding an automatic drum track will add more pizazz to the mix d Push the Drum Pattern button in the Toolbar to select an appropriate pattern for x your piece For more information on adding or creating drum tracks go to Auto matic Drum Patterns Section 9 5 4 10 6 Swing This feature applies standard swing rhythm to straight 8th and 16th notes notated in beamed groups SmartScore will modify playback and the underlying MIDI representation as follows 4474 In the Playback menu click on Swing To apply swing to playback 4 11 ENF Graphical controllers With the Velocity
143. een _While on Click on the half note to the left and when the cursor drops down hold the Ctrl button down and hit the V key The word bough will be pasted into position Click out of the staff line Press the L button in the toolbar to exit Lyric mode Restore error measures by going to View gt Show and checking Error mea sures Restore normal playback by going to the Playback menu and click on Play as written to turn it off Most settings in SmartScore remain on until turned off You may want to experiment with changing the Andante tempo marking Hit the Esc key Properties tool click on the marking and adjust BPM value 2 2 8 Editing Guitar SmartScore includes some very useful and powerful features for solo guitar music includ ing recognition and editing of tablatures a NOTE Push the Recognition button In the Begin Recognition window push Add Files to List Double click on the file GUITAR TIF in the SmartScore folder to add the file to the list of recognized pages Solo guitar and violin music often contain fingering numbers You may want to prevent SmartScore from interpreting fingerings as tuplets To ignore tuplets uncheck Tuplets in the Recognition Options area Press Begin Recognition Adjust default tempo The original tempo is marked Poco allegro SmartScore recognized the word Allegro which has a default tempo of 150 bpm It s too fast Using to SmartScore X2 15
144. ek com videos html To read more about scanning scanning issues and work arounds go online to www musitek com scanningnotes html or see Scanning Issues at www musitek com faqs html 3 2 Scanning in Macintosh Macs running Apple OS 10 6 Snow Leopard or later have scanner drivers imbedded in the operating system This limits third party scanning to those devices selected by Apple If your scanner does not respond to the Scan command scanning will have to be done outside of SmartScore 3 2 1 Scanning Outside of SmartScore If your scanner does not respond properly in SmartScore s scanning interface or if you cannot prevent your scanner from creating dithered half toned images you will be a able to create usable images with the scanning software that came with your scanner Returning to SmartScore you will be able to Recognize these saved images a Check that your scanner is on and connected to your computer b Go to File gt Scan Music gt Choose Interface gt Your Scanner s When you push the Scan button your scanner s software may open up If not launch the scanning software application that came with your scanner e Place your music in the scanner as squarely as possible NOTE Some scanners especially lower cost all in one devices have limited settings If you are unable to locate specific settings described below choose Text or Docu ments Normally you will not select Photos Illustrations
145. elected File Scan Music Choose Scanner Scan outside of Smart Score See Scanning Outside of Smart Score on page 19 Check cabling and power Use scan test program if available Re scan in Smart Score s scanning inter face with Auto Resolution off Re scan with Auto Resolution off Man ually set resolution acceptable to scanner 300 to 600 dpi Refer to Scanning Issues section of www musitek com faqs html for work around Reduce original size using photocopier Using to SmartScore X2 31 Table 1 Scanning and Recognition Troubleshooting Recognition failed for this page Scanner hangs or crashes Scanner set to screen resolution of 72 dpi Resolution of scanner set too low Page was scanned with too light a setting Scanner was forced to create a black amp white image with dither 99 ing Music not fully scanned or is severely skewed Image too large for selected resolution Driver conflict Scan again accepting Auto resolution set tings for best results Manually set resolu tion to 300 600 dpi Scan again Re scan with 30 to 35 brightness Re scan in Your Scan ner s interface Greyscale 350 dpi Re scan making sure all the music is selected Scan music straight or use Deskew function Re scan ensuring Auto Resolution On Accept setting If rec ognition is poor re scan with Auto Reso lut
146. eline 77 148 240 threading 10 242 visiting another staff 150 voices 9 239 affecting playback 45 assigning instruments to 46 114 194 color 148 extracting 13 116 gluing and ungluing 48 149 offset 27 splitting 45 143 swap position 150 using hidden rests 152 vertically aligning 48 149 visibility 45 VST 71 W window synchronization 76 Working with Finale 87 X XML export 216 import 144 Zoom ENF 76 preferences 216 Scan Window 76 screen size 216 zoom 227 Using to SmartScore X2 253 Using to SmartScore X2 254
147. em of the ENF main view To change or remove Part Name display see Document Preferences Section 11 1 1 7 4 2 Assigning MIDI Instruments to Voices General MIDI Playback only Voices inherit MIDI instrument assignments from Instrument Templates initially You can change MIDI instrument assignment for voices in Voice mode or parts Part mode in the System Manager or Playback Console TIP Assigning each voice a different instrument adds richer sound texture and helps e in hearing inner voicings of the music Highly recommended for classes in composition NOTE Playback Console and System Manager are linked Changes made to MIDI instruments in one environment will update the other MIDI instrument assign Using to SmartScore X2 114 ments in Instrument Templates are not changed automatically They can only be changed manually To change MIDI instruments for voices in System Manager e In System Manager click on any voice of any part and select a new MIDI instrument in the pull down menu NOTE Changes made to instruments in System Manager or the Playback Console will not be applied to playback when the Aria player VST or AU is active 7 4 3 Extracting Parts NOTE Part and voice extraction can be accomplished using either System Manager or the Score Structure environment a graphically based score display Many find alene Score Structure to be easier to use for part extraction See Using Score Structure Structure to Extract am
148. ences 216 Properties barline 59 Note 54 playback 54 staff 111 Properties tool 12 punctuation 121 quantization 233 Quick Keys 141 Barlines 140 Beam Direction 142 Dots 141 Dynamics 133 QuickSelect 104 Rests 124 Select Tool 105 Stem Direction 142 Ties 142 Tuplets 124 Vertical Alignment 48 149 Quick Select 8 78 79 R recognition adding a staff missed by 67 bowings 26 chord symbols 166 fretboard 27 hymnal fonts 26 joining offset voices 27 lyrics and text 25 optimized scores 27 options and preview tabs 25 PDF 22 pedals 26 poor 29 sample files 4 System Report 5 216 thresholding to improve 37 triplets 26 record a CD 212 record new MIDI track 208 reference views 153 overlay 154 reformat score 91 113 214 222 Reformatting 91 registration product 230 rehearsal symbols 215 Re link parts 66 69 after Unify 144 before inserting staff 67 Repeat previous measure mark 49 repeated endings 5 1 repeated verses and sections 49 Repeats 49 reset windows and palettes 87 Resolution dpi 21 rests 24 associated with lyric block 162 moving horizontal 120 ritard 56 Rotate scanned image 37 ruler preferences 216 S Save ENF 39 86 scan view window 153 display 228 floating 228 Using to SmartScore X2 250 overlay 75 split control 228 scanning music 18 all in one scanners 99 choose interface 20 Macintosh 19 outside of SmartScore 19 resolution dpi 21 score annotations 171 create from scratch 90 display 74 f
149. er e Manipulating playback windows Both the Aria and Playback Console windows are floating and can be easily moved out of the way when editing the ENF notation file When either window is closed current instrument settings are saved In order to reassign instruments playback windows will need to be reopened H To reopen Playback Console push the Console button in the lower toolbar i y G To reopen Aria player push the VST or AU button in the lower toolbar To exit Aria player and revert to General MIDI Instrument playback select General MIDI or MIDI Mapper from MIDI Devices under the Playback menu This will enable you to insert multiple instrument changes For details see Changing instrument sounds on the fly Section 4 5 4 on page 47 The Aria player is loaded with useful features including effects and the ability to add more Garritan sounds The Aria user manual can be found under the HELP menu gt SmartScore manual PDF Aria Player for SmartScore X2 e Burning Audio to DVD with the Aria player We recommended using Aria for playback whenever you save to an audio file or burn playback audio to DVD D For information on saving to audio files or burning audio to DVD refer to Chap b ter Recording to Audio Save as file Burn to CD Section 10 14 on page 212 A ELTTI Using to SmartScore X2 40 4 2 Quick Playback Tricks Press the spacebar to start playback Press spacebar again to paus
150. eractive Tempo Controller e Push the Tempo Controller button in the ENF Toolbar Clicking the orange line changes the default tempo value For more details see ENF Graphical controllers Section 4 11 on page 63 7 6 11 Clefs and Signatures Key and Time palette Hold either the Treble clef button or 4 4 button down for a few seconds and select the appropriate key or time signature from the palette Click at the beginning of the staff or part to which it applies Key signatures for that part will automatically update in all subsequent systems up to but not including any change of key signature should any occur Clefs signs are not automatically updated but can be cloned using the Unify com mand 7 6 1la For time signatures see Unify Time Signatures Section 7 8 4b on Using to SmartScore X2 157 page 145 7 6 11b For key signatures see Unify Key Signatures Section 7 8 4a on page 145 To change an existing key or time signature to another signature Entering or changing any time signature automatically updates time signatures in all parts of all systems up to the first change of time signature if one exists Entering or changing key signatures must be done one staff at a time a Quick select Ctrl click a desired key or time signature nearby or select a new signature from the tool palette b Click on a highlighted signature to be changed NOTE The key of C major A minor does not hav
151. ert a Dynamic marking a NOTE While in the Insert mode select a dynamic marking from the Dynamics pal ette Click anywhere above the active staff A change in playback volume MIDI Vol ume for that particular active staff MIDI track then will apply Changes in note volumes range as follows Pppp 30 ppp 40 pp 50 p 60 mp 70 mf 80 f 90 ff 100 fff 110 ffff 120 Dynamics apply only to the active staffline To apply dynamics and or dynamic markings to more than one staff enter the dynamic in each part in which you want the effect to apply If you do not wish to have multiple dynamics visible you may enter dynamics in the Hidden Symbols mode For more details see Hidden Symbols Section 7 10 on page 152 Using to SmartScore X2 134 To delete a dynamic or tempo marking An alternative is to use the Select tool O key highlight the mark and hit Delete 7 6 4 Tempo Palette Default tempo for all time signatures is 120 beats per minute 120 bpm except for cut time and 2 2 time which play at 60 beats per minute Tempos can be modified by insert ing one or more metronome marks by inserting a tempo marking or with the ENF Tempo Controller 7 6 4a Metronome Mark NOTE The default tempo of all ENF scores is 120 beats per minute BPM Any tempo marking whether recognized or inserted will over ride the default tempo Default tempo can be reset by clicking the Default Tempo butt
152. et notes and or rests m b Press the Y key to group the selected offset notes into a single vertical event Selected voices will move slightly Offset voices not glued Using the Select tool Hitting the Y key glues following recognition Esc key to highlight offset voices to one half note appears in black the two offset voices time event Y also unglues joined voices FIGURE 7 5 Correcting offset voices not glued after recognition Similarly if you see notes bunched together each displaying different colors usually black and red and sometimes green but which actually belong to only one voice they are probably glued to the same vertical event Joined notes can be unglued as follows To Unglue offset notes not intended to play simultaneously a With the Select tool O key carefully select the incorrectly glued notes NOTE they will each have different colors Be sure to select only the notes which are incorrectly joined b Hitthe Y key Joined notes will separate and change color Using to SmartScore X2 149 7 9 3 Checking vertical alignment of voices Measures with notes and rests that are incorrectly aligned will become highlighted reddish error In addition all notes and rests that are glued will move together when dragged left or right in Nudge mode e Hold the Shift button Click and drag note control point to verify FIGURE 7 6 Using Nudge mode SHIFT
153. eted parts For details see Scanning Part Scores Score Parts Section 3 6 on page 28 Using to SmartScore X2 112 7 3 10 Ossia Use this tool to delete or insert an ossia above or below the active staff Inserted ossias are editable just as any normal staffline except that ossias are not played back FIGURE 7 12 Ossia To resize an ossia a Hold the Shift key down Nudge mode and drag either of the control points at either end of the ossia Barline key and time signature information is inherited from its associated staffline b Re spaceossias using tabs in the left margin just as any staffline 7 3 11 TAB This command opens the Staff Properties window and applies 6 string guitar TAB 7 3 12 Go to e Use this tool to jump to a new measure page or score part 7 4 System Manager Use the System Manager to add assign or change instrumental parts change part names and to extract parts and voices by controlling visibility System Manager Add Part Open Instrument Templates Pat Name amp Abbr Voice 1 Voice 2 Voice 3 Flute Flu Pianoh PiaR Grand Piano Grand Piano PianoL PiaL Grand Piano Grand Piano Controlling System d Active X Cancel inlu Visibility Apply Visibility Part names Voices Apply To All v System Nest System Next Page FIGURE 7 13 System Manager window Using to SmartScore X2 113 The System Manager displays i
154. eting 132 insert delete multiple 132 articulations palette 127 Associate Image Files 229 Audio CD recording 212 Audio MIDI Setup 73 Audio Units AU 71 Auto Save 216 Auto Spacing 148 B barline properties 83 barlines 241 bracketing 173 deleting end of staff 51 82 140 editing 140 repositioning measures 121 reset number per line 112 beaming flagged notes 105 223 beams across measures 151 Auto Beam 148 cross staff voicing 150 making 81 reshape 120 Begin Recognition Window 4 bowings 26 bracket broken or missing 66 bracketing 109 172 brightness scanning 2 1 C CD Writer 212 centering music for printing 94 change beamed note 81 notes and symbols 79 chord cluster 80 splitting into voices 45 Chord symbol preferences 170 chord symbols Using to SmartScore X2 243 changing 167 copying 171 display 26 215 225 inserting 166 moving 171 new 169 preferences 215 clefs 240 editing 137 transposition 106 unifying 145 visibility 214 Clefs and Signatures palette 137 cluster chord 80 Coda 52 61 recognizing split systems 27 color MIDI channels 216 overriding automatic color 148 preferences 216 conductor score from parts 25 29 101 contrapuntal voices see also voicelines 9 148 Copy 219 ENF region to clipboard 88 to paste in other programs 88 courtesy accidentals 126 crescendos and decrescendos hiding 152 inserting 134 properties 57 Crop 35 cross measure beaming 151 cross staff voicing 150 locking the
155. etronome Settings listed under the Options menu and uncheck Synchro On e Thru Sends new MIDI events to the selected MIDI output device The active Piano Roll deter mines the parameters of the MIDI Thru sound If no Piano Roll is open MIDI Channel 1 is used 10 8 2 Metronome The Metronome is on by default The metronome is useful in keeping time while record ing and as a count in tool to mark the beginning of the recording session Sometimes you may want to record freely that is you simply want to capture a per formance in MIDI without worrying about timing or about trying to convert the perfor mance into notation For this purpose you will want to turn the metronome off To make the metronome inactive during recording uncheck Metronome from the Realtime menu OR choose the Metronome Settings listed under the Options menu and uncheck Metro nome On Using to SmartScore X2 206 To make changes to SmartScore s metronome e Choose Metronome Settings from the Options menu The Metronome Settings win dow will open METROHOME SETTINGS x Metronome On M SynchroOn M Cancel MIDI Port MIDI Channel Lead in meas Primary Beat Pitch Volume 7 A fiz 4 On M Closed Hi Hat Secondary Beat Pitch Volume On F ClosedHiHat gt o m FIGURE 10 24 Metronome Settings NOTE The Metronome On check box must be selected for the metronome to sound during recording To rec
156. etup and change Document Layout to Center on Page Push Apply to view changes in Preview mode Push OK to close Page Setup Using Score Structure to Extract amp Join Parts 6 5 1 Structure and hierarchy Score Structure Edit gt Score Structure is a powerful tool that allows you to create entirely new scores by removing creating and re linking parts By simply dragging links around you have the ability to remove parts extract parts and join individual part scores into multi part conductor scores See Recognition Sequence Section 3 5 on page 24 for more info NOTE Using Score Structure is a graphical method for extracting recombining parts Another method is to use visibility control in the Master System For more details see Extracting Parts Section 7 4 3 on page 115 6 5 2 Extracting parts in Score Structure With multi staff score open in ENF vies select Edit gt Score Structure ENF Documents Score Parts Parts Voices Flute Gluck gp PianoR Flute PianaL Grand Piano Grand Piano Grand Piano aui Drag amp drop to reorder or reconnect Alt Click or Shift Click for multiselection Secondary Click for other functions FIGURE 6 2 Score Structure Typical Piano Vocal Arrangement To isolate the part s you want to extract click on all the parts you don t want and push the Remove button at the bottom of the screen Push Apply to New The extracted part s will open in a new
157. example barlines can be separated by stafflines and or by instrument grouping To break barlines between stafflines a Select Bracketing from Edit menu Ctrl B Cmnd B Mac Using to SmartScore X2 172 b Select Break barlines by staff Click OK eki a M Bracketing Options gt lt Part List PED pi aji A Lively Brace Group Set Sel Hear Sel Grand Staff Group Clear Sel Barline Group Set Sel Clear All Break Barline by Brackets sean Selected Parts v Groups Correction Cancel NOTE Berline groups not setin this window will inherit berline group from Recognition or from ENF tem plate FIGURE 8 8 Bracketing window To create braces grand staff brackets and create barline groups a Highlight two or more parts in list to select for grouping b Choose Brace Grand Staff or Barline Group set and press Set Sel c Continue to select parts for any other type of group Any selected group can overlap parts of another selected group d Click Break Barline by Brackets checkbox to have barlines break according to instrument families which are already designated by braces groups and grand Staffs e Choose Clear Sel or Clear Selected Parts in selected group or Clear All to remove groupings Using to SmartScore X2 8 4 4 Score Header Score headers are not considered text They
158. f your computer keyboard With your other hand enter notes and chords from your MIDI keyboard or MIDI instrument Using to SmartScore X2 209 To activate Step Time Recording a Make sure your MIDI keyboard or MIDI instrument is properly connected to your computer and that it or its interface is selected under Input in the MIDI Devices window See MIDI Devices Section 10 3 3 on page 190 for more From the Realtime menu select Step Time Record Select a track The default is set to New Track If you wish to record onto an existing MIDI track select that track in the New View window Press OK A floating window representing the computer keyboard number pad and associ ated note durations appears Record is now staged TRIPLETS Er Prev Next Next Beat Beat Measure With Cntl Prev Next Measure Measure FIGURE 10 26 Step Time recording Number Keypad Click on a note value or control button in the floating key pad window Or you may select the corresponding value control function using the numerical keypad on your computer keyboard Press the Play button of the Mini Console Recording will begin at Measure 1 Using to SmartScore X2 210 h Press a note or chord on your MIDI instrument Notes of the selected value will insert The next note you enter will begin at the same point the last note ended e g In 4 4 time with quarter note selected hitting a note four times will fill up one measure
159. fline 3 Based on First Measure Unify Time Signatures E Unify Clef Signs Parse for changes E Unify System Staff and Line Spacing Based on active System Based on 1st System NN Do nat launch Unify Score after Recognition FIGURE 7 3 Unify Key Time and Clefs TIP Check part linking Ctrl L before applying Unify when editing optimized scores If your ENF score contains collapsing and expanding systems it is recommended to per form Part Linking before Unifying Unifying signatures and clefs will maintain part link ages as set in Logical Part Linking Refer to Re linking parts Section 4 14 for more details Using to SmartScore X2 144 7 8 4a Unify Key Signatures e Based on topmost staffline Default All key signatures for every part are updated based on signatures found in the first staf fline of each system Any change of key signs found in the topmost staffline will update subsequent stafflines within each system Use when systems have the same key signature in each part e Based on Ist system All key signatures in every system are updated based on signatures found in the first sys tem on the first page Any subsequent changes in key signatures will be removed Use to unify scores that have transposed instruments with a fixed number of parts per system NOTE Manually edit key signatures when scores contain a Transposed instruments AND change of key signatures b Transposed instrumen
160. fretboard symbols e Long Minor will display min instead of m for the word minor e Playback Change GLOBAL playback characteristics e Grace notes On the beat accaciatura Before the beat e Lock to Time Signature Lock Default Play as written e Randomizer Place check in checkbox to apply Adjust sliders to increase decrease random changes to start time and note velocities Using to SmartScore X2 215 11 1 2 Program Preferences e User Interface Control tool palette behavior turn display of active staff and margins off and on and show Task Window at startup Reset default windows settings including post recognition pop up notifications e Page type Reset default page size and orientation e Units and Zoom Reset default ruler display units and reset zoom screen size ratios e Tablature e Select whether or not to print note value symbols e Change the length of time to enter fret number values e Color settings Reset color properties of notes and other symbols e MIDI channel color Reset the colors displayed for MIDI channels 1 16 e Karaoke settings Control appearance during playback including scroll and ball behavior as well as back ground and lyric colors These options are also available in Karaoke mode under the Options menu e Autosave Reset default Autosave rules e Every n minutes even if no editing takes place e Every n actions based on number of editing actions e g Inserting Cha
161. fset when positioned next each other This is meant to avoid collisions between the two Depending on the situation readjusting position offset objects is possi Offset rests due to close vertical proximity Offset corrected after dragging FIGURE 7 19 Offset due to rests too closely positioned 7 5 7b Fixing beam angles Beam angles are a function of the length of note stems within the beam By dragging note stems up or down the angle of the beam will change Control points at the end of beams can also be dragged up or down to adjust overall beam angle If a beam collides with note stems or appears at odd angles after moving or deleting notes click amp drag the control point on either beam end Drag beam end until it is properly posi tioned Stems of notes alternate as the beam angle is changed Use the stem lengthening method to control cross staff beaming Beam colliding with Drag beam control Drag beam control note stem point to flip stem direc point to change beam tion angle FIGURE 7 20 Controlling cross staff beams Using to SmartScore X2 122 7 6 Tool Palettes All notation symbols used in SmartScore can be selected from the Tool palettes By default up to 3 palettes remain open at one time Palettes recycle by default but you may have all open at once NOTE Tool palette buttons are expandable Any button with a small arrow in the lower right corner will expand to reveal all possible symbols w
162. g playback continuity see Part Linking Ctrl1 L Section 7 7 7 on page 143 e Fretboard Strings The default fretboard for recognition is the six string guitar If your music has ukulele fret boards 4 strings or some other configuration change the selection to the correct number of strings Using to SmartScore X2 27 3 5 2 Post Recognition Scanned pages will be saved as a TIF file prior to recognition When recognition is com plete a System Report will list the number of parts found in the largest and smallest sys tems If any of these do not agree with the original music investigate the cause before spending a lot of time editing the score it could be difficult to restructure your score later on System Report Number of Systems Found 4 system s found on 1 pages Largest System Found 3 part s Found in 4 systems Smallest System Found 3 part s found in 4 systems Light leaking inta the marginis af scanned music and brackets that are cut off are the mast likely causes of systems that are incorrectly joined or split Press Open Image Editor to locate and fix these causes Select Open Super System to view detailed information about the largest system found Do not show System Reports anymore Open Image Editor Open Super System Open ENF fle FIGURE 3 4 Post recognition System Report e Normally you will select Open SmartScore file You can accept or change the name and the dest
163. glued after recognition 4 5 5 Correcting Vertical Alignment In printed music noteheads belonging to different voices may appear side by side even though they are meant to sound simultaneously During recognition horizontal distances between offset noteheads are measured and a decision is made whether or not to join or glue notes to the same vertical event It is possible that offset notes will not become glued due to excessive distance between the noteheads It is also possible that notes will become incorrectly glued if they are too close The default distance for joining noteheads to the same vertical event is 1 8th of a note head This distances can be adjusted prior to recogni tion See Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 for details on resetting the dis tance for joining notes Using to SmartScore X2 47 Following recognition check that Voice Visibility is on See Voice Visibility Section 4 5 1 on page 45 If two notes with opposing stems both appear black and are meant to play simultaneously they can be aligned as follows To vertically align offset voices 8 Use the Select tool O key and highlight notes or rests that are horizontally wt offset likely they will both be black 3 b Press the Y key to group the selected offset notes into a single vertical event Selected voices may move a bit and one should turn red e E m Pom i EX W Offset voices not
164. glued Using the Select tool Hitting the Y key glues following recognition Esc key to highlight offset voices to one half note appears in black the two offset voices time event Y also unglues joined voices FIGURE 4 10 Correcting offset voices not glued after recognition Similarly if you see notes that belong in a single voice each displaying a different color most likely black and red and nearly touching they are joined to the same vertical event and can easily be unglued To Unglue offset notes which are not intended to play simultaneously a With the Select tool O key carefully select the incorrectly glued notes NOTE they will each have different colors Be sure to select only the notes which are incorrectly joined b Hit the Y key Joined notes separate and change color Select again and hit the Y key once more to rejoin See Join Offset Voices in Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 to reset default distances prior to recognition See also Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 on page 148 for more information on editing voices and their affect on score playback Using to SmartScore X2 48 4 6 Repeats SmartScore will repeat properly marked sections including multiple repeats and repeated endings Also playback can jump forward or jump back when properly marked For more information see Jumps Section 4 8 on page 52 To insert a rep
165. graphical controller you can vary note velocities of each note cluster quickly and smoothly With the Tempo controller you can draw in tempo variations smoothly over time Controllers can be accessed either in the ENF Toolbar or below the Piano Roll window in MIDI view T LIB RB FIGURE 4 26 Text aud Controllers Using to SmartScore X2 63 4 11 1 Velocity Controller In ENF score view push the Velocity controller button to activate Click and H drag your mouse along the vertical bars which represent each note s velocity The higher the bar the more the velocity Ui TFI ait PEE aZ FIGURE 4 27 ENF Velocity Controller 4 11 2 Tempo Controller Push the Tempo controller button to active The horizontal line in the topmost staff represents default tempo To vary tempo click and drag your mouse up or down The last tempo point will be fixed until changed E r E E rn FIGURE 4 28 ENF Tempo Controller NOTE For ritards accelerandos and descelerandos use the Properties tool instead of the Tempo Controller You will have much more predicable results See 4 9 5 on page 56 for information on these properties Using to SmartScore X2 64 4 11 3 Normalize controllers After making changes to Tempo or Velocity controllers you may find you have created greater than desired changes to playback If so you may globally reduce the effects of either controller by applying normalizing
166. h the Add New Page button in the Status Bar 5 1 6 Status Bar options The status bar at the bottom of the SmartScore window contains information about the current page being viewed Clicking inside any of these fields will open a control window Page Number Go To Page Size Page Setup or Zoom Level Zoom Using to SmartScore X2 76 5 2 Editing the Music For editing we recommend a left hand on keyboard technique as shown below The left index finger is over the C key the left middle finger is over the X key the left ring finder is over the Z key and the small finger is over the CTRL key NOTE You will find editing fast and easy once you begin working with this Quick Keys method l FIGURE 5 m Left Hand Position for ENF Editing 5 2 Pitch shift Nudge mode To change the pitch of any note Position the mouse over a staff line Hold the Shift key down with your small left finger then click and hold on the control point in the center of the notehead Drag the note head up or down to shift its vertical position in the staff To change the pitch of several notes at once a Press O key to activate the Select tool in Toolbar ae E b Click and drag a box around any series of notes c Hold down the Shift key and drag the notes up or down 5 2 2 Rhythmic errors Measures highlighted in a reddish color indicate that one or more rhythmic errors were found inside a voiceline
167. h the bottom line of any staff up or down The staff will resize vertically Resizing staff height Before dragging blue tab After dragging blue tab FIGURE 6 18 Using tabs to change staff distances and system widths Resizing staff height Using to SmartScore X2 93 Setup 6 3 Document Page Setup Your finished score will probably be printed out so you ll want to control how it will look beforehand You may want to resize staves and systems or reformat the entire score You may also want to extract and recombine parts and voices or create a conductor s score from separate parts This chapter includes changing score structure reformatting margins page layout control and print preview To preview and change a document s page layout e Push Page Setup button in the Navigator File Page Setup If your score was created out of recognition the Document Layout pull down menu will show From Recognition Each page frame represents the exact area cropped when each page was scanned Choices include selecting a default page size and orientation as well as centering music on the page or else choosing one of several preset layouts as described below 6 3 1 Page Centering To apply selected page size orientation and center music on pages a Make sure your Page Type is correctly set to your paper size b Inthe Document Page Setup pull down menu select Center on Page ETET rr EE pi dia HE I Format
168. hange a clef while keeping original note pitches of a part or selected region note positions must be shifted Refer Transposition by Key and Clef Section 5 4 a Selecta clef from the Clefs palette NOTE Left click and hold on any palette button with a small arrow for 2 seconds to expand it and reveal all symbols of that class b Click anywhere in the active staff to insert the selected clef 7 6 11c Alto Tenor Mezzo soprano C clefs The midpoint of the C clef indicates where C below middle C MIDI C3 is to be located 7 6 14d Treble Octava Bass Octava clefs Playback in these clefs will be an octave higher than with a standard clef 7 6 l1le Treble Octavo Bass Octavo clefs Playback in these clefs will be an octave lower than with a standard clef 7 6 11f X Percussion clef When the Percussion clef is inserted into a staff line MIDI channel assignment of the staff switches to 10 the default drum channel Notes are entered normally but playback as MIDI drums Note pitch to MIDI drum assignments are mapped in Drumset option under the Playback menu 7 6 11g Octava Octavo tools These are not clefs per se Rather than insert with a mouse click they are applied to selected notes by dragging to select the notes to be modified Playback of selected notes will be an octave higher when selecting with Octava tool and an octave lower when selecting with Octavo tool To assign Octava or Octavo to a range of se
169. he score Use Paste Replace to quickly replace a complex passage that was poorly recog nized with an identical passage that is correct 11 3 5b Merging and Inserting Paste option A special paste mode becomes available after selecting and copying symbols or entire sys tem segments Clicking on the beginning barline of the section to be altered will open the following dialog box Paste options dialog Merge with existing bars Insert new bars mer Canc D f Replace existing bars v Show this dialog before each paste FIGURE 11 2 Paste Option Dialog Barline click e Merge with existing bars Copied symbols will be added to current measures e Insert new bars Copied measures will be inserted and follow on measures will be rolled forward e Replace existing barlines This choice will replace existing measures identical to Paste Replace Using to SmartScore X2 220 e Delete h In this mode clicking on objects that are moused over and highlight yellow are deleted 11 3 6 Select All Ctrl A or Cmnd A To select all symbols on the current page for global editing functions such as split voices Section 4 5 2 flip stems Section 7 7 5 and ungluing joined voices Section 7 5 7a Choose Select All from the Edit menu Ctrl A or Cmnd A 11 3 7 System Manager Ctrl M or Cmnd M Refer to System Manager Section 7 4 11 3 8 Score Properties Refer to Score Properties Section 7 3 11 3 9 Sc
170. he cluster Z key and X key until you are left with two notes in each cluster Using to SmartScore X2 45 4 5 3 Assigning instruments to voices Assigning unique MIDI instruments adds richness and allows the user to distinguish con trapuntal voices during playback There are two areas where you can change MIDI instru ment assignments for voices inside the Playback Console and inside the System Manager To change an instrument assignment of a voice in the Playback Console a Push the Playback Console button in the Toolbar to open it The console may be opened with quick keys Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 or from the menu by selecting Play back gt Console General Volume 80 of MIDI port Measure Beat 1 1 mm General transposition by 0 halftones Tempo 120 Default Tempo I Default Track Voice C Part Name Chan Port Lock Set Instrument Mute Solo Volume Pan Transp I B8 violin y 1 A 2 Slow Strings 9 j o 0 2 E Violin Il y 2 A Rjzicato Strings JM 5 o 0 3l vos Os ve Re oo jas eo 4 E c 4 A Celo 55 i o 0 5 H StingBass 5 A Contrabass tes o 0 FIGURE 4 7 Changing MIDI instrument of a voice in Playback Console b Inany of the Voice column click to select a new MIDI instrument To change an instrument assignment of a voice in the System Manager a Open the System Manager Ctrl M or select System Manager from Edit menu A
171. he number of beats per measure numerator as well as which note value is given the fundamental beat denominator The sum of note dura tion values in a given measure must equal the value of the current time signature Note A note is the fundamental unit of tone The duration of a note is determined by its note value normally between 1 and 128 divisions The note s vertical position on a given staff with clef determines its pitch Using to SmartScore X2 240 Rest Rests are equivalent to notes insofar as their durations but represent silence They act as place holders used to keep the rhythmic structure of the measure intact Measure Staff lines are segmented into equal time divisions called measures Measures are the building blocks that provide structure for music The sum of note and rest dura tions within each measure must equal the value of the current time signature Barline Barlines are the vertical lines that define the beginning and ending of measures Accidental Note pitches often range outside of the tonal center defined by the key signa ture An accidental shifts its associated note up sharp or down flat by 1 2 step Acci dentals may also be doubled An accidental remains effective only for the remainder of the measure in which it appears A natural cancels a note s current accidental Dot of Prolongation Notes and rests that are dotted have the value of their duration lengthened by 1 2 For example a
172. hen held down with the left mouse button for several seconds FIGURE 7 21 Expandable tool palettes To replace an open Tool Palette with another palette type a Right click on any open Tool Palette Mac Ctrl click ub SmartScore m 3 Notes F2 Clefs and signatures F3 Barlines amp Repeats F4 Articulations F5 D ynamics F Tempo FF Text and Tools F8 Show All Hide All Reset b Click to select an alternative palette NOTE The F1 key Reset Workspace icon in Toolbar always resets win dows and palettes to their default positions To change palette display behavior a Right click Ctrl click for Mac onto any open tool palette b At the bottom of the Palette window choose one of 4 alternative modalities for palette behavior including Recycle Default This changes the secondary open palette when a Quick Key is activated The Notes palette remains open and does not cycle Show All opens all 9 SmartScore Using to SmartScore X2 123 Ne Tool Palettes e Hide All This removes all Tool Palettes from view 7 6 1 Notes and Rests palette 7 6 1a Inserting Notes and Rests Numeric keys a Selecta note or rest from either of the Notes or Rests buttons located in the Notes palette Left click and hold for two seconds to expand the palette revealing all possible notes or rests b Press the C key to activate Insert mode The cursor will display the
173. hlight blue then click to insert To change the fingering of any TAB numeral Enter Insert mode by hitting the C key or selecting the Insert button from the lower Toolbar Click on any numeral until a red box numeral editor appears Enter a new num ber NOTE You will have 4 seconds to enter a new number before the numeral editor becomes inactive You may change the default time period by going to Edit gt Program Preferences gt Tablature gt Timer To change the rhythmic value of a TAB numeral Ctrl click on any nearby note with the desired value or select that note value from the Notes palette Click on the rhythmic value displayed directly above or below the numeral you wish to change Horizontal note spacing will automatically be adjusted Measures with rhythmic errors will highlight in pink exactly as melody lines behave To interpret pink measures see Section 5 2 2 Rhythmic errors on page 77 To change to voicing of a TAB numeral You must first delete the numeral by hitting the X key and clicking on the numeral Hit the C key to enter Insert mode and select the correct note value if necessary Position the cursor where you want to insert the numeral and right click to insert it as Voice 2 red or left click to insert the numeral as Voice 1 black To delete a TAB numeral Simply hit the X key and click on any numeral This action will delete both single TAB numerals and numerals in chord cluste
174. iated with the sound b c Select a new drum sound from the pull down menu d When finished press OK Using to SmartScore X2 186 10 MIDI Editing and Sequencing Underlying MIDI data of an ENF score can be viewed and manipulated in one of ni si three MIDI views Overview Piano Roll and Event List 10 1 MIDI Views 10 1 1 Selecting MIDI views To open MIDI environment from ENF and select a MIDI view a Press the MIDI button in the Navigator or choose View gt New MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I Mac MIDI The New MIDI View Window will open New View Type Piano roll Cancel FIGURE 10 1 New MIDI View b In the Type window select the type of MIDI view desired Overview Piano Roll or Event List Overview E This view displays all MIDI tracks parts found in the open Score Part E e Piano Roll This view displays all MIDI note events found in the selected track e Event List 11 000 T l 11 000 This view lists all MIDI events and every detail associated with them The above MIDI view buttons are accessible from the MIDI Toolbar Using to SmartScore X2 187 10 1 2 MIDI Toolbar The MIDI Toolbar View gt Toolbars gt MIDI Toolbar includes buttons for opening Overview Piano Roll Event List views Also visible are the Shuttle tool Record Record to New Track Record Virtual Drum Delete Track and Insert Instrument Change buttons 12 000 Je a zal
175. ic with left hand and right hand staves are joined into one system is regarded as ensem ble SmartScore assigns each stave to separate MIDI tracks Landscape Some scores are wider than they are high These landscape layouts need to be rotated prior to processing Folio Large sized and conductor scores may need to be scaled down during scanning or reduced on a copy machine before scanning If the score must be reduced more than 50 in order to fit the imaging area of your scanner you may consider scanning each full sized page twice and treat each scan as one image page Using to SmartScore X2 239 12 2 Score Components System A grouping of multiple staves linked together by a solid line or bracket along the left margin is called a system All staves belonging to a system are played simultane ously In ensemble scores each system appends to the one before it A single page of a symphony conductor s score containing 10 or 20 staff lines per system may represent only a few seconds of music Staff Stave The field on which notes are represented is called a staff Staves is nor mally used as the plural At the core of every staff are five horizontal lines Each succes sive line and space are equivalent to a full step in note pitch The higher the note appears on the stave the higher its pitch Every staff line anomaly begins with a clef sign and a key signature Voiceline An individual melodic
176. ify the new pattern and enter it in the Style pull down menu h Locate the first measure where you wish the pattern to begin and enter it into the Beginning Measure field i Decide how many measures you wish the pattern to contain and enter it in the Length in Measures field This is a very important decision if you want to have proper sounding patterns j Click Generate to add the pattern to the library It s name will then appear in the Automatic Drum Pattern window TIP Add fills to longer patterns 8 or 12 measures Repeated fills in patterns hav ing 1 or 2 measures usually sound dumb e Importing MIDI drum patterns a Push the Open button in the Navigator File gt Open and click K to select MIDI from the Files of Type pull down menu Browse to a MIDI file containing a drum track and double meee click b Push the Play button to hear the MIDI file play back Push Close c The imported MIDI file will appear in the MIDI Overview window d Repeat the process from Step d above 9 6 Virtual Drum Kit This option allows you to create a drum track to accompany any ENF playback without requiring a drum machine or any other external MIDI device It maps selected MIDI drum sounds to the keys of your computer keyboard MIDI quantization to sixteenth notes is applied by default For more information about quantization see Snap to Section 10 8 3 on page 208 9 6 1 Recording a virtual drum track To create
177. ights red amp not agree with the current selected click on barline doesn t play smoothly time signature that begins the measure Select As written Only one system high View active stafflineis Check off View Active lights black at a time ON default selection Staffline in View menu Measure remains high Secondary voice may be This is a common con lighted but measure plays truncated not fully com vention in music notation back smoothly pleted in the measure May be left as is Can t delete an object Actual object must be Ctrl click the object when X key is pushed selected first before deleting Or sim ply use the Select tool O key amp drag around an object then hit Delete New note is inserted Existing note was not Yellow highlighted notes when trying to change an highlighted yellow when will be changed to new existing note clicked value Blue inserts new note at same time slice Measures unexpectedly Barlines at the end or Restore the number of roll from one system to beginning of measures measures per system by another may have been deleted opening Staff Properties with Properties tool Systems unexpectedly Line staff or system Readjust spacing tabs in roll from one page to spacing may have been left margin until systems another changed are restored to page Using to SmartScore X2 158 Table 1 Troubleshooting ENF Problems Staffline missing from
178. ill fill with a number of colorful and interesting windows Don t be afraid It s all good ee SS SS C m SRA eT OBR SOAS r Se C 2 v m N uP m 12m T L E TEE y e lp o s gt 2 jenmi taponi O f Deed Tonne Deind 4 s 1 5 l Sons mF wna d v I mr LU E tamm el Pejel l 411015 FIGURE 2 1 EET screen after recognizing a file Using to SmartScore X2 5 2 22 Aria Player and Playback Console The information window is important but may be a bit incomprehensible at first For now just push OK Do not click Don t show this again unless the message is clear to you In order to play back the music you will need to load some instruments into Aria player a Left click in the lower left hand corner of the Ensemble window in the Aria player choose SmartScore and select All Piano ERE MEL empty losd relead He All Piana E 1 Dai X12 AO 4 rel B8 Di D310 M pee Flute Harpsichord b Move your cursor to the Playback Console and in the transport controls push the Play button 2 General Volume dale 100 of MIDI port B Measure Beat 1 1 E Close General transposition by 0 halftones Tempo 120 Default Tempo Default Track Voice PatName Chan Port Lock Set Instrument Mute Solo Vo Transp 1 gl Pianok y B Gran
179. in ENF 171 Nonmusical Symbols 4440000 h0neiwa eed IU de edues 171 Using Text and symbols to mark up scores 171 Document PrefereliCeS ss 22 999 9 5 99 SCIRE dae aes 172 lend an AP PP ETE 172 SCore Tedder 4e she inama ee dps 174 Working with TAB amp Drums 175 Recognizing music with TAB or Percussion parts 175 Converting staff line types 0 0 ccc cee eee 175 Working with tablature TAB parts 05 176 Tablature notation display in SmartScore 177 Change fingering configurations 005 177 Editing TAB symbols 4 0 eto 2a SE Gd Rar 178 Creating a guitar TAB staff below a melody line 179 Unifying TAB line distances and line spacing 179 Editing and creating percussion parts 00005 180 Editing a percussion part 0 0 cc eee eee eee 180 Playback S Drumset eu aee n Saad ete aret ede ans 180 Creating a percussion staff from scratch 181 Automatic Drum Patterns 2 0 cece ee eee eee 183 Play back with automatic drum pattern 183 Adding custom drum patterns from ENF 184 Mittal DMM IIb 5 2 Sata cicer teat eos Roo draco mtd 185 Recording a virtual drum track llus 185 Defining Virtual Drum Kit 0 186 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 187 VE NVC WS cs es oat cae ar af teste nh wat
180. in Nudge mode e Resizing adjacent measures by dragging barline horizontally See Nudge mode Shift button Section 7 5 on page 120 e Shuttling measures in out of systems by dragging last barline See Repositioning measures using barlines Section 7 5 6 on page 121 6 1 2 Adjusting measures Measures can be compressed or expanded in Nudge mode This may cause measures to scroll from system to system Also the number of measures per line may be set to a fixed number These actions will cause the score to reformat For more details see Repositioning measures using barlines Section 7 5 6 on page 121 For setting fixed number of measures per system see Set Number of Mea sures in Section 7 3 2 Staff Properties on page 111 Using to SmartScore X2 9 6 1 3 Horizontal Reformatting System widths can be changed one by one or globally To globally change system widths e See Changing default margins Section 6 3 2 on page 95 Single system widths can be changed in the ENF main view by dragging either of the green tabs in the upper ruler margin Partt1 1 Page1 1 0 40 0 40 inches 8 6 x 11 1 in 00 Ej DEEP Emm10096 FIGURE 6 16 Using tabs to change staff distances and system widths The lower green tab towards the left margin adjusts the position of instrument Part Names 6 2 Vertical Reformatting Line staff and system spacing using tabs You can change distan
181. in the View menu Since editing is done a staff to staff basis turn this back on if you are unsure which staff line you are editing 2 2 4 Editing Fandango Once you have recognized Fandango tif it s time to edit the few mistakes Deleting symbols Expanding palettes Grace notes The beamed grace note in the first measure was recognized as a quarter note a Hit X key on your keyboard and with your mouse left click on the quarter note to delete it b Click and hold on the quarter note button in the Note and Rests palette In a sec ond or two all possible note values will appear FIGURE 2 1 Expanding Tool Palettes Notes and selecting Beam direction c Select the 16th note two flags In the Notes and Rest palette click on the beam direction button Hold down for a second or two and select right beam qv e Now click on the Grace note button to the right of the beam button NOTE Use the S key on your keyboard to toggle whether the inserted note will be stem up or stem down f Move your cursor to where first grace note should appear and click to insert g Move your cursor to where the second grace note should appear and click You should now see two grace notes joined together with a double beam Using to SmartScore X2 7 Changing note values using Quick select method Notice Measure 3 is highlighted pink This means there is a rhythmic problem The beam notes in the treble
182. in the active system Be sure to remove checks from parts that are not associated with the active system Larger systems may require scrolling down the list The program will not allow you to select more or less parts than actually appear in the active system c To view adjacent systems press Next or Prev System d In the Apply To box press Apply to apply to active system System will apply to the active system plus all subsequent systems Using to SmartScore X2 69 uc N e e sad In this example the first page consists of one system having 15 parts 15 staves per system With the cursor positioned over the system and Re link Parts opened 15 parts will be checked L The second page contains 3 systems each with 6 staves Many parts that MENRE Page 2 of Orchestral Score appeared on the first page have dropped out With the cursor positioned over E one of the systems 15 Part Names will be listed but only 6 will be checked in the Re link Parts window In this case it was necessary to remove all check marks and then check the top six parts to reestablish proper part linking See FIGURE 4 31 Notice that the re linked parts were applied to all subse quent systems System from the top most active system FIGURE 4 32 Re linking an orchestral score Using to SmartScore X2 70 4 15 3rd party VST Windows and AU Mac audio setup SmartScore hosts third party sound li
183. ination directory Press Save to save and open the file e If you selected Open Super System you will be able to view a list of the largest sys tem You can locate and edit any system that contains an incorrect number of parts See for more details e If you selected Open Image Editor the scanned image will open in the Image Editor where you can correct certain flaws in the scanned image See Section 3 9 Image Editor on page 34 for more details A checkbox allows you to skip viewing the System Report in the future To reset this option go to Edit gt Program Preferences gt User Interface gt Recognition Another window will prompt you to Unify Key and Time signatures Refer to for more details 3 6 Scanning Part Scores Score Parts SmartScore allows you to process and combine scanned pages of solo parts i duets trios or quartets and play them back simultaneously They may also be recombined into a conductor s score Using to SmartScore X2 28 TIP If you are scanning in Score parts for the purpose of joining solo parts into a con ductor s score it is recommended not to recognize text scan and combine Score parts into one ENF file a Scan in all pages for each part For easiest identification give a unique name or number for pages belonging to one part e g Flute Pgl Flute Pg2 and Guitar Pgl Guitar Pg2 etc b Inthe Begin Recognition window arrange files in order of parts then pages e g Partl Pagel Partl Pag
184. indow Using to SmartScore X2 13 Click to highlight PianoR and PianoL parts then push the Remove button at the bottom of the window To create a new document containing only the flute part select Apply to New A new ENF file will open displaying only the flute part Your original 3 part score will remain open and unchanged 2 24 Editing Songbook ni sia b a Select Recognition a Press the Add Files to List button in the Begin Recognition window Select Songbook tif and press Open In the Options area make sure the box to the left of Text is checked Press the Begin Recognition button Once Recognition is complete accept Open ENF and save the ENF file Songbook enf Pickup closeout and error measures In the Aria player click on the lower left hand corner of the Ensemble window and select SmartScore gt OneVoice_Piano This will add a vocal sound to the topmost staff line Hit the Spacebar and listen to the first line of music Notice there is a delay after the first and last measure The first measure with 1 1 2 beats is a pickup measure and the last with 3 beats is a closeout measure SmartScore applies the default time signature to each measure so we need to tell it to Play what s written a In the Playback menu select Play as Written Now all measures will play exactly what is written and the time signature will be ignored b Go to View menu and in the Show submenu uncheck
185. ines the active system Changes to staff line and system spacing can be made on a system by system basis using colored spacing tabs along the left hand ruler See Vertical Reformatting Line staff and system spacing using tabs Section 6 2 Here are some practical examples e Improve page layout by optimizing number systems in pages e Create piano accompaniments with smaller reduced solo parts e Create large notehead E Z Read format scores e Resize staves converted from TAB to melody and vice versa To numerically change staffline and system spacing a Select FILE gt Score Properties Or Right click alt click for Mac inside a staff line In Score Properties choose Line staff spacing among the options b Make changes to staff line distances and to top bottom staff spacing in the active system Push OK to view changes Using to SmartScore X2 110 To apply distance changes to other systems in the score a Once changes in distances are confirmed in the ENF display right click on the source system and select Staff Line Spacing again to continue b In the Copy Settings To area select either Next Systems or All Systems Next Systems will change subsequent systems and All Systems will change all systems in the score c Push Copy to apply the changes Push OK to close the window e Use the Next System or Previous System buttons to compare settings To visually check changes in the ENF
186. ing Punch In and Punch Out points below While recording e Pause spacebar will temporarily halt recording e Play button spacebar will resume recording the same track voice e Stop will end the current recording session SmartScore will return to the standard MIDI editing environment 10 8 5 External Timer e To run SmartScore s MIDI recording from an external timer select External Timer from the Realtime menu 10 8 6 Setting Punch In and Punch Out points To set Punch In and Punch Out points for recording double click any measure number in an Overview or Piano Roll The Measure Settings window will open e Check Punch In to start recording at the beginning of this measure e Check Punch Out to set this measure as the last measure for recording The Punch In and Out points are marked with red triangles in the Overview and Piano Roll displays 10 9 Step Time Recording Recording a live MIDI performance to a metronome may be very useful to an accom plished keyboardist but many of us do not have the timing skills required to record a per formance meaningful enough for conversion to notation Even if using Snap to quantization will result in note positions that are offset with a mix of strange note values and usually many rests A logical alternative to live recording is Step Time Recording Using this method you will be able to quickly select exact note durations as well as skips rests from the number pad o
187. ing objects They are K e Click Delete Hit the X key or push the Delete button in the Toolbar gt Click on any symbol to delete it e Group Delete Use the Select tool O key and drag the selector box over aw one or more objects highlighting them in yellow Selected objects will appear m grey green Hit the Delete key to delete all selected objects Using to SmartScore X2 79 e Control Delete Quick select Ctrl click any symbol Hit the X key Click ie on any object of the same class to delete it NOTE In this mode note clusters will be deleted e Clustered Note Delete Hit the X key or push the Delete button in the ls Toolbar Now hit the Z cluster key In this mode single noteheads of clusters will delete 5 2 8 Undo Redo To undo any single action e Click the Undo or Redo button to reverse the last editing action Or hold the Ctrl down and hit the Z key Cmnd Z for Mac To Undo or Redo one or more previous actions e To select one or more actions to be reversed click the small arrow to the right of the Undo or Redo buttons Drag to select multiple actions Push Undo Actions or Redo Actions Delete note Edit object s shape and positio Change note Change time signature b Undo 3 Actions FIGURE 5 8 Undo multiple actions 5 2 9 Editing note clusters To insert additional note heads to existing note stem In Insert mod
188. insert multiple ties from one chord cluster to the next as long as note pitches match NOTE To over ride default arc direction insert ties with a right click option click for Mac Inserted ties will have reversed arc directions To insert only one tie at a time select the single tie button from the Notes palette 7 7 4 Beam direction A With any single flagged note chosen hit the A key This toggles between Left beam Middle beam and Right beam directions 7 7 5 Stem direction S The S key changes the default note stem direction When inserting a note toggling the S key reverses the stem direction of an inserted note Default stem direction of an inserted note is determined by its vertical position on the staff Stem direction of inserted notes automatically changes when the cursor crosses the middle line of any staff To place a note with a stem in the opposite direction of the cursor e Hit the S key to flip the stem on the cursor Or right click while inserting a note option click for Mac To change the stem direction of an existing note e In Insert mode right click on any given notehead option click for Mac The stem direction of the note will become flipped NOTE In general Voice 1 should have stems up and Voice 2 should have stems down To change the stem direction of several notes at once a Hit the O key to activate the Select tool b Click and drag a box around a
189. ion off Reset to 350 dpi Ensure latest scanner drivers are installed Scan outside of Smart Score using software that came with your scanner Using to SmartScore X2 32 Table 1 Scanning and Recognition Troubleshooting Poor recognition results Probable Cause One or more scanning issues creating less than optimum image quality Missing barlines due to light obscuring right margin or to right mar gin having been cut off during scanning Image too small for selected resolution Note stems razor thin due to laser print output Handwritten or non standard notation Poor print Poorly printed music Image not straight skewed Stafflines and note stems of canned file are broken or too thin Refer to Recognition Accuracy Section 3 7 on page 29 Open image file in Image Editor Use Select Tool to delete Obscured regions and the Line Draw tool to restore barlines on right side of systems Scan again accepting Auto resolution set tings for best results Open tif image in Image Editor and apply darker thresholding Scan well printed standard sized sheet music Decrease brightness level Find better origi nal Open file in Image Editor File Open Image Use Deskew tool to straighten each page Re scan page s with decreased brightness setting Using to SmartScore X2 33 3 9 Image Editor 3 9 1 Opening files in the Image Editor Following
190. ion on Dynamic and Articulations palettes see Articulations pal ette Section 7 6 2 on page 127 or Dynamics Palette Section 7 6 3 on page 133 4 4 1 Tuplets and Slurs Legatos While in the Insert mode select a triplet T key from the Notes palette or select Legato from the Articulations palette Creating a Pat N triplet Arti pry slur FIGURE 4 5 Creating a Tuplet or Slur legato a Click and drag down to insert the tuplet or legato above the notes to be selected b Click and drag up to insert the tuplet or legato below the notes to be selected To delete a tuplet or articulation c Ctrl click on it press the X key then click again on the object Or use the Select tool O key to highlight one or more tuplets and or legatos d Once selected push the Delete key NOTE To resize or move a tuplet bracket use Nudge mode and drag the control point located on either end of the tuplet If your score contains many repeated beamed triplets they will automatically become filled in after you insert two identical sets of triplets A dialog will appear asking if you want to apply triplets to similar beamed groupings This includes implied triplets Using to SmartScore X2 44 4 5 Voices and Playback Control of contrapuntal voices is key to proper playback of your score 4 5 1 Voice Visibility To view contrapuntal voices as colors push the Voice Visibility button in the n y T
191. ition fails refer to Troubleshooting Scanning and Recognition on page 31 e Text Check this box if you wish to recognize lyrics and text in the music TIP f you are scanning in single line parts for the purpose of joining them into a con ductor s score it is recommended not to recognize text Otherwise text from every score part will be overlaid on the pages of the conductor s score Using to SmartScore X2 25 e Recognize Lyrics Outside of Systems M Check this box if you are recognizing a score which has one or more lines of lyr ics written under the last staff line of each system or if it is a single line score with lyrics underneath the staff Otherwise leave unchecked e Suppress Chord Symbols When checked chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams will be ignored Even if recognized chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams can still be turned off later Check only if you are sure you never want chord symbols to appear in your score e Suppress Lyrics Check this box if you are recognizing a score which has one or more lines of lyr ics written under the last staff line of each system or if it is a single line score with lyrics underneath the staff Otherwise leave unchecked e Tuplets Keep this box checked unless you experience many false positive recognition of tuplets e Limit to Triplets When checked SmartScore will ignore non triplet tuplets duples quintuplets sextuplets etc e Pedals If pedal markings ar
192. ive b Check or uncheck the Visibility box next to each Part Name you wish to affect c Check Visibility in the Apply region below the parts matrix d Select the option Apply To All if you wish the part to be visible or invisible in all systems e Select System if you only want to affect in active system f Select System if you want to affect the current and all subsequent systems g Push OK 7 4 8 Deleting parts To permanently delete a part from a score a Open System Manager Cntl M and select Super System from the Control ling System menu Using to SmartScore X2 118 b Click the dot corresponding to the part you wish to remove Push Remove c Push Apply to New to create a new document without changing the original Otherwise push Apply and OK Removing a part is not the same as Part extraction To extract a part to a new document see Extracting Parts Section 7 4 3 on page 115 Besides the Add Part button there are two other useful buttons visible in the System Manager Instrument Templates and Format Score 7 4 9 Instrument Templates Many characteristics of parts in the System Manager are inherited from Instrument Tem plates including part name abbreviation MIDI instrument assignment and playback pitch transposition To open push Open Instrument Templates button in System Manager See Instrument Templates Section 4 10 2 on page 61 for more details 7 4 10
193. k key again to release the active system Prepare for printing Page setup centering adjust margins In unifying system spacing it s possible that the last system may have rolled over to a new page Here we will center the score and readjust page margins Push the Setup button in the Navigator or select File gt Page Setup Notice default Document Layout is From Recognition Change Document Layout to Center on Page The print preview pane in the background will change to reflect actual page size Push Apply If necessary reposition the green header footer tabs located inside the left margin ruler Push the Print icon at the top of the Page Setup window Visualizing contrapuntal voices Turning on voice color will display contrapuntal voices as different colors This allows you to view secondary voices both notes and rests in red and tertiary voices in green Any notes belonging to a 4th voice will appear in blue a b np In Page Setup view push Main View button at top of screen In the Toolbar push the Voice Visibility button Notice in Measure 2 how notes and rests appear as either black or red They rep resent two of the four possible contrapuntal voices Voices can be assigned differ ent MIDI instruments if desired Using to SmartScore X2 9 c Push the Console button to open the Playback Console or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl 9 Command 9 i i General Volume
194. l Playback When selected all MIDI events including articulations such as trills and tremolos are visible in the Piano Roll view When selected MIDI events cannot be edited behavior of articulations is controlled with Properties tool in the ENF view Turn off to edit MIDI events 11 8 MIDI EDITION gt OPTIONS Menu 11 8 1 Snap to Quantization Quantities selected MIDI Note On events to the nearest tick specified Also deter mines default quantization value for MIDI recording and for horizontal nudging of selected MIDI events by mouse dragging or by use of the arrow keys Quantization values range from 32nd triplet to whole note 11 8 2 File Settings Opens Sequence Settings window Shows the MIDI header information including tempo time base time signature key and MIDI instrument 11 8 3 Track not in Overview Opens Track Properties dialog box Select a different track view delete duplicate rename or transpose the selected track 11 8 4 MIDI Devices Opens MIDI device dialog box Select MIDI input and output sources 11 8 5 Instrument Settings Opens Instrument Settings dialog box Allows for selection of Port Bank and MIDI chan nel assignment for Instrument and Drum sources 11 8 6 Metronome Settings Opens Metronome Settings dialog box Allows for selection of Port MIDI Channel num ber of lead in measures MIDI sound and volume for Primary and Secondary beats 11 8 7 Shuttle On Activate deacti
195. l that you wish to change The stored correct chord will then appear in the Guitar Chord Library If you are satisfied with the naming and fingering of the displayed chord push OK The correct configuration will be applied to the old chord Using to SmartScore X2 167 To change an existing chord by selecting one from the library a Select Guitar Chord Library from the FILE menu Or Ctrl click on a chord symbol to be changed Click on the chord again to open the Guitar Chord Library b Change the root chord tonality or other extension Fingerings associated with the selected configuration will appear in the diagram to the right c Click OK once you have found an acceptable chord name fingering configura tion The chord will become updated If you are unhappy with the fingering diagram or fret positioning of any particular chord you can permanently change it To change the fingering configuration of an existing fret symbol a Push the Change button in the main GCL window to open the Change Guitar Chord editor b Select the Frets tab to open the fingering and frets editor Edit options are as fol lows Change Guitar Chord EG Frets Strings x Frets ex4 Position Selector Open Q O Clear string cl e x K HoA Label Preview C Cancel FIGURE 8 5 Guitar Chord Library Fingering Editor e Right click Option click for Mac on any finger marker inside the fretboard to
196. lap and offset all open ENF files 11 5 7 Tile Display all open windows of all open ENF files with no overlap 228 Using to SmartScore X2 11 5 8 Split This option activates the window pane puller Use to control the split screen 11 5 9 Overview Piano Roll Event List Opens MIDI view window and displays the selected MIDI environment Overview Piano Roll or Event List See MIDI Views Section 10 1 on page 187 for more details 11 5 10 Karaoke Opens the Karaoke view window See Karaoke View Section 4 10 1 on page 61 for more details 11 5 11 Reset Tools and Palettes F1 Resets tool palettes and toolbars to their default program launch positions and maxi mizes the ENF display 11 5 12 New MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I Opens New MIDI View dialog box Select type of MIDI view e Overview Displays all staves as MIDI tracks e Piano Roll Displays selected stave as MIDI track Event List Displays MIDI events of selected staff line 11 6 ENF EDITOR HELP Menu 11 6 1 SmartScore Manual PDF In DVD versions this selection will open the file SSManual pdf This file is the full Using SmartScore 5 manual in Adobe Acrobat format It is located in the SmartScore directory and is opened by Adobe Acrobat In download versions this selection will attempt to open an Internet connection and begin downloading of the file SSManual pdf from the Musitek website If the file is moved to the SmartScore directory the l
197. layed FIGURE 11 8 Arpeggio To insert an arpeggio a Select the Arpeggio button squiggly line from the palette b Click and drag the mouse to select a chord cluster can include more than one voice c Dragging the mouse in an upward direction will cause the notes to arpeggiate in an upward scale d Dragging the mouse in the downward direction will cause the notes to arpeggiate in a downward scale A down arrow is added To insert a glissando a Select the Glissando button two notes connected with a line from the palette b Clicking on any single non chord cluster note will insert a glissando to the fol lowing note belonging to the same voice During play back the g issando will be heard Using to SmartScore X2 131 To delete any articulation associated with a note e Quick select the articulation Press the X key and click on the note associated with the articulation to highlight it and hit the Delete key NOTE To delete any articulation that is not note specific use the Select tool O key 7 6 2e Inserting or Deleting Multiple Articulations Any articulation can be applied to multiple notes at one time To assign an articulation to many notes at once a Use the Select tool O key then drag to select a range of notes b Select the articulation to be applied to all highlighted notes and insert it to any note To delete all articulation marks and slurs in a selected area a Use the Se
198. lect tool O key to drag a box around the area from which you wish to remove articulations b Once the area is selected hit the G key to delete all articulations in the selected region 71 6 21 Glissando Glissandos connect two adjacent notes into equal steps totaling the combined value of the connecting notes 1 Written Played FIGURE 11 9 Glissando NOTE Although it is part of the glissando the last note always sounds its full value Using to SmartScore X2 132 7 6 3 Dynamics Palette Inserting dynamic markings crescendo amp decrescendo markings or hairpins will alter the velocity of selected notes in the active staffline To apply dynamics and or dynamic markings to more than one staff enter the dynamic in each active staff that you wish to apply the effect If you do not wish to have so many dynamics visible in every staffline you may enter symbols in the Hidden Symbols mode For more details see Hidden Symbols Section 7 10 on page 152 7 6 3a Crescendos and Decrescendos Hairpin Tool To insert a hairpin Select a dynamic hairpin from the Dynamics palette or hit Shift 5 for cre scendo hairpin and Shift for decrescendo If a similar hairpin is nearby Quick select it by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on it The cursor will become that mark Click and drag to select notes for which a hairpin is to be applied Dragging downward will insert the hairpin a
199. lected notes a Select either Octava or Octavo tool Using to SmartScore X2 139 b Drag the cursor to select notes in the active staff FIGURE 11 8 Octava Notice that the Octava or Octavo mark will appear at the beginning of the range of selected notes an the applied range will be indicated by a dashed line above the selected notes 7 6 12 Barlines palette I To change or delete a barline a Select a desired barline from the Barlines palette or Ctrl click on a barline nearby b Click on a yellow highlighted barline to change it to the selected barline To delete a barline Quick select it press the X key and click on the barline 7 6 12a Deleting changing barlines at the end of systems Deleting a barline at the end or beginning of a system will cause that measure to roll to the next system Follow this step to delete or change a barline type that ends or begins a sys tem To change a barline at the end of a system to another barline type a Insert the desired barline type to the left of the barline that you wish to remove Delete the barline X key then click The measure will shift slightly to the left but not roll to an adjacent system For details on repeats and jumps see Repeats Section 4 6 on page 49 or Jumps Section 4 8 on page 52 Using to SmartScore X2 140 7 6 13 Text and tools palette 7 6 13a Text Selecting the Text button sets the cursor to the Text Edit mode See
200. led a manuscript Part A part is represented by a staff line either alone solo part or grouped into a system with other instruments ensemble part A part is usually an single instrument but in the case of two handed instruments piano organ xylophone etc it may represent one hand s part Voice Derived from choral music but applied to instrumental music as well contrapun tal voicing sometimes referred to as polyphonic voicing refers to a unique melodic thread distinct from other voices in a measure by its harmonic direction and possibly its timbre Contrapuntal voices reside in the same measure of the same staff Voices are often distinguished by stem direction and sometimes by offsetting the horizontal position of notes For the purposes of SmartScore a voice written in its own staff line is referred to as a Part Score Part Scores that are printed in sets for each individual instrument Players read from their own unique set of pages For example a duet for guitar and flute would be printed in two separate sets one for the flute player and one for the guitar Staves of part scores flow like a book where each staff line appends to the one above it Ensemble Scores that have multiple staff lines connected by a vertical bar or bracket usually along the left hand edge of the music When joined in this way each staff line represents a different part or instrument All parts are played ensemble Piano mus
201. line formed by a voice within one measure When a staff contains more than one voiceline in any given measure note stems of each voiceline usually point in the opposite directions The sum of all note and rest values of each voice line in any given measure should be accounted for but sometimes are not Refer to Work ing with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 for more on dealing with this rule in SmartScore Clef The clef sign at the beginning of each stave identifies which pitch class that stave belongs to The lowest instruments are written in the bass clef intermediate instruments and voices often use one of three C clef classes while higher pitched instruments in addition to the right hand part of a piano score are scored in the treble clef The clef sign always appears at the beginning of every staff line and in the first measure if a change of clef occurs Change of clef signs are smaller than normal clefs Key Signature The key signature along with the clef sign appears at the beginning of every line it is also found in the measure where a change of key occurs The key signature defines the tonal center of the piece The number of sharps or flats in the key signature determines the key tone or tonic Time Signature Time signatures usually appear only once at the beginning of the stave in the first measure of the piece They will also appear when a change of time signature occurs Time signatures indicate both t
202. ll staves are displayed in horizontal rows as Parts Voices are arranged in columns above each part 1 thru 4 RE Manager Part Mame amp Abbr Voce 1 Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 Chorused E Controlling System Active Cancel Wisibility Part names Voices Apply To All te Page Prey Syste Mest System gt gt FIGURE 4 8 Changing MIDI instrument of a voice in System Manager Visibility r z E Using to SmartScore X2 46 b Find the voice number within the part you want to change Click the MIDI instru ment name assigned to that voice in the pull down menu Select an alternative instrument During playback you will hear voices stand out from other voices provided you chose instruments with different timbres 4 5 4 Changing instrument sounds on the fly Kx You can change instrument sounds anywhere in the score by applying a Program CER Change to a selected voices within any given measure To apply a Program Change in the ENF notation view a Pushthe Instrument Change button in the ENF Toolbar b Position the note arrow on the first note where the change should occur c Selecta new instrument sound for that voice If more than one voice is present in the measure you will need to select the voice to which you want to apply the change Program Change Cancel Delete Instrument a Trombone F1 FIGURE 4 9 Correcting offset voices not
203. lose the Playback Console e Mute any voice while all others continue to play or Solo a single voice for playback e Change the MIDI Instrument or Channel of any voice To play back at a given point in the file e Use the Measure Beat slider and scroll to the desired measure and beat in the score To select the MIDI output device e Use the Port pull down selector To transpose playback globally e Use the General Transposition pull down selector To transpose an individual track voice e Use the Transposition pull down selector in any track voice 10 7 Display Controls 10 7 1 Time To choose whether the timing of MIDI note events is displayed by Measure Beat Tick or by Tick Number e Goto the Options menu and select Time Format e Choose by Measure Beat Tick or by Tick Number 10 7 2 Velocity To choose whether the velocity of MIDI note events is displayed with absolute numbers 0 127 or as percentages e Go to Velocity Format under the Options menu e Choose by Value 0 127 or Percent Using to SmartScore X2 205 10 8 MIDI Recording 10 8 1 Recording Options No MIDI Recording ni To activate the Record mode and adjust the recording options choose Record from the Realtime menu sia e Synchro Start Kecording is synchronized to start with the first MIDI note played To un synchronize the start of recording with the first played MIDI event uncheck Synchro Start from the Realtime menu OR choose the M
204. ltaneously but gen erally exceed 1 8 width of a notehead choose a greater distance The amount of white space between note heads determines this distance e If your music has dense polyphonic texture like that found in solo guitar music or tightly spaced orchestral passages it may be necessary to tighten up the allowable distance between offset voices In these cases choose a distance of less than 1 4 of a notehead e Setting Join Offset Voices to Exactly aligned will join only those voices with note heads that are exactly vertically aligned For editing details on joining un joining offset voices see Section 4 5 5 Correcting Ver tical Alignment on page 47 e Part linking Ctrl L When a score is optimized parts i e stafflines will appear only when they are meant to be played Otherwise the parts remain invisible Optimized systems can be referred to as either collapsed or expanded Usually parts are added to the top of a system e g after a piano introduction the vocal line will appear above the piano part This top down arrangement is the default However some scores may have parts are added to systems in a bottom up fashion e g existing staves are bumped upwards If your score is struc tured in this way change default to Add Parts to Bottom Orchestral scores being grouped by instruments may have no pattern For more information on part linking and maintainin
205. mple c and d may transpose up to c and d double e Transpose Symbols To transpose guitar fret and chord symbols to match the new target key check this box This selection will also move articulations such as slurs up or down along with notes and rests If necessary guitar fret and chord symbols may move up to avoid collisions with upwardly transposed notes e Ask For New Chord Symbol This option allows you to accept or change each transposed guitar fret and chord symbol during transposition Use this option when you know you won t accept default fretboard patterns or when you know you will need to add new fret and chord symbols to the library e Adjust Stems Stem directions will be maintained unless this box is checked It is important to remember however that adjusting the direction of stems may create voicing problems Automatic voiceline recognition relies heavily on stem directions Flipping stems as they cross the mid staff point can create unexpected results Best Bet Adjust Stems Off Use Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd Z for Mac if necessary e Move Notes Uncheck this box to leave the notes in their original positions This will transpose only key signatures leaving notes unchanged good for mental games but not much more Using to SmartScore X2 107 e Change Pitch This transposes notes without changing the key signature Select the number of half steps to move selected notes harmonic pitch shift Pitches are m
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207. n in the Image Toolbar or select Deskew from the Edit menu b Position the cursor over a staff line Starting from the left side click and drag the mouse along the length of the staff line A red skew angle line will display as you drag the mouse When you are certain the red skew angle line parallels the staff line let go The page will automatically straighten Repeat for each page Remember to Save when done Using to SmartScore X2 35 NOTE If the page becomes incorrectly rotated undo with Ctrl z Cmnd z for Mac or select Edit gt Undo e Invert If the image you open in SmartScore is white on black instead of the normal black on white then you should reverse the image output in your scanning software SmartScore defaults to O2white polarity If your scanned image appears white on black choose Edit Invert or choose the Invert button from the Toolbar Delete Page If there is more than one scanned page in the image file the Delete Page function is active Use it to remove poorly scanned or duplicated pages To re scan and restore deleted pages see Section 3 4 2 Removing replacing and re saving scanned pages on page 24 e Freehand Draw Brush To draw free hand lines in your image file select Brush from the Edit menu OR press the Brush button in the Image Toolbar Choose a line width then click and drag to paint e Line Draw Some printed scores have weak or missing stafflines and or brackets that can
208. ndow see Score Properties Section 7 3 on page 109 The Score Structure environment lets you view and edit all open ENF docu ied ments in a graphical hierarchical display For details see Structure and hierar Smktue chy Section 6 5 1 on page 100 SCORE Using to SmartScore X2 82 Adding and removing parts and voices can also be controlled from inside the ad System Manager For more details see System Manager Section 7 4 on p page 113 Sa Barline Properties With the Properties tool selected click on the barline preceding the measure of interest For details on controls see Barline Properties Pickup measures and Codas Section 4 9 11 on page 59 Barline Properties Properties Playback number of beats in measure Page layout Default Make invisible Current Time Signature Repeat Section 2 Default Ad Actions Split Systems FIGURE 5 10 Barline Properties Using to SmartScore X2 83 5 3 3 Note Properties With Properties tool selected click on any note head Here you can change note values dots and even the appearance of the notehead Properties EmptyDiamond X FIGURE 5 11 Note Properties Refer to Playback Properties Section 4 9 for details on Note Properties and other play back properties including e Articulations amp Dynamics trill arpeggio dynamic marks etc e Slur to shorten or extend legatos e Tempo marking to change
209. nformation about what is found in the active system the highlighted system Changes made can be applied to the current system current plus sub sequent systems to the entire score or limited to the current Score Part To open the System Manager Position the cursor over a given system in the ENF view a iur b Press Ctrl M Cmnd M or select Edit gt System Manager from menu All Fal parameters of the active system will be displayed including part name visibility and assigned MIDI instruments Parts of the system run vertically along the far left column Checkmarks identify whether parts are visible in the active system Voices run horizontally with checkmarks below which identify the status of their visibility 7 4 1 Part Names When a Part Name is selected in the System Manager playback parameters are inherited from Instrument Templates including pitch shifting of transposed instrument To select a Part Name a Click into a desired instrument name in the Part Name column Select one of preset instruments Notice that MIDI instruments for each voice become updated b If you wish to add a new part name with a unique MIDI instrument assignment select Add New Part from the top of the pull down list This will open Instru ment Templates and allow you to create a new template name it and assign any MIDI instrument and alter transposition pitch shifting Abbreviated Part Names are shown by default in the first syst
210. ng 177 duplicate notation staff 179 editing 176 rhythmic cues 177 scanning 21 tablature TAB 113 change staff to 111 tabs spacing 179 distances 92 margin control 95 staffline spacing 93 system width 91 unifying staff amp line distances 9 Task Window 4 216 228 tempo markings 136 properties 56 136 setting default 135 222 Tempo Controller ENF 64 MIDI 195 tenuto playback 129 Text adding new style 166 deleting 165 Document preferences 214 editing 164 font size and style 165 nudging 120 166 Text and tools palette 141 ties 126 241 tiling views 146 time signature 137 240 change 138 at end of line 138 unifying 145 Tool palettes 122 123 expanding 78 resetting 877 Toolbars 224 transposed instruments 62 Transposition 84 106 tremelo 130 beamed 131 playback 130 trill editing 129 playback 128 properties 57 triplets 44 127 change bracket type 215 implied 44 152 Using to SmartScore X2 252 nested 125 tuplets 241 properties 58 user defined 125 Turn 129 turn editing 128 playback 128 Tutorial 4 Undo 80 Unify 145 Unify key time and clefs 144 updates online 230 user interface preferences 216 7 Velocity Controller ENF 64 MIDI 193 velocity note 242 verses repeated 49 vertical alignment 27 correcting 47 Recognition Options 27 verifying 150 164 vertical event 47 View gt Scan View Window 76 views tiling 146 violin solo 16 visibility part 118 voice 45 voice color 7 voic
211. ng to SmartScore X2 38 4 Playback 4 1 Working with the Aria Player and Garritan sounds SmartScore X is configured to automatically open both the Playback Console and the Aria Player when a new file is opened or recognized L a 2 x lil General transposition by 0 halftones Tempo 120 Default Tempo r gt 0 Track Voice Part Name Chan Port Gock Get Instrument Mute Solo Volume Pan 1 Lu Womens Voice 1 B amp Voice ohs v 4 B amp Choi amp ahs 2 MB Mens Voices een me ENSEMBLE empty load 13 01 Concert Grand Piano lt gt 01 Concert Grand Piano lt gt Tune 0 Def 32 1 2 01 Concert Grand Piano lt Tune 0 Def 32 1 2 01 Concert Grand Piano f Tune 0 Def 32 1 2 01 Concert Grand Piano Tune 0 Def 32 1 2 reload id 15 01 Concert Grand Piano 4 01 Concert Grand Piano lt Smaa All Piano Tune 0 Def 32 1 2 i 4 i Flute_Harpsichord user b Flute Piano b 3 MEO 9 1 HarpsichordSolo oo iHIEE Oboe_Harpsichord L M OneVoice OneVoice Piano af t Sound OneVoice Piano L OneVoice TwoVoices Piano MEGA E C E Loc E E 1 PianoSolo 2 SA TB Piano S A T B Piano TenorSax Piano E f E Trumpet Harpsichord FIGURE 4 1 Aria player with SmartScore Playback Console To load preset instrument
212. ngering configurations Section 9 3 2 on page 177 for details 9 3 5 Unifying TAB line distances and line spacing After converting melody to TAB or vice versa you may want to change line distances and unify those changes for a clean look To resize the TAB spacing and apply it to the entire part Position your cursor over a TAB staff line and manipulate the red distance and blue line space tabs per Section 6 2 The next step will unify all TAB staffs Select Staff Spacing from the FILE menu Or select the Properties Tool and right click into the staff that has been altered Choose Line Staff Spacing In the Copy settings to menu select All Systems and push Copy Push OK All staves belonging to that part will adjust An alternative method for unifying layout is as follows Using to SmartScore X2 179 a r b AT Uy c 9 4 With your cursor over the modified staff line hit the Caps Lock key to lock in focus on that staff Push the Unify button in the Navigator U key Select Unify System Staff and Line Spacing Based on active system Push OK Hit the Caps Lock key again to release the active system Editing and creating percussion parts 9 4 1 Editing a percussion part SmartScore recognition acquires and reconstructs variable line staves when Recognize TAB and percussion staff lines option is checked in the Begin Recognition win
213. nging Deleting etc e What is first based on which is first the number of minutes selected or the num ber of actions performed e Never deactivates Auto Save of the ENF file e Notifications Control whether or not to display certain warning and caution notices e MusicXML Change default options for saving ENF to Music XML files e ENF PDF Win Only Using to SmartScore X2 216 Select alternative PDF creation application These 3rd party applications may redirect your browser to the publisher s website for upgrading or other offers when launched e Systems See Systems under Document Preferences on page 214 e Score Symbols See Score symbols under Document Preferences on page 214 e Page Number See Page number under Document Preferences on page 214 11 2 ENF EDITOR gt FILE Menu 11 2 1 New ENF New MID Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New Smart Score Document window Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI input 11 2 2 Open Ctrl O Win Cmnd O S Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen 11 2 3 Close Cmnd W Closes active ENF document If changes have been made a Save As dialog box will open 11 2 4 Save Ctrl S Cmnd S for Mac S This will save an open SmartScor
214. nized into threads voicelines See Voices and Playback Section 4 5 on page 45 for more about how voices affect playback To view contrapuntal voices as separate colors n p e Push the Voice Visibility button in the Toolbar 7 9 1 Voice color Contrapuntal voices display as one of four possible colors Voice 12 black Voice 2 red Voice 3 green and Voice 4 blue Normally you will see black Voice 1 and red Voice 2 7 9 2 Overriding voice color assignments Voice color number assignments can be changed manually d nu To override default voice color of a note or rest change voice number M v Voie 1 gg a elect desired voice number and color from Voice Tool combo button in the Voice 2 MN Toolbar Voice 3 MJ b Locate the note or rest for which you want to change voice color Voice 4 M91 Using to SmartScore X2 148 c Click on a note or rest to change it to the selected color and voice Voice color is automatically determined based on several factors number of voices stem direction number of beats vertical alignment etc You can override voice colors manu ally Changing voice color may change voice colors of other notes in a given measure NOTE Do not override voice colors until a measure is entirely edited Unusual color combinations usually correct themselves automatically after a measure is cor rected To vertically align offset voices a Use the Select tool O to highlight offs
215. number of equal beats to be applied to the group a Value The number of note values if they were not modified that would be Cancel applied to give the same duration For example The quintuplet 5 has a default D B ratio of 5 4 When applied to a group of 5 eighth notes its total duration value would equal 4 normal eighth notes e Nested tuplets tuplet within a tuplet Choose the value required from the Rhythmic Groups palette Click and drag the cursor to select a tuplet group within another tuplet A bracket will drop identifying the nested tuplet 7 6 1e Beam tool See Inserting changing and deleting beamed notes Section 5 2 10 on page 81 7 6 11 Grace Notes While in Insert mode select a rhythmic value and press the grace note button in Y the Notes palette Click before any note in the active staff to insert a grace note ENF playback will insert the grace note and truncate the duration of either the following or the previous note To control how grace notes play back e Select Edit gt Document Preferences gt Playback Change default playback characteristics for grace notes e On the beat accaciatura e Before the beat e If Before the beat is selected and the grace note begins a measure the grace note will have to be placed at the very end of the previous measure For more information see Grace notes Section 7 6 1f on page 125 7 6 1g Dots of Prolongation e Select the
216. number of measures per system e g 8 to 4 See Staff Properties Section 7 3 2 on page 111 Using to SmartScore X2 95 b In Page Setup choose the layout e g Centered then choose a page type and orientation Landscape or Portrait c Move the left and right margin tabs to achieve the desired system width margin spacing for each page In the page preview you may see systems too close to the top or bottom of the page Or you may see large gaps at the bottom or top of pages You will need to change system dis tances in these cases d Push Main View button at the top of the page and zoom out to full page view as necessary Adjust staff and system distance spacing using the tabs along the left margin For more information on vertical spacing tabs see Vertical Reformat ting Line staff and system spacing using tabs Section 6 2 on page 92 6 3 4 Default Page Size and Type In the English version of SmartScore the default page size and type is Letter Portrait In European versions A4 Portrait is the default page type The default for Page Type can be reset in Edit Program Preferences To permanently change your default Page Type and orientation a Goto Edit Program Preferences Page Type b Select Letter Legal or A4 for your default page type size 6 3 5 Custom document layouts Custom document layouts other than Center to Page are intended for publishing printed scores that will be spiral
217. ny series of notes c Press the S key to reverse the stem direction of the highlighted notes To change the stem direction of ALL notes in the document a Select Ctrl A Select all in document b Press the S key to reverse the stem direction of every note with a stem Using to SmartScore X2 142 7 7 6 Voice Splitting Select H To split two note clusters into two independent voices are a Hit the O key or Select button to activate the Select tool A b Select Ctrl A Select all to highlight all symbols in the document c Pressthe H key This will separate two note clusters into 2 voices M U FIGURE 7 1 Splitting two note chords into 2 voices more notes delete the least desirable note s from the cluster Z key and X TIP Only two note clusters will split If you wish to split clusters containing three or key until you are left with two notes in each cluster NOTE You can select multiple clusters on the page using the Selector Tool or using Select All Ctrl A or Edit gt Select All Ts Part Linking Ctrl L a Mis matched parts can be properly reassigned with Part Linking In addition orphan staff lines can be reconnected to their proper system using this tool With your cursor positioned over the system of interest press Ctrl L Win Cmnd L Mac An alternative method is to select the Properties Tool and right R click alt option for Mac over any
218. o As written Repeat for Measure 5 This will affect only individual measures It will not affect playback of any other mea sures in the piece 2 To have the entire score ignore the default time signature go to Playback menu and select Play as written Apply different MIDI sounds to each part Make sure you see both black and red notes If not push the Voice Visibility button found in the lower toolbar In the upper staff the Soprano voice is black Voice 1 and the Alto voice is red Voice 2 In the lower staff the Baritone voice is black and Bass is red Up to four voices are possi ble within each staff a Hold down the Ctrl key and hit the 9 key Cmnd 9 for Mac This opens the Playback Console Or push the Console button in the Toolbar BN Change MIDI Instrument assignments of the two voices in the top part PianoR Track 1 Change Voice 1 black to Choir Aahs and Voice 2 red to Voice Oohs c To hear separate voices push the Play button manipulate the volume sliders and the solo or mute buttons Press Close to close the Playback Console Using to SmartScore X2 11 2 2 6 Editing Gluck a Push the Recog button in the Navigator In the Begin Recognition window si press Add Files to List Double click the file Gluck tif inside the SmartScore folder zl b Press Begin Recognition button to start the recognition process Accept the post recognition defaults Select Open SmartScore File in
219. o increase or decrease the size of all fret chord symbols Scale by percentage e Chord Name Font Style Change the default font style and size for chord symbol names 99 b Press Apply or OK to apply and close 8 3 8 Editing chord and fret symbols in ENF To Copy and Paste any fret or chord symbol e Ctrl click on the chord symbol you wish to copy With your mouse click anywhere to paste the symbol you just clicked on The Guitar Chord Library will open to confirm your choice Press OK to insert To delete existing chord symbol s e Hit the X key and click on the symbol you wish to delete To remove several fret symbols at once use the Select tool O key to highlight as many fret symbols as you wish and hit the Delete key To move one or more chord symbols e Use the Select tool O key and highlight one or more fret symbols Hold the Shift key down Nudge mode Shift then drag the control point of any fret symbol This will move to all selected chord symbols 8 4 Non musical Symbols 8 4 1 Using Text and symbols to mark up scores Solo guitar violin and other scores often contain many annotations and fingerings Most can be entered using score symbols and even rehearsal markings To annotate fingerings and string numbers e Use Text mode to enter fingering numbers If the default text size is too large add and use a new text style with a smaller font see Adding and changing styles of Text and Lyrics
220. o insert a trill e With fr trill selected click on a note to insert a single trill ir _ Lp Trill Extended Trill FIGURE 11 8 Trill and Extended Trill To create an extended trill e Trills have a control handle to the right of the r In Nudge mode dragging the con trol handle to the right will extend the trill s effect to all notes in the same staff below the extension FIGURE 7 1 Extended Trill Turn Click on note head or note stem apply a turn Turns play as follows FIGURE 8 1 Turn e Fermata bird s eye Click on note head or note stem to apply a fermata Tempo is slowed by 50 for the dura tion of the note to which the fermata is attached e Staccatos Click on note head to apply a staccato Duration of the associated note is shortened by 25 e Tenuto Click on note head to apply a tenuto Duration of the associated note is extended by 125 Using to SmartScore X2 129 e Accent Click on note head to apply an accent Accent increases the velocity of its associated note by 150 e Soft Accent Click on note head to apply a soft accent Soft accent increases the velocity of its associ ated note by 125 e Sharp Flat and Natural With one of these modifiers selected clicking on a trill marking will insert the accidental above the trill and cause playback of the trill to flatten sharpen or neutralize target pitches while considering the active key signature
221. o selecting the Window Tile menu 26 2608x1068 s0453 o 777 qp T4P7 aflats mid QUERUIEW oe c 12 4 s e rz s 8 ee HEN 3 PianaL J an i i Sflats mid Track 2 Piano FIGURE 7 4 Tiled view typical J 7 812 CD Burn CDBum Push this button to create a WAV file of the ENF playback and or burn to CD NOTE DVD Audio write devices must be located on the system Some external devices may not be discoverable In these cases create the WAV file and then use CD DVD R or CD DVD audio burn software Using to SmartScore X2 147 7 8 13 Auto Beaming 422 With Auto Beam selected beamed notes will automatically form into common groups based on the active time signature and standard notation beaming rules Auto Beam defaults to off after recognition Beams T5 T e To automatically insert and edit beams into preformed groups e Push Auto Beam button in the Toolbar e Select a note value from the Notes palette e With any beam tool selected clicking from left to right will create beamed groups into pre determined sets 7 8 14 Auto Spacing With the Auto Space button selected notes and rests will insert proportional to J their relative value within a measure After recognition Auto Space defaults to Aa of 7 9 Working with Contrapuntal Voices Each staff line has the potential of containing up to four contrapuntal voices Contrapuntal voices are orga
222. o the original page group select or drag the page s to the selected files list d Reorder pages as necessary NOTE If pages were reordered added to or deleted from the original image file you will be able to re save the newly listed pages To Save a modified list of grouped pages as a new image file e Select all pages so they are highlighted and push Save As e Select the existing name to over write or type in a new name 3 5 Recognition Sequence When scanning pages is done choose Save As and Begin Recognition to initiate recogni tion Or you can choose Open Pages in Image Editor to view scanned pages and make alterations to the scanned image e g cropping deskewing line drawing cutting and past ing Pushing Cancel before recognition is complete will exit the process and return you to the main window NOTE Turn to Image Editor on page 34 to learn about editing scanned images Open Pages in Image Editor To save your scanned image file and begin recognition sequence a Push the Save As and Begin Recognition button b Browse to a location for saving your SmartScore ENF files You may wish to add a unique directory at this time c Give the image file a name If you are using Windows the extension TIF will be added automatically d Push OK to begin the recognition process Using to SmartScore X2 24 The image file you have just saved contains all pages you scanned The default file type is Compressed TIFF
223. ocal file will open when the SmartScore Manual PDF is selection is made again 11 6 2 Online Help This selection will attempt to launch your Internet browser and connect to a special inter active help system online at musitek com The Online Help system is fully interactive and contains index links table of contents links and text hyperlinks to related subjects Using to SmartScore X2 220 11 6 3 Check for Updates Opens Internet browser and attempts to locate the SmartScore online updates page at http www musitek com updates html 11 6 4 Registration Opens Internet browser and attempts to locate the Musitek online registration page at http www musitek com registration html 11 6 5 About SmartScore X2 Displays version update number Pushing the graphic icon reveals author programming information 11 7 MIDI EDITOR gt FILE Menu 11 7 1 New Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New Smart Score Document window Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI input 11 7 2 Open Ctrl O Cmnd 4O Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen 11 7 3 Close Cmnd W Mac Closes all MIDI views If any changes were made to the MIDI file option to Save MIDI file Return to main SmartScore window 11 7 4 Save Ctrl S
224. ode Insert mode Insert button on the Toolbar is activated by hitting the C key on Jr your computer keyboard It also activates with Quick select Ctrl click on an existing symbol or when a symbol is picked from the Tool Palette The selected symbol will insert into a staff line or will change an existing symbol when its clicked on To change the value an existing note rest or other symbol a Selecta note or rest within the same symbol class but with a different value b Position your cursor over the symbol to be changed until it highlights yellow Then click to change the new symbol NOTE When a note highlights light blue clicking will insert a new note in another voice at the same vertical event See Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 on page 148 for more about vertical events 5 2 6 Stem direction In Insert mode the default stem direction of a note switches when the cursor crosses the middle line of a staff To insert a note with the opposite stem direction as shown by your cursor with a right click option click for Mac To reverse the stem direction of one or more selected notes e Select one or more notes with the Select Tool O key Hit the S key to change stem direction of the selected notes To change the stem direction of an existing note a In Insert mode right click option click for Mac on any note once it high lights yellow 5 2 7 Deleting objects There 4 methods for delet
225. ole see MIDI Setup Section 4 15 1 on page 72 e An inverted red triangle will indicate the point where the program change was inserted Clicking on any Program Change triangle will open the Program Change window for additional changes NOTE SmartScore supports multiple MIDI channels within each MIDI track This allows for contrapuntal voices within ENF staff lines to be assigned to different instruments within each MIDI track In other words multiple voices in ENF are equivalent to multiple channels within a MIDI track This is a sort of hybrid MIDI type MIDI Type 1 Type 0 hybrid Using to SmartScore X2 194 10 4 4 Velocity and Tempo Graphical Controllers In Piano Roll view the bottom pane of the window displays a graphical continuous change MIDI controller Click into Controller Selector pull down menu and select a new MIDI controller you wish to view a TEMPO m 1 Madulatian 2 Breath 3 4 Foot 5 Portamenta B Data Entry hM T volume 8 Balance g n 1 Pan 11 Expression 12 Effect 1 ioni IIILLILLLL FIGURE 10 13 Velocity and Tempo controllers in Piano Roll view e With the pencil mouse pointer click and drag a curve over the range you wish to apply the effect 10 4 5 Shuttle Tool The Shuttle Tool allows you to sound MIDI events forward or backward by dragging the mouse over a range of events To operate the Shuttle Tool In Piano Roll view the S key toggles th
226. om the score and place them on the clip board mem a Hit O key or choose the Select tool from the Toolbar b Click and drag a box with the cursor until objects you wish to cut and store to the clipboard are highlighted orange off c Press the Cut button in the Toolbar hit Ctrl X Cmnd X or select Cut from the menu 11 3 4 Copy To copy selected objects for pasting elsewhere in the score Fh a Activate the Select tool then click and drag a box to select a region of interest P b Press Ctrl C Cmnd C or go to Copy a To copy selected region of the page to the clipboard for pasting as a bitmap image into another program activate the Select tool and drag a region with the ES right mouse button Alt click for Mac To copy a full page a Ctrl A Cmnd C Select All then Ctrl C Cmnd C Copy b Open 3rd party application position cursor and Ctrl V Cmnd V Paste Using to SmartScore X2 219 11 3 5 Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V To paste the contents of the clipboard into an ENF file e Select Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V from the Edit menu and click anywhere in the score The contents of the clipboard will be added to the score and will not i replace any existing notes e Paste Replace Ctrl R or Cmnd R To paste the copied material into an ENF file and replace existing notation 11 3 5a Paste Replace Select Paste Replace from the Edit menu Ctrl R or Cmnd R and click anywhere in t
227. on in the Play back Console or from Default Tempo under the Edit menu To insert a metronome mark or change of tempo marking a Select the metronome mark button in the Tempo palette or select a custom tempo by pushing the Metronome Mark button at the bottom of the palette b Ifusing a metronome mark select a new tempo and baseline note value Preset tempo markings ranges from 30 bpm Lento to 240 bpm Prestissimo Tempo value Base nate E Cancel FIGURE 7 3 Tempo Change Metronome Mark window c In Insert mode click anywhere above the topmost staff of a system to insert mark Tempo will adjust accordingly at that point Using to SmartScore X2 135 7 6 5 Tempo Markings Tempo Markings are found in the Tempo palette Clicking anywhere inside a staffline will insert the selected Tempo Marking above the staff Tempo will be altered at that point Tempo d Tempo x Allegro Lento Largo Adagio Andante Allegro Allegretto Presto Prestissimo a tempo accel FIGURE 7 4 Selecting Tempo Markings from Tempo palette NOTE Expression markings found in the Articulations palette are merely descrip tors and will not alter playback To edit a metronome or change of tempo mark in the score N a Select the Properties tool from the Toolbar b Click on a mark in the score to edit its properties ae 4 z Tempo Marking Properties Tempo Back to
228. oolbar Each ENF Part each staffline of the score can contain a maximum of 4 voices represented by 4 colors black red green and blue For scores to play back correctly it is important that voices appear correct and be properly manipulated See Working with Contrapuntal Voices Section 7 9 on page 148 for additional details about editing voices 4 5 2 Voice Splitting Select HT Music ministers and choir directors will find this tool extremely handy Most hymnals and many choral scores group voices into 2 note chord clusters SA TB instead of opposite note stems for each voice SmartScore treats chord clusters as a single contrapuntal voice Using the voice splitting tool you can split two note clusters into separate voices black and red where each voice will have a unique instrument sound and each voiceline can be extracted to a separate document See Extracting Voices Section 7 4 4 on page 116 for more details on extracting voices To split all two note clusters into two independent voices 7 amp Hit the O key or Select button to activate the Select tool b Select Ctrl A Select all to highlight all symbols in the document c Press the H key This will separate two note clusters into 2 voices 3 M e FIGURE 4 6 Splitting two note chords into 2 voices TIP Only two note clusters will split If you wish to split clusters containing three or more notes delete the least desirable note s from t
229. operties tool selected click on the Left Repeat barline that begins the section The Barline Properties window will open Barline Properties Properties Playback Current Time Signature number of beats in measure CUTENt Time Signature Page layout Default Make invisible Repeat Section 2 Default z FIGURE 4 11 Selecting the number of verses to be repeated b Select the number of desired repeats in the Repeat Section pull down menu Choices are from 1 to 8 repeats 4 7 Numbered Endings SmartScore can cope well with repeats jumps and endings both simple and complex For proper playback to occur repeats and endings must be unambiguous and logical With SmartScore s alt repeat tool you are able to set the sequence of numbered endings as well as how many times they should repeat To create a numbered ending or edit an existing numbered barline a Select Start Alt Rep button from the Barlines and Repeats palette then click on the appropriate barline to assign its sequence properties b The Repeats window will open Choose 1 to assign the next repeat sequence as the first ending c The Close Ending tool will appear on the cursor Click on the last barline that terminates the first ending The cursor then switches again to the Start Ending tool Using to SmartScore X2 50 d Click on barline that begins the second ending it may be the same barline that closes the first ending
230. or Color Look for Scan type or Output option Set scanning to Grey Greyscale e Set Brightness to 20 to 35 for average printed music Using to SmartScore X2 19 e Set Resolution to 300 400 dpi for average printed music e Scan between 300 400 dpi for average sized printed music Scan at higher resolu tions for music printed in smaller than average print size Do not exceed 600 dpi e In the preview pane crop around but not into the area containing the music e Scan and save multiple page scores as a PDF file e Scan and save single pages as uncompressed TIFF files Give a unique filename for each page e g Pagel tif Page2 tif etc TIP Optimum resolution is achieved when the distance between staff lines is about 20 pixels In SmartScore s Image Editor zoom into the image Referring to the mouse position readout in the status bar measure the distance between two lines Scan in a stave measure white space only 3 2 2 Scanning Orchestral Scores There are several methods that may be used to scan in oversized orchestral scores Refer online to My orchestral score is bigger and wider than my scanner found in the Support gt FAQ section at www musitek com 3 3 Using the SmartScore Scanning Interface a Goto File gt Scan Music gt Choose Interface SmartScore s This will ensure that SmartScore s scanning environment is activated Push the Scan button found in the Navigator and in th
231. ord without a metronome uncheck the Metronome On box With Synchro On SmartScore will synchronize the start of recording with the first played MIDI event Select which MIDI Port the metronome will play through Choose the metronome s MIDI Channel NOTE The de facto drum channel MIDI Channel 10 is the default channel But you can change it if you wish Determine the number of Lead in Measures that will play prior to the start of recording The metronome will click at each baseline beat derived from the time signature for as many measures as you choose The Primary Beat down beat will sound when its On check box is selected The Pitch pull down menu displays all General MIDI drum sounds Use the Volume scroll box to increase or decrease the volume of the Primary Beat The default accents the Primary Beat The Secondary Beat will sound when it On check box is selected The Pitch pull down menu displays all General MIDI drum sounds Use the Volume scroll box to increase or decrease the volume of the Secondary Beat Using to SmartScore X2 207 10 8 3 Snap to MIDI recording is very strict Any fluctuation in timing or speed may result in strange or even useless notation To prevent this you can apply quantization to your performance Select Snap to from the Options menu prior to recording Choose the smallest rhythmic value that you think you can accurately play while recording The resulting MIDI events will be justified each even
232. ore Structure This special environment is used to perform useful functions such as creating a conduc tor s score from different parts and for isolating or joining parts and voices For detailed discussion on using this powerful feature turn to Extracting parts in Score Structure Section 6 5 2 11 3 10 Format Score Refer to Edit gt Format Score Section 6 4 11 3 11 Staff Spacing Refer to Adjusting measures Section 6 1 2 for details 11 3 12 Text Styles Refer to To modify font styles of text fields and lyric blocks Section for more details 11 3 13 Part Linking Ctrl L or Cmnd L Collapsing and expanding systems Many printed scores collapse or optimize systems to show only actively playing parts Similarly instruments that appear in one part may split into two or more parts anywhere in the score causing systems to expand in size SmartScore automatically senses expand ing systems when for example a piano solo introduction precedes a vocal piano arrange ment Expanding and collapsing parts are easily linked or re linked in a simple to use Using to SmartScore X2 221 environment called Part Linking Part Linking is also used when merging staves with brackets that were cut off Turn to Re linking parts Section 4 14 for details on this fea ture 11 3 14 Instruments Templates Refer to Instrument Templates Section 4 10 2 11 3 15 Bracketing Ctrl B or Cmnd B Refer to Bracketing Section
233. ored whenever the Aria player is activated Instruments assigned in the Aria player will respond only in channels that correspond to those in the Playback Console Using to SmartScore X2 42 4 3 1 Playback Console controls The playback transport controls works exactly as the Mini Console The General Vol ume slider controls overall volume Tempo controls default tempo if no metronome value was assigned in ENF Measure Beat slider resets playback position to desired measure and beat Each horizontal MIDI track is linked to a contrapuntal voiceline found in a staff Tracks are grouped with light or dark grey shading representing one part staff line Each track has its controls arrayed in columns Column Track Indicates the MIDI track assigned to the staff MIDI Tracks are assigned automatically and cannot be changed Column 2 Voice Lists the contrapuntal voice number 1 thru 4 given to each voice line Voice numbers appear inside colored boxes representing one of 4 possible voices black red green and blue Column 3 Part Name Each track part is linked to a Part Name Part names are cre ated in the System Manager Column 4 Channel SmartScore automatically assigns a unique MIDI channel to each track whenever possible Since MIDI allows for only 16 channels channel num bers may become repeated Channel numbers can be edited manually by clicking inside the Channel number field NOTE If the part contains more than
234. ormats 239 header 174 large notehead 111 reduced part 110 reformatting 91 score from scratch 89 Score Properties 82 109 Score Structure 100 Score Part 101 112 239 adding 112 scanning in 28 screen grab 88 Segno 52 Select All Ctrl A 221 Select tool 105 shaped notes 54 shortcut conventions 17 Shortcuts keyboard 141 Sibelius exporting to 66 88 signatures unifying 145 Slur 127 slurs editing 127 playback 127 properties 55 reshaping 120 SmartScore Lite replace 87 soft accent playback 130 solo violin tutorial 16 spacing 92 110 applying to other staffs and systems unifying staff and system 111 Split into separate voices 45 split pane tool 75 splitting chords into voices 143 staccato playback 129 staff 240 active 224 adding rremoving 112 adding new 116 invisible or unrecognized 67 properties 111 spacing 92 109 110 visibility 111 Staff Properties 16 67 111 stem direction changing 79 142 Step Time Recording 209 Super System 68 118 symbol preferences 215 symbol select 78 symphonic music adding missing parts 118 scanning 24 system 240 Using to SmartScore X2 251 add remove 112 apply changes to 119 changing widths global 95 single 92 collapsed 69 display characteristics 214 merging 66 optimize 69 118 re linking parts in 69 spacing 92 System Manager 113 242 Part Names 114 Visibility 115 System Report 28 System apply changes to 119 T tablature TAB 175 change fingeri
235. otes at a time whenever possible Using to SmartScore X2 68 4 14 Re linking parts Occasionally scores will contain collapsed or expanded systems sometimes referred to as optimized systems Unless you re link parts these systems will not playback with the correct instrumentation The Re link Parts function allows you to reassign each visible staff with its correct part as defined by Part Name in System Manager By re linking parts of optimized scores parts will play back correctly as they disappear and reappear throughout the score NOTE Parts listed in Re link Parts window are derived from the Part Name column of the System Manager see System Manager Section 7 4 on page 113 for more information Checked boxes identify which parts are assigned to the active sys tem Before re linking make sure all possible parts have been created To re link parts in a system a From the FILE menu select Part Linking Or hit Ctrl L Win Cmnd L Mac This will open the Re link Parts window Re link parts Part Name amp Abbr V Flute Flu Apply To z PianoR PiaR PianoL PiaL 4 A A I a EAALLLL Bclvlvc w EE Visibility Prev Page lt lt Prev System Next Part Next Page Next System gt gt Parti i FIGURE 4 31 Re link Parts window eady Page3 3 04 b Check the part names that are associated with each staff
236. ound To hear the file playback push the Play button in the console To convert the MIDI file into SmartScore notation push the Close button in the Playback Console Closing the console will begin the conversion process MIDI To ENF Staff Voicing Quantization Maximum voices Mane Hoten m 1 1 f NoteOn NoteD tt Motel tt E f NoteOn NoteDuration THE Density Measures per System o W Divide by Beats Auto E i W Smooth Voices Systems per Page we m m y FIGURE 7 3 MIDI to ENF window Using to SmartScore X2 156 e Staff Voicing Choose the number of contrapuntal voices you wish to see in the converted ENF file NOTE It is unusual to have more than 2 voices in most music For neatness sake 1 or 2 voices is a goo e Density e Measures per System determines the number of evenly spaced measures per system Automatic is recommended e Systems per Page determines the number of evenly spaced systems per page Automatic is recommended e Quantization SmartScore can quantize the MIDI file that will be converted Each note event will snap to the nearest beat boundary eliminating fluctuations in the timing of a MIDI perfor mance MIDI files created with free tempo rubato will probably have many irregular note divisions and odd looking timing as SmartScore attempts to compartmentalize notes off the beat e Check None to prevent the application of quantization e Use Note On Note Off to determine th
237. out notice Introduction to SmartScore X2 and Using SmartScore x2 Written by Chris Newell SmartScore was designed and developed by Chris Newell Ojai CA Programming by Moniusoft S A and Conficode S A Warsaw Poland SmartScore and Musitek are registered trademarks of Musitek Corporation Ojai CA Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh and OS X ares registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Using to SmartScore X2 iii Important Information about Copyright Copyrighted material is protected from infringement by U S and international law Title 17 of the US Code governs the making and reproduction of works protected by copyright Under this code reproduction distribution and display of works protected under copy right is illegal if done without the permission of the copyright owner unless the proposed use falls under the definition of Fair Use If you have reservations that your proposed use of SmartScore may be in violation of copyright law consult with your attorney before using this product Using to SmartScore X2 iv Using SMARISCORE 9 PRECISION MUSIC SCANNING Table of Contents INDE Ac sdecatbeadecwebvadetaenedeneeendeus 243 Installation and Introduction 1 SmartScore X Installation POCCOITCS csi ups mice a ded E Rea pa de I How to use this manual 0 0 ccc cee ene 2 What Edition symbols mean 0000s 2 SmartScore X Tu
238. oved by a uniform interval while considering the key signature Change Pitch can be used in conjunction with Limits tab FA TIP To shift the pitch of a small range of notes it is easier to use the Select tool O Hold the Shift key down drag the selected notes up or down 7 22 Limit Transposition You may limit transposition to a part or voice or to a selected range within the ENF score To limit transposition by part voice or range a Click on the Limit tab at the top of the Transposition window Transpose Type Limits Range Part Voice Entire Score Pat AI Pans Ei C Part Voice Measure from through FIGURE 7 8 Limit Transposition b Choose All Parts or select individual parts by name to transpose If you select a single part you may also limit the scope of transposition to a single voiceline In the Part Voice box select the voice to transpose c To limit transposition by range choose Selected Area range must already be highlighted by the Select tool or by Measure number d Click OK to transpose with selected limits applied Using to SmartScore X2 108 7 3 Score Properties The Score Properties window contains powerful options for controlling staff and system spacing bracketing and part linking for re linking parts in optimized systems Other major editing functions include adding or removing a part staff to the score Section 7 3 8 adding or deleting a system Sec
239. p Join Parts Section 6 5 on page 100 for details In the System Manager look for Visibility checkboxes along the far left side and along the bottom of the list of parts Checkmarks identify which parts are active visible in the current system Individual parts and or voices can also be made visible or invisible by selective use of these Visibility checkboxes SCORE Let s say we want to extract a contrapuntal voice from the right hand part of a vocal piano arrangement To extract a voice from an existing part a Select Edit gt System Manager Ctrl M Cmnd M Mac b Remove check marks of all parts and voices except for the part and voice you wish to target System Manager Pat Name amp Abbr Voice Voice 2 Voice 3 Voice 4 Spc Spc Grand Piano Grand Piano 96 288 Controlling System Active Y Visibility lv E a N Cancel Apply Visibility Pattnames Voices Spacing Apply To All lt lt Prev System Next System gt gt FIGURE 7 14 Selecting Voices to be extracted c Make sure Visibility in lower left hand corner is checked Using to SmartScore X2 115 d Press Apply to New to create a new score leaving the current file unaffected Or press OK to isolate the part in the open document The extracted vocal part from the vocal piano score will appear like this FIGURE 7 15 Extracted Voic 7 4 4 Extracting Voices To extract a voice from th
240. put 11 10 2 Open Ctrl O Cmnd 0 Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen 11 10 3 Save Ctrl S Cmnd T Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk 11 10 4 Save As Opens Windows File Selection dialog box Save processed or modified Image files to hard disk following Scanning and Editing Use to save selected files to directory other than the working directory 11 10 5 Save As PDF Saves currently open TIFF image as a PDF file Windows requires PDF 995 from installer 11 10 6 Scan Music Selects scanner or initiates scanner to acquire image 11 10 7 Recognition Initiates Recognition to begin processing saved image file s 11 10 8 Print Ctrl P Win Cmnd P Mac Initiates Windows Print Monitor Current Image file is output to default printer from selected printer port Using to SmartScore X2 235 11 10 9 CD Writer Opens audio CD Writer Burn window See Recording to Audio Save as file Burn to CD Section 10 14 on page 212 11 10 10 Recent 1 2 3 or 4 Automatically loads one of the last four files accessed by SmartScore Win Select any recent files by type Mac 11 10 11 Exit Quit Cmnd Q Mac Exit SmartScore Save current file Go to Windows main desktop 11 11 IMAGE EDITOR gt EDIT Menu 11 11 Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd Z Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Un
241. r becomes any object that is Quick Selected 7 1 2 Inserting and changing symbols C To insert a symbol anywhere in the active staffline a Toggle the C key to activate the Insert mode b Quick select any symbol or select it from a tool palette c Click inside the active staff to insert the object To change the rhythmic value of an existing note or rest a Quick select Ctrl click a nearby note or rest having the desired value Or select a new value from the Notes or Rests palette b Position the cursor over the symbol to be changed until it highlights yellow Click to change it to the selected value NOTE When you Quick select on any object inside the active staff the palette associ ated with the object will open 7 1 3 Deleting notes and symbols X To delete an object in the active staff a Quick select Ctrl Click a note or non lyric symbol b Press the X key and click on any note or non lyric symbol to delete it To delete one or more object using the Select tool a Press the Select tool icon in the Toolbar b Click on an object or drag a region to select one or more objects c Hit the Delete key to delete selected object s Using to SmartScore X2 104 7 1 4 Select tool 0 Use the Select tool to highlight one or more objects for single or mass editing functions such as copying deleting splitting voices flipping stem directions and joining notes of different
242. r the Note Event 10 4 10 Cut Copy and Paste Click and drag the mouse or use Edit gt Select to select a region that you would like to cut copy or paste e Cut removes the highlighted notes from the score and places them in the clipboard e Copy stores the selected notes to the clipboard without removing them from the score e Paste will insert the contents of the clipboard back into the score without deleting the existing notes Click where you want to insert the music into the score e Paste Special will open the Paste Special window PASTE SPECIAL Ea Add to existing events di C Replace existing events Cancel C Move to make room Hepetitions Start fromtrack E C All to track Start from time 1 Pianon Emm 1 FianaH jc FIGURE 10 20 Paste Special The Paste Special window offers several options for pasting the contents of the clipboard back into the music e Add to existing events will add the contents of the clipboard to the selected area with out erasing the existing notes e Replace existing events will replace the existing music with the contents of the clip board e Move to make room will push the existing music backward and then insert the con tents of the clipboard Using to SmartScore X2 200 e Use Repetitions to determine the number of times the contents of the clipboard will be inserted e Start from time designates where the inserted music will begin by choosing the m
243. r view Zoom Out e Page x To view pages of an image file use the paging buttons in the Toolbar or select n n Next Page Previous Page from the View menu Using to SmartScore X2 34 e Image Toolbar BOLE Vie se Crop Select Delete Line Color RotateR Page Deskew Invert Freehand Thickness RotateL Threshold FIGURE 3 6 Image Editor Toolbar 3 9 3 Page Tools e Select Used for selecting a region for cropping deleting cutting or copying e Crop To crop an image file trimming unwanted portions of your image from outside a marked frame a Press the Select button in the Image Toolbar b With your mouse drag a box around the area you wish to keep If you want to extend the cropping region outside of the display keep dragging the page will scroll as you drag up or down c To adjust the marked bounded area move your cursor over a boundary line click and drag the boundary to a new position d Select Crop from the Edit menu OR press the Crop button in the Image Toolbar The resulting image will be reduced to the area inside the bounded frame Remember to Save when done e Correcting Skew Page through each scanned image and check for relative straightness of each image page If a page appears tilted or skewed recognition accuracy will be compromised The Deskew tool rotates the image slightly to correct skewed pages and will optimize recogni tion accuracy a Press the Deskew butto
244. remove it Clear All grid removes all current finger markers in fretboard e String Marker dot places a finger marker on any string between frets on the fret board Clicking above the fretboard nut thick line places an open string symbol open dot at any string position Using to SmartScore X2 168 e Barre Marker arc places a barre marker above the fretboard by dragging above the nut When dragged across strings inside the fretboard the barre marker is positioned between frets e Mute string marker x places an X above any string position to indicate a muted string When clicked above the nut any finger marker of that string is deleted e For banjo ukulele bass or other non six string fretted instrument or for chords that require more range than 4 frets choose the configuration you wish from Strings x Frets combo box e To show fingerings in other than Ist position choose from Position Selector The solid line represents the fret position c Once changes have been made push Done The original configuration will be permanently replaced when you press OK If you made a mistake push Cancel and try again 8 3 4 Creating a new chord symbol fret configuration If the particular chord symbol or fingering configuration you want does not exist you can add it to the chord library a Push the Guitar Chord button in the Toolbar The cursor will become a grid Er Click where you want to insert a new chord above a staff line Be
245. res are divided between the final measure of one system and continue through the first measure of the following system Split Measure Typical FIGURE 4 21 Pickup and split measures Incomplete pickup closeout and split measures will normally cause playback to hesitate By default SmartScore applies the exact number of beats to each measure Lock to Time Signature To play individual measures exactly as written a Select Properties Tool and click on the barline that precedes the measure in question de Using to SmartScore X2 59 b In the Playback combo box choose As written Barline Properties Properties Playback i number of beats in measure Page layout Default X Make invisible Repeat Section 2 Default v Actions Split Systems Lox cancel FIGURE 4 22 Barline Properties Sometimes a score will contain so many split or incomplete measures that you will simply want to play it entirely without hesitation In this case you will want to apply Play as written to the Playback tab in Document Preferences To play all measures in the document exactly as written e Go to Edit gt Document Preferences In the Time Signature Lock to Time Signature pull down menu select Play as written All measures are now unlocked Document Preferences Text symbols Playback Grace notes Sound grace notes Before the Beat
246. ring a missed or invisible staff line Occasionally a staff line inside a system may have been missed during recognition due to flaws in the original score Or in the case of an optimized score you may want to restore a hidden optimized staff a First you want to check that parts in the shorted system are properly linked Posi tion the cursor inside the system and hit Ctrl L to open Re link Parts b Put a check next to the appropriate visible parts Leave the missing part unchecked Make sure the order of the parts you check correspond to the actual DL 3 staffline and the missing part remains unchecked Hit OK Le c Select the Properties tool Esc key Using to SmartScore X2 67 NOTE Yellow arrows along each system bracket indicate all possible parts visible or invisible They correspond to the Super System in System Manager d With your cursor in the affected system click on a floating yellow arrow that corresponds to the missing staff line you wish to restore u e In the Staff Properties window check Visibility Make sure Show Staff is also selected f Inthe Apply To pull down menu select Current Staffline or System TIP Hit the U key and select Unify Key Signatures based on First System Hit OK and the key signatures of the score will become unified Now you need only to fill in the missing notes Remember you can always use Copy and Paste to clone measures of n
247. rm a beamed group insert the selected beamed note by clicking into a staff not adjacent to another beam group Repeated clicks will form successive 2 note beam groups when left or right beam direction is selected One continuous beam group will be created when the middle beam is selected Auto Beam can be used but it may also cause re coupling of other beams in the measure See Score Properties Section 7 3 on page 109 for more details Inserting a right or middle beam to the left of an existing beam group will cause that note to attach itself to the beam on its right Likewise left and middle beams will attach to the right of an existing beam Clicking inside an existing beam group with the middle beam selected will insert a beam note inside the beamed group Clicking on an yellow highlighted beamed note will change its note value and or beam direction as indicated by the cursor To delete a beamed note Quick Select it hit the X key and clicking again to remove it Deleting an end beam will cause the beam to join to any adjacent beamed groups Using to SmartScore X2 81 5 2 11 Forming beam groups Select B To create a single beam group from adjacent flagged or beamed notes e Use the Select tool O key and highlight any number of adjacent flagged notes Hit the B key to join the notes into a single beamed group The B key will also join two or more adjacent beam groups that
248. rn Cuica Samba Mas Ron Caribbean Disco 12 Disco Dotted Ride Rhytm amp Blues DoubleMetal Rock 1 12 12 Bar Blues 13 28 8 Bar Shuffle EM Blues Thump Tq ee ee ee M a peor Swap with prev End a Modify Bi Cancel _New Pattern Delete all FIGURE 9 3 Automatic Drum Track Window c Click on a pattern that matches the time signature and style of your ENF file Choose a starting measure in the from measure no field and push the Insert button To enter another drum groove at another location repeat steps c and d above If you wish to mute drum playback for one or more measures select the starting measure and push the Insert Silents button NOTE Insert Silents are automatically inserted if the Begin and End points of 2 or more patterns are not sequential g Press OK to accept the selection h Press the spacebar to hear your file playback with drum accompaniment Using to SmartScore X2 183 To Remove a drum pattern from the library e Locate the Styles folder inside the SmartScore application folder and delete the ssd file you wish to remove 9 5 2 Adding custom drum patterns from ENF The drum pattern library is expandable You can add new patterns that you have either cre ated yourself or imported from a MIDI file which contains a drum track on MIDI Channel 10 To add an ENF drum pattern to the automatic drum pattern library a Open an ENF file which contains a percussion par
249. rogram or another MIDI device Port A computer can run several MIDI devices at a time with the proper hardware Each device is connected to a unique Port 12 4 SmartScore Terms ENF Extended Notation Format This is SmartScore s proprietary file format Navigator The floating window containing buttons designed to navigate through SmartScore s main features and editing environments System Manager The System Manager is a sort of virtual system which allows for manipulating all or specific voices parts and systems in the score It contains the parts and voices that make up the active system The Super System within it contains ALL possi ble parts Voice Line Threading SmartScore will differentiate multiple voices within a single staff line by displaying them in different colors Voice 1 black Voice 2 red Voice 3 green and Voice 4 blue while at the same time creating an independent MIDI channel for each voice Using to SmartScore X2 242 INDEX SmartScore X2 Using SMARTSCORE 9 PRECISION MUSIC SCANNING A accaciatura 125 215 accelerando 56 accent editing 128 playback 130 accidentals 241 accidentals editing 126 accuracy recognition 30 35 active staffline 6 74 224 lock unlock 74 active system 69 add empty 76 90 adding parts systems and pages 112 116 Apply To System Manager 119 apply to new score 120 Aria Player 39 exiting 40 troubleshooting 39 arpeggio 131 articulations 241 del
250. rrect text was then entered FIGURE 8 2 Editing Lyrics e Dash Moves the cursor to next lyric block and inserts a dash Normally used to con nect multiple syllables within a single word Using to SmartScore X2 163 e Space Moves the cursor to the next lyric block Normally used to separate words Does not insert a dash or an underline e Underline Normally used as a miasma an underline indicates that one vocal sound should be extended over two or more beats Inserting creates an underline up to the next block Entering multiple underlines will string them together over several lyric blocks e Backspace Deletes characters inside a lyric block Also deletes hyphens when back spacing from one lyric block to the next e Enter Creates a new lyric line and positions cursor in the first lyric block below beginning note or rest of the staffline 8 1 2 Verifying vertically aligned voices Nudging note heads horizontally is a good way to verify that a particular lyric block is indeed associated with a note stem In a similar way Nudge mode is useful in verifying that vertical events are properly aligned Refer to Checking vertical alignment of voices Section 7 9 3 for more information To verify vertical alignment of two or more voices in Nudge mode Horizontally nudge the upper note Voice 1 of a vertically aligned set of notes and or rests All vertically aligned joined notes or rests will move together 8 2 Tex
251. rs Using to SmartScore X2 178 9 3 4 Creating a guitar TAB staff below a melody line You may wish to duplicate a part written in standard notation and have it display BAR as guitar tablature Or you may wish to take a guitar solo written in tablature and have it also display as standard notation It s simple To duplicate a notation staff and transform it to a TAB staff a b Open any ENF score Go to Edit Score Structure Click on the box that represents the part you wish to copy Push the Duplicate button The new part will appear below the original box Click on the newly cre ated part and drag left to create an association line to the ENF Score Part box next to it Select Apply to New A new ENF document will be created leaving the original unchanged In the ENF view you will see the duplicated part beneath the original part With the Properties Tool selected click on the yellow triangle to the left of the new part Select 5 line guitar TAB from the Staff Type pull down menu and unify staff and line spacing as described in 9 2 on page 175 and Tablature notation display in SmartScore on page 177 To reverse the process duplicate a TAB staff and transform it to standard notation follow the same steps above but instead choose 6 line melody from the Staff Type pull down menu After converting a melody to a TAB staff you may want to change the fingering Refer to Change fi
252. rt Change function To delete and replace a numbered ending or barline at the end of a system a Insert the desired barline type to the left of the numbered ending that you wish to remove b Delete the original ending hit X key and click The measure will shift slightly to the left Using to SmartScore X2 51 4 7 2 Change of key time and the double barline Usually changes of time and key signatures at the end of a system are preceded by a dou ble barline If for any reason playback hesitates after a change of key or time signature make sure the barline preceding the signature is actually a double barline Two single bar lines will cause playback to hesitate Jumps 4 8 Jumps Jump symbols may include segno da capo coda to coda fine and other markings indi cating where playback should stop and jump back jump forward or be repeated and finally stop To avoid discontinuity or endless looping what we call the bowl of spa ghetti problem it s important that jumps be used logically 4 8 1 Working with the Coda A Coda sign generally marks the concluding passage of a piece A To Coda sign is used to mark where a jump to the Coda begins usually from inside a repeated passage To insert a jump to Coda sign and mark the beginning of a Coda a Select the To Coda sign from the palette Find the measure where playback Ta X begins its jump usually at the end of a repeated section or numbered ending 9 4 Click on
253. rt scores from 102 Error Message 225 errors rhythmic 777 expanded systems 69 exporting ENF files 87 expressions 128 136 Extended Notation Format 5 extracting parts and voices 115 Score Structure 100 F fermata editing 128 playback 129 file formats 66 88 217 import 144 FILE menu 217 Finale exporting files to 66 88 218 replacing SmartScore Lite 87 Finale importing into 87 Fine 53 fingerings 171 flagged notes beaming 105 223 folio 239 fonts changing style 165 setting default style 214 format score 91 222 formatting optimize print size 86 Using to SmartScore X2 245 free rhythm 11 G Garritan sounds 39 troubleshooting 39 glissando 131 Go to 113 155 grace notes 125 215 Graphical Controllers ENF 63 MIDI 195 guitar classical notation 171 Guitar Chord Library 166 guitar fret symbols editing 166 see chord symbols 215 guitar tablature 176 convert from notation 175 copying from notation 179 recognition 26 scanning 21 guitar classical notation 16 guitar tutorial 16 hairpin inserting 133 properties 57 Help 229 Hidden Symbols 152 hymnal and choral scores 45 49 Image Editor 34 Cut Copy and Paste 38 grey thresholding 38 image info 34 image information 226 insert 104 beamed note 81 Installation 4 instrument change 47 Instrument Templates 54 instruments changing during playback 47 193 selecting for playback 46 transposed 62 Jumps 52 K Karaoke view 61 preferences 216 Keep 26 ke
254. s and closes Mini Console Toolbar 11 4 14 MIDI Devices Opens MIDI device dialog box Select MIDI input and output sources Refer to Quick Playback Tricks Section 4 2 for details 11 4 15 Swing Turns swing playback on or off Refer to Swing Section 4 10 6 11 4 16 Play as written Refer to Barline Properties Pickup measures and Codas Section 4 9 11 11 4 17 Graphical Controller Refer to ENF Graphical controllers Section 4 11 Using to SmartScore X2 227 ENF EDITOR gt WINDOW Menu 11 5 11 5 1 Task Window Ctrl W a Opens the SmartScore task window Open this window any time with CEr Ww SmartScore Task Window Choose an action M 4 f ENF Recognize Scans J ENF il Recent score Browse For Files Scan Music E 7 d AE J ENF E f E P New ENF File MIDI to EMF MIDI Record Image Editor FIGURE 11 6 Task Window 11 5 2 Scan View Provides options for the floating zoom window including whether to display ENF or TIFF close ups in the zoom window and selecting additional zoom views Refer to Split screen and scan view reference views Section 7 11 1 for details on the floating zoom window 11 5 3 Clone Document Duplicates and opens currently open ENF file 11 5 4 View Panes Choose to the screen view that makes sense to you ENF TIFF ENF only or just the TIF 11 5 5 Split Screen Activates the ENF Scan view split control tool 11 5 6 Cascade Display over
255. s and rests horizontally e ach note contains two horizontal anchors one above the staff and one below Click and drag either control point to nudge a note or rest horizontally e To move multiple symbols horizontally use the O key to select the objects Drag the pull point of any object left or right e To compress or expand symbols within a measure or within an entire staff line refer to Repositioning measures using barlines Section 7 5 6 7 5 3 Resizing beam angles and note stems e Dragging the endpoint of a beam or note stem will increase or decrease its length 7 5 4 Repositioning text fields linked to an active staffline e All text fields are linked to an active staff line To reveal the control point for each text field position your cursor over its associated staffline and then locate the control point of the text field 3 7 5 5 Reshaping arcs and slurs Slurs legatos can be reshaped in two ways e By moving end points of the arc or e By controlling the shape of the curve with either Bezier control handles i n f Bezier handles End points con tate pas trol the place control the shape ment of the slur c ES of the slur Using to SmartScore X2 120 FIGURE 7 17 Reshaping slurs 7 5 6 Repositioning measures using barlines To horizontally reposition all symbols in adjacent measures e In Nudge mode moving barlines to the left or right will reposition symbols in
256. s associated with the highlighted staff including text and lyrics can then be edited You can choose to display just the active staff or to all staves in black To display all staff lines in solid black e Goto the View menu and uncheck Show Active Staff To lock the active staff and allow the mouse to move anywhere e Hit the Caps Lock key To unlock the active staff press again 5 1 2 Page View Display Several ENF page view layouts are available after scanning To select a different page view layout e Click on any one of four page view buttons in lower Status Bar ET urls riri ims FIGURE 5 1 Page View Buttons e View ENF pages horizontally e View pages vertically e View pages in book format facing pages e View score in horizontal scroll format long view Using to SmartScore X2 74 NOTE Whenever the ENF and TIFF view panes loose synchronization e g in Long View mode or after score reformatting the Image display pane will close and the Scan View window will appear instead Closing the Scan View window will re initialize normal Image ENF view panes 5 1 3 Scan View Window The TIF ENF split screen format can be changed to display only the ENF view with a floating scan view window corresponding to the same region in the scanned image where your cursor is placed To view full screen ENF pane with a floating scan window e Go to the Window menu and select Scan View window By dragging the Split Pan
257. s can be altered by use of the Prop erties tool Changes can be applied individually to the marking itself or globally to all similar markings in the score Finally default values can be reset for that particular mark for all future SmartScore files Certain changes to barline properties will also affect play back See 4 9 11 on page 59 and 4 6 1 on page 49 for barline properties details To activate the Properties window of an object Hitthe Esc key or select the Properties icon from the Toolbar and click on one le of the objects below to open and modify its playback and display properties 4 9 1 Note Properties Clicking on any note head will open the Note Properties window Properties Duration Dots i 1 4 None Staccato Tenuto Accents Fermata Note head type Default v Default Full triangle Empty Triangle Ls FullDiamond EmptyDiamond E X FIGURE 4 13 Note Properties e Note duration Change basic note value e Dots Add or change dots of prolongation e Staccato Change default duration when staccato is applied e Tenuto Change default duration when tenuto is applied e Accents Change default velocity when accent is applied e Fermata Change default tempo when fermata is applied e Notehead types Noteheads can be altered to several alternative shapes configurations including triangle empty triangle diamond empty diamond and x
258. s for playback a In the Aria player select one of several instrument presets by clicking into the lower left corner of the Ensemble window b Click on SmartScore and select All Piano All channels will play a Grand Piano sound Other combinations can be selected from SmartScore preset list To load individual instruments a Click on any of the 16 instrument channel slots in the Aria player b Select an instrument from one of seven instrument groups under SmartScore IMPORTANT The Aria player will play only those channels that are displayed in the channel list of SmartScore s Playback Console Using to SmartScore X2 39 Use the transport controls in the Playback Console or Mini Console to control playback The spacebar can be used to start and stop playback but not when the focus is on the Aria player To activate spacebar for playback click outside of the Aria player window Volume Pan Mute Solo and Transpose pitch controls are all active in Playback Console If a part is not playing back or is playing the wrong sound make sure you have the right instrument correctly assigned to each instrument channel slot Remember that only those channels listed in SmartScore s Playback Console will sound in the Aria player NOTE Instrument names in the Playback Console are not active when using the Aria Player Only those instruments loaded in the Aria player are activated 4 1 1 Notes on working with the Aria play
259. s in the window Using your mouse drag the Out arrow of the source device to the In arrow of the receiving device and vice versa Internal connections should then be established Close Audio MIDI Setup f Audio MIDI Setup Edirol Hd li zh li Tr X Configuration Add Device Remove Device Roland SC88 FIGURE 4 37 Connecting MIDI Devices in Audio MIDI Setup With SmartScore ENF file open on your Mac go to Playback menu click and select Play back at the bottom of the list Choose CoreMIDI Playback to activate devices connected in Audio MIDI Setup To activate built in soft synthesizer Macintosh QuickTime Musical Instruments choose QT Internal Playback Using to SmartScore X2 73 5 Basic Score Editing This section describes basic SmartScore editing features For information on advanced editing techniques such as part extraction optimizing scores managing systems applying or changing instrument templates reformatting respacing page reformatting print setup and part linking turn to Chapter Detailed ENF Editing Section 7 on page 104 Many editing and playback default settings are accessible in either Document Preferences or Program Preferences under the Edit menu See Preferences Section 11 1 on page 214 for details 5 1 Navigating Inside an ENF Document 5 1 1 Active staffline Only one staff can be edited at a time Positioning your mouse over a staff will cause it to highlight black Object
260. staffline in a system that requires re linking and select Part Linking This will open the Re link Parts window 1 1 2 3 5 1 6 Re link parts J NE Part Name amp Abbr 3 lt Fa IFlute Flu Apply To z PianoR PiaR Gust PianoL PiaL zeem mnm e Cancel T M 9 Visibility Prev Part lt lt Prev Page lt lt Prev System v Merge with Nest Part gt gt Nest Page gt gt NewtSystem gt gt Pat1 1 Page3 3 04 eady FIGURE 7 2 Re link Parts window Using to SmartScore X2 143 7 8 Navigator 7 8 1 Open Ctrl O Cmnd M Mac T Push to open import a file compatible with SmartScore Select SmartScore s ENF Image TIFF BMP PCX XML or MIDI file from Files of Type pull Open down menu Same as File gt Open 7 8 2 Scan M Push to initiate scanning Same as File Scan Music Acquire Scan 7 8 3 Recognition zi Push to initiate recognition on any pre scanned image Same as File Recog nize Recog 7 8 4 Unify Score U pz Unify updates key and time signatures clef signs and staff spacing throughout As the score based on choices made in the dialog window Unify W Unify Key Signatures amp Based on Topmost Staf
261. t written with a percussion clef or b Open an ENF file in which you have created your own drum pattern Refer to Creating a percussion staff from scratch Section 9 4 3 for more information on how to create drum patterns c Click the MIDI button in the Navigator to open the MIDI Overview See Tz Section Selecting MIDI views Section 10 1 1 on page 187 for more MIDI details on changing MIDI views d Select Edit Create Automatic Drum Pattern Create automatic drum track file M ame Style Fock m Definition source Track All Begining measure n Length in measures n Cancel Generate gt gt gt FIGURE 9 4 Creating a drum pattern from a MIDI file e Locate the track in which the drum is played and select it in the Track field Note that MIDI drums will sound only if they are assigned to MIDI Channel 10 NOTE To check the channel number of a track right click alt click for Mac next to the track number in MIDI Overview then select Piano Roll The channel number and its color will appear in the upper left corner of the Piano Roll View Close Using to SmartScore X2 184 the Piano Roll window to return to Overview window Another option is to sim ply open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Next to each track number listing is a colored box containing the MIDI channel number assigned f Enter the name you wish to give the pattern in the Name field g Select a musical style to class
262. t beginning at the nearest selected rhythmic timing mark You can reset start times of selected events to the nearest value set in Options Snap to will also reset start times of all selected MIDI events and will fix the increment at which selected MIDI events can be moved when using the mouse or arrow keys to move events horizontally 10 8 4 Recording New Tracks Voices To Record a new track to a MIDI file a Select Record from the Realtime menu OR press the Record button in the Play back Console The New View window will open if any MIDI data already exists in an active file New View Type Piano rall Cancel Track 1 Flute 2 FlanaH 3 FianaL FIGURE 10 25 Selecting Track to Record b Select an existing track to record a new voice within the same track NOTE The new MIDI data will be added to the existing track without overwriting any material c Select New Track to record a brand new MIDI track Using to SmartScore X2 208 NOTE A Piano Roll will open for the selected track A Piano Roll must be open to record in SmartScore A new voice and MIDI channel will automatically be cre ated when recording into any track d Use the Playback Console to assign the MIDI parameters for the new track voice e Press the spacebar or select Play from the Realtime menu or press the Play but ton in the Playback Console to start recording at measure 1 unless a Punch In point has been set see Sett
263. t is ll installed and the SmartScore file will import as a MusicXML file 4 12 1 Converting SmartScore files to other file types To save SmartScore files in one of several different file formats In the File Save As File type Format pull down menu choose one of the following formats to save the ENF score to e MusicXML XML MusicXML has quickly become the most widely used file format for the exchange of music notation files between scorewriters Most well i known notation scorewriting programs now support importing and exporting MusicXML files including Sibelius Finale Notion Personal Composer and others e MIDI files MID will import playback data into most other music software programs with no page formatting All graphical information about note position stem direction voices etc are lost MIDI is to music what ASCII is to text 4 13 Maintaining playback continuity Playback may loose continuity for several reasons e g system braces brackets were cut off during scanning or in the case of optimized scores where the number of parts varies between systems 4 13 1 Merging Systems For parts to play simultaneously they must be joined by a bracket along the left hand mar gin If during scanning brackets of the original score are cut off by mistake or if some thing breaks the solid line of a bracket one or more parts become separated and will appear in ENF as single line systems If so all par
264. t mode 8 2 1 Entering and editing text To enter Text mode for editing or creating dumb text a Push the T button in the Text and Controller Toolbar Text fields are associated with the nearest staffline To ensure text is associated with a particular staff move the cursor over the staff first b Click anywhere and begin typing NOTE It will not be possible to do other sorts of editing other than text or lyrics in either of these modes It will be necessary to push T or L again to exit the mode first To edit a text field a While in Text mode click anywhere inside a text field b Drag left or right to highlight one or more characters within the field Typing will replace the characters Hit the Delete key to remove highlighted characters Text Using to SmartScore X2 164 can also be cut copied or pasted elsewhere using standard Ctrl X C and V shortcuts Cmnd X C and V for Mac To delete text fields a To delete more than one text field use the Select tool O key to select and highlight text in yellow Hit the Delete Del key removes all highlighted text fields b Quick select Ctrl click any text field hit the X key cursor goes grey and click again on any text field to remove it 8 2 2 Adding and changing styles of Text and Lyrics Out of recognition text and lyrics are matched to the closest font type and size available You can modify the font type
265. t staff where you want the symbol to be inserted Using to SmartScore X2 166 c The Guitar Chord Library and editor will open Guitar Chord Chord label Library Root M s b Ada Bass nore H b Change AX C O Delete Tonality Extension 13 Reorder n Augmentation Label Preview G13 I Long Tonality Form EET Display From global properties Index 1 550 218 1 1 Scale 6 2 1 H Cancel FIGURE 8 4 Guitar frets and chord symbols library d Select a Root chord Add a Sharp Flat Tonality Extension and Augmenta tion as necessary e Ifthe selected chord name matches one stored in the library a corresponding fret configuration will appear in the right window NOTE If there are multiple fret configurations for the same chord name the box next to Primary will be checked Use the Index scroller to search for alternatives f Push OK The fret chord symbol will appear where you previously clicked 8 3 3 Changing Chord and Fret symbols If a fret chord is incorrectly recognized you can quickly fix it often by acquiring the value of a nearby chord which is correct To copy the value of one fret chord symbol and apply it to another a Ctrl click on a chord symbol that is identical or similar to the correct chord name That chord s configuration will be inherited and stored by the cursor b Right click Option click for Mac on the chord symbo
266. te an exact copy of the active track and insert it at the bottom of the track listing e Delete Track will erase the highlighted MIDI track completely 10 3 Playback 10 3 1 Spacebar e Press the spacebar to Play Press again to Pause Press again to resume Play Press the comma key to Rewind to the start 10 3 2 Mini Console No MIDI Recording a 4 b gt z m The Mini Console is a dock able tear off Toolbar that plays records rewinds and stops playback jme FIGURE 10 5 Mini Console Transport The spring loaded tempo slider will increase or decrease tempo speed depend ing on the distance it is pulled from the center Releasing the mouse will return playback tempo to the default speed Play button initiates resumes playback of the active MIDI file Once playback has begun the Play button becomes Pause Use this button to retain MIDI data after returning to ENF display Stop button stops playback recording of the MIDI Play Record is re initialized at O rewinds to the beginning Rewind button resets playback to the beginning of the range The Record button will be active only when a MIDI Out device is selected Push ing the Record button will create a new MIDI track and will launch a new record ing session When Record is lit press Play button to begin recording a new MIDI performance to a new track When recording to a new MIDI track existing MIDI Using to SmartScore X2 189
267. te placement horizontal drag NOTE The arrow keys on your computer keyboard can also be used to adjust the pitch and start time of the selected note NOTE To realign MIDI events to the nearest starting point quantization go to Options Snap to and select the base rhythmic value To delete selected note event s e Hit the Delete key to remove any highlighted notes Using to SmartScore X2 198 To change the velocity and or the duration of selected note s a Select the Velocity Duration option from the Edit menu The Velocity and Dura tion window will open Velocity and Duration S F FIGURE 10 18 Velocity and Duration window b Usethe sliders or type in numbers to increase or decrease the velocity or duration of the selected note s by a percentage Example You wish to double the dura tion of a group of selected notes In the Velocity Duration window move the Duration slider to 200 c Press OK 10 4 9 Note Event window Double clicking on any note event will open the Note Event window Hote Event FIGURE 10 19 Note Event window The Note Event window allows access to and adjustment of an individual note s parame ters Using to SmartScore X2 199 e Raise or lower the Pitch of the Note Event e Start Time changes when the Note Event begins e The Duration of the Note Event can be shortened or lengthened e Increase or decrease the Velocity of the Note Event e Select a different Voice fo
268. the barline to insert the To Coda sign It will appear above the bar b Select the Coda sign from the Barlines and Repeats palette In Insert mode click on the barline where the coda is to begin usually near the end of the piece NOTE The Coda will not be played back until it is activated by the To Coda or d s al Coda sign 4 8 2 Working with the Segno S Segno means sign It marks the beginning of a final repeat or ending Segnos are usually positioned early on in the piece To mark a final repeat with a segno a Select Segno from the Barlines and Repeats palette b Insert the Segno by clicking the barline that begins the ast repeated ending or section c To stop a final repeat or ending return to the Segno and continue on to the Coda select d s al Coda meaning from the sign to the Coda Using to SmartScore X2 52 To have a final repeat or ending return to the beginning of the piece and terminate at the Segno sign e Select d c al Segno meaning from the beginning up to the sign and insert it by clicking on the barline in the last ending or repeat where playback is to return The repeated section will return to the beginning of the score and play through to the Segno NOTE To Coda Segno d s al Coda D S D C and d s al Fine signs are all ignored until an ending or repeat is played once 4 8 3 Working with the da Capo D C dal Segno D S and Fine signs D C da capo means
269. the final scan of music pages you can choose to Open Image Editor This choice will stop the recognition process and open the scanned pages in the Image Editor At any time you can open and edit an existing image file with the Open command The Image Editor allows you to manually draw in missing system brackets and or barlines prior to recognition You can erase or add details as well as being able to delete large areas of unwanted material from the image After touching up scanned pages recognition can be launched directly from the 4 Image Editor by pushing the Recognition button in the Toolbar Launching rec ognition will ask you to first save the image with a new name e Loading a prescanned image file To open an image file you have previously scanned a Press the Open button on the Navigator or choose Open Ctrl O Cmnd O Si for Mac from the File menu b Change Files of Type pull down menu to Image Files c Browse and highlight an image file from the listed saved files Press Open 3 92 Image Editing Tools e Image Information Select View Image Information to display characteristics about the current scanned image including resolution file type and page size Zoom To Zoom in and out click the Zoom Tool in the Toolbar Ctrl Q Click inside IE the image will increase the scale of your view Zoom In while right click alt option click for Mac will decrease the scale of you
270. tion 7 3 7 and appending a score part to the ENF file Section 7 3 9 a Select Score Properties from the FILE menu Or with Properties Tool selected right click alt option click for Mac inside any staff line of any system Score Properties Line Staff Spacing Staff Properties Bracketing Ctrl B System Manager Ctrl M Part Linking Ctrl L h Add empty pages System Staff Part Score Part Ossia 43 n r F F F TAB Go To Ctrl 6 FIGURE 7 9 Score Properties Right click inside staff line Using to SmartScore X2 109 7 3 1 Line staff spacing With the Score Properties window open select Staff Line Spacing Spacing PattName amp Abbr Topdistance Bottom distance Line distance Sita a 1 PianoR Piah 0 732 0 259 j PianoL PiaL 0 259 0 000 0 066 Spacing me staff Spa System 5 Top offset D EX Staff duds Bracketing Copy settings to z System Manar Next systems Part Linking Copy Add empty pa lt lt Prev Page lt lt Prev System System Next Page gt gt Next System gt gt Cancel j B Staff Part Score Part F13 Ossia TAB Go To FIGURE 7 10 Line staff spacing window The Spacing window provides a method to make and uniformly apply changes in staff and system distances to the remainder of the score Measurements shown are numerical representations of distances for all staff l
271. tion cursor and Ctrl V Cmnd V Paste To copy a region of a page a Press the O key to activate the Select tool b Right click option click for Mac and drag to select a region in an ENF page that you wish to copy to the clipboard c Select Edit gt Copy Ctrl C Cmnd C to copy selected highlighted region to the clipboard as a bitmap image d Open application that supports bitmap graphics and select Paste Using to SmartScore X2 88 F TIP Use this feature to take snapshots of musical snippets and Paste into word pro cessors or other non music programs 5 8 Creating a New ENF Score from Scratch SmartScore isn t only about scanning It is also a full featured scorewriter as well When creating a new score from scratch certain defaults will turn on such as auto beaming and auto spacing 5 8 1 New score To create an empty ENF score using one of several basic templates a a Push the Score button on the Navigator or select New gt New ENF under the File T menu Ctrl N Win Cmnd N Mac New SmartScore Document Title Untitled 000000000000 0 W Composer o OE Part Mame System Type in Score Solo 7 Pat 5 etti d Staves per System Number of Systems Cancel Measures in System 3 6 Staff Spacing 05 System Spacing Fage Setup Line Spacing empa Iv Insert Clef Signs Automatically FIGURE 5 15 New score window b Type ina Titl
272. torial eere d Recognition of Sample Files Fandago tif 4 Systemi RepOF 22 oiu a ihe iei 1c bende di ob doe 5 Unify Key and Time 0 0 cece cee eee 5 Editing Sample Files 0 0 0 ccc cece eee 5 What you will see first 2 ce eee 5 Aria Player and Playback Console 044 6 Notation FdUOE oem x t or de Oa RT RERU ERR 6 EctincEandabO au s winded Scy ona P oie tet mew Rd 7 Editie Chorale ates Doe xe r RE RD ER 10 PCRS SLC REP ahaa fan is Sa ne EEE E E EE 12 Editing Songbook 0 ee eee 14 Editne Guitar uude Sev hao bee KE beh eee es 15 Macintosh Windows shortcut conventions 17 Scanning and Recognition 18 Preparing to Scan Music 0 cece eee eee 18 Scanner Drivers 4a etd Sab Ec ew hedges tae ele 18 Selecting your scanner driver in SmartScore Windows only 18 Choosing d scanner oues pU eb C ex as 19 Scanning 1n Macimtoshi9 2 4o es datu RRRRERTE EE RS E xcu 19 Scanning Outside of SmartScore 0 000 eee 19 Scanning Orchestral Scores 0 0 cece eee ees 20 Using the SmartScore Scanning Interface 20 Enhanced scanning functions 0000 eee 20 Scanner SCUINGS on ous abb Eg o AU EX UM eet wee ae 2 Choosing an alternative scanning interface 22 Processing PDF files for Recognition 22 Reordering the File List 2 2 2 0 0 0
273. ts AND have optimized systems 7 8 4b Unify Time Signatures All time signatures are updated based on signatures found in the first system on the first page Change of time signatures are removed in any subsequent systems Use when no change of time signatures occur 7 8 4c Unify Clefs All clef signs are updated based on clefs found in the first measure of the each system Any change of clef found inside systems are removed Use if many false change of clefs were recognized or if very few change of clef signs are found in the original e Parse every measure Default Clefs are updated on a line by line basis Change of clefs encountered updates each staf fline until another change of clef is encountered Use when many change of clefs are writ ten into the original score 7 8 4d Unify System Staff and Line Spacing Distances between systems staves and line will be universally applied throughout the score based on e the active system default e the first system of the score Using to SmartScore X2 145 7 8 4e Do not launch Unify after recognition Select the option if you choose not to have Unify open automatically after recognition is completed 7 8 5 Setup Opens Page Setup environment for page printing alignment amp margins For more details SUP on Page Setup see Custom document layouts Section 6 3 5 on page 96 7 8 6 Print Preview amp 4 Use to check for proper page layouts Also seen in Page Setup view 7 8 7 S
274. ts will not play back simultaneously SmartScore has a tool to rejoin broken systems forming a larger corrected system Using to SmartScore X2 66 To merge two systems into one larger system a Position your cursor over the topmost broken system or staff line Hit Ctrl L Cmnd L Mac The Re link Parts window will open up 6 Re link parts _ a x Part Name amp Abbr Flute Flu Apply To PianoR PiaR Sust PianoL PiaL soem ee er a Apply OK FA elt M ll LL Cancel Visibility Prey Part lt lt Prev Page lt lt Prev System E Meroe wih Next Part Next Page Next System gt gt Part1 1 FIGURE 4 30 Re link Parts Merging Systems Page3 3 b The active system highlights in grey Using the checkboxes reassign each high lighted staff to its correct part name and position in what will become the final reformed system Apply to System c Press the Next System button and reassign each highlighted staff line to its cor rect part name as you did above Return to the first staff of the final reformed system by selecting Previous System d Now check the Merge with checkbox When the Next System button is pushed the two systems will join into a single system Continue using Next System again until all separated parts are correctly joined Review Part Name check boxes for correctness 4 13 2 Resto
275. ure 19 to get a sense of how this tool can work Using to SmartScore X2 12 Selecting a few measures for playback You may want to hear back only Measures 19 through 20 to test the playback settings which you changed using the Properties tool To playback a small range of measures a Push the Select tool in the Toolbar or hit the O key on your keyboard b Hold down the right mouse button alt click for Mac and drag inside a selected range of measures Measures will highlight blue and are staged for play back using Spacebar or the Play button Press the Spacebar again to replay the selected range from the beginning a o Click anywhere outside of the range of measures to deselect the range To play back a larger range of measures or to continuously loop playback choose Playback gt Set Play Range from the main menu The Set Play range window will float and remain open until closed Extracting a part in Score Structure SCORE a Push the Structure button in the Navigator palette to the left of the screen ERES Score Structure is an environment that will display all open ENF files in a Structure hierarchy and allow you to manipulate the arrangement and visibility of parts and voices You can even move parts from one open ENF file to another simply by dragging the selected part to the other file ENF Documents Score Parts Parts Voices FIGURE 2 4 Extracting a part in Score Structure w
276. usical Instrument Digital Interface Originally a hardware device that allowed a computer and a synthesizer to communicate now a generally accepted term for hardware or software that operate according to General MIDI standards Using to SmartScore X2 241 Standard MIDI File SMF The file protocol or format for music files saved as MIDI MID extension Includes Type 1 multiple track multiple channel and Type 0 single track multiple channel formats Sound Device A MIDI driven tone generator Sound cards synthesizers and MIDI mod ules all fall under this category MIDI Event Each piece of information contained within a MIDI file is an event This includes Notes attack and release Control Changes System Exclusive Meta Events Program Changes etc Velocity The speed at which the note was struck measured with a number from 0 127 Channel A MIDI device sends and receives MIDI information along separate and dis tinct Channels Each channel contains note and non note event data Most MIDI devices can support up to 16 MIDI Channels at one time Patch Every MIDI channel has a MIDI patch assigned to it A Patch is the instrument sound selected for a particular channel when playing back Program Change Same as a patch Indicates a change of patch within a given channel or track Bank MIDI devices divide patches into groups of 128 One Bank of patches from a MIDI device can be accessed at a time by a MIDI computer p
277. v Swing v Sound tone when inserting notes Mm A Sound grace notes b Drum Set v Lock to Time Signature Ignore gt Graphical Controller Velocity Tempo Reset Velocity Reset Tempo Normalize Velocity gt Normalize Tempo Normalize Tempo Controller Before o EE On P i P M Tempo Controller after normalizing by 80 FIGURE 4 29 Normalizing Tempo To reduce effects of either Tempo or Velocity graphical controllers a Choose Playback gt Graphical Controller b Select either Normalize Tempo or Normalize Velocity c Choose amount of reduction desired 20 40 60 or 80 Controller dis play and playback will change accordingly d Choosing Reset removes all controller changes and resets the default settings Tempo markings inserted into ENF will still take effect The end result is an aver aging of all tempo values Using to SmartScore X2 65 4 12 Working with Finale and other scorewriters or programs If you already own a version of Finale or Print Music with SmartScore Lite SmartScore can be made to launch automatically when Music Scanning is launched in Finale ii SmartScore full version works seamlessly with MakeMusic s Finale program To launch Finale and import the current SmartScore file Push the Save as XML and open in Finale button in the lower Toolbar The cur ij rent ENF file will be saved as an XML file Finale is then launched provided i
278. vate SmartScore s shuttle tool Using to SmartScore X2 233 11 9 MIDI PLAYBACK Menu 11 9 1 Set Playback Range Opens Set MIDI Play Range dialog window 11 9 2 Play Pause Spacebar Begins pauses resumes playback of current MIDI file In Record Mode will start and pause MIDI recording 11 9 3 Stop Stops playback or recording of current MIDI file 11 9 4 Rewind 4 comma Rewinds to beginning of Set Playback Range 11 9 5 Record Check to activate MIDI Record mode 11 9 6 External Timer Set recording to begin from an external signal 11 9 7 Synchro Start Active only in Record Mode check to synchronize start of MIDI recording with first note played on MIDI keyboard 11 9 8 Thru Allows MIDI input to sound without having to be in Record mode 11 9 9 Metronome Activates deactivates Metronome in recording 11 9 10 Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 Opens the Playback Console 11 9 11 MIDI WINDOW Menu See ENF EDITOR gt WINDOW Menu Section 11 5 on page 228 11 9 12 Image Realtime Menu e Realtime gt Thru Using to SmartScore X2 234 Allows MIDI input to sound while recording e Realtime gt MIDI Devices Opens MIDI Device window 11 10 IMAGE EDITOR gt FILE Menu 11 10 1 New Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New Smart Score Document window Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI in
279. ve it a name e g Fingering NOTE The styles window is also accessible by pushing the Text Styles button in File Document Preferences 8 2 3 Nudging text To nudge text a Hold the Shift button down to enter Nudge mode b Each text field has a small yellow box to its left c Click and drag the box to reposition the text field to where you want it To move multiple text fields a Usethe Select Tool and drag the cursor to highlight a multiple text fields Release the mouse button Selected text fields will turn from yellow to green grey b Hold the Shift button down to activate Nudge mode NOTE Dragging one control box of a highlighted text field will move all selected text fields together 8 3 Music Symbols 8 3 1 Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols can be recognized and automatically converted to fret symbols when Recognize Text Symbols as Chords option is selected prior to scanning See Recognition Options Section 3 5 1 on page 25 When transposing key signatures fret sym bols transpose and root names will automatically be updated M Guitar fret diagrams are recognized automatically Chord symbols written as text 8 3 2 Choosing a fret chord symbol from the library If no chord or fret symbol was recognized one can be selected and inserted using the Gui tar Chord Library GCL a Push the fretboard button in the Toolbar or Ctrl click on any chord symbol Er nearby b Click above the topmos
280. ve it hidden from normal view as well as keep i ing it from being printed You may need to add a extra rests for correct playback but you don t not want them all to be visible Another example would be implied triplets you may want to show only the first few and hide the rest Hidden Symbols will also display the range of certain symbols such as 8va 8vb ritard accelerando or descelerando Holding the SHIFT button down will also display effective ranges for these symbols see Pitch shift Nudge mode Section 5 2 1 on page 77 To insert a hidden notation object e Push the Hide Show Symbol button in the Toolbar Insert any notation object nor mally Symbols entered in Hidden Symbols will appear as a lighter color than when entered normally In the following example the measure in question has only 1 beat written into the upper part and 2 beats written in the lower part Inserting 2 hidden rests in the upper and one hid den rest in the lower corrects error s with energy F s with energy Eco de Recognized measure Corrected measure w cross staff voice w rests placed in Hidden mode Using to SmartScore X2 152 To view ranges of dynamics and tempos a Push the Hide Show Symbol button Dynamics or tempos which were applied to a range of notes will appear as follows FIGURE 7 10 Hidden range of an accelerando Push again to exit Hidden Symbols mode Hidden symbols do not appear in norm
281. vice and or download MIDI driver from manufacturer s web site When installing a new MIDI driver reboot to initialize the new driver Using to SmartScore X2 190 10 3 4 Playback Range To specify part of the score for playback a Select Set Play Range from the Realtime menu Set MIDI Play Range f Play Range From 5 g to 20 gt measure f Play All Loop tee FIGURE 10 7 Set MIDI Play Range b Setthe first measure and last measure of the Play Range c Mark Play All to play the entire score Check Loop to continually repeat the assigned playback range 10 4 Piano Roll In the familiar MIDI piano roll view it is possible to alter MIDI note events and fine tune other playback parameters MIDI events are only editable when Show Actual Playback option in the View menu is checked off When Show Actual Playback is checked artic ulations trills tremolos etc display but cannot be edited since articulations are con trolled by Properties The Piano Roll view is track based Pj 104 Selecting MIDI tracks e To move from track to track click the Track Paging buttons located in the Toolbar To select and display a track in Piano Roll view a Select the MIDI button in the Navigator In the New MIDI View window select a track or Part Name Pushing OK will open the selected track in piano roll format Mew View Type a Cancel Track 1 Flute 2 PianoR 3 PianoL FIGURE
282. w Use the scroll bar to select Meta Event A Meta Event is a MIDI file instruction Scroll through the Event Subtype window to choose Tempo Time Signature or Key Signature Press OK Use the Other column to select the new tempo time signature or key signature OR double click in the Type column to open an event specific window You may type in a new value 10 5 4 Inserting Non Note Events Any MIDI event that is not a note on or note off event is a non note event This includes MIDI Control Changes Program Changes Channel Pressure Pitch Bend information and Meta Events To insert a non note event in the Event List view a Select the event you want the non note event to follow b Press the New button The New Event window will open c Use the Event Type menu to select the event to be added Using to SmartScore X2 203 NOTE Some events such as Control Change and Meta Event have Subtype event list ings Choose one if applicable d Press OK e Program Changes Program Change inserts a MIDI event that changes the instrument playback for a given channel voice To insert a Program Change of the voice channel in Create New Event a Program Change is the default New Event so simply press OK The selected Program Change will be inserted into the Event List b Use the Voice pull down menu to designate the voice to which the Program Change applies c Use the Other pull down menu to select a new instrument e Control Ch
283. ware h Installation requires online registration and verification File saving and printing will be disabled after 30 days if registration is not completed If you are unable to register online please contact technical support at 805 646 5841 or by e mail at tech musitek com 1 2 How to use this manual This manual is a reference It is not intended for bedtime reading The best method for learning or solving an issue is to go directly to the Index on page 243 find your topic or issue then find the corresponding page number We strongly suggest new users walk through the Tutorial Chapter 2 page 4 before diving in A Quick Refer ence Guide is included within the program and can be accessed from the Help menu NOTE We ve produced a number of helpful support videos You can find them at www musitek com videos html 1 2 1 What Edition symbols mean Not all features described apply to every SmartScore edition Symbols in the left mar gin identify editions that do not apply e SmartScore Pro Edition The Pro edition has no restrictions All features and descriptions in this manual apply to SmartScore Pro Edition M Not found in MIDI Edition GUTAR Indicates the feature or description does not apply to MIDI Edition M e Not found in MIDI or Guitar Editions BA Does not apply to either MIDI or Guitar Edition Using to SmartScore X2 2 SONG it i e Not found in MIDI or Piano Editions ya us Indicates the feature or
284. y signature 137 240 at end of line 138 change 138 unifying 145 key transposition 84 106 Keyboard shortcuts 141 L landscape 239 line spacing using tabs 92 Long view horizontal display 74 lyrics 162 default font preferences 214 Using to SmartScore X2 246 font size and style 165 recognizing 25 show don t show 214 225 when found under last staff 26 M map Quick Keys 160 161 margins changing 96 measure number display 214 225 measures 241 change number per line 112 error 77 inserting and merging 220 pickup 59 reformatting 91 resizing 121 shuttle between systems 121 split 59 merging measures 220 parts or systems 66 metronome marks 135 MIDI bank 242 channel 242 closing MIDI views 188 Cut Copy and Paste 200 display controls 205 Event List 201 event selection 197 Graphical Controllers 195 importing files 155 inserting note events 202 Instrument settings 195 measure settings 201 metronome 206 note attributes 198 Note Event 199 patch 193 242 playback 189 playback range 191 port 242 program change 47 193 242 recording 206 new tracks 208 select by time frame 197 selecting view 187 Setup 41 Show Actual Playback 191 233 shuttle tool 195 snap to 208 233 Step Time Recording 209 switching tracks 191 synchronize views 232 Track Overview 188 velocity 242 velocity and duration 199 viewing in an ENF document 229 MIDI Devices 190 MIDI Event 242 MIDI Files import 144 MIDI instruments assigning 114
285. y the Brush and Line drawing tools 11 12 IMAGE EDITOR gt VIEW Menu 11 12 1 Navigator Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator 11 12 2 Toolbar Opens and closes Toolbar Using to SmartScore X2 237 11 12 3 Toolbar Opens and closes Toolbar 11 12 4 Image Toolbar Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar 11 12 5 Status Bar Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of main SmartScore Window Displays current page cursor position image size and zoom percentage 11 12 6 Palettes Opens and closes tool palettes for ENF document editing 11 12 7 Image Information Provides information on the structure and type of the currently displayed image file 11 12 8 Next Page Displays next page of ENF document 11 12 9 Previous Page Displays previous page of ENF document 11 12 10 Goto Page Ctrl G Win Cmnd G Mac Presents a dialog box to select a page number to jump to Use scroller to select desired page and click OK 11 12 11 Zoom Lists available view percentages Changing zoom will affect both the image and the ENF file simultaneously 11 12 12 Reset Tools and Palettes F1 Resets windows toolbars and palettes to their default position Using to SmartScore X2 238 12 Glossary 12 1 Score Formats Score A musical piece compiled as a document A score usually contains more than one part with all the parts to be played together In SmartScore it is a single computer file an ENF file A hand written score is cal

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