QUICK REFERENCE FOR WINDOWS® AND MACINTOSH®
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1. Apply this tempo setting to all tempo markings of this type Apply these settings in for all future files Reset Defaults SMARTSCORE X2 48 SmartScore s Notation Editor List of symbols that can be edited with the Properties Tool Clicking on these symbols allows you to change these parameters e Staff lines Yellow arrow Staff Properties window TAB Visibility e Dynamic markings Dynamic properties Velocity e Hairpins Dynamic range Velocities over time e Tempo markings such as Allegro Moderato etc Tempo properties Beats per minute e Tempo markings such as accel decel rit Accelerating decelerating over time e Trills Number permutations e Metronome Tempo dialog window e Arpeggios Arpeggio properties Durations e Slurs Legatos Legato properties Durations e Multi measure rests Multi measure rest dialog window e Time Indicators Time indicator dialog window e Key Indicators Key indicator dialog window e Barlines and repeats Play as written Page breaks e Chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams Guitar chord dialog window e Tuplet brackets Tuplets dialog window e Notes with without articulation marks Global display properties a Not included in SmartScore X2 MIDI or Piano Editions 49 SMARTSCORE X2 Removing deleting symbols Whether you want to remove only a single dot one or two notes a single measure hide a staff line or delete an entire part from your score SmartScore2. ena Symbols Palettes F2 F8 Right click on any open palette to view and select an appropriate palette All are found under View Palettes ENF toolbar These buttons activate specific editing functions TIF pane The original TIF PDF image in yellow HEIL 0 HIE 3 3 LA HIE Gd F ur m mum ee LEN ee ee ee uem Window shade Move up or down to minimize or hide either the TIF or ENF pane Navigator palette These buttons represent some of the more important editing functions SMARTSCORE X2 Document view buttons You can view your SmartScore document in book page format or vertical page format Horizontal view will display the document in a continuous unpaginated horizontal view ENF pane 2 SEL J This is the editable region cem E following recognition System1 1 Seite1 1 1 01 0 cm 202 6 x 224 2 mm 24 ENF Editor Tools and Navigation Scrolling and scrubbing WV e Drag the vertical or horizontal scroller bar to scroll within a page of the document e The Hand scrub tool in the Main toolbar allows you to freely move the document around scrubbing Select the tool then left click and drag the cursor around to reposition your view Best used when zooming close Paging and jumping cl D e Inthe Main to
3. i Recognize tablature percussion and or split systems coda fragments set Voices within 1 8 of anotehez v Part Lir king Fretboar Stings Beonecognin Begin Recognition Click here to begin recognition on the selected list of page Recognition Options Normally defaults should work fine If your score calls for changes e g tablature recognitions select as required More information on recognition options can be found in HELP SmartScore manual PDF Using SmartScore X2 SMARTSCORE X2 Notation recognition Recognition of musical scores Most important symbols for recognition A page of music is not just notation symbols It may also contain texts titles lyrics chord names imbedded images fret diagrams and or tablature for guitarists Keep the following elements in mind when you choose options in the Begin Recognition window Refer to the key on the right to determine if you need to select something other than the default recognition options Another Day In Paradise Ly zu E est Ber ee a a ae Seen el ae O meee E Enni 1 aD She calls out_ to the man __ on the street Sir can you help A Moy j pg gt uj M 3 3 Ft I dd E 6 Q o Lyrics below the last line Select Option 5 17 SMARTSCORE X2 Possible recognition option alternatives and combinat
4. 2 empty load Grand Piano 02 Choir Oohs 01 Concer Grand Piano 4 gt 9 01 Concert Grand Pii AR aA RM RR BA In LER er reload De en ana PianoL o b i ars v Q SmartScore All Piano TEE cl AANGE AND 0002 5 007 SUMMIT TRDG OMM EAMES COR Ica cg A Flute_Piano HarpsichordSolo Oboe_Harpsichord OneVoice_OneVoice_Piano OneVoice_Piano OneVoice TwoVoices Piano SA TB Piano Important S A T B Piano Make sure that the channels in the ARIA TenorSax Piano player match those in SmartScore s Trumpet Harpsichord Playback Console and that in that an TwoVoices Piano SmartScore s Notation Editor General editing pointers As good as SmartScore s recognition is it is T cer rarely perfect Generally you will need to do a Fay elsAmjez E 8I VIE o Eile bit of clean up Still no one has ever proved that uet o5 2 oad tale is a a i it s faster to enter notes one at a time rather ir ET au 7 a other day in paradise than use SmartScore we call that the John x E Henry test and the steam driver we mean al ae SmartScore wins every time E I For cleaning up a recognized document you will Ja l be using tools from these sources il J e Another day in paradise 1 Keyboard shortcuts see page 67 E a We au 2 The Main and ENF toolbars m NEM B ED A NEM E E 2
5. SMARTSCORE IE QUICK REFERENCE FOR WINDOWS AND MACINTOSH Precision music recognition and score writing HEN PRODIGY ENIEKIOINIE lt E I Y U j V E TM Music IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES SmartScore X2 Quick Reference for Windows and Macintosh Registration and Contact Information 1 Notation Recognition 15 Phone E Mail Support and FAX 0 0 0000s 1 SmartScore s recognition module su 15 Using the SmartScore X2 Manual 005 2 Most important symbols for recognition 17 introduction 2 OK Let s recognize some music 0000 19 About the SmartScore Quick Reference Guide 2 SmartScore s Image Editor 21 Introduction and TIPS s ias ood Rr nese 3 Opening images in the Image Editor 21 Edition symbols and what they mean 3 Functions and controls Image Editor 22 Installing the correct edition of SmartScore 3 ENF Editor Tools and Navigation 23 Preparation 4 TIF ENF View panes 0 ee 23 The Task WINdOW 0 ee cece eens 4 Moving about your document 0 0 00s 23 SmartScore Program Preferences 00 00e 5 Optional page views cece ee eee ees 26 Setting up the scanner 0 0 cece eee ees 6 The Main Toolbar un cur 2000 ER RR She 27 Scanning Notes 10 Navig tor IOOIDal us scum d uox up ERR EREAXSAEE RASSE 28 Scanning MUSIC pages usos ee bere ae ee n e es 10 Mu
6. Center to Page to center to standard page size and dimensions Format score button will allow you to resize score to fit default page size Preview View how pages will appear when printed New Opens New ENF dialog Choose one of several preformatted templates to begin scoring Record Initiates MIDI recording in MIDI View if a MIDI playback device is installed Karaoke Opens the Karaoke window for singalong fun and games MIDI Displays the current document as MIDI data in Overview familiar Piano Roll or Event list view mn Tile Windows Arranges and resizes all open document in single a top down view CD Burner Records current document playback to a WAV Windows or AIF Mac file when Burn is initiated Recorc Piano Edition No MIDI Editior no MIDI Recording and no Karaoke Guitar Edition No MIDI Editior no MIDI Recording and no Karaoke MIDI Edition No Karaoke SMARTSCORE X2 Music playback Basic playback controls uw gt a e e Hitthe Spacebar on your computer keyboard to immediately begin playback Hit the spacebar again to stop the playback e Use the floating Mini Console for basic playback controls Rewind play stop and record to MIDI 4 n e Press the comma on your computer keyboard to rewind back to the beginning e To apply a swing feel to the playback go to Playback menu and select Swing Affects beamed notes only e To humanize playback go to
7. Lite is selected In Finale when the menu item Edit Scan and import with Smart Score Lite is selected the full version of SmartScore will open replacing SmartScore Lite To access the SmartScore X2 user manual go the Help menu and select SmartScore Manual PDF or select Interactive Manual Online SMARTSCORE X2 66 Keyboard shortcuts SmartScore Quick keys and shortcuts Win Mac General program functions Quick keys Open Task Window CTRL W Quick Select CTRL Click Open file CTRL Cmd O Selection tool O key Save file CTRL Cmd S Properties tool ESC key Close file CTRL FA Cmd W Dots of prolongation D key Print file CTRL Cmd P e Ties V key New SmartScore document CTRL Cmd N Barlines I key New MIDI View CTRL Cmd 1 e Triplets T key Undo CTRL Cmd Z Edit note clusters Z key Redo CTRL Cmdl Y Flip selected stem direction S key Left beam middle beam right beam A key Function keys l e Split selected note cluster H key e Reset windows and palettes F1 e Group Un group selected voices Y key e Notes and rests F2 Clear selected articulations G key Articulations F3 Swap notehead positions L key Clefs key and time indicators FA Unify key amp time U key Barlines and repeats P5 Crescendo Decrescendo and keys Tempo F6 Dynamics palette P key Text and tools F7 Beam un beam selected notes B key Dynamics F8 67 SMARTSCO
8. The Tools Palette eh LL T zl if fl ose Spiele Sytemifi Sete1 1 1010cm 2026x IE Um OO ui NOTE Many of the symbol buttons are ex pandable e g Notes Click and hold the icon for a second or two and it will expand Toolbars and Palettes ENF View white pane revealing all possible sym bols within that Toolbars on top horizontal This is the working area for group and Tool editing your notation 35 SMARTSCORE X2 All functions of the Main and ENF toolbars Navigator and Tools Palette can also be accessed from one of the various pull down menu choices in the menu bar at the top of your screen Many functions respond to keyboard commands see page 67 However some keyboard commands are uniquely useful and are not duplicated elsewhere For example E Quick Select Cntl Click When you click on ANY symbol with the Cntl button down the cursor will inherit that symbol You can then insert it anywhere with just another click No need to go fishing for a symbol inside a tool palette if the symbol you want happens to be nearby Just Quick Select it The Tools Palette The Tools Palette consists of seven different symbol groups see the next page for details Working with the Tools Palette e Click and drag on the title bar of any palette to reposition it anywhere on the screen e Right click Alt click for Mac on any open tool palette A pop up window will display all possible palettes Open palettes ar
9. The top half in yellow represents the original scanned image TIF pane The bottom half with white background represents SmartScore s interpretation ENF pane They should look nearly identical Use the vertical scroller to preview comparing what you see in the top half with what you see in the ENF pane NOTE Only the lower ENF pane is editable in this mode Moving about your document There are numerous ways you can navigate within your document Zoom Q e Select the Zoom tool in the main toolbar Click inside the TIF ENF view with the left mouse button to enlarge the view Click with the right mouse button Windows or Alt click Macintosh to zoom out e Hold down the CTRL key Windows or CTRL click Macintosh and rotate the mouse wheel up or down e Click on the status bar on the far right on the percentage and select the desired view size from the popup menu that appears System1 1 Seite2 2 22410 cm 210 0 x 297 0 mm A4 Hochforr i Da ES cox SMARTSCORE X2 Menu bar All SmartScore functions are available from these Main toolbar Mini Console various pull down menus These are system functions For quick playback many of them should be transport control familiar e g cut paste print NOTE Score XAiko Phil Collins Another Day In Paradise j i Bearbeiten Ansicht Wiedergabe Fenster Hilfe Spcebar Play ease oe
10. Windows or Audio Unit instruments AU for Mac To launch the ARIA player click the VST or AU button in the SmartScore main toolbar on the right side of the Main toolbar NOTE The Aria play is activated by default To revert to standard MIDI playback see Step 1 above SMARTSCORE X2 Music playback Not D ei SmartScore X2 Pro Phil_Collins_ _Another_Day_In_ Gesamtlautst rke 100 von MIDI Port G Takt Schlag 11 Schi Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Wiedergabe Fenste L chi a ES bine Tempo 120 Cs MIDI Playback Console N S Alles Transponieren um 0 Halbtone Tempo 120 Standard T Star y D E DEAS CE mamor When VST AU is active rm x i Spur Stimme Bezeichnuna Kan Port Fix instrument einst Mute Solo Volume Pan Ty instru ment names sou nds MIS Wh 2 hy gt Bl sopan Gu C rS 1 o are not active Aria is in 2s see control Other controls work 2 0 2 C GrandPiano x i ENSEMBLE OneVoice Piana empty Tune 0 Def 3 load reload pandri iano 3 01 Concert Grand Piano Grand Piano ARIA Player reminders save 1 The Aria player and gm poor IET TUUS Garritan sounds can only 01 Concert Grand Piano 01 Concert Grand Piano lt P 8 01 Concert Grand Piano ___ 12 01 Concert Grand Pi ceg be activated if VST or AU j ute Harpsichord x sid PEOR is selected in the Outpu
11. when you re finished lt lt Prev Page lt lt Prev System SMARTSCORE X2 62 Convert amp Export your score Print amp Save PDF audio and MIDI POCOO Besides printing out your finished document you can convert and export it to PDF MIDI and audio files In addition you can export your score to the MusicXML file format which will open in Finale PrintMusic SongWriter NotePad Sibelius Notion and many other notation programs looking exactly as it does in SmartScore X2 Printing e Prior to printing you may want to check to see how your document will print out Select Preview from the Navigator palette Preview e To print go to the File menu and select Print and press OK Exporting to PDF file s Offline 2 documents waiting e From the File menu select Save as PDF Your default PDF print A NE een driver will create and save the PDF file to the location you select 7 Print to fie and with the name you give it Press OK j Ge Number of copies 1 Hi aa 63 SMARTSCORE X2 Saving as an audio file WAV AIFF e From the File menu select Save as WAV Windows or Save as AIFF Mac e Select a destination and filename for the audio file and press Save SmartScore will process the ENF file and save the audio file to the location you selected and with the name you gave it Create audio CDs with the CD burner CD Brenner SmartScore verf gt ber einen sogenannten CD Brenner H
12. 1 8 jJ More information on recognition can be found in HELP SmartScore manual PDF Using SmartScore X2 SMARTSCORE X2 SmartScore s Image Editor 21 Opening images the Image Editor You are given the option of opening your scanned pages in the Image Editor after scanning Open in Image Editor NOTE PDF files are automatically opened in the Image Editor after being converted to TIF The image editor is a basic graphics program As part of SmartScore it allows you to view and edit image files prior to recognition Pages can be cropped interferring fragments can be deleted and missing brackets can be restored You can launch the Image Editor at any time by e Selecting its button in the Task Window or by using keyboard shortcut keys Win STRG W or Mac ALT W or e inthe FILE menu by changing File Type to Image and brow ing then selecting a TIF file Score X2 Pro Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love earbeiten Ansicht Fenster Wiedergabe Hilfe alas Bol These tools can straighten rotate When you push the Begin gt Dt LUE draw erase crop etc Large areas can Recognition button any E be deleted by using the Selector tool h am dotted rectangle Draw a box around langes ubl i EX ze ia the area and hit the Delete key to Ima
13. If you move the cursor over a palette icon a tool tip that shows you the corresponding key command appears see page 67 SMARTSCORE X2 38 SmartScore s Notation Editor Inserting symbols e Select a note rest or other symbol from the Tools palette or by using the Quick Select row Cntl click method SmartScore s Insert mode becomes automatically activated A e Move your cursor over the active staff see below for more to where you want to insert Position the note or rest over the location and left click to insert the symbo EC mE 3 e NOTE You may or may not want to have Auto alignment and or Auto beaming acti da Pur vated depending on how their behavior affects the your control Changing symbols e Select a symbol from the same family that will replace the one you want to change e Make sure you are in Insert mode Insert mode is activated with the key board character C 3 amp e Position your cursor over the symbol you wish to change When it becomes highlighted in yellow left click The new symbol will replace the old one Almost any symbol can be changed from one value to another but they can only be changed using symbols from the same family i e Only notes can replace notes Only clefs can replace clefs mf 39 SMARTSCORE o Changing note pitches e Hold down the Shift key on your computer keyboard This activates the Nudge mode Various control handles will become visible These ha
14. Main Toolbar Sass Er Main Toolbar button functions 1 New Creates an empty SmartScore document Select from one of several preformatted layouts 2 Open Save Open an ENF or PDF document Select Image filetype for scans Save will store the open document in its current file location 3 Print Print the currently open ENF document 4 Cut Copy Paste Symbols selected by the Selector Tool O key will be copied or cut for pasting 5 Undo Redo Revert to previous state or reinstate last undo Clicking on the small arrow to the right of each button opens a list of recent actions which may be selected for multiple undos or redos 6 Scan Begin the scanning process using SmartScore s scanning interface see page 11 7 Begin recognition Initiates the recognition process Browse and select prescanned or PDF image files us ing Add files to list dialog see page 15 8 Zoom Activates zoom feature see page 23 9 Hand Scrub Click and drag to reposition page view see page 25 27 SMARTSCORE X2 10 11 12 13 14 15 Reset View Returns floating palettes and window to their default positions Tile Windows Arranges and resizes all open document in single a top down view Next page Previous page Move from one adjacent page to the next Playback Console Opens the full playback control with instruments mute solo balance etc VST AU Plugins Opens the Garritan ARIA Play
15. for advanced users This will create and open a new docu ment containing only the parts that were deselected The original will not be affected Push the Score Structure button in SmartScore s Navigator bar Locate the parts you wish to REMOVE from the score from the Part column Click to highlight each part you don t want to see in the new document Select the Remove button Push the Apply to New button Score Structure ENF Documents Score Parts Pats Voces adi Remus Dice Dae Dan E srowVoices Drag amp drop to reorder or reconnect Ctrl Click or Shift Click for multiselection Right click for other functions menu ED EUN a Go NES 000 000 PF e TE TE Cu mM SS ae SMARTSCORE X2 52 SmartScore s Notation Editor Chord symbols and Guitar fret diagrams If Text is selected in the Begin Recognition dialog SmartScore will recognize chord names and fret diagrams By default they will be displayed as fret diagrams After recognition the display of chord names and fret diagrams can be turned off or on from the View Show Chord symbols submenu You can supress their recognition altogether by checking Supress Chord Symbols this is permanent however and they can t be retrieved later Chord symbols can be edited added and repositioned Best of all recognized symbols and frets will transpose when and if you transpose the key of your score Inserting chord names and f
16. gt Selected articulations to remove articulations from highlighted note range D aL LLL uem ll au qu i i LU l j jd si d zd T u RIGHT click to open Staff Hiding systems or staff lines optimizing your score Properties window e Activate the Properties tool Esc key e Right click on the active system you wish AT 5 5 6 7 T 5 Ba Lj z ET E E E E E to hide Score Properties e To hide a single staff line from a system 2 Line Staff Spacing right click on the active staff line that is to Sap Properties mE Bracketing 36B be hidden System Manager 3M Part Linking 36L e The Staff Properties dialog will open e Select System gt Remove to hide the entire system Add empty pages System gt Insert above Staff Part gt Insert below Score Part b Remove Ossia gt ches e Select Staff gt Remove to hide a specific staff line NOTE The system or the staff line is not deleted It is simply not visible in the ENF display 51 SMARTSCORE X2 Using Score Structure to isolate parts je F2 Pa The Score Structure environment is designed to easily visualize your document in a heirarchical view Extracting individual parts to a new document is accomplished most easily in Score Structure You can use the System Manager to isolate parts but we recommend that environment
17. syllable you want to edit Alt click for Mac to open the Text Styles window There you e Press the space underscore or hyphen button to move to the lyric syllable next can define the font size and style for note or rest Use the Backspace key Delete key for Mac to remove a character Wiss Fey dores vou e When the cursor appears type and edit as would in any word processor NOTE Underscores represent melissmas Hyphens connect syllables in a word a pon a E eem ont style and or e Press the ENTER key to start a new line lyrics new verse c std a NONS e To Exit Lyric mode press the L button again SMARTSCORE X2 Creating and Editing Text blocks e Push the T button in the ENF toolbar You will now be in Text Edit mode e Position your cursor to the place you wish to enter text Click and begin typing as you would in a word processor NOTE Text blocks are always associated with an active staff line To visual their positions turn on View Show Active staff line submenu e To edit an existing text block push the T button and position your cursor over some text until it high lights yellow Left click anywhere inside the text block to begin editing e Begin typing as you would in a word processor Repositioning Text and Lryics e Hold down the Shift button for Nudge mode Locate the handle associated with a text block then click and drag Delete style Save S
18. 5 edition symbols The function being described in the text is not available in SmartScore Guitar Edition X2 This Quick Reference Guide applies to all SmartScore X2 editions If a particular function being described is not applicable to all editions its symbol will be greyed out as shown above In this example the Guitar Edition is excluded from the function being described Installing the correct SmartScore X2 Edition During installation you are asked which of the SmartScore X2 editions you have purchased Professional Songbook Piano Guitar or MIDI Check your Customer ID and serial number against the prefixes for each edition above If you select another edition than what you purchased the serial number will not be accepted In that case the demo version of the edition you selected will be installed In that case you will not be able to print or save your SmartScore X2 files 3 SMARTSCORE X2 Preparation The Task Window The Task Window Button functions Immediately after starting SmartScore X2 The Task Window will appear From this window you can call eight major functions All functions within the startup window can be called at any time by selecting their corresponding commands in the File menu The launch window can be opened at any time by using the keyboard shortcut CTRL F Windows or CTRL W Mac or via the menu command File gt Task window Key Features SmartScore Task Window OPE Scan music C
19. 8 Or Quick Select a hair pin Cntl click if one is nearby e Insert the hairpin exactly as you would a slur as described above e To modify the height and width of the hairpin hold down the Shift key Nudge mode and click drag any of the control handles of the hairpin Inserting dynamic markings tempo markings and ottavas e Crescendos accelerandos trills and ottavas are all applied to a range of notes in the same manner as described above for slurs e n Nudge mode the duration bracket can be lengthened or foreshortened by dragging the hook at the end This will alter the range of affected notes boo U a d e 04 3 ao ge oo o a M M D 45 SMARTSCORE X2 Inserting Tuplets triplets quintuplets etc e Hit the T key on your keyboard or select a desired tuplet from the Notes Palette F2 or use Quick Select if one is nearby NOTE Custom tuplets can be created using the D B button e Click and drag over the range of the tuplet Release the mouse button and the tuplet will insert e To modify the width of the tuplet which affects what notes are to be ap plied hold down the Shift key and drag Affected notes will highlight After inserting two or more tuplets to the same configuration of notes SmartScore will ask if you want to apply the same tuplet to similar groupings Choose Yes if you wish to apply this rule This is very handy when you have scores with many implied tuplets Bee
20. F Major D Minor No of 1 2 Steps of the ENF toolbar Or simply select Cntl T s from 12to 12 Cmd T for Mac You can always select the menu item Edit Transpose 7 Move rests i v Adjust Stems Transposing by key V Transpose Symbols l l Closest D Up Down E Ask for New Chord Symbol e Open the Transpose dialog window e Use the vertical scroll bar to select a new key from 2t02 C SON indicator e You can override closest interval if you want e Click OK It s important to note that the key indicator initially displayed in the window is the Source key If you are limiting transposition to a single part make sure it matches the part s source key 59 SMARTSCORE X2 Transposing to another clef I o Unis DEE P O Change Pitch e Click on the Clef radio button ENA C Minor Nas O e Use the vertical scroll bar to select a new clef indicator 0 e If necessary enter the number of octaves in order to be C Mov rests k transposed 2 to 2 E Specs fV Transpose Symbols e Click OK gone Ask for ew Chant Sba n Strategy Transposing by pitch from 2 to 2 e Click on the Pitch radio button Remember this is pitch transposition not key transposition e Enter the number of halftones you want the notes to move Up to 12 or down to 12 You can repeat action for further movement of notes e Click OK nien i i Part At Parts Limiting what gets transposed F Se
21. Playback menu and select Randomizer Note velocity and on off timing can be changed in File Document Preferences Playback tab e To select a specific range of the score to playback and loop if desired go to the Playback menu and select Playback range e To play a score excerpt activate the Selector tool O key and use the right mouse button Macintosh ALT click to drag a box inter secting the desired measures you wish to hear Measures will highlight blue Only those high lighted measures will playback when using the transport controls rewind play stop SMARTSCORE X2 30 Music playback MIDI and VST AU setup How to set up playback for MIDI or for VST AU plug ins 1 Select MIDI Devices from the Playback menu 2 Output Select VST plugins Windows or AU plugins Mac to activate the Aria player default plugin 3 Output Select MIDI Mapper or your internal MIDI device for MIDI playback Win On Mac select Internal Playback Important Keep this option un checked if you are not using VST AU plug ins Playback using the Aria Player and the Garritan soundset Midi devices Refresh Midi Devices Input Dutput MIDI Mapper VST plugins Microsoft GS Wavetable Sunt di Use Mod wheel Controller for Velocity To offer optimal playback quality SmartScore X2 includes an extensive library of Garritan instrument sounds samples as well as the corresponding ARIA Player as a VST
22. RE X2 Navigation Notation Selection tool O key Whole note to 128th note Numbers 1 8 Insert mode C key Whole rest to 32nd rest SHIFT Numbers 1 6 Delete mode X key Select note or rest value CTRL 1 2 3 Properties tool ESC key Quarter rest R key Transpose score CTRL Cmd T Braces and brackets CTRL Cmd B e Tuplets T key Note cluster tool Z key Playback Zoom CTRL Alt Q Playback Console CTRL Cmd 9 Delete toggle D key Start Paus Spacebar Go to window CTRL Cmd G Rewind Comma Page keys Page up down Edit modes and functions Select copy cut and paste Nudge mode SHIFT key Held down 7 Quick Select CTRL Cmd Click System Manager CTRL Cmd M e Select all on page for H amp S key functions CTRL Cmd A Open Instrument templates CTRL Cmd F e Cut CTRL Cmd X Open Part linking window CTRL Cmd L Copy CTRL Cmd C Beam Un beam selection CTRL Cmd B Paste CTRL Cmd V Open Tranposition window CTRL Cmd T Paste replace CTRL Cmd R SMARTSCORE X2 68 MUSITEK Music Imaging Technologies SmartScore X2 and Musitek are registered trademarks of Musitek Corporation o 2013 Musitek 410 Bryant Circle Suite K Ojai CA 93023 www musitek com SMARTSCORE X2 69
23. acintosh On Windows system select Microtek Scartwizard 5 5 76 32 32 IE WU eu eura On a Mac simply select the name of your scanner Cancel Sources HP PrecisionScan LT 3 0 1 0 32 32 Help What if I don t see my scanner listed If your scanner doesn t appear in the Select Scanner list then the necessary TWAIN or WIA drivers were not installed or are too old or not supported by your operating system Download and install the latest scan drivers from your scanner manufacturer s website Be sure to select your exact model and operating system 9 SMARTSCORE X2 Scanning Notes Scanning music pages Insert the first page of your music document onto the scanner Square the page against the page guides as well as you can When scanning multiple pages remember to rotate the document 90 degrees every other page so they are all right side up Scanning books can be a problem if the spine is thick This may cause light to leak onto the page creating a black mass in the final image Use the Select Delete tool in SmartScore s Image Editor to remove unwanted fragments And finally remember that hand written manuscripts will probably not recognize well MILI TETTE Ma perut ee ee gif rr Herren Behr rr guerres WE Soop fps i momoji Som iss ses se Sen CHER EH 3 T ede pema n SD ZD Beca EE er EEI A ren tome werner ODDE 0 erg grtotrti Di t6 Em a el tases fers pe MP rz st ig d men e e nn O
24. apture printed music Scan music s notation with a scanner Open image editor Begin Recognition File search Open Choose an action Begin Recognition Convert pre scanned Recent score Browse For File TIF or PDF files to ENF More Task functions Open most recent file Creating a new ENF score SN Convert MIDI to notation T Record MIDI New ENF File MIDI to Eh ph age Editor Image Editor Opens and edits PDF or pre scanned music pages Browse files Opens SmartScore ENF not in all SmartScore editions PDF and TIF image files SMARTSCORE X2 4 Preparation SmartScore Program Preferences Default settings of SmartScore preferences will usually be sufficient for your inital tests To access all prreferences close the task window by clicking the box X in the upper right corner Go to Edit gt Document preferences or Edit Program Preferences If you are using a paper size other than standard 8 5 x 11 typing paper you can select an alternative paper size as follows Otherwise skip this step Page size and print options 1 From the Edit menu Program Preferences 2 Find Page Type and Printing from the list on the left 3 Change the your default page size Letter and the default page orientation portrait if necessary Program options Entries in this Page Type amp Printing a se any Page Type amp Printing Free EM Units amp zoom Page type
25. be assigned iid Changin IE Come Agin Sued Lova Domina to the SmartScore ENF file Select the default filetype Bj creek lullaby Grey ti MW after recognition 8 Dvorak serenade for winds Nonet Arrangement tif TIFF CCITT G4 ee This is a highly compressed i Holy Night Silent Night TI 202 KB 8 4 2013916 AM multi page TIF file format It will save all your scanned pages as one easily manageable file Highly recommended 14 SMARTSCORE X2 Notation recognition Recognition of musical scores The SmartScore recognition module After the scanning process or after PDF to TIF conversion and after you have named the TIF file the Begin Recognition window will open Selecting Save and Begin Recognition will immediately start the recognition process You can initiate Recognition on TIF or PDF files at any time as follows a In the Task Window Navigator or Toolbar including Image Editor push the Recognition button b Select FILE Scan Music Acquire p The Begin Recognition window is the control center for selecting files organizing and previewing pages You can also makes selections as to how SmartScore will process your score Generally the defaults should work just fine However in some cases you will want to select other options e g Lyrics outside of system if lyrics are not located within a system with a staff line following NOTE Once you make a change to an option it will
26. cidental NOTE Don t confuse the Key indicator button in the Clefs and indicators pal ette with the accidentals button in the Notes palette SMARTSCORE X2 42 SmartScore s Notation Editor Working with Articulation Dynamic and Tempo markings Inserting a single articulation to a note e Select a desired articulation from the Articulations Palette F3 e Click on the note head to insert the articulation on the note head side Click m at the end of the note stem to attach the articulation to the stem end of the gt note Applying a single articulation to multiple notes e Highlight the range of notes you wish to affect by clicking and dragging with the Selection tool O key you want to add the articulations e Select the desired articulation e Activate the insert mode by pressing the main toolbar or by pressing the letter C key on the computer keyboard e Click on any note head of the highlighted group of notes The selected articula Wh tion will attach itself to all the highlighted notes Highlighted symbols can be de selected by simply clicking outside of the region anywhere in the ENF display 43 SMARTSCORE X2 Inserting ties e Hit the V key to activate ties Or the select single or multiple tie from the Notes palette Not to be confused with the slur from the Articulations palette e Left click on the note head to be tied to an adjacent note having the same pitch Clicking
27. continue to be applied until a new session is started If you select a PDF file for recognition the file will convert to TIF and open in the Image Editor so you can preview the converted pages and edit them if necessary More on the Image Editor later in this guide Many PDF scores begin with a title page and front matter Those pages need to be deleted before selecting the Recognition button found in the toolbar of the Image Editor Changes to the image will automatically be saved and the Begin Recognition window with then open and the files list will automatically populate SMARTSCORE X2 List Preview Tabs Option tab displays page list amp processing options Preview tab displays image of selected page List of pages for recognition Multi page TIF files can contain many pages This window displays pages queued for recognition Add Files to List Select prescaned images or queue a PDF file for recognition Add additional pages as needed Move up or Move down selected pages as necessary Snoopy POT Add Files to List V Text eae Recognize lyrics outside of systems P src Remove Files from List Suppress Chord Symbols Suppress Lyrics Save As V Tuplets med Single page TIF files can CLA be grouped and resaved as wen a single multi page highly owings dass Bona compressed CCITT Group 4 Hymnal Fonts Snoopy z TIF file Ossias
28. default settings Document Tabulature Default page type Letter 8 5 x 11 in Preferences Color settings for file specific Midi ae un settings Karaoke settings Autosave _ Printing and MusicXML output Notifications Scanning vi Center music on page 5 SMARTSCORE X2 Units and zoom To calibrate SmartScore zoom behavior follow these steps otherwise skip to the next section Scanning Units amp zoom User Interface Page Type amp Printing Units amp zoom Instructions for calibrating Display units SmartScore Zoom Tabulature Page units behavior Color settings Midi Zoom calibration karaoke settings Autosave Notifications Scanning CD Writer Please measure the line above and provide its length in the box below This will make the score appear on the screen with the same size as on the printed paper Setting up the scanner Scanner Settings SmartScore Scanning Interface SmartScore X2 is capable of controlling your scanner so long as your operating system functions properly with 3rd party scanner drivers WIA for Windows TWAIN for Mac The SmartScore interface will automatically select optimum DPI resolutions multiple page scanning greyscale imaging and TIF file format creation Using the SmartScore scanning interface e g the Scan Music button is recommended whenever possible SMARTSCORE X2 e Setting up your scanner For SmartScore to pro
29. e LLL wu ESCHER a ee erkunden Duni a u en quen meae um nenne cen ennt m a What works and what doesn t Well printed scores that are sharp and clear with well defined staff lines Standard printed musical notation Generally music printed after the 17th century Printed scores output by digital music scorewriters Finale Sibelius etc Hand written manuscripts or digital fonts that emulate hand written symbols Medieval scores chants or non standard avant garde formats Cage Crumb etc x CX NN GN SMARTSCORE X2 10 Scanning Notes Scan your music 1 Place your music in the scanner as described above 2 To start the scanning process a push the Scan button in the Task Window b or from inside the Navigator palette or in the upper toolbar C or from File Scan Music Acquire SmartScore s Scanning Interface D a After calling the scanning process the scan dialog box appears When you are the SmartScore scanning interface that controls your scanner Simultaneously and automatically SmartScore begins a first quick scan This preview scan is used to display the page of music and launched for the automatic determination of the important parameters such as scan for the detection resolution DPI and brightness 1 Wait until the preview scan is completed and is displayed in the Preview window 2 If necessary drag the black croping rectangle in the preview windo
30. e already checked Select any other unopened palettes you wish to see e You can also select which tool palettes you wish to keep open or closed by going to View gt Palettes e Function keys F2 through F8 will pop open a corresponding palette e To reset all Tool palette windows to the default state push the F1 function key SMARTSCORE X2 36 SmartScore s Notation Editor Moten 221122222 Important Palette buttons can expand Many symbol buttons have a small black arrow in the lower right hand corner This means more sysmbols of that group will become available after left clicking and holding down the mouse button for a second or two 37 SMARTSCORE X2 Editing Notes To add or to change a symbol an object must be selected and displayed on the mouse pointer cursor There are several methods of selecting notation symbols for editing Carer rrr 1 From the Tools Palette Select the desired notation symbol notes rests dynamics articulations tempo marks key indicators etc from one of the main tool palettes or sub palettes see graph at left 2 Quick Select With the Cntl button down click on ANY symbol and the cursor will inherit that symbol Click again to insert the symbol in the score Cntl Click Quick Select 3 Keyboard shortcuts Use keyboard commands to select objects for ed iting notation e g Notes number buttons 1 8 Rests Shift number keys
31. e distance between staff lines for each part staff in the active system fm om oma un m e IE mom fele T T Tele TE ii 61 SMARTSCORE X2 Page Layout and Margins Global NOTE Before altering your document s page layout eser in eerie a consider editing your score first so you don t loose Om a synchronicity between the ENF and TIF panes e Select the Page Setup button from the Navigator gt Page Orientation e Inthe Document Page Setup window select the cm desired layout configuration you prefer Page Layouts for Document e To center your music change From Recognition in the Page Margins pull down menu to Center on SN Wailer Page Haar Porta Page or to a centered layout under Loose Leaf a etae NE T T Default Right Letter Portrait Edit Remove e To create a custom layout select Loose Leaf margin and in Page Dimensions select Custom Push the Add button and lay out your margins as you wish Goan Changing line and staff spaces globally e Locate the staff you want to use as a spacing template C Panama 7 Ahr Tap Scr T Bam ance Une Dat Right click anywhere in the staff and select Line Staff Spacing Or hit the Caps Lock key on you keyboard and select Edit Staff Spacing Hit Caps Lock again to edit e Make whatever changes you wish to line staff and sys tem distances Then apply those changes to the specific target you designate Push Copy to apply Push OK
32. e presets will populate each channel with sounds appropriate to the name of the ensemble For example All Piano loads the Garritan grand piano sound into all channels except Channel 10 which is reserved for drum sounds Load instrument sounds individually l Click on any of the 16 channel name tabs 2 In the popup menu that appears select the desired instrument from any one of seven families of instruments found under SmartScore NOTE Be aware that SmartScore assigns contrapuntal voices within a staff to different channels and not neces sarily in perfect numerical order Refer to the channel assignment hint on the diagram to the right Once you get the idea it will become clear Just remember that you need to co ordinate channel assignments carefully SMARTSCORE X2 Gesamtlautst rke lllk 100 von MIDI Porl Playback Console Select an instrument Alles Transponieren um Spur Stimme Bezeichnuna Kan Port B Fl te Electric Piano _ Electric Piano _ instrument is loaded into each of the ARIA channels designated by SmartScore pee Le To load sounds into ARIA channels To load Ensemble presets Click a channel number corresponding to ceee Jem duas the same channel number in SmartScore s Sans viales and ealsch preset from the SmartScore list from the SmartScore sound set 0 Halbtone B Tempo 120 sl Mute Salo Yolunt R 1 A ENS MBLE A c PneVoice Piana B
33. er for SmartScore or other VST AU plug in Export and open document in Finale Saves and converts the active SmartScore document to Mu sic XML format opens Finale then converts and opens the file in Finale It should look just the same in Finale as it did in SmartScore Navigator palette see key to the right 1 2 3 4 Open Open an ENF or PDF document Scan Begin the scanning process using SmartScore s scanning interface Begin recognition Initiates recognition process Browse and select prescanned or PDF image file Unify Key and Time Opens the Unify Key and Time Indicators dialog Choose to unify key and time separately Take care not to unify orchestral scores with transposed instruments without double checking the first system to see if all key indicators are accurate System Opens the System Manager dialog The System Manager controls the underlying logic naming and instrumentation for the active system Recommended for advanced users SMARTSCORE X2 28 ENF Editor Tools and Navigation Navigator palette cont d 6 10 11 12 13 14 Score Structure Opens the Score Structure dialog This is the easiest place to remove one or more parts from the score Documents systems and parts are displayed in a hierarchical fashion Setup Page Setup controls the margins and page layout for the document After recognizing a scanned page margins default to From recognition Select
34. fe a BESSESRASE SERRA BARD x Finale 2012a KeinName1 a ie je pe den i GOOG se W 2 pp ANWAHL Objekt klicken um es anzuw hlen ziehen um Objekt zu verschieben Objekt doppelklicken um das zugeh rige Bearbeit ma System1 1 Seite2 2 1010cm 65 SMARTSCORE X2 Exporting SmartScore files to MusicXML The MusicXML format is supported by leading notation based music software programs throughout the world Finale PrintMusic Notepad Sibelius Logic Pro X Notion and many other applications are capable of importing SmartScore MusicXML files When opened they should appear exactly as they did in SmartScore NOTE If the importing program defaults to fixed document page format it may override SmartScore s layout data e From SmartScore s File menu select Save As and select MusicXML as a filetype e Browse to a location to save the XML file and and give it a name Tip e Press OK The INDEX of the SmartScore s user manual Using SmartScore X2 itemizes all of SmartScore s functions and shortcuts many that are not covered in this Quick Reference Guide Integrating SmartScore with Finale e From the Edit menu choose Program Preferences gt User Interface e Be sure the checkbox Integrate with Finale Replaces SmartScore
35. ge Editor will be saved i remove area within the box SMARTSCORE X2 Functions and Controls Image Editor There are a number of image processing functions built in to the Image Editor They are found in the Edit menu and View menu as well as in the lower toolbar Crop Drag the selection tool 3 a box around the area to you wish to keep and press this button Straighten page Deskew Click and drag a line parallel to any staff line Release the mouse button and the page will automatically straighten Select tool Click and drag a box around the area you wish to delete move cut or copy Invert image Some scanners reverse black amp white polarity This will correct that O00 o lt Remove page Press this button to delete the displayed page Brush line line thickness and color et Rotate page Scores printed in horizontal format will usually require rotating 11 Thresholding Functions only with grayscale images Pushing it allows you to choose the optimimum contrast balance between dark and light areas of the page SMARTSCORE X2 Reference Tip The Image Editor chapter in the User Manual Help gt SmartScore User Manual contains quite a few hints and tips for editing your score prior to recogntion 22 ENF Editor Tools and Navigation ENF TIF View panes Following the recognition process you will be presented with the results in a split screen format
36. he next page of music in your scanner Remember to ro tate every other page of bound scores so all pages are oriented the same way 2 Click on Scan Next Page and repeat the scanning process de i Place next page into scanner scribed above A Number of pages scanned 1 When all pages have been scanned 1 Click the Finish button Another window will open 2 Select Save As and Begin Recognition to proceed with recognition Save As and Begin Recognition 3 If you have concerns about the quality of any of your scanned pages pen Pages in Image Editor e g half tone dithering crooked or mis aligned pages light leaks etc you can view edit and re save scanned pages in SmartScore s Image Editor by clicking Open Pages in Image Editor SMARTSCORE X2 Saving scanned pages Scanned pages are saved as TIF files NOTE SmartScore can only recognize TIF and PDF files not Be gt TechFiles OLD gt Jpg bmp png or ps file formats ow Name te Links oben A Jazz Blessing Andrews tif 179KB 7 17 2013 1 38 PM 8 Ade nun zur guten Nacht tif 11KB 7 16 20131 48 PM app Bachjesu tif 133KB 6 6 2013 8 08 AM cent Places 8 BachJesul tif mputer 8 BachJesu2 tif 2 e BAUBLES TIF Filename ane 2 Beaumont Rag fakebook TIF Type a name for the image albos 2 Cantate Domino TIF file The same name will bic a CANTELOPE TIF automatically
37. i CA 93023 tech musitek com www musitek com TABLE OF CONTENTS Registration and contact information Musitek licenses its software to individuals not to institutions or groups Licenses are transferrable to other individuals only after a registered owner contacts Customer Service and authorizes the transfer For multiple seat site licenses and group discounts contact Musitek Customer Service For complete licensing details please refer to the End User License Agreement on the product packaging EACH REGISTERED USER IS ALLOWED TO INSTALL SMARTCORE X2 ON UP TO 5 COMPUTERS THEY OWN OR USE EXCLUSIVELY DEPENDING ON AN OPERATING SYSTEM OR ON TWO DIFFERENT COMPUTERS ON TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS ON ONE COMPUTER ONLY MULTIPLE LICENSES AND LAB PACKS ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS REQUIREMENT Phone E Mail Support amp Fax Customer Service 805 646 8051 800 676 8055 admin Q musitek com Tech support 805 646 5841 tech musitek com phone support 10AM 2PM Pacifc Time M F Web Chat www musitek com FAX 805 646 8099 1 SMARTSCORE X2 Using SmartScore X2 manual To access the complete user manual look inside the HELP menu in any SmartScore edition You will be able to open and or download the PDF manual Using SmartScore X2 or click to go online and use the interactive version Using SmartScore X2 should be considered a reference document We strongly recommend going to the INDEX first to find your topic Click on the hotlink which will
38. ierbei handelt es sich um einen Programmfunktion mit der Sie nicht nur gleich eine ganze Reihe von SmartScore ENF Dateien in ein Audio Format konvertieren sondern diese Zusammenstellung auch gleich als Audio CD ber Ihr CDR Laufwerk brennen k nnen Weitere Informationen zum SmartScore CD Brenner finden Sie im PDF Benutzerhandbuch siehe Men Hilfe e Wahlen Sie aus dem Men Datei den Befehl CD Brenner oder klicken Sie auf CD Brenner in der vertikalen Navigatorleiste des Programms um die Funktion aufzurufen Save to MIDI files e From the File menu select Save As e Inthe Filetype pull down menu Enable for Mac select MIDI Type 0 multi track single channel or MIDI Type 1 multi track multi channel e Browse to a location to save the MDI file and and give it a name Press OK SMARTSCORE X2 64 Save amp Export MusicXML SmartScore and Finale MusicXML SmartScore X2 is tightly integrated with the Finale music notation program www finalemusic com Clicking on the Save and open in Finale button found in the far right of the upper Main toolbar your formatted document will open in Finale looking exactly as it did in SmartScore If Finale is installed to your machine SmartScore X2 will automatically launch when File Scan and open in SmartScore Lite is selected from the Finale menu ne Pro TheRoseSeefeld m Datei Bearbeiten Extras Ansicht Dokument MIDI Audio Plug Ins Werkzeuge Fenster Hil
39. ions Select these alternatives and or combinations depending on your needs u Recognize lyrics outside of systems e 9 Everything on this page of music o E EDU 9G gt Notation amp Chord symbols no lyrics i u LATE Tuplets Notation amp Lyrics no chords Limit to Triplets Notation amp Text no lyrics chord symbols Bedale Q Notation only Bowings Heavy beams Hymnal Forts ss1a Recognize tablature percussion andor split systems coda fragments Join Offset Voices within 1 8 of a notehee Y Fretboard Strings E p 3 If your music contains tablature percussion staves or broken systems coda accolades or head to head repeats do not forget to mark Recognize tablature percussion and or split systems coda fragments More information on recognition options can be found in HELP gt SmartScore manual PDF gt Using SmartScore X2 SMARTSCORE X2 18 Notation recognition Recognition of musical scores 19 OK Let s recognize some music 1 o 6 Check that your TIF pages are properly selected and ordered in the Begin Recognition window Use the Move Up or Move Down button to rearrange pages if necessary Check that the selected the Recognition Options are appropriate for your score Click the Begin Recognition to start EE The process bar will indicate how recognition is progressing The System Report window will tell yo
40. isplay options can be set here View Show Chord symbols Fret diagrams and chord names can easily be repositioned e Hold down the Shift key and drag the yellow handle visible in the chord name or fret diagram to reposition it e To reposition mulitple chord symbols use the Selector tool O key to drag a box around the chord symbols you want to reposition Hold Shift key down and click drag on any of the handles Selected chord symbols will move together SMARTSCORE X2 54 SmartScore s Notation Editor 55 Editing Lyrics and Text Text titles subtitles composer name copyright info and lyrics are recognized by SmartScore as long as the Text box is checked in the Begin Recognition Options section Lyrics are treated differently than text Lyrics are displayed in blue and text in black Lyric syllables are hard linked to their associated notes and rests Therefore editing text or lyrics calls for 2 different tools the L button for lyrics and the T button for text 5 6 7 8 A N ee 2 me EEE En wu Tl Fa Da G I D Pr 0 ES ee ee R shark babe teeth dear and he shark bites _ vith nis eeth dear scar let Tip Inserting and editing Lyrics With your cursor positioned inside a ny rr lyric syllable of text e Push the L button in the ENF toolbar You will now be in Lyric Edit mode Da e Click on the notehead immediately above the lyric
41. lected tres Pat Wice Voces C Measure from J e Click on the Limits tab through 0 e Choose a range of the score to be transposed by measure number Choose which part or voice you want to tran pose Only the selected part will undergo transposition e Click OK SMARTSCORE X2 60 Document amp Page Layout Changing layout locally and globally When you print out your final score or output it to a PDF file you want it to look nice and polished SmartScore X2 allows you to control over how individual staff lines and individual systems appear on each page as well as giving you plenty of control of the overall layout of the document e g page orientation page size and margins Local controls Green tabs The tabs along to top ruler control margins for the current Scott Joplin page as well as indents for Part Names Not fast Black handles The black handles represent the topmost region for the active system Red tabs These control the distances between staves for each part of the active system When you position your cursor over a system distance control tabs appear along the left and top rulers Dragging these tabs changes staff line distances distances between staff lines and distances between systems The tabs along the top override the default margins set in the Page Setup window see details on the right mr LT IM III Blue tabs These tabs control th
42. ndles are used for re positioning symbols e To change a note s pitch up or down click and drag the square control handle found inside each notehead Changing the pitch of multiple notes e Activate the Select tool from the ENF toolbar or by hitting the O key e Click and drag a box around the notes whose pitch you want to change e Hold the Shift key down e Click and drag one of the highlighted noteheads All selected notes will move up or down together Release the mouse button once they re reposi tioned SMARTSCORE X2 40 SmartScore s Notation Editor Editing notes FI Creating chord clusters 41 Hit the Z key on your keyboard or select the Cluster tool from the Notes Palette F2 Position your mouse above or below an existing note or chord cluster and click when it highlights yellow A new notehead will attach itself to the cluster Inserting polyphonic voices Select a new note or rest value Make sure Voice colors is activated Move the mouse above or below an existing note where you want to insert the note as a second polyphonic voice Cursor position is critical NOTE Click only when the note above or below turns blue not yellow Notice the stem direction displayed on your cursor Left click Alt click for Mac to insert the note with a stem direction as is shown by your cur sor Right click will insert the note with its stem in the opposite direction The direction of an existing n
43. o be pasted are preserved e Press CTRL R Cmd R for Mac to REPLACE objects at the click position Objects overlayed by the new material will be removed e Press CTRL V or CTRL R Cmd V or Cmd R for Mac then click on a barline This will bring up the Paste Options dialog box for inserting in which you can define specifically how the copied material inserted into your score should behave 9 Merge with existing bars ok O Insert new bars Paste before the barline Paste after the barline Replace existing bars M Show this dialog before each paste Tip 2 Commands for copying cutting pasting and inserting are also found After pressing CTRL V R Cmd V R for Mac the mouse pointer changes to this icon That tells you that you are in insert mode under the Edit menu SMARTSCORE X2 Tipp 3 If you want to duplicate an entire part don t try it with the Cut and Paste method Use Score Structure to easily duplicate a part and have it added to the score 58 Transposition Transpose by Key by Clef or by Pitch SmartScore offers several means by which you can transpose your score by key the most common by clef e g Bb clarinet to C Trumpet and by pitch move up or down an octive if you transposed to a new clef Opening the Transpose dialog Change Clef amp Key C Change Pitch e Select the Transpose button from in the middle
44. offers a variety of approaches Deleting any object in the score Rie e Hit the X key on your keyboard or select the Delete tool found in the Main toolbar Your mouse will display a greyed out X see above e Move your cursor over any symbol until it highlights yellow and click on it It s gone Deleting specific objects R e First select an object from the same family of symbols you wish to delete e g select a note of any value to delete only a note Once again the Quick Select method Cntl Click is probably quickest e Hit the X key or select the Erase tool in the main tool palette The mouse pointer will show the symbol class e g note in grey next to its arrow see above e Click on any object of that class with the cursor arrow and it wil be deleted Delete multiple objects using the Selector tool e Activate Selector tool O key and click drag a box around a region of objects you wish to eliminate e Press the Backspace Win or Delete Mac key to remove objects that are highlighted NOTE Barlines are not affected They are deleted by selecting X and I key Click on a barline to remove it SMARTSCORE X2 SmartScore s Notation Editor Deleting multiple articulations e Activate Selector tool O key or push the Selector button in the ENF toolbar e Click and drag a box to select a region of music area containing articulations you wish to remove e Hit the G key or select Edit gt Special
45. olbar click the Next page or Previous page to move between adjacent pages of the document e Tojump to a specific location in the document click inside the to the position readout in the Status Bar at the bottom of the page Select the page or measure number you wish jump to in the Go To dialog which then appears Location C Score Part levee 210 0 x 297 0 mm A4 Hochfor L f Page number t Measure Open target in new view Cancel System1 1 Sette2 2 2410c 25 SMARTSCORE X2 1 2 3 4 System1 1 Seite2 2 22410cm 210 0 x 297 0 mm Ad Hochfor HEP FLUID ES ox Optional page views EEE m m 11 21314 dalle You can choose from 4 different page displays NOTE These displays have no effect on printing S 5 2 1 a os play pomng 1121314 1 1 2 e Horizontal Display nla TIF TIF Vertical dispay default 2 314 Book page display 6 M gt p ENF ENF ENF Continuous horizontal view TIF pane is suppressed o 2 3 4 The easiest method of selecting an option page view is to 2 select it from the Status Bar But they are also available in the _ View gt View mode menu ENF TIF 3 ENF You can turn off either the TIF or the ENF pane at any time by selecting Ss 1 4 Window gt View Panes and selecting ENF only or TIF only A ENF 4 SMARTSCORE X2 26 ENF Editor Tools and Navigation The
46. ote s stem can be changed by positioning the cursor with a note value showing over the note until it highlights yellow Right click Alt click for Mac will flip the note s stem direction The direction of multiple note stems can be changed by using the Selector tool O key or Cntl A to select the entire page then hitting the S key All highlighted note stems will flip together Note and rest colors represent p polyphonic voice lines up to 4 per staff SMARTSCORE X2 Adding and removing dots of prolongation Press the D key on your keyboard Move your cursor over the note head that gets a dot and click to attach Click a second third time to double triple to insert multiple dots Quick Select Cntl click on a dotted note and your cursor will inherit both the note s value AND the dot Or you can always go to the Notes palette and select a note value and then push the dot button To delete a dot from a note or rest press the D key on your keyboard and then press X key Delete mode Your cursor should show a grey dot Click to remove the dot Click again to remove more if there are multiple dots Adding and removing accidentals Use Quick Select Cntl click on a nearby accidental if one is close which is usually the case Or you can select any accidental from the Notes palette Click on the button to make it a courtesy accidental Click on the note head to attach the ac
47. perly communicate with your scanner a special 3rd party driver needs to be installed into your operating system WIA for Windows TWAIN for Windows and Mac Normally these are loaded automatically when you installed your scanner CD or if you downloaded software from your scanner manufacturer s website NOTE Be sure to select your exact model and operating system when downloading manufacturer s software 2 TWAIN or WIA TWAIN and WIA are device drivers that enable 3rd party or non manufuacturer scanning programs such as SmartScore to control your scanner For Windows users Select WIA driver They work 9596 of the time If not try the TWAIN driver if available For Macintosh users Since OS 10 6 Apple no longer allows users to install any scanner drivers All drivers are now included in the Apple operating system When you plug your scanner in for the first time it should download functional TWAIN drivers Our experience to date suggests this is not always the case If your scanner fails to respond to SmartScores SCAN command use either the scanning utility that came with your scanner or Apple s Image Capture which is located in the Applications folder Scan at 300 400 dpi resolution greyscale and save each page as an uncompressed TIF file For more details see http www musitek com HP_Mac_Scanning html Ensure the following 1 Is the scanner properly connected to the computer Does it respond when you use its na
48. perties click on the yellow arrow at Viertelnote 6 Trillernoten Achtelnote the left of each staff of the active system pon 2 e One or more playback parameters can be changed BL M E Choose how the change IS be applied to that single E Einstellungen f r alle zuk nftigen Dokumente bernehmen object to or all similar symbols 5 Here is the Trill Playback Properties window 47 SMARTSCORE X2 Tempo Properties As explained earlier most every symbol in SmartScore is assigned a predefined property that affects how it will sound during playback With the Properties tool active Hit the Esc key or select the arrow at the far left of the ENF toolbar and click on nearly any symbol to open its Playback Properties window Here we will insert a Tempo marking and adjust its playback property Tempoa Ke d Tempo B AH 5 xdi Lento Largo Adagio Andamie Allegro Allegretto Presio Prestissimo a tempo accel e Select a tempo marking from the Tempo palette and paste it anywhere the score e Activate the Properties tool Esc key and click on the tempo marking as soon as it highlights yellow e In the Tempo Properties Tool window change some of the defaults Don t apply to All future files unless you re sure you want to do so e Press OK and play that measure or playback range to hear the effect Back to default Back to default Uncommon name leave empty for default
49. ret diagrams Press the Guitar chord button in the ENF toolbar Click anywhere in the score to insert usually above the topmost staff The Guitar Chord dialog box will open see illustration to the right Enter a chord configuration by entering values the various fields When you have selected the chord you want push OK i isti Gmaj7 Changing existing chord names and fret diagrams A e Press the Guitar chord button in the ENF toolbar ENF HB Click on an existing chord symbol or fret diagram The Guitar Chord dialog will automatically open e Select the chord configuration you want or create your own and Add it to the library Press OK The existing chord symbol fret diagram will be changed SMARTSCORE X2 Add a chord configuration Click here to define your own chord names and fret diagrams These will be permanently added to SmartScore s guitar chord library The Guitar Chord Library suitar Chore Chard label Library Foot GM 8 e add Bass none Pu EN Change Delete Tonal ty Reorder Extension 13 T Primary Augmentation Label Previews G13 fr Long Tonality Form File Display From global properties m d eoz 1A Scale 6 2 1 E Display Choose how you want symbol is to be displayed As a chord name only as a chord name with fret diagram or as a fret diagram without text Global d
50. sic Playback 30 Scanning MUS C uum eg aora ee ena ioa 11 Basic playback controls 0 0 cece cece eee 30 SmartScore s scanning interface 00 ll MIDI and VST AU Setup 6 20044 ci ee eceeuwet rh Ren 31 Multi page scanning and saving the image 13 Using the ARIA Player and Garritan soundset 31 TABLE OF CONTENTS SmartScore s Notation Editor 35 Transposition 59 General editing pointers 0 cece eee eee ee 35 Document amp Page Layout 61 The Tools Palette u 20 estates vee rh ae 36 Editing NOIES cuu spado kenn anne I dua X daa 38 SODVOBGOPEXpORE NOU cole gt inserting SYMDOINS 23222 ed Xie wr oci ra HU Ic 39 Print amp Save PDF audio and MIDI 63 Changing symbols isse 39 SmartScore and Finale MusicXML 2 65 Changing note pitches 0 cc eee eee eee eee 40 Keyboard Shortcuts 67 Inserting polyphonic voiceS 0 cee eee eee 41 limpio M 44 Inserting tuplets 4 n ehe 00004000000 46 Playback Properties sess cerwrsa sert e gu 47 List of Symbols with Properties 0008 49 Removing deleting symbols 0 cee eee 50 Using Score Structure to isolate parts 52 Chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams 53 Editing text and IyfleS secos erm ae n 55 Copying cutting and pasting src re 57 Musitek Corporation 410 Bryant Circle Suite K Tech Support Oja
51. t HarpsichordSolo window located in MIDI Glace Hugciched Devices under the Playback OneVoice OneVoice menu Ensembles hm Pano 2 You must load Click the symbol in the Ensemble window OneVoice TwoVoics Instruments into Aria to view and select various multi channel presets SA TB Piano channels before you Ensemble presets will populate each channel with Serge Ries can hear anything See sounds appropriate to the name of the ensemble TenorSax Piano Ensembles hint to the left For example All Piano loads the Garritan grand piano sound into all channels except Channel 10 which is reserved for drum sounds cM TAA PAA AA A AT Trumpet Harpsichorc TwoVoices Piano SET Music playback 33 Co ordinating SmartScore and the Aria player The Aria player is a software package entirely separate from SmartScore It is installed separately and while it responds to some SmartScore controls it is not fully integrated into it This means you will need to co ordinate certain features in both programs in order for the Aria player to respond the way you expect If you pushed the Play button and you hear nothing it s because you haven t yet loaded any instruments into the Aria player So let s do that now Ensembles Multi channel presets 1 Click the icon in the lower left corner of the Ensemble window 2 Select one of various multi channel presets appropriate for your score Ensembl
52. take you to that subject in the text The manual is probably not very good bedtime reading unless you re using it to go to sleep Introduction About the SmartScore X2 Quick Reference Guide This Quick Reference Guide is intended to provide you with the most important functions and capabilities of SmartScore X2 We recommend you print it out and keep it as an easy to use reference while working with the program SmartScore X2 is a very powerful tool Our designers and engineers have built in lots of useful functions many of which are activated with a single button or Quick key shortcut on your computer keyboard Rather than immediately memorizing every button and shortcut try locating just the tools you need first Think of SmartScore as a musical tool box containing many many useful gadgets Not every tool is intended for every user We hope you enjoy working with SmartScore X2 as much as we have enjoyed creating it SMARTSCORE X2 2 Introduction amp Tips Edition symbols and what they mean SmartScore X2 consists of a family of programs You can choose which edition fits your needs SmartScore X2 Professional Edition Serial number prefix D SmartScore X2 Songbook Edition Serial number prefix S e SmartScore X2 Piano Edition Serial number prefix P at T NN SmartScore X2 Guitar Edition Serial number prefix G 5 1 fA e do amp SmartScore X2 MIDI Edition Serial number prefix M E SmartScore s
53. thoven s Fur Elise for example Inserting multi measure rests e Push the Multi measure rest button found in the Notes Palette F2 e Inthe dialog box that appears select the number of measures you wish the MM rest to have e n an empty measure click to insert the multi measure rest Mehrtaktige Pause Anzahl von Takten E SMARTSCORE X2 46 SmartScore s Notation Editor N SmartScore s secret weapon Playback Properties The property tool is the one of the most important and most powerful tool in SmartScore You activate it by clicking on the arrow icon button at the far left in the main tool bar or by pressing the ESC key on the computer keyboard With this tool you can change one or more playback parameters for nearly every ENF symbol Changes can be applied just to the single object to all similar symbols in the document or to all future files with that symbol For detailed information on this tool see Using SmartScore X2 manual located under the HELP menu Using the Playback Properties Tool e Hit the Esc key on your computer keyboard e Position your cursor over the symbol you wish to change and click on it when it highlights yellow The Playback Properties window associated with that sym Zg T Level fii Tilerwechsel bol will open NOTE Barline playback properties affect Se the measure following the barline 4tel Btel 1Btel 32tel Beispiele Ganze Note 20 Halbe 10 e For staff line pro
54. tive software 2 Is the proper 3rd party software scanner driver TWAIN WIA installed 3 Are the TWAIN or WIA drivers up to date and compatible with your operating system 7 SMARTSCORE X2 Scan from inside SmartScore or from your scanner s software NOTE The following steps need only be done once All settings remain fixed unless they are changed later 1 From the File menu select Scan Music Select Scanner 2 Select Choose Interface SmartScore s This is the default setting Choose Your Scanner s only if you are unable to properly scan from inside Smartscore s scanning interface Ji SmartScore X Pro File Edit View Playback Mew iss r ud T pen Ctrl O L LJ Show Task Window Ctrl W m Recommended This selection tells SmartScore to automatically control your scanner if it s compatible Scan Music Acquire Recognize Select Scanner Choose Interface t SmartScore s CD Writer Your Scanner s The alternative If all else fails select your scanner s software to capture your music pages 1 Snoopy SSA2_Pro ent 205 Snoopy F15 FS tif 305 Snoopy P14 FS tif 405 Snoopy P13 FS tif SMARTSCORE X2 8 Setting up your scanner Select the right scanner driver 1 Go to the File menu command Scan Music Select Scanner on 2 From the dialog box select your scanner from source Select Source Windows M
55. tyle e For lyrics hold down the Shift button to enter Nudge mode Locate a small blue box along the left margin of the staff line Click and drag the box up or down to repo sition the vertical position of the lyrics o shark babe has such shark bites with his SMARTSCORE X2 56 SmartScore s Notation Editor Cut paste copy and duplicate notation For copying cutting and pasting various notation objects whole measures and even larger areas of music you generally use the Selector tool O key When using this tool it is important to remember what you copy or cut and how or where you want to paste it Copying Cutting individual note or objects Copying Cutting multiple measures of music e Activate the Selector tool O key e Activate the Selector tool O key e Click and drag a box to highlight the notes and e Right click and drag your mouse Alt click for or symbols you want to copy or cut Mac and drag horizontally or vertically highlight ing measures you wish to copy in in blue e To copy press CTRL C Cmd C for Mac or CTRL X to cut Cmd X for Mac e To copy press CTRL C Cmd C for Mac or CTRL X to cut Cmd X for Mac LESS PCC L 1 r 57 SMARTSCORE X2 Pasting copied notes and symbols e Press CTRL V Cmd V for Mac and click to insert copied symbols at the cursor position Values and original pitches of notes t
56. u how many systems were processed and not insignificantly the largest number of parts detected in any given system Push OK and then select Open ENF document The Unify window will apply certain rules to insure your score does not contain random key and time indica tors Generally you can accept the defaults and press OK unless you are working with a score containing transposed instruments where key indicators of all instruments are not the same If that is the case just select Cancel and continue on A SmartScore ENF file will be shown in the Save As window and assigned the same name that you gave for the TIF file Push OK or rename it if you want Keep track of where the file is being saved j A ROG Piano Edition Does not process text chord symbols guitar fret diagrams percussion or tablature Guitar Edition Does not process text chord symbols MIDI Edition Does not process text chord symbols guitar fret diagrams percussion or tablature SMARTSCORE X2 Recognize lyrics outside of systems Suppress Chord Symbols Suppress Lyrics V Tuplets E PO V Limit to Triplets P09 Begin Recognition V Pedals P10 FS ti i 5 Click here to begin Bowings P12 recognition of listed files Heavy beams Hymnal Fonts 2 P15 FS Group to Score Patt Sn Group to Score Patt Recognize tablature percussion and or split systems coda fragments Please wait Recognition process 0 0 0 08 1
57. w so it encompasses the area containing the music 3 Be sure to leave some white area around all sides of the music when using the cropping rectangle see chart 4 Click the Scan button to capture the note page for the final recognition SMARTSCORE X2 Preview and Crop If necessary resize the cropping rectangle by Scan controls With Auto resolution selected E dpi is shown in gray Manual Lu end uuu _ En scanning range 300 400 dpi its four sides Scanner Resolution al i sol dpi Brightness Al ae 154 Automatic 7 Resolution Select Scanner Iv Cropping Reset to Default IW Preview Preview Image processing Deskew Invert Final Scan The Preview scan is a low resolution image only for visualizing page position Push Final Scan when done Automatic functions Normally these should all be selected Uncheck Resolution if dpi errors are not resolved More information on scan options can be found in Using SmartScore X2 located in HELP gt SmartScore manual PDF SMARTSCORE X2 12 Scanning Notes Multi page scanning and saving your image __ ___ SmartScore allows you to scan more than one page before starting recognition All scanned pages are merged into one highly compressed multi page TIF file CCITT Group 4 After scanning each page of music the following message box appears If you want to scan more pages of music 1 Place t
58. with the right mouse button will insert the tie with the arc reversed Applying markings to multiple notes In contrast to single accents or staccatos some symbols affect a range notes such as dynamics crescendo decrescendo etc Tempo markings accelerando decelerando ritenuto slurs legatos tuplet brackets triplets quintuplets septuplets etc and ottava indicators 8va 8vb all belong to these class of symbols In SmartScore these symbols are applied using the click and drag technique A KU d LUSIT A LA 49 d1SN Ne 7 Tay TR i S 1777 When applying a symbol to a range of notes the direction you drag the rectangle matters Drag the selector rectangle from top to bottom to have the symbol appear above the notes Drag it from bottom to top if you want the symbol to appear below the notes SMARTSCORE X2 44 SmartScore s Notation Editor Applying slurs legatos e Select the slur tool from the Articulations Palette F3 Or Quick Select a slur Cntl click if one is nearby e Click and drag a box over the range of notes from top to bottom or from bottom to top where you wish to place the slur e To modify the shape of a slur hold down the Shift key enabling Nudge mode and drag the control handles to reshape the arc of the slur NOTE Slurs conform to standard Bezier curve edit behavior Inseting hairpins crescendos decrescendos e Select the hairpin tool from the Dynamics Palette F
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