Getting Started Tutorials Manual MIDI and Audio
Notes can be entered in the Score Editor or the Piano Roll Editor using the mouse. Make sure the note object is selected in the object palette. Select the pencil tool (second from the left in the toolbar) and click where you want to put in the note. The note is drawn with the duration equal to the duration value you have set in the durations palette in the main control area. You can change this any time you want by clicking on a new note value in the durations palette. Be aware that the note you enter doesn't get put in until you release the mouse button. You can see exactly where the note will go before you release the button.
As you move the mouse left and right before releasing the left mouse button, the note being entered moves forward or backwards in time along with the mouse. The amount of time between positions is equal to the step value. The position in time where the note will be entered is shown in the mouse time locator.
In the Score Editor, as you move the mouse up and down before releasing the left mouse button, the note being entered changes pitch with the mouse and as it does so, it stays in key. This is usually what you want, but sometimes you will want to enter a note with a pitch that is not in the key signature. You can move a note chromatically by using the arrow keys before releasing the left mouse button. For example, to enter a C sharp in the key of C, move the mouse so that the note appears as a C natural. Then, before releasing the left mouse button, press the UP ARROW key once. Now release the left mouse button.
Notes are entered with the voice set in the voice palette.
Related Topics:
How to enter notes in step time
How to put notes in a split track on either the treble or the bass staff
Open, save and print files and create tracks
Set the names for your instrument's patches (or programs)
Change the play/mute/solo status of a track
Open, save and print files and create tracks
Enter a tablature chord symbol
Enter different types of barlines
Change a note's pitch by semitones
Change the enharmonic spelling of a note
Make sure notes display with their entered durations
Split a track onto a treble and bass clef
Put notes in a split track on either the treble or the bass staff
Change the vertical position of tablature chords
Change how barlines are connected in a score
Change fonts for titles, lyrics, text or symbols
Change the display of bar numbering
Change the display of page numbering
Change the quantization with which music is displayed
Transpose the display of notes in a track
Change the way notes are grouped together
Change the number of bars per line
Change the number of staves per page
Change the way rests are displayed
Change the way ties are displayed
Change the direction of stems and beams
Display independent voices in a bar on the same staff
Change the display of drum notes
Synchronize with another sequencer as slave
Synchronize with another sequencer as master
Synchronize with a tape device
Add your score to a video or file soundtrack
Export an audio file using the Audio Mixer
Select a sound bank on a GS Standard instrument
Check whether notes are within an instrument's range
See what events are in your tracks
Add composer notes to your composition