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1. Pickup Measure typical Split Measure typical FIGURE 2 8 Pickup and split measures NOTE Lock to Time Signature on or off will reflect its actual rep resentation in MIDI When an unedited ENF file is saved to MIDI with Lock to Time Signature unchecked the resulting MIDI file may produce measures with various meters When checked all measures will have constant meters 2 5 2 Tempo Default tempo speed for all time signatures is 120 beats per minute 120 bpm except for music which begins in 2 4 time 60 bpm USING SmartScore 42 ENF Playback e Default tempo If you wish to alter default playback tempo for the open file open Edit gt Tempo and set a new default speed This can also be done in the Playback Console ee 50 3m i Bate note a J F hienoon Mack Wisitalty FIGURE 2 9 Set global Tempo e Change of tempo Changes of tempo can be accomplished by inserting metronome mark ings from the Tempo palette at the point where you wish tempo to change Another method is to alter the ENF Tempo graphical controller See ENF Tempo Controller on page 44 TIP To smooth out unwanted changes in playback tempo go to Playback gt Graphical Controller gt Normalize Tempo and choose from 20 to 80 to reduce the amount of change in tempo throughout the score Reset Tempo will return all tempo controller changes to default 2 5 3 Graphical controllers With the Velocity graphical controller you
2. til G e Use the Next page Previous page buttons located in the Main Toolbar or push the double paging arrows at the lower 5 right hand corner of the SmartScore window 6 1 4 Go To Ctrl G or Cmnd G for Mac While editing you can quickly jump 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 O N L n Pears Pint 1 2 D Fee Amaj i jaaa a ana ce Sea FIGURE 6 3 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 d Checking the Open Target in New View box will open a new ENF at the targeted Part Page or Measure Push OK to jump 6 1 5 Tool Palettes F1 F9 keys All notation objects used in SmartScore can be selected from one of several 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 Pu TIP The F1 key always resets windows and palettes to their default USING SmartScore 84 Detailed ENF Editing TIP To quickly select an alternative Tool Palette right click on any P open Tool Palette Mac Ctrl click All Tool Palettes ie become available to select Notice the open palette becomes replaced with the selected palette when in the Recycle mode While selecting an alternative palette you may choose one of 4 modes Show All ope
3. e User defined Tuplet Other than the common triplet quintuplet etc it may be necessary to ie create a unique rhythmic group Divisions the number of equally divided notes Value total duration equal to one undivided note times the number selected E g a quarter note triplet defaults as follows Divisions 3 Value 2 Total duration of 2 quarter notes divided equally into three 3 4 12 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 a While in the Insert mode hit the V key or press a Tie button in E 4 the Notes palette b Click on the notehead of the first note of a tied pair to insert the tie with a downward arc c Right click option click for Mac to insert a tie with upward arc d To delete a tie hit the X key and click the first note of the pair to delete You can also use the Select tool and Delete key to delete ties NOTE A tie across a system tie at end of line automatically creates a linked tie marking at the end of the source system as well as to its partner at beginning of the next system 3 4 13 Barlines While in the Insert mode hit the T key or select any barline from the Barlines amp Repeats palette Hj l e Click anywhere in the active staffline to Insert a barline 5 USING SmartScore 59 Editing Notes and Rests To Change
4. EE e T Reference 9 1 9 Tools Text Selecting the Text button sets the mouse pointer to the Text Edit mode See Text Section 4 1 on page 65 e Lyrics Selecting the Lyric button sets the mouse pointer to the Lyric Edit mode See Lyrics Section 4 2 on page 66 e Guitar Fretboard Selecting the Guitar chord fretboard button set the mouse pointer to Insert Guitar Chord mode See Guitar Frets and Chord Symbols Section 4 5 on page 71 e Edit Shapes Selecting the Edit Shapes button activates Edit Shapes mode See Edit Shapes Section 4 4 on page 69 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 USING SmartScore 166 Reference 9 2 ENF Menu Items ENF FILE Menu 9 2 1 File gt New ENF Ctrl N Win Cmnd N Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore 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 9 2 2 File gt Open Ctrl O Win Cmnd O Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen 9 2 3 File gt Close Cmnd W Clo
5. MIDI to ENP on page 123 for details 7 14 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 gt Save As click the Save as Type pull down menu and select either MIDI Type 0 Single Track Multiple Channels or MIDI Type 1 Multiple Tracks Multiple Chan nels b Push the Save button A window appears saying the following 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 nota tion program or for playback only c Choose Remove or Keep Articulations according to your need USING SmartScore 159 Chapter 8 Reference 8 1 Properties Tool Playback properties of many markings including dynamics and articu lations may be adjusted singly or globally with the use of the Proper ties Tool located in the SmartScore toolbar See Section 6 11 Properties Tool on page 115 for more details 9 1 Tool Palettes 9 1 1 Notes and rests See General Note Editing
6. b Click on the barline that begins the first ending Select the num ber of times you want the section to repeat The barline will change into a start of ending bar The cursor then switches to an USING SmartScore 118 Detailed ENF Editing end of ending barline with a left repeat bar as default Click on the barline that terminates the first ending FIGURE 6 22 Multiple Endings c This closes out the first ending and stages the cursor to enter another second ending section To create a second or third ending d Select the Start Alternate Ending button Select the number of repeats and click the barline of the first measure of the second ending usually the same repeat barline that ends the first end ing e Click the last barline to close out the second ending f Repeat above steps as necessary for subsequent endings NOTE If the last barline is not a repeat ending it can be changed Choose an appropriate barline from the barline palette and Change the barline type 6 12 3 Working with the Coda x A Coda sign marks the conclusion of a piece A Coda is generally used 4 to repeat a theme or variation outside repeated endings To mark the beginning of a Coda and to insert a jump to Coda sign a Select Coda sign from the Barlines amp Repeats palette In Insert mode click on the barline where the coda is to begin usually at the end of a repeated section or numbered ending b Select the To
7. key to select p piano dynamic marking e Hold down Shift to select the crescendo hairpin e Hold down Shift to select the decrescendo hairpin The Dynamics palette will open as the secondary palette 6 2 16 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 USING SmartScore 90 Detailed ENF Editing 6 2 17 Unify Signatures Clefs U Press the U key to automatically open the Unify Score window Unify the clefs key and time signatures throughout the entire score Refer to Unify Key Time and Clefs U on page 121 for details on using this tool 6 2 18 Note values Number Pad To quickly select note duration values e Use the keyboard Quick Keys number 1 whole note 2 half note 3 quarter note etc Pu TIP See Quick Keys map on page 126 for a graphic of shortcut w keys 6 3 Navigator 6 3 1 Open Ctrl O0 Cmnd M Mac Push to open any SmartScore compatible file Select SmartScore ENF Image TIFF BMP PCX or MIDI file from Files of Type pull down menu Same as File gt Open 6 3 2 Scan Push to initiate scanning Same as File gt Scan Music gt Acquire Open dk TY bo
8. menu In the Overview double click or right click option click for Mac on the track s Name USING SmartScore 135 MIDI Editing and Sequencing b Select the MIDI track you wish to display and press OK Q c Use the magnifying glass in the Main Toolbar to zoom in or out of the Piano Roll view Click to zoom in Right click option click for Mac to zoom out d Another zoom method is to drag measure dividers horizontally and piano key dividers vertically See Figure 6 on page 132 for more details on zooming eu ene lar eee ee S a Saher ene niet S allalli ati LLL LL ap FIGURE 3 9 MIDI Piano Roll View TIP It is often helpful to have several tracks visible at once Use the Z Tile button to neatly display several open Piano Roll views 7 5 1 Velocity and Tempo Graphical Controllers In Piano Roll view the bottom pane of the window displays a graphi cal continuous change MIDI controller Click into controller Selector pulldown menu to select the MIDI controller you wish to effect a change to FIGURE 3 10 Velocity and Tempo controllers in Piano Roll view USING SmartScore 136 MIDI Editing and Sequencing e With the pencil mouse pointer click and drag a curve over the range you wish to apply the effect 7 5 2 Switching between tracks e To move from track to track click the Track Paging buttons aj D located in the Main Toolbar 7 5 3 Shuttle Tool The Shuttle Tool
9. 9 2 57 Options gt Virtual Drum Kit Refer to Recording a virtual drum track on page 81 9 2 58 Options gt Virtual Drum Kit Definition Refer to Defining Virtual Drum Kit on page 82 9 2 59 Options gt Auto Save Open ENF files are automatically saved as a backup file Should your computer crash or a session somehow becomes interrupted you will be prompted that a previous version was detected when you reopen Smart Score If so accept the backup and save it You may change how frequently you want to Auto Save to backup your current ENF file USING SmartScore 182 Reference Smee Puke ean Co ae E Esas J rrm D Whghen Cras Png i Ees FIGURE 8 15 Auto Save To change backup intervals for Auto Save e Select Auto Save from the Options menu The active topmost ENF file will be saved as follows e Every n minutes even if no editing takes place e Every n actions based on number of editing actions e g Insert ing Changing Deleting etc e Whichever Comes First based on which is first the number of minutes selected or the number of actions performed e Never deactivates Auto Save of the ENF file 9 2 60 Options gt Reset Tools and Palettes Resets all toolbars and palettes to the default choices set at installation 9 2 61 Options gt Reset Tools and Palettes Reactivates all warning windows that can be permanently disabled by user This applies to warning windows that hav
10. Ctrl Z Cmnd Z Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Undo e Edit gt Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has been Undone e Edit gt Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X Removes the selected section from the image file and places it on the clipboard e Edit gt Copy Ctrl C Cmnd C Places selected section on the clipboard without removing it from the image file e Edit gt Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the image file e Edit gt Delete Del Deletes the selected section from the image file e Edit gt Crop Trims the image file down to the selected region e Edit gt Invert Switches the colors of the image file Edit gt 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 e Edit gt Selection USING SmartScore 193 Reference Activates the Area Selection tool e Edit gt Line Activates the Line drawing tool e Edit gt Brush Activates the Brush tool e Edit gt Deskew Activates the Deskew tool for straightening crooked scans e Edit gt Selection Mode e Opaque When a selected area is moved to the clipboard the back ground 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 e Edit gt Pe
11. FIGURE 1 9 Post recognition System Report Following recognition a System Report will be displayed indicating the number of systems found and on how many pages Most impor tantly it will inform you of the largest and smallest systems including the number of parts found in each If any of these structures do not coincide with the original music you will want to investigate the cause before spending a lot of time editing the score it may be difficult or even impossible to restructure parts and systems later on e If you select either Open ENF or Open Super System the first thing to be saved is the image file scanned pages The Save As gt Image window has a field to type in a name for the image file e Following that another Save As window will open This is for the ENF file the SmartScore file It acquires the same name as was given the image file It may be changed in the name field Select a destination directory and press Save to save your new ENF file e If you select Open Super System you will be able to scroll from system to system and locate any systems containing an incorrect number of parts See System Manager on page 97 for details If you select Open Image Editor you will be taken to the image editor where you are able to correct certain flaws in the scanned image See Image Editor on page 25 for more details USING SmartScore 16 Scanning and Recognition The last window to open is to Unify ke
12. Haphe 7 ee ee Church Drys g Armi beana Church Grgar i Church Grae Inrirursand j tires fal App hesr elie m ia a jihat Her ijma Spices FIGURE 2 15 Instrument Templates Part Names in System Manager are directly linked to instrument Names in Instrument Templates When a Part Name is selected in the System Manager all playback parameters are derived from Instrument Templates 2 7 1 Transposed instruments Since 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 cer tain intervals This playback transposition is already preset in Instru ment Templates for most transposed instruments USING SmartScore 48 J 2 Lyric e ENF Playback 2 7 2 Adding instruments You can add new instruments with unique names and playback parame ters as well as change existing names and parameters in any template For more information on Instrument Templates turn to Instrument Templates on page 101 For more information on the System Man ager turn to System Manager on page 97 2 8 Add drum tracks Adding an automatic drum track will add more pizazz to the mix Push the Drum Pattern button in the SmartScore toolbar to select an appropriate pattern for your piece For more information on adding or creating drum tracks go to Automatic Drum Patterns Secti
13. Voices and Colors on page 103 c 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 Console see page 36 d An inverted red triangle will indicate the point where the pro gram change was inserted Clicking on any Program Change tri angle 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 stafflines 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 with a little bit of Type 0 7 5 5 MIDI Instrument settings To change MIDI instrument parameters USING SmartScore 138 MIDI Editing and Sequencing a Select Instrument Settings under the Options menu In Play back Console push the Set Instrument button This will open the Instrument Settings window tere fo Bet oan fi 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 9 We TE Ie E hed Ss Ree ele Re cele le aoe ce neiriaricnrira Cirera baniwa Fiera ee ee ae mE FIGURE 3 12 Instrument Settings b Select the MIDI Port of the MIDI instrument you will be adjust ing with the MIDI Port pull down menu Q Choose a specific Instrument Bank or all Banks from the selecte
14. Your cursor should change to a fretboard b Toggle the C key to Change mode fretboard with arrow c Click on any existing fretboard symbol The Guitar Chord library will open with the selected symbol displayed If the selected fret is not found in the Guitar Chord Library a C major chord will be displayed ho fer ee ajej Charen c eens Easa fear zl _ 4 Amay Label Pree E m ETES P Leng Mee Foe bir acl fos ne gee t ine Pel FIGURE 4 5 Guitar frets and chord symbols library d Select the desired chord from Root pull down menu e Select sharp flat Tonality Extension and Augmentation NOTE More than one chord can apply to the same parameters When Primary is checked that chord pattern will be selected before other chords having duplicate parameters f Click OK The fret diagram and chord symbol will update To insert a fret chord symbol from the Guitar Chord library a Push the fretboard symbol in the Text and Controllers toolbar USING SmartScore 72 Editing Text and Symbols T Lale o EE Insert Guitar Chord Symbol FIGURE 4 6 Guitar Fret Symbol b Click above the staff line where you wish to insert the symbol 4 5 1 Creating and changing chord symbols in the GCL To create a new guitar fret chord symbol a Select Guitar Chord Library from the Edit menu b Push the Add button in the Library section of the chord window c Choose a
15. a Choose Output Type from the menu bar b Select Black and White c Set Resolution to 300 to 350 dpi For HP scanner models 3200 3300 4100 and 4200 PrecisionScan LT and for HP scanner models 2100 2200 3400 and 4300 Preci sionScan LTX a Choose Settings gt Output Type menu option b Select Black and White c Set Resolution to 300 to 350 dpi USING SmartScore 18 Scanning and Recognition 1 6 Selecting Pre scanned Files for Processing NOTE For detailed information on proper scanning procedures see Scanner settings on page 9 To create an ENF file from pre scanned images of printed music a Push the Recognition button on the Navigator or select Recog nize under the File menu Navigator ati S 2 s Open Scan fRecogf Unify Score Midi In FIGURE 1 11 Recognition Button A file selection window Begin Recognition will open Here you will list your prescanned files for recognition by selecting them rearranging them removing or adding them 3 Pess Ipa hi female Seb Fes ta Lint he Tet reed l f E rawniip 1 beta freie Laver ia gr Grea reang d Trt reac l Enie E Padas M ig Hermi Fred PrE mm LF YE Bih 14 of aroe Pat Lrdirg Evire Lip Paihia E ean e St eae ee Cancel FIGURE 1 12 Recognition Selected Files Options Preview b In the Begin Recognition window push Add Files to List c Browse to where you stored
16. c To repeat playback over the range check the Loop box 2 5 9 Dynamics You can use any of the tools in the Dynamics palette to alter playback velocities Inserting dynamic crescendo decrescendo markings or hairpins will alter the velocity of associated notes in the active staffline only See To Insert a Dynamic marking on page 110 for details on inserting dynamics USING SmartScore 46 ENF Playback 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 on page 108 2 5 10 Articulations Numerous note articulations including slurs trills turns mordents staccatos tenutos accents arpeggios glissandos and tremolos can be applied from the Articulations palette For more information see Articulations and Trills on page 112 2 5 11 Swing This very cool feature applies standard swing rhythm to straight 8th and 16th notes notated in beamed groups If the header in the original music says swing or gives a similar marking SmartScore will modify playback and the underlying MIDI representation as follows 2 5 12 Refresh MIDI ENF and MIDI Views are tightly integrated Occasionally data in one view may conflict with data in another resulting in playback that
17. cont d Scanner was set or forced by scanner software to scan in Grey or Color Rescan in Your Scan ner s interface 350 dpi Black amp White Text Line Art Music not fully scanned or is severely skewed Rescan making sure all the music is selected Scan music straight or use Deskew function Image too large for selected resolution Re scan ensuring Auto Resolution is ON Scanner hangs or crashes Driver conflict Ensure latest scanner drivers are installed Scan outside of Smart Score using scanners soft ware Poor recognition results Missing barlines due to light obscuring right margin or to right margin having been cut off dur ing scanning Open image file in Image Editor Use Select Tool to delete obscured regions and the Line Draw tool to restore right hand bar lines Image too small for selected resolution Scan again accepting Auto resolution settings for best results Handwritten or non stan dard notation Poor print Scan well printed stan dard sized sheet music Poorly printed music Increase Darkness level Find better original Image not straight skewed Open file in Image Editor File gt Open gt Image Use Deskew tool to straighten each page USING SmartScore 24 al ei Scanning and Recognition Table 1 Troubleshooting Guide Problem Probable Cause Fix Ima
18. nated by braces groups and grand staffs Choose Clear Sel or Clear Selected Parts in selected group or Clear All to remove groupings USING SmartScore 76 Chapter 5 Working with Drums SmartScore has some really nice drum features including MIDI support for the percussion clef automatic drum patterns and a drum kit which records a drum track by tapping keys on your computer keyboard 5 1 Percussion clef Clefs Palette When the Percussion Clef is entered on a staffline the MIDI channel assignment for that staff and part switches to 10 the default drum chan nel Notes can be entered deleted and pitch shifted normally and will playback as MIDI drums The percussion clef works in den tic ally as all other clefs including Unify Clefs See Section 6 13 3 on page 122 5 1 1 Playback gt Drumset Drum sounds are associated with every line and space of the drum clef staff Accidentals are ignored regardless of the key of the score To change default pitch to MIDI drum mapping a Select Playback gt Drum Set whet ml ES a Pigge vaa ee a aaae ma aana ia Hhh aei oe emi FIGURE 5 1 Linking stafflines to MIDI drums in Drumset map b Using the mouse drag links from staff and ledger lines and spaces in the window and reconnect to list of General MIDI USING SmartScore 77 Working with Drums drums on left hand and right hand sides of window Press OK to finalize changes 5 1 2 Creating a drum patter
19. some choral scores and a special option should be selected before Recognition See Lyrics Under Last Staff of Systems on page 14 TIP Nudge notes in Edit Shapes to verify lyric to note associations To edit existing lyrics a Push the L button in the Text and Controllers toolbar to enter Lyric mode USING SmartScore 66 g Editing Text and Symbols Click into a lyric block or on an associated note or rest Once highlighted text within the block can be edited like normal text Use the left arrow or right arrow buttons on your keyboard to navigate within a lyric block Once positioned type normally Click and drag on one or more characters within the block to replace with new characters or to delete one or more characters in a lyric block Characters can also be cut copied or pasted else where using standard Ctrl X C and V keyboard short cuts Cmnd X C and V for Mac 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 lyric block in line immediately below Hit Return to start a new lyric line and new lyric block beginning at the first note of system Use Backspace key to delete characters within a lyric block Lyrics can be moved up or down while holding the Shift button down and then clicking and dragging any lyric block Push L again Text and Controll
20. Coda sign and in Insert mode find the point in the last passage or ending where playback is to jump to the Coda and click the barline where the jump is to occur USING SmartScore 119 Detailed ENF Editing NOTE The Coda will not be played back until it is activated by the To Coda or d s al Coda sign 6 12 4 Working with the Segno Segno means sign It marks the beginning of a final repeat or ending Segnos are usually positioned early on in the piece after a repeat To mark a final repeat with Segno a Select Segno from the Barlines amp Repeats palette b Insert the Segno by clicking the barline that begins the last 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 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 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 6 12 5 Working with the da Capo d c dal Segno d s D C D S and Fine signs da capo d c means from the beginning or return to the begin ning To have a final repeat or ending return to the beginning of the piece and play through to the end e Select the D C button from th
21. Double click on a selected MIDI file to open b The Playback Console window will appear with a MIDI Over view representation in the background To hear the file playback push the Play button in the console c To convert the MIDI file into SmartScore notation push the Close button in the Playback Console Closing the console will begin the conversion process Eui vaag liwa 7 cr ala siom P tere ree nmr T di ing tee EE iaa i Hapi T Beit Chara E ROT Darmi Ua kiper oe oe r gt m T liers Jais hammi p Page toe FIGURE 6 24 MIDI to ENF window USING SmartScore 123 Detailed ENF Editing Staff Voicing Choose whether or not you want SmartScore to attempt to interpret note events of each track into polyphonic voices by choosing either Single or Multiple Voices e If the MIDI file has multiple tracks Type 1 select As Single Voices This choice will create an ENF document without attempting to interpret polyphonic voices This is choice is usu ally recommended e If the MIDI file has multiple tracks Type 1 and complex voic ings in each track intricate piano or guitar duets for example choose As Multiple Voices Selecting As Multiple Voices will cre ate an ENF document with more than one polyphonic voice per staff This option forces SmartScore to make some particularly difficult choices e Ifthe MIDI file contains only one track with 2 or more channels per track MIDI Type 0 then select Staff Voic
22. Drum Pattern Library c Click on a pattern that matches the time signature and style of your ENF file Press OK to accept the selection d Press the spacebar to hear your file playback with drum accom paniment 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 5 2 2 Adding custom drum patterns The drum pattern library is expandable You can add new patterns that you have either created yourself or imported from a MIDI file which contains a drum track on MIDI Channel 10 e Adding custom drum patterns from ENF To add an ENF drum pattern to the automatic drum pattern library a Open an ENF file which contains a percussion part written with a percussion clef or b Open an ENF file in which you have created your own drum pat tern Refer to Creating a drum pattern in ENF on page 78 for more information on how to create drum patterns c Click the MIDI button in the Navigator to open the MIDI Over view NOTE See Section 7 2 on page 130 for more about MIDI views USING SmartScore 79 Working with Drums d Select Edit gt Create Automatic Drum Pattern Create auiomatic drem iradi file Paprrg ream Leng jn ranem FIGURE 5 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 as
23. F The F key toggles between flag and beam note attributes of any clicked note Flag beam toggle works in both Insert or Change modes USING SmartScore 88 Detailed ENF Editing 6 2 11 Stem direction S The S key changes the default note stem direction In Insert mode toggling the S key reverses the default 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 before inserting any given note Or right click Windows while inserting option click for Mac TIP To reverse the stem directions of several notes at one time press the O key drag to select a group of notes Then press the S key to reverse the stem direction of all selected notes To change the stem direction of an existing note a Toggle the C key to activate the Change mode b Right click on any given notehead option click for Mac The stem direction will change 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 any series of notes c Press the S key to rever
24. Optimum distance between horizontal stafflines is 20 pixels Use your mouse pointer and pixel coordinate readout in the Status Bar to measure e If objects such as note stems and staff lines are broken or lack thickness rescan with increased darkness to fill in gaps e Ifthe source document is poorly printed or is faded and weak try locating a better print copy of the music NOTE Recognition accuracy is directly related to the quality of the source document as well as the quality of the scanned image Cheaper scanners including Fax Scan Copy combos are known to create poor images Remember the old saw Gar bage in Garbage out You may want to contact Musitek Tech Support for scanner recommendations If after examining the image and consulting the Troubleshooting chart you are still unable to achieve good recognition results we invite you to e mail us your TIFF file s for detailed analysis by our technicians You can e mail your files along with a short description of the problem to the following address tech musitek com We will as reply soon as possible Most likely we will be able to locate the problem and offer a solution or recommendation USING SmartScore 22 Scanning and Recognition 1 8 1 Troubleshooting Scanning and Recognition Table 1 Troubleshooting Guide Problem Probable Cause Fix Scanner does not operate Scanner drivers not installed properly Install TWAIN software and or scanner
25. Plug in Scanner not selected in SmartScore Ensure proper scanner driver is selected File gt Scan Music Scanner not connected or not turned on Check cabling and power Use scan test program Automatic resolution returns inconsistent reso lution choices on the same page Music has irregular staff widths Scanner may be distorting regions of page Re scan with Resolution off Re scan in your scanner s software Select Black amp White 350 dpi TIFF Scanner model used does not support variable DPI 1 pixel increments Re scan with Resolution off Manually set to value acceptable to scanner 300 to 600 dpi 1 bit image only or Cannot process grey images Scanner was set or forced by scanner software to scan in Grey Color or Photo Re scan in SmartScore interface with Over ride Grey ON Win Recognition failed for this page Scanner set to screen res olution of 50 100 dpi Scan again accepting Auto resolution settings for best results Manually set resolution to 350 dpi and scan again Scanner was set or forced by scanner software to scan in Grey or Color Re scan in SmartScore interface with Over ride Grey ON Win USING SmartScore 23 Scanning and Recognition Table 1 Troubleshooting Guide Problem Probable Cause Fix Recognition failed for this page
26. a two note cluster to two separate voices a Hit the O key to activate the Select tool b Drag a box around any number of two note clusters c Press the H key to separate two note clusters into 2 voices a e a FIGURE 6 10 Splitting two note chords into 2 voices J TIP Music ministers and choir directors Use this handy tool to P split two note clusters into 2 voices e g hymnals Assign each voice a unique instrument or extract each voice to a separate file y TIP If you wish to split clusters containing three or more notes 3 4 select and delete the least desirable notes until you are left with two notes in each cluster Only two note clusters will split 6 7 6 Cross staff voicing Occasionally notes of a voice go and visit an adjacent staff Even though notes that visit technically belong to their home staff they obtain their pitch information from the staff they are visiting In order to maintain voice continuity such visiting notes must be handled in a special way USING SmartScore 105 Detailed ENF Editing To create cross staff voicing making notes visit an adjacent staff a If the visiting note is part of a beamed group use the Shift button then click and drag the notehead up or down to the adjacent staff Position it over the line or space you wish its actual pitch to be NOTE Notes that visit adjacent staves do not display any ledger lines They inherit
27. allows you to sound MIDI events forward or back ward by dragging the mouse over a range of events To operate the Shuttle Tool 4 In Piano Roll view the S key toggles the Shuttle Tool off and on To z manually select press the Toggle Shuttle button in the MIDI Toolbar or go to the Options menu and select Shuttle On Click and hold any where 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 simultaneously 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 7 5 4 Inserting program changes Assign MIDI instrument To insert a Program Change MIDI patch change for any given voice a In an active track position cursor and click wherever you wish to make an instrument change Select Edit gt Program Change BuU qma E Hj USING SmartScore 137 MIDI Editing and Sequencing FIGURE 3 11 MIDI Program Change Piano Roll b Select a new Instrument from the pull down menu In Voice Color mode select a voice number from the Voice pull down menu This will apply the new instrument sound to the selected voice voices will automatically be assigned different MIDI chan nels For more about Voice Color Mode turn to Working with
28. be displayed If Options gt Color Mode Voice is selected all tracks and all voices will be displayed TIP When Color Mode Voice each voiceline becomes assigned to a discrete MIDI channel That is why you may see many channels within one MIDI track To reduce the number of chan nels to equal the number of stafflines found in ENF change Options gt Color Mode to Part e If changes are made to MIDI instrument assignments the System Manager will become updated Changes to other parameters will be stored as MIDI data for the ENF file The default MIDI instrument sets are General MIDI Instruments and General MIDI Drums To reassign MIDI instrument sets a Push Set button next to Instrument column header b Choose Instruments or Drums tab and select from preset list c Push Custom to reassign to external names if required 6 9 Hidden Symbols Hidden symbols displays every possible object in the ENF display Cer tain markings such as the range of a 8va 8vb ritard accelerando or decelerando are only visible when Hidden Symbols is active You may want certain notation objects to be applied to playback but at the same time you may not want these symbols to be visible For example you may need to insert rests to fill out a given voiceline in a measure but you do not want these placeholder rests to be printed USING SmartScore 108 Detailed ENF Editing To insert a hidden notation object a Push the Hid
29. by entering the measure beat and tick into the From and To fields NOTE Edit gt Select 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 Hold down the Control key and click on the unselected note s To select note events within a given time frame Click in Piano Roll to mark the beginning of the time frame USING SmartScore 140 MIDI Editing and Sequencing e Hold down the Shift key and click again to set the end of the timeframe The selected range will highlight in grey 7 5 7 Changing MIDI event characteristics 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 Zn E m m FIGURE 3 14 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 dura tion 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 veloc ity Changing note velocity Changing note pitch FIGURE 3 15 Editing MIDI note velocities and pitches To change the pitch or position of selected note event s e Clic
30. detail rescan with increased resolution e If objects such as note stems and staff lines are broken or lack thickness rescan with increased darkness e Resolution It is recommended that you use Auto Resolution whenever possible If you choose to set resolution manually check Auto Resolution off For most printed music the recommended resolution is around 350 dpi If the original music is printed in smaller type you can increase resolu tion to 400 or 450 dpi For miniature scores try 500 dpi Scanning at too high or too low a resolution may actually reduce recognition accu racy It is not recommended to scan music below 250 dpi or higher than 600 dpi USING SmartScore 5 Scanning and Recognition e Manual or Automatic Source Document feeder Normally you will preview and scan one page at a time Some scanners have automatic document feeders If you choose Automatic option you will be able to scan multiple pages at once However you will only be able to preview the first page If you select Automatic make sure when you preview the first page that the entire page is selected and not cropped Remaining pages will be scanned and fed without preview checking 1 2 3 Choosing an alternative scanning interface If your scanner does not respond to the Scan command or your scanned image is unacceptable partially scanned grey color etc a Check that your scanner is on and that the proper driver is installed File gt S
31. display called the Super System which is a sort of mother system is also accessible See Active System vs Super System on page 90 for more details Changes made can be applied to the current system cur rent and following systems active Score Part or to the entire score Ed ume iis I ai a Yoon Win 3 wie ip Tps E Ah hs Pa Gren Penn ty Fa a eet Pte E Ts Conim ng eak EES li ane p Petraes T Women ipg Ape Te i Hes paise a Fd pager FIGURE 6 8 System Manager To open the System Manager l a Position the mouse pointer over a given system in the ENF view Pu TIP To verify an active system go to View gt Show Active Staff b Press Ctrl M Cmnd M or select Edit gt System Manager from menu All parameters of the active system will be displayed including part name visibility instrument and staffline staff and system spacing USING SmartScore 97 Detailed ENF Editing Parts run vertically along the left column along with checkmarks that identify whether they exist in the active system Voices run horizon tally 6 5 1 Part Names Part Names in System Manager are directly linked to instrument Names in Instrument Templates When a Part Name is selected in the System Manager all playback parameters are derived from Instrument Templates See Instrument Templates on page 101 for additional information To select a Part Name a Highlight a part by
32. ei NOTE Ifthe desired device is not listed in the MIDI Devices window 4 FN make sure your MIDI device driver has been properly installed d Press OK to set the selected MIDI devices as your MIDI sources NOTE Some MIDI programs may prevent playback if opened before SmartScore By closing the first MIDI program the output port will be released 2 1 5 OMS Setup Mac Classic Only NOTE To work properly OMS requires AppleTalk to be turned OFF If you intend to record MIDI to your Mac or if you use an external MIDI device interface make sure you have installed OMS from the SmartScore installer Choose OMS gt OMS Setup to run the setup rou tine Choose Easy OMS Setup to begin Leave Run MIDI in Back ground unchecked If you have an external MIDI device attached to either your printer or modem parallel port select the right port in the first window Following MIDI Setup you should see all available MIDI devices in the display screen These same devices will appear in the MIDI Device window in SmartScore and in OMS Studio Setup when selected NOTE For USB connections select both Printer and Modem options Select Playback gt QT Internal Playback if you want to play back through QuickTime Musical Instruments QuickTime 3 0 or better only NOTE If no sound is heard after pressing the space bar select Refresh MIDT from the Playback menu then reselect QT Internal Playback from the Playback menu Check speaker volu
33. etc To insert a change of Key Signature e Select the number of accidentals in the new Key Signature with the pull down menu Mark the key as major or minor with the radio buttons next to the pull down menu Press OK to make the changes current through the end of the active MIDI file USING SmartScore 145 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 5 11 Setting Repeats and Multiple Endings While you are more likely to insert repeats and multiple endings in ENF view they can also be edited in the Measure Settings window in Overview or Piano Roll view Double click any measure number to open the Measure Settings window of that measure e Simple Repeats Check the 15 Measure of Repeat box to select a measure as the begin ning of the repeated section Use the of Passes scroller to determine the total number of times this section will be played For example If you want the section to play through and repeat one time set the of Passes to 2 the default Check the Last Measure of Repeat box to set a measure as the final measure of the repeated section During playback once the preset num ber of passes has been met playback of the remainder of the score will continue after this measure has finished The 1 Measure of Ending box designates a measure as the beginning of an ending The Number of Passes scroller is used to number this ending i e 1 1 Ending 2 2 Ending Hold down the Ctrl key to select a number to designate
34. fretboard 15 hymnal fonts 14 join offset voices 15 lyrics and text 14 lyrics under every staff 14 options and preview tabs 12 pedals 14 poor 5 22 pre scanned music 19 relink parts 15 triplets 14 record new MIDI track 155 Refresh MIDI 47 129 refreshing ENF playback 128 Relink Parts after Unify 122 Repeat previous measure mark 118 repeats editing 118 repeats and endings 47 reset windows and palettes 53 Resolution scanning 5 9 rests 50 86 associated with lyric block 66 multi measure 86 Rotate scanned image 29 S Save ENF 63 167 Scanner Drivers for Macintosh 7 scanning music 2 manual automatic 6 user interface 6 Score from Scratch 62 Score Header 174 Score Part 174 scanning in 21 Segno 120 Piano Roll 146 Sibelius exporting to 64 signature unifying 122 signatures 164 Slur 160 slur editing 58 112 playback 160 SmartScore scanning interface 2 soft accent playback 161 split measures 42 Split screen Viewing 83 USING SmartScore staccato editing 113 playback 160 staff active 177 stem direction changing 58 89 Step Time Recording 157 Super System 101 apply changes to 100 system apply changes to 100 collapsing and expanding 172 insert above below remove 173 System Manager 97 Controlling system 101 Part Names 98 Visibility 99 System Report 16 System apply changes to 100 T tempo markings 110 properties 117 set default 43 174 setting and changing 42 Tempo Controller ENF 44 MIDI 136 Tempo sli
35. in the main window along with its signature name listed in both major and relative minor keys FIGURE 3 5 Key Transposition c Choose to transpose either by Key or by Clef or by Pitch d 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 3 7 Creating a New ENF Score from Scratch 3 7 1 New score To create an empty ENF score using one of several basic templates a Push the Score button on the Navigator or select New gt New ENF under the File menu Ctrl N Win Cmnd N Mac b Type in a Title for the new score c Add the Composer s name for the first page score header d Press the Page Setup button to change the basic page layout of your score See File gt Page Setup on page 169 for details USING SmartScore 61 Editing Notes and Rests NOTE Tempo will set the metronome for display in ENF and for playback Mew mmt core Docume FIGURE 3 6 New score window NOTE To create an ENF document without clefs uncheck Insert Clef Signs Automatically 3 7 2 Using Built in Templates SmartScore has 15 preset templates including solo instrument piano SA TB score duet and custom a Select a desired template from System Type in Score window b Once the score is
36. insert the grace note and trun cate the duration of either the following or the previous note To control how grace notes play back and are written to the resulting MIDI file go to Playback gt Sound Grace Notes e On the Beat Accaciatura Plays on the beat and shortens the duration of the following note e Before the Beat Plays before the beat and shortens the duration of the preceding note 3 4 4 Select tool O key Use the Select tool to highlight one or more objects for selected editing functions such as delete vertically align multi voice notes split voices flip stem directions and copy paste The O key activates this tool Its button is found in the SmartScore toolbar USING SmartScore 54 EY J Lip di a T Yoo 3 CES m Editing Notes and Rests TIP Use the Select tool Delete key to remove any object other than lyrics and barlines It is especially useful for removing spu rious or unwanted text or multiple objects that do not delete eas ily with the X key 3 4 5 Voice color Contrapuntal voices can be viewed in color as well as in black To view contrapuntal voices as separate colors in an ENF file push the Voice Visibility button in the SmartScore toolbar or go to the Options menu and select Color Mode gt Voice The initial default is Options gt Color Mode gt Part gt Black Voice color can be turned off or on anytime by clicking the Voice Visibility butto
37. is not anticipated If this happens select MIDI Refresh from the Playback menu MIDI Refresh will update playback based only on the ENF View Any changes made in MDI view including tracks added during MIDI recording Step Time or Real Time will be lost You will be given a chance to save the pre refresh playback as a MIDI file before updating based on ENF display For more information about MIDI Refresh refer to Updating and refreshing playback and display on page 128 2 6 Repeats and Endings Repeat signs including Repeat Last Measure and ending markings including Codas and Segnos from the Barlines and Repeats palette 6699 will alter playback accordingly Using the n repeat barline will allow USING SmartScore 47 ENF Playback you to set beginning and ending measures of a multiple ending For more details on repeats multiple endings and Codas and Segnos see Repeats and Multiple Endings on page 118 2 7 Instrument Templates Instrument Templates makes up the pool from which instruments are assigned to stafflines in System Manager To open Instrument Tem plates select Edit gt Instrument Templates or hit Ctrl F Win Cmnd F Mac Most common musical instruments are listed in the Names column Abbreviations MIDI instruments and transposed play back have been preassigned but may be changed lnahrurtent Ten plabes ee Tine Uhai Pin 0 A idi pad Pi z Pioda f Pars i rt
38. least desirable choice You will get more reli able results if you scan from within SmartScore If you are going to scan outside of SmartScore use the following guidelines for successful music scanning e Place music in the scanner as straight as possible USING SmartScore 17 Scanning and Recognition e Scan in Black amp White Line Art 1 bit or OCR not color or gray Do not select Black amp White Document or Photo e Scan between 300 400 dpi for average printed music e Save as TIFF file Uncompressed will be about 1 MB per page Compressed files are smaller BMP will work too Use a unique filename for each page e g Page1 tif Page2 tif etc TIP Optimum resolution is achieved when the distance between staff lines is about 20 pixels Zoom into the image Referring to the mouse position readout in the status bar measure the dis tance between two lines in a stave measure white space only NOTE If you are working with an HP scanner and choose to scan outside of SmartScore here are some guides for obtaining optimum black and white images Good luck It may not be easy For HP scanner models 5100 5200 and 5300 PrecisionScan a Choose Settings gt Preferences from the main program window b Click the tab labeled Auto Detect c Remove the check mark for Detect regions on the page d Set Resolution to 300 to 350 dpi For HP scanner models 5370 6200 6300 and 7400 PrecisionScan Pro
39. line of each system Otherwise leave unchecked e Triplets Check this box if the score contains triplets that are indicated with the number 3 along with an arc or bracket e Implied Triplets Check this box if the score has repeated groups of three beamed notes except for scores with tripled time signatures x 3 x 6 etc The first grouping is usually indicated with a triplet marking For the sake of convenience implied triplets are not repeated again e Endings If the music has more than one ending indicated check this box e Pedals If pedal markings are 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 check this box USING SmartScore 14 Scanning and Recognition e Join Offset Voices Often you will see notes belonging to different voices appear horizon tally offset even though they sound at the same time It is necessary for the recognizer to decide which notes to join and which notes not to join to a vertical event See Vertical Alignment and offset voices on page 39 Normally offset notes belonging to different voices have no more than 1 4 of a notehead s space between them e If your music has offset voices which regularly exceed this dis tance choose another distance Distance is determined by the white space between noteheads e
40. markings affect ENF play back and change the resulting MIDI file Playback properties of individual markings may be adjusted singly or globally with the use of the Properties Tool See 6 11 on page 115 e Dynamic markings affect the volume of a range of notes in the active staff MIDI track to which they are entered e Articulation markings such as trills staccatos tenutos arpeg gios glissandos and mordents are note specific Tempo changes are global and affect the entire system a 6 10 1 Tempo Markings tania tage To insert a tempo metronome marking or change of tempo mark a Select the Metronome mark button from the bottom of the Tempo palette ampe ee ee oo o p iste pam Tma D herme He Vabi vriefi fil FIGURE 6 14 Tempo metronome window b Select a new tempo and baseline note value Tempo selection ranges from 30 bpm Lento to 240 bpm Prestissimo c In Insert mode click anywhere above the topmost staff of a sys tem to insert mark Tempo will adjust accordingly at that point To edit a metronome or change of tempo mark in the score a Push the Properties Tool in the Main toolbar 3 b Click on a metronome mark in the score to open tempo window 6 10 2 Dynamics Hairpins Crescendos and Decrescendos To Insert a Dynamic marking 110 USING SmartScore ra E rhii derar EPF HF FF F m i rs F ar Yi ei Detailed ENF Editing a Whil
41. of tune In order for an ENF score with transposed instruments to play back correctly transposition of playback by specified amounts must be set This is accomplished for preset instruments in the Instrument Templates but it is also possible to compensate for transposed instruments in the Playback Console USING SmartScore 102 Mi BEE pin J i GAR Detailed ENF Editing 6 7 Working with Voices and Colors SmartScore uses 2 main color modes for viewing your music as well as for controlling how MIDI data is handled Color by Part or Color by Voice Each mode will change certain characteristics of how the nota tion is displayed and how parts and voices are assigned to MIDI chan nels Changing the color mode of an open ENF document can be done at any time Nothing is lost by switching back and forth between color modes To select or change the color mode for an open ENF score a Choose Options gt Color Mode gt Voice to color by voicelines b Choose Options gt Color Mode gt Part gt Color to color by part c Choose Options gt Color Mode gt Part gt Black to color all parts in black NOTE To quickly toggle between viewing voices in different colors or all in black push the Voice Color button in the SmartScore toolbar or select Options gt Define Colors gt Voices 6 7 1 Options gt Color Mode gt Voice The following table describes the relationships between color modes and how parts and contra
42. on page 53 9 1 2 Articulations Turn to Articulations and Trills on page 112 for editing details e Slur Legato Note durations associated with slurs are increased about 10 giving an overlapping or connected effect when played back Turn Click on note head or note stem apply a turn Turns play back as fol lows 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 duration of the note to which the fermata is attached e Staccato USING SmartScore 160 Reference 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 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 associated note by 125 e Trill With r trill selected click on a notehead to insert a single trill mark ing To create an extended trill toggle the C key to enter Change mode Click and drag horizontally to select a region The length of the extension is determined by how far you drag the mouse E Lid PeF FaFaF SEE SS Trill Insert mode Extended Trill Change mode FIGURE 8 2 Trill and Extended Trill e Sharp Flat and N
43. only not its dis play In MIDI view choosing View gt Convert MIDI to ENF will cre ate a new ENF document based only on MIDI file data NOTE Page formatting will be lost in the new ENF document but the source ENF document will remain open and unchanged Closing all MIDI views using icons at left will return display to ENF notation view and keep changes made in MIDI environ ment In ENF view Playback gt Refresh MIDI updates playback based on the current ENF display only MIDI Refresh is performed whenever an ENF file is opened or when the spacebar is used for playback after MIDI editing Select Save As MIDI to save cur rent playback as a MIDI file Choose Keep MIDI to ignore refresh and temporarily retain changes made in MIDI environ ment Choose Refresh and Continue to discard changes made in MIDI and refresh playback based only on ENF display LT A en neAse yta enh io duad al r r N C dais chona L E ptn d o ksp M asa HE diay choni ep HDT Lema Hm Aton Gore j Fap be FIGURE 7 1 Refresh MIDI based on ENF display 129 USING SmartScore 2 i Uh MIDI Editing and Sequencing e Changes made in MIDI will be kept in ENF playback until MIDI Refresh is activated either by hitting the spacebar for playback or when closing and reopening the ENF file The Play button in the Mini Console and Playback Console will NOT activate MIDI Refresh Remember Reopening an ENF file refreshes MIDI The
44. open use palettes to select objects and place them in the score in Insert mode c Remember to select File gt Save As in order to save the new ENF file with a name you give to it TIP To create a new page once you have reached the bottom of an ENF page place your cursor in the last system and hold down the CTRL button this holds the active system Select Edit gt System gt Insert Below A new page will be created and the new system will be added to it Repeat as necessary to create as many new systems and pages as you require USING SmartScore 62 Wi BK ne in Editing Notes and Rests 3 7 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 7 9 on page 153 3 7 4 Step Time Recording 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 when you can t scan it in of course For more turn to Step Time Recording Section 7 10 on page 157 3 7 5 Select Area create bitmap for pasting To Copy an area of an ENF file for pasting into another application e g Microsoft Worde Adobe Photoshop etc a Press the O key to activate the Select tool b Right click option click for Mac and drag to select desired region in the ENF pane c
45. page Any changes in key or time signatures are read in and subsequent systems are updated as they are encountered Use when systems have a consistent number of parts e Based on topmost staffline Default All key and time signatures for every part are updated based on signa tures found in the first staffline of each system Any change of key or time signatures found in the topmost staffline will update subsequent stafflines of each system Use when systems do not have a consistent number of parts 6 13 3 Unify Clefs e Parse every measure Default USING SmartScore 122 a iva mM Anw GUNAR Detailed ENF Editing Clefs are updated on a line by line basis Any change of clef encoun tered in a given staff updates that staffline until another change of clef is encountered Use when many change of clefs are written into the original score e Based on Ist Measure of Ist System All clef signs are updated based on clefs found in the first measure of the first system Overwrites any change of clef found Use if many false change of clefs were recognized or if very few change of clef signs are found in the original 6 14 MIDI to ENF SmartScore accepts any Standard MIDI file and converts it to an ENF file To create and ENF document from a MIDI file a Select File gt Open and change the filetype pull down menu from SmartScore Files to MIDI files All MIDI files in the given directory will appear in the selection window
46. plug in to the Plug Ins folder inside the SmartScore folder To search for plug ins click on the desktop select File gt Find and search for plug in USING SmartScore 7 Scanning and Recognition NOTE If you own Adobe Photoshop your scanner plug in may be found inside Photoshop gt Plug ins folder c Once your plug in or TWAIN source is selected you need only to restart SmartScore and push the Scan button in the Navigator or Main Toolbar or choose File gt Scan Music gt TWAIN Acquire to initiate scanning from then on FIGURE 1 4 Scan Button If your scanner still does not respond please refer to Scanning Outside of SmartScore on page 17 NOTE Older plug ins and drivers may not work with SmartScore If so try downloading the most current TWAIN driver or plug in from your scanner manufacturer s web site 1 3 2 Image Preview SmartScore uses your scanner s interface to acquire pages of music You are able to scan many pages of a score and save those pages grouped into one single compressed multi page TIFF image file In addition SmartScore will sample your preview scan and will recom mend the optimum resolution for you to set in your final scan a Place the first page of your score face down into your scanner b If your scanning software has a Preview button push it NOTE Preview only the first page in your scanning program You will preview all subsequent pages in SmartScore s in
47. recognition process USING SmartScore 3 Scanning and Recognition 1 2 1 Automatic image enhancement functions The SmartScore interface has 4 automatic image enhancement func tions 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 feature whenever possible e Auto Cropping The cropping rectangle defines the final image area You may change its size by dragging any edge with your mouse The cropping rectangle should not intersect or interfere with any part of the music There is no need to extend the length of the rectangle beyond your area of interest SmartScore will automatically center each page of music to the selected default page size After the preview scan is completed on each page check that the image in the preview window is straight and prop erly cropped e Auto Deskew After an image is previewed toggle this button on and off and choose the setting that gives you the straightest possible image If you are unable to make the image appear straight in the Preview window auto deskew failed Reposition your music in the scanner and preview again e Override Grey SmartScore s scanning interface uses standard TWAIN commands to control scanner settings such as resolution and color select
48. rewinding to the beginning of the score Hitting Play again will resume playback re initialized at 0 rewinds to the beginning Rewind button resets playback to the beginning of the playback range e The Record button will create anew MIDI track and will launch a new recording 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 data instruments channels and transpositions of the original ENF or imported MIDI file will be maintained 2 li E e Stop button stops playback recording of the MIDI Play Record is 44l Bi USING SmartScore 133 MIDI Editing and Sequencing NOTE All playback functions are also available in the Realtime menu in MIDI or Playback menu in ENF P TIP To select an entire track for cutting and pasting go to Overview Z and click option click for Mac in the track s Name field 7 43 MIDI Devices To set the MIDI input and output devices a Select MIDI Devices from the Options menu The MIDI Devices window will open Cancel Fosi Siy MID lap OPLISA FH HID TTS Vines Pisno be DPLISA MAL HII DUT CPL Toi yemas ais bal Pb Sena PIDI Ga Pt i FIGURE 3 7 Options gt MIDI Devices i b Click on the MIDI Input device interface you will use for iit i recording new MIDI data msi si c Click on the MIDI Output device you wish to use for MIDI playback The MIDI device window wil
49. root with sharp or flat bass tone with sharp or flat and descriptive modifier tonality extension and augmentation d Press the Frets tab in the upper part of the window a fee Paonia ice sar img eee e a Bait Lihai Pierce C FIGURE 4 7 Frets tab window of Guitar Chord library l e Right click Option click for Mac on any finger marker inside the fretboard to remove it e 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 fretboard Clicking above the fretboard nut thick line places an open string symbol open dot at any string position 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 USING SmartScore 73 Editing Text and Symbols 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 con figuration you wish from Strings x Frets combo box e To show fingerings in other than Ist position choose from Posi tion Selector The solid line represents the fret position e Press Copy to copy the current fretboard to the
50. 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 syn chronization will become lost for all subsequent pages TIP To keep ENF to TIFF panes synchronized for as long as possi ble complete all ENF editing before inserting systems Edit gt System gt Insert Synchronization may be regained by resizing top and or bottom margins in Page Setup after making small changes e g after altering line spacing Refer to File gt Page Setup on page 169 for more details on controlling page mar gins To synchronize ENF and TIFF views a Go to View gt Associate Image Files Laai CR sage m aoe Tires T FIGURE 8 14 Associate Image File Window USING SmartScore 179 Reference b Push Add to locate the TIF file associated with the open docu ment Browse your computer to find the image file If the file contains several 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 9 2 49 View gt Image Information Provides information on the structure and type of the cu
51. tool b Click and drag the Select Tool to highlight a group of false posi tives that may be found between staff lines c Pay attention to any false tempo and dynamic markings e g f ff etc but at the same time be sure not to select valid markings notes chord symbols or other objects you don t wish to remove d Hit the Delete key to remove highlighted objects e Repeat between subsequent staff lines and on remaining pages f See Inserting or Deleting Multiple Articulations on page 114 USING SmartScore Editing Notes and Rests 3 3 ENF Editing Modes 3 3 1 Insert and Change modes NOTE It is highly recommended that you become familiar with SmartScore s hand position for editing You will find editing fast and easy once you begin working with this two handed FIGURE 3 1 Left and Right Hand Positions for Editing Press the C key of your computer keyboard to toggle between the Insert and Change modes Notice how this changes the appearance of the cursor In the Insert mode the cursor becomes the chosen object In the Change mode the cursor becomes an arrow with the chosen object next to it The Change and Insert buttons in the toolbar alternate as well ee ah e Insert mode allows you to insert objects when clicking any where in the active staffline e Change mode allows you to change existing objects to the P selected notation object You can select any editing mode from the
52. 2 31 Edit gt 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 c Check the Metronome Mark Visibility box to display the Met ronome Mark in the ENF document in the first measure USING SmartScore 174 Reference Refer to Tempo Markings on page 110 for entering change of tem pos 9 2 32 Edit gt Guitar Chord Library The Guitar Chord library contains preset guitar chords and associated chord symbols You may add change delete and store any custom chords Guitar frets and chord symbols automatically transpose with key transposition Refer to Guitar Frets and Chord Symbols on page 71 for details 9 2 33 Edit gt Join Voices Automatically join offset voices to one vertical event as described in Vertical Alignment and offset voices on page 39 9 2 34 Edit gt 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 on page 93 for details 9 2 35 Edit gt Edit Mode Zoom Ctrl Z Cmnd Z e Select tool Ctrl O Cmnd O e Insert Change See Insert and Change modes on page 52 e Delete by Group Delete Any See Delete by Group Delete Any X on page 87 e Edit Shapes See Voice Splitting H on page 105 9 2 36 Edit gt Special e Vertical Alignment Y See Vertical Al
53. 3 Part visibility Checkmarks along the far left column identify which parts SmartScore thinks are visible in the active system they can be turned on or off Individual parts and or voices can be isolated or they can be removed from a score by selective use of Visibility Selected parts or removed un selected parts can be extracted to new files without altering the original document To change Part Visibility a Check or uncheck the Visibility box next to a Part Name to restore or remove visibility of that Part b Select Visibility in the Apply field and choose a scope from the Apply To pull down menu See Applying changes to the score on page 100 for details on Apply To options c Push Apply to apply to the current document or Apply to New to extract part s to or remove part s from a new ENF document 6 5 4 Voice visibility To change Voice Visibility 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 c Select Visibility in the Apply field and choose a scope from the Apply To pull down menu d Apply changes the open file Apply to New creates a new ENF file USING SmartScore 99 EY Detailed ENF Editing TIP Part and voice extraction removal can also be controlled in an entirely different way by using the Score Structure feature See Score Structure on page 97 for more details on how to isolat
54. 50 dpi or higher than 600 dpi e Darkness Brightness For typical printed music scan slightly darker than 0 setting e g 10 This tends to fatten up objects If the original music is faded if it is a weak copy or if it has become degraded you may want to scan even darker e g 20 If beams smear together and whole and half notes appear closed or blobbed then brighten the scan e g 10 Smart Score wants to see solid well defined lines that are neither razor thin nor smeared together If your scanner does not respond properly after pushing the Scan but ton and you have checked that your TWAIN driver and or plug in is properly installed turn to Scanning Outside of SmartScore on page 17 USING SmartScore 9 Scanning and Recognition 1 3 4 Image Processing After a page is scanned the Image Processing window will open FIGURE 1 5 Macintosh Image Processing window e Auto Deskew Once an image is previewed toggle this button on and off and choose the setting that gives you the straightest possible image If you are unable to make the image appear straight in the Preview window repo sition your music in the scanner and preview again NOTE If the preview image appears mostly black this means your scanner is reversing image polarity In this case you will want to check the box Invert Image next to the Preview window e Auto Cropping The cropping rectangle defines the image are
55. 9 2 13 Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd 2 Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Undo 9 2 14 Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has most recently been Undone 9 2 15 Edit gt Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X To Cut selected objects from the score and place them on the clipboard a Hit O key or choose the Select tool from the Toolbar b Click and drag a box with the cursor c Press Ctrl X Cmnd X or select Edit gt Cut from the menu 9 2 16 Edit gt Copy To Copy selected objects to the clipboard without removing them from the score e Click and drag a box with the Select tool Press Ctrl C Cmnd C or go to Edit gt Copy To Copy selected objects to the clipboard without removing them from the score e Click and drag a box with the Select tool Press Ctrl C Cmnd C or go to Edit gt Copy 9 2 17 Edit gt 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 without replacing the existing notes USING SmartScore 171 Reference 9 2 18 Edit gt Paste Replace Ctrl R or Cmnd R To Paste the copied material into an ENF file and replace existing notation e Select Paste Replace from the Edit menu Ctrl R or Cmnd R and click anywhere in the score TIP Use Paste Replace to quickly rep
56. Color Mode to Voice Open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 or select Piaybacl gt Console FIGURE 2 4 Changing MIDI instrument of a voice in Playback Console USING SmartScore 38 AAW ctw ENF Playback The Track column displays each ENF Part as a MIDI track number To the right the Ch V column displays the voice number of the part track inside a colored box corresponding to the color for that voice b In the Instrument column click to select a new MIDI instru ment To change an instrument assignment of a voice in the System Manager a Open the System Manager Ctrl M Cmnd M or select Sys tem Manager from Edit menu All staves are displayed in hori zontal rows as Parts Voices are arranged in columns above each part 1 thru 4 b Find the voice within the part you want to change Click the pull down menu in MIDI instrument assigned to that part and voice Select an alternative instrument from the pull down menu for that voice You will hear each voice stand out from other voices within the same part staffline when played back provided you chose instruments with enough difference in their respective tim bres Lina Sia Pot Meares Abh Woei ret Ma J red Spe Spe fiaira F EE Peca Controlling Taian ice FIGURE 2 5 Changing MIDI instrument of a voice in System Manager 2 4 3 Vertical Alignment and offset voices In printed music it is common for notes belonging to different voic
57. F for Sibelius SmartScore NIF files conform to the NIFF Notation Interchange File Format Specification 6b as published by the NIFF steering committee in 1998 NIFF files contain both graphical and playback information and can be used as a means of exchanging music notation and MIDI data between software programs that support the format 3 8 1 Saving ENF files as MIDI or other file types a Select File gt Save As b In the Filetype Format window choose a format to save the active SmartScore file MIDI Type 1 Multiple Track Multiple Channel MIDI Type 0 Single Track Multiple Channel FINALE or NIFF c Browse to another directory and change the name if desired d Press OK The file will be saved in the last directory used with the Save As command NOTE When saving ENF to MIDI files a dialog box will open to explain that articulations 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 rec ommended that articulations be kept It is recommended that articulations be removed if MIDI files are to be imported into other notation based programs USING SmartScore 64 Chapter 4 Editing Text and Symbols During recognition of music text characters found between stafflines are assumed to be lyrics Characters found outside stafflines are treated as standard t
58. Hit Ctrl C Cmnd C or Edit gt Copy to copy selected region to the clipboard as a bitmap image NOTE Before copying to clipboard uncheck View gt Show Active Staff otherwise you may not capture the entire view TIP Use this feature to take snapshots of musical snippets and Paste into word processors or other non music programs 3 8 Saving and Exporting an ENF File You can save the current ENF file at any time by hitting the Save but ton in the Main toolbar by hitting Ctrl S Cmnd S for Mac or by selecting File gt Save If Options gt Auto Save is on incremental sav ing becomes automatic For more on Auto Save turn to Options gt Auto Save on page 182 A rule of thumb for all files especially big ones is Be safe Save often You can save SmartScore files in several different file formats such as MIDI Finale and NIFF USING SmartScore 63 im Ae Vd Wa GUNAR Editing Notes and Rests e MID files will import playback data into most other music soft ware programs with no page formatting All graphical informa tion about note position stem direction voices etc are lost MIDI is to music what ASCII is to text FIN files will import SmartScore pages into Finale 2000c or bet ter with graphical information and page layout intact Use the File gt Import selection in Finale to open a SmartScore FIN file e SmartScore saves two flavors of NIF files NIF for Lime and NI
59. I events MIDI VIEW Menu e View gt Navigator Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator e View gt Main Toolbar Opens and closes Main Toolbar e View gt SmartScore Toolbar Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar e View gt Image Toolbar Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar e View gt Status Bar Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of main SmartScore Win dow Displays current page cursor position image size and zoom per centage e View gt New MIDI View Opens New MIDI View dialog box Select type of view e Overview Displays all staves as MIDI tracks e Piano Roll Displays selected stave as MIDI track e Event List Displays MIDI events of selected stave e View gt Show Track 0 only in Overview Displays MIDI channel 0 in MIDI Overview e View gt Synchronize Synchronizes measure sizes in all MIDI views to that of current MIDI view Further horizontal resizing synchronized between all MIDI views e View gt New ENF View USING SmartScore 188 Reference Opens the MIDI to ENF window for converting the active MIDI file into and ENF document MIDI OPTIONS Menu e Options gt Snap to Quantization Quantities selected MIDI Note On events to the nearest tick speci fied Also determines 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 trip let to whol
60. 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 case choose a distance less than 1 4 of a note head e Part Linking When a score is optimized parts do not appear until actually played Optimized scores have irregular numbers of parts and staves in sys tems As new parts are introduced they are normally added to the top e g a vocal line appears on top after a piano introduction However sometimes parts are added to systems in a bottom up fashion e g existing staves are bumped upwards If your score is structured in this way change default to Add Parts to Bottom However this is rather rare e Fretboard Strings The default fretboard for recognition is the six string guitar If your music has ukulele fretboards 4 strings or some other configuration change the selection to the correct number of strings USING SmartScore 15 Scanning and Recognition 1 4 2 Post Recognition datem lepori Eil kabe of Spee Feed a 5 tkani nion T pages ipei Evik eared a F ia Aad i J piara 1 rakari priem Purei e patr bee m i primm Lohi ayri he teper cog eee ej ec ha ee cu ol e Pamor oes a d dee ha ee coe fared cad Pee Tps eee bi fe beas ara a ha bhin Gaa Tp pa Eaves bi ote Reade bral Dia nir ilim Sass Fee Sel Goan Sues Svat Then EMF the
61. NF notation data is graphical and contains much more visual information of the music Changes made in the MIDI environment can be heard during ENF playback but the ENF graphical representation remains unchanged You can modify data in MIDI view return to ENF view and still retain changes made in MIDI by using the PLAY button in the play console It is always possible to return to ENF display only for play back by selecting Playback gt Refresh MIDI or by using the Spacebar to play The following table attempts to clarify the relationship between ENF and MIDI views Table 4 ENF View and MIDI View Relationships ENF to MIDI MIDI to ENF ENF View MIDI View DISPLAY PLAYBACK MIDI View is ENF View is NOT ENF lt gt MIDI ENF gt MIDI automatically automatically Updates Updates updated updated Both Ways One Way TO UPDATE DISPLAY TO UPDATE PLAYBACK USING SmartScore 128 AS MIDI Editing and Sequencing Table 4 ENF View and MIDI View Relationships ENF to MIDI MIDI to ENF ENF View MIDI View DISPLAY PLAYBACK Select MIDI in Select View gt Con Spacebar Refreshes MIDI the Navigator or vert MIDI to ENF Refresh MIDI Close MIDI view View gt New Play button return to ENF MIDI View Refresh MIDI push MIDI again To sum up Changes in ENF view automatically update MIDI display Changes in MIDI view update ENF playback
62. NF Editing 6 11 Properties Tool The Properties tool displays and alters playback values of dynamic and articulation markings Changes can be applied to the marking itself or globally to all similar markings and applied as new defaults To activate Properties Tool a Hit the Ese button or select the Properties Tool button in the Main toolbar b Click on a listed marking below to open its properties NOTE All object property windows have the following options 6 11 1 Property Options 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 reset the default value for the property to the new values for all future SmartScore files e Back to Default This will reset values to application launch defaults Reset Default This will return values to new installation defaults e Hairpin Cresc and Decrsc Properties Hairpin Properties liwi a Crating i Tak i iiai Apih Cen makiii i ga bi g Hae Apok heie wingi riro a hiu i Feet Deli l OF Coc FIGURE 6 17 Hairpin Properties e 2 Velocity sliders Start value and Ending value e Range 10 to 127 Note Velocity USING SmartScore 115 Detailed ENF Editing e Dynamic Marking Properties Dynami Waring Properties E Pa Deck etna ianh bipi aake ia all har eiri od thei ape T hp hae inp n for all ani
63. Or select Edit gt Error Check The first measure found with a discrepancy will highlight in grey The Error Check window will suggest whether there are too many or too few note values in a particular voice in a given measure b Click into the ENF page and correct the indicated voiceline NOTE It may be necessary to click twice in the ENF display to change cursor focus from the Error Check window to ENF display c Select Resume to continue Click back into ENF to regain focus NOTE Very often publishers will leave one voiceline incomplete when there are two or more voices within a measure to avoid cluttering a measure with rests SmartScore may success fully cope with such a situation provided voices are vertically aligned d Choose Ignore to skip the indicated voiceline discrepancy or Quit 3 4 7 Pitch shift To change the pitch of any note e Hold down the Shift key click and drag a notehead up or down USING SmartScore 56 Editing Notes and Rests NOTE To move objects horizontally activate Edit Shapes from the Text and Controllers Toolbar See Edit Shapes on page 60 3 4 8 Editing beamed notes e Inserting and deleting beamed notes To create beam groups first select a flagged note value and the right beam option from the Notes palette Toggle the C key to enter d Insert mode Multiple clicks inside a staff will form beamed groups of two notes Deleting an end beam note
64. Recognition USING SmartScore 32 Ml Chapter 2 ENF Playback 2 1 Getting Started 2 1 1 Quick Play To play back an open ENF file using the spacebar a Press the spacebar to start playback Press again to pause Press again to resume play oo 99 b Press the comma key to rewind to start point NOTE Spacebar always refreshes playback according to the current ENF display If you wish to keep changes made in MIDI view use PLAY button in Mini Console or Playback Con sole Ctrl 9 See Section 2 5 12 on page 47 and 7 1 1 on page 128 for more details on Refresh MIDI 2 1 2 Mini Console The Mini Console is free floating if you grab and move it from its docking position next to Text and Controllers toolbar It plays rewinds and stops playback The Record button will launch a new MIDI recording session to record additional tracks see MIDI Recording on page 153 The spring loaded slider will speed up or slow down playback at variable speeds ri j Wf and then snap back to the default tempo when let go No MIDI Recording Mini Console xl aoco FIGURE 2 1 Mini Console USING SmartScore 33 ENF Playback 2 1 3 Lock to Time Signature Playback of the ENF file can be controlled in one of two ways Lock to Time Signature or play whatever is there Selecting Lock to Time Signature will force playback to progress with exactly the same number of beats measure as indica
65. SMARTSCORE SmartScore 3 User Manual Public Beta Edition For Reference only Chapter 1 Scanning and Recognition 1 1 Scanning Music Be sure you have the necessary scanner drivers installed before attempting to scan from inside SmartScore Most scanners come with software that enable programs such as SmartScore to control them TWAIN drivers and or Mac plug ins are normally included in the soft ware packaged with most scanners It may be necessary for certain Mac users to perform a Custom gt TWAIN installation from the CD accompanying your scanner depending on the manufacturer NOTE Scanner drivers are often updated by scanner manufacturers and posted on their web sites If problems occur during scan ning it is always a good idea to check the Internet for updated scanner drivers before calling Musitek Technical Support Mac Only Skip the next section Turn to Scanning for Mac on page 7 1 2 Scanning in Windows Using the SmartScore Scanning Interface a Push the Scan button in the Navigator or in the Main Toolbar Navigator FIGURE 1 1 Scan Button NOTE If there is no response go to File gt Scan Music gt Select Scanner and choose appropriate TWAIN driver If you do not see anything listed in the Select Scanner window your driv ers are probably not installed Install or replace TWAIN driver from scanner CD or from Driver Download area of scanner manufacturer s website USING Sma
66. Scan pst Recog 6 3 3 Recognition Push to initiate recognition on any pre scanned image Same as File gt Recognize 6 3 4 Unify U Unify Push to initiate Unify Key Time and Clefs Same as Edit gt Unify Sig natures See Unify Key Time and Clefs U on page 121 for details 6 3 5 Score Push to create ENF score from scratch Choose ENF score template from System Type in Score pull down menu Same as File gt New gt New ENF See Creating a New ENF Score from Scratch on page 61 for details USING SmartScore 91 Detailed ENF Editing 6 3 6 Record A 4 Push Record button to initiate MIDI Recording All open ENF docu ments are closed when MIDI recording is launched A MIDI Piano Roll fi view opens with Track 1 staged for MIDI recording through an external MIDI device Identical to Realtime gt Record in MIDI View 6 3 7 Karaoke View 4 Push to enter Karaoke playback environment 6 3 8 MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I for Mac Push MIDI button to view score in MIDI environment Use also to change from one MIDI view to another e g to change from Overview to Piano Roll view Choose Overview or Piano Roll or Event List for a sin selected Part Same as View gt New MIDI View ENF view remains open until or unless recording is initiated To revert back to ENF view mi ia close the open MIDI view USING SmartScore 92 Detailed ENF Editing 6 3 9 Tiling Viewin
67. SmartScore Toolbar MALI dt 5 A te FIGURE 3 2 SmartScore Toolbar with Insert mode selected P TIP In areas that are particularly crowded with objects nudge notes z horizontally in Edit Shapes to make room See 3 5 on page 60 USING SmartScore 52 Editing Notes and Rests 3 3 2 Delete by Group Delete Any Press the X key of your computer keyboard to toggle between the Delete by Group and Delete Any modes In the Delete by Group mode the cursor becomes an arrow with the selected object type in grey In the Delete Any mode the cursor becomes an arrow with an X next to it x e Delete by Group mode deletes any object that is listed in the active Tool Palette group Objects from other groups will not be deleted e Delete Any mode removes any notation object that is clicked with the mouse NOTE This action will remove an entire chord To remove a single note from a chord hit the X then Z key 3 3 3 Chords Cluster Tool To attach note to existing note stem Chord building Tool a Press the Cluster Tool button Z key in the Notes palette b While in the Insert mode click above or below an existing note to Insert a new note along the stem The new note inherits the same duration of the original note To Delete a single note from a chord cluster e Press the X key with the Cluster Tool active and click on any note to remove it from the chord Delete Any will erase the e
68. Text and Symbols To move a text field a Push the Edit Shapes button in the Text and Controllers toolbar b Position your mouse in the staff associated with the text field NOTE You may want View gt Show Active Staff checked to verify Remember to hold the Ctrl button down to keep a particular staff line active while moving you cursor around the page c Click and drag any text field to move Use the Select tool to select and move multiple text fields around while in Edit Shapes To create a new text field a Push the T button and toggle C to enter Insert mode white arrow Click anywhere in an ENF page outside a staff and begin typing To delete text fields a To delete one or more text fields use the Select tool O key to highlight fields by clicking or dragging Hit the Delete Del key NOTE Click outside any text field to reset cursor Insert Change 4 2 Lyrics Lyrics hold special meaning in SmartScore A lyric block is a string of characters equivalent to a spoken syllable Out of recognition a lyric block becomes associated with a single note or rest in the staffline immediately 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 Lyrics may be found below a system e g
69. a You may resize by drag ging any side with your mouse The cropping rectangle should not intersect or interfere with any part of the music There is no need to extend the rectangle beyond your area of interest SmartScore will automatically center each page of music to the selected default page size Check that the preview image is straight and properly cropped for each page previewed USING SmartScore 10 Scanning and Recognition 1 4 Recognition Sequence a After each page is scanned into the SmartScore scanning inter face you will be prompted to scan subsequent pages Push Next Page and continue to preview deskew and scan until you have finished scanning in your project section or movement Pipot al ae ee i 4 Kabas ol page coe 1 Fant Page Fren acu FIGURE 1 6 Scan Next Page Finish window NOTE Before selecting Next Page place the next page into the scan ner and wait until the scanner bar resets If you push too soon you may get an error message that Scanner cannot be found or Scanner is not ready NOTE If the piece you are processing exceeds 24 pages divide it into smaller discrete sections e g Intro Part1 Part2 etc b When you have completed previewing and scanning all pages push Finish If you select Cancel scanning will be terminated and you return to the Scan window c To begin recognition immediately choose Save As and Begin Recognition Choose Open Pages in Image Editor
70. a barline a Select a barline from the Barlines palette b In Change mode click on a barline to change to selected barline c Press the X key and click on the barline to delete it 3 5 Edit Shapes Detailed features of certain objects can be changed in the Edit Shapes mode Beam angles lengths and curves of slurs and ties even horizon tal and vertical nudging of notes and rests are all controlled by drag ging control points or the objects themselves To open Edit Shapes mode press the Edit Shapes button in the Text and Controllers toolbar To return to normal edit mode press the Edit Shapes button again For more information turn to Edit Shapes Section 4 4 on page 69 3 6 Key and Clef Transposition Transposing all or part of a score can be accomplished in one of several ways 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 either harmonically or enharmonic ally are all possible For information on these addi tional transposition methods turn to Transposition Section 6 4 on page 93 To transpose the key of an entire score a Choose Transpose from the Edit menu Ctrl T Win Cmnd T Mac USING SmartScore 60 Editing Notes and Rests b The source key signature will appear
71. 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 with line from the palette b Clicking on any note will insert a glissando to the following note belonging to the same voice During play the gliss will be heard To delete any articulation e Select the specific articulation to delete from the palette Press the X key and click on the notehead of the associated note NOTE An alternative method to delete any articulation is to use the Select tool O key highlight it and then hit the Delete key 6 10 4 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 Select tool O key to drag a box around the area you wish to remove articulations b Once the area is selected hit the G key to delete all articula tions in the selected region USING SmartScore 114 Detailed E
72. ack and insert it at the bottom of the track listing e Delete Track will erase the highlighted MIDI track completely To zoom in and out in Overview and Piano Roll Q e Use the magnifying glass in the MIDI toolbar Click to zoom in Right click option click for Mac to zoom out e Drag zoom will magnify events either horizontally or vertically To zoom vertically drag any piano key divider Piano Roll or track divider Overview upwards or downwards To magnify events horizontally drag a measure bar division in the track header left or right FIGURE 3 6 Drag Zoom in Piano Roll and Overview USING SmartScore 132 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 44 Playback 7 4 1 Spacebar e Press the spacebar to Play Press again to Pause Press again to oo 99 resume Play Press the comma key to Rewind to the begin ning 7 4 2 Mini Console The Mini Console is a dockable tear off toolbar that plays records ia at rewinds and stops playback ail il fe a NM US l Recording aa The spring loaded tempo slider will increase or decrease tempo speed depending on the distance it is pulled from the center Releasing the mouse will return playback tempo to the default speed e 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 e Pause will stop playback without
73. age 97 USING SmartScore 172 Reference 9 2 24 Edit gt System gt Insert Above Insert Below Remove NOTE When an ENF score structure is changed by adding or delet ing staves and or systems from the Edit menu synchroniza tion with the scanned images will be lost We recommend that you complete all needed edits corrections or save a copy of the ENF file before using the Edit menu to change structure of your scanned music See View gt Associate Image Files on page 179 for information on keeping synchronization Use this feature to insert an entire empty system above or below the currently active system Use to delete a system if you need to a Position the mouse pointer over the current system to make it active b Hold down the Ctrl button and select the function you want from the Edit menu TIP Keep the Control Ctrl key depressed for as long as required to maintain focus on the system or staff you are altering When ever you move the mouse pointer out of an active staff or sys tem another staff or system becomes active c To remove a system from a score position the cursor over the system you wish to delete and select Edit gt System gt Remove 9 2 25 Edit gt Staff gt Insert Above Insert Below Remove Use this feature to expand or collapse a system This will add a new part to the system and also add a new part to the Super System Make sure you hold down the Ctrl button before moving t
74. an Music gt Choose Interface gt SmartScore s b Check the Override Grey button in the SmartScore interface NOTE Adjust the midpoint where light grey pixels go to white and dark grey pixels go to black by using the Threshold slider 13 Scanning for Mac 1 3 1 Scanner drivers for Mac Make sure you have installed the scanner drivers that came with your scanner Often it is necessary to select Custom Installation and then choose TWAIN and or Plug ins to install these specialized drivers e TWAIN a Select your scanner s TWAIN driver by going to File gt Scan Music gt TWAIN Select If your scanner s icon is visible click it b Test scanner by pushing the Scan button in the Navigator or by choosing File gt Scan Music gt TWAIN Acquire NOTE If your scanner works disregard the plug in option below e Plug ins If your scanner does not include a TWAIN driver or if it does not respond properly try operating your scanner with a Plug in instead a To quickly test your scanner go to File gt Scan Music and select the plug in for your scanner We have included a number of com mon plug ins as a courtesy Then push the Scan button in the Navigator or select File gt Scan Music gt TWAIN Acquire to test b If you do not see your scanner listed in File gt Scan Music gt TWAIN Select go to your scanner s directory look for the scan ner plug in and make a copy of it Cmnd D Drag the copied
75. art Abbreviations in subse quent systems USING SmartScore 177 Reference b Select Show Part Names Only or Part Numbers Only to dis play just name or number in the Ist system and nothing more NOTE For information on selecting and modifying Part Names see Instrument Templates on page 101 c Selecting Do Not Show will nor display any Part Names or abbreviations in the ENF display 9 2 46 View gt Chord Symbols Select how inserted chord symbols should display e Show Symbols and Frets displays guitar chord and symbol name e Show Symbol displays only the symbol name e Show Fretboard displays only the guitar chord Long Minor will display min instead of m for the word minor 9 2 47 View gt True Scrolling It is possible to view several pages at once with Print Preview Select this option either from the File or View menus or by pushing the Print Preview button in the lower right hand corner of the ENF display Seas ts fo a Bo a ee E z i BE EG Ens Som T mm ig FIGURE 8 13 Print Preview Horizontal Format USING SmartScore 178 Reference Horizontal format Select from View or push this button to view pages in horizontal for mat e Vertical format Select from View or push this button to view pages in vertical format 9 2 48 View gt Associate Image Files Synchronization between the ENF and TIFF panes assumes exact ENF correspondence to
76. atting of an entire score is not currently possible Objects fixed inside a staff must remain in that staff To move groups of objects horizontally a Push the Edit Shapes button in the Text and Controllers toolbar to exit Edit Shapes mode Use the Select Tool to highlight a range of objects including notes rests guitar fret and chord symbols b Push Edit Shapes button again and using your mouse drag high lighted objects left or right NOTE Beam angles and stem length may become normalized return to default angle and length when selected and moved NOTE Objects are constrained to the measure in which they reside 4 4 2 Repositioning lyrics in Edit Shapes Occasionally lyrics are jammed together either because the default font is too large or the original music was not well punctuated USING SmartScore 70 EF n GLETAR Editing Text and Symbols a In Edit Shapes click and drag on the notehead associated with the lyric block that in a crowded area Move the note left or right to reposition Notice that the lyric block will move with the note when moved horizontally FIGURE 4 4 Edit Shapes repositioning Lyrics TIP Rather than repositioning a lot of lyrics try reducing lyric font size See Changing styles of Text and Lyrics on page 68 4 4 3 Using Edit Shapes to verify associations Nudging note heads horizontally is a great way to verify that a particu lar lyric block is indeed assoc
77. atural With one of these modifiers selected clicking on a trill marking will cause playback of the trill to flatten sharpen or neutralize certain pitches within the context of the active key signature The modifier also appears above the trill marking when inserted e Mordent Click on notehead to apply a mordent Mordents play back as follows y FIGURE 8 3 Mordent USING SmartScore 161 6 BE g1 bA Yy se Reference Inverted Mordent Inverted mordent play back as follows ige FIGURE 8 4 Inverted Mordent e Tremolo single double triple quadruple Tremolos repeat the note affected by dividing the associated note by four times the selected tremolo value i J FIGURE 8 5 Tremolo Double e Arpeggio Arpeggiated chords will offset the start time of all members of a cluster Written FIGURE 8 6 Arpeggio e Glissando Glissandos divide connecting notes into equal notes of 1 4 base value Written FIGURE 8 7 Glissando 9 1 3 Clefs In Insert mode select amy clef from the Clefs palette Click any where in the active staff to insert the selected clef USING SmartScore 162 Reference In Change mode clicking on an existing clef to change to selected clef Note that playback becomes updated Notes do not reposition them selves when a clef is changed either by a change of clef sign or by Uni fying Clefs To Delete a clef press the X key and cli
78. be used in conjunction with Transpose Limits TIP To shift the pitch of a small range of notes it is easier to use the Select tool O Click drag to highlight the range of notes Then while holding the Shift key down drag the selected notes up or down 6 4 2 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 Tyee r Pat ice Am Pai i Pa z 1 tee Fone taji Se Selected Aima Cie el bf 4 FIGURE 6 7 Limit Transposition b Choose All Parts or select individual parts by name to trans pose 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 USING SmartScore 96 Detailed ENF Editing 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 Dt bi 6 5 System Manager bk Use the System Manager to add or delete parts change part names PING lid apply visibility to parts and voices extract parts and voices assign MIDI instrument sounds to parts and voices and to control staff and system spacing The System Manager displays information about what is found in the active system the highligted system A special
79. can Music gt Select Scanner If a compatible driver is not present you will have to reinstall your scanner s software either from the original CD or by downloading the most recent scanner driver from your scanner manufacturer s web site If the above is true and pushing the Scan button in the Navigator still causes problems your TWAIN driver is probably incompati ble with SmartScore s own scanning interface b Switch to the scanning software that was installed with your scanner To do this go to File gt Scan Music gt Choose Interface gt Your Scanner s When you push the Scan button you will then be handed off to your scanner s interface If you are using your scanner s interface follow the following guides e Place music in the scanner as squarely as possible e Scan in Black amp White Line Art 1 bit or OCR Do not scan in color or in greyscale Black amp White Document may be grey e Crop in the music to be scanned by dragging mouse in preview e Scan between 300 400 dpi average printed music 1 2 4 Working with HP scanners with PrecisionScan Newer HP model scanners and a few other intelligent scanners need to be coaxed to avoid creating dithered grey images Follow these steps USING SmartScore 6 Scanning and Recognition if you wish to use the SmartScore user interface with you HP scanner Instead of dithering a technique called thresholding will be used a Select File gt Sc
80. 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 Text and Controllers toolbar or below the Piano Roll window in MIDI view TLHMo e amp alk mela FIGURE 2 10 ENF Text and Controllers Toolbar USING SmartScore 43 ENF Playback 2 5 4 ENF Velocity Controller y In ENF score view push the V button to activate Velocity controller Click and drag your mouse up or down along the vertical bars which represent each note s velocity The higher the bar the more the velocity FIGURE 2 11 ENF Velocity Controller 2 5 5 ENF Tempo Controller 7 Push the T button to active tempo controller 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 JEn FIGURE 2 12 ENF Tempo Controller 2 5 6 Normalize controllers Playback may result in greater than desired changes after altering either tempo or velocity controllers If so you may globally reduce the effects of either controller by applying normalizing USING SmartScore 44 E Z ENF Playback Tear fecal e oun lo she ey ee ETERA olen t ati au Br Normalize Tempo controller Before aS MMM Tempo controller after normalizing by 80 FIGURE 2 13 Normalizing Tempo To reduce effect
81. chord symbols will re size to this scale To export import reset or clear a GCL library file e Press File in the Chord Library window Export Library will save guitar chord library to a file Choose the target directory and or drive to save 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 ini tially loaded during installation e Clear All Chords deletes all current guitar chord library data su i 4 6 Bracketing Ho F Use Bracketing to assign braces grand staff brackets and to join AN GUAE selected parts into barline groups in an ENF document Buca Gory Bhi Cel Greats piel Cau AB gt Sem fiie ay Bi al Cae F ap Carers sl E ee oo Pa a ee ll et Pr papira Eins GF mape FIGURE 4 8 Bracketing window To create braces grand staff brackets and create barline groups a Select Bracketing from Edit menu Ctrl B Cmnd B Mac USING SmartScore 75 Editing Text and Symbols Highlight two or more parts in list to select for grouping Choose Brace Grand Staff or Barline Group set and press Set Sel Continue to select parts for any other type of group Any selected group can overlap parts of another selected group Click Break Barline by Brackets checkbox to have barlines break according to instrument families which are already desig
82. ck on the clef NOTE See Unify Signatures Clefs U on page 91 for more details on how to update clefs throughout all remaining systems e Alto Tenor Mezzo soprano C clefs The midpoint of the C clef indicates where C below middle C MIDI C3 is to be located e Treble Octava Bass Octava clefs Playback in these clefs will be an octave higher than with a standard clef e Treble Octavo Bass Octavo clefs Playback in these clefs will be an octave lower than with a standard clef e 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 modi fied Playback of selected notes will be an octave higher when selecting with Octava tool and an octave lower when selecting with an Octavo tool To assign Octava or Octavo to a range of selected notes a Select either Octava or Octavo tool b With the mouse pointer drag to select notes in the active staff fa 1 FIGURE 8 8 Octava USING SmartScore 163 ib ie at ie ET T e os om Fe bi fI bl RI ka Ba a FE be Be ki BR Reference 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 e Percussion clef When the Percussion clef is entered on a staffline MIDI channel assignment of the staff switche
83. ckSelect it Ctrl Click on any object inside the active staff and the cursor inherits all of that object s attributes The mouse pointer becomes any object that is QuickSelected 6 2 2 Insert and Change Modes C To insert a note or rest anywhere in the active staffline a Toggle the C key to activate the Insert mode b Select any note or rest from the Notes or Rests palette c Click anywhere in the active staff to drop the object e Select the n measures object from the Rests palette e Select the number of empty measures e Click in an empty measure of the active staffline To change the rhythmic value of an existing note or rest a Toggle the C key to the Change mode b Select any note value from the Notes or Rests palette c Click on any existing note or rest to change to selected value NOTE When you QuickSelect Ctrl Click on any object inside the active staff the palette associated with the object will open USING SmartScore 86 Detailed ENF Editing 6 2 3 Delete by Group Delete Any X Press the X key of your computer keyboard to toggle between the Delete by Group and Delete Any modes In the Delete by Group mode the cursor becomes an arrow with the selected object type in grey In the Delete Any mode the cursor becomes an arrow with an X next to it x e Delete by Group mode removes any object clicked on that is found in the active Tool Palet
84. clicking on the black dot next to its name Choose a desired instrument in Part Name column Notice that MIDI instruments for each voice become updated b If you wish to add a new part name with a unique MIDI instru ment assignment select Add New Part from the top of the pull down list This will open Instrument Templates and allow you to add a new template name it and assign any MIDI instru ment to it 6 5 2 Assigning MIDI Instruments to Voices Voices inherit MIDI instrument assignments from Instrument Tem plates initially You can change MIDI instrument assignment for voices in Voice mode or parts Part mode in the System Manager or Play back Console TIP Assigning each voice a different MIDI instrument adds richer sound texture and helps 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 assignments in Instrument Tem plates are not changed automatically They can only be changed manually USING SmartScore 98 Detailed ENF Editing 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 In Playback Console select a channel voice color and num ber and choose a new MIDI instrument from pull down menu 6 5
85. clipboard e Press Paste to paste in the fretboard layout from the clipboard Press Add The newly created chord and symbol will be written to the library You will be warned if a symbol with the exact chord label already exists If so push Done rename the chord and Add again To change an existing chord or symbol in the Guitar Chord Library a Push the Change button in the Library section of chord window b Proceed to edit chord symbol as described above When finished press OK in Frets window Chord symbol is automatically updated NOTE You can page through symbols using either the scroller or clicking through the index window in bottom right corner To delete existing chord symbol s e In Delete mode X key click on any symbol to delete it To delete several fret symbols use the Select tool highlight as many frets on one line that you wish and hit the Delete key To move one or more chord symbols e Use the Select tool O key and highlight more than one guitar fretboard chord symbol above a staff line e Push the Edit Shapes button in the Text and Controllers toolbar e Use your mouse to click and drag fretboard chord symbols To reorder all chords based on alphabetical order e Press Reorder USING SmartScore 74 Editing Text and Symbols To scale guitar fretboard chord symbols e From the Scale window change the size of fretboard symbol from 2 down to 6 All fretboard and or
86. d 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 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 Use the 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 instrument names for your MIDI device Edit to change h Save will save Custom patch names as a formatted text docu ment TXT Save this file then open it in a word processing application and enter your patch names Then save as a text docu ment mi o 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 Con sole USING SmartScore 139 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 5 6 MIDI event selection Under the Edit menu choosing Select opens the Select Window Vm Rar fn pam in oa FIGURE 3 13 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 dis play the full length of the MIDI file or designate a portion of the file to display
87. der 145 tenuto editing 113 playback 161 Text deleting 66 editing 65 This 177 Ties 59 tiling views 93 136 time signature change 164 at end of line 165 unifying 122 Tool palettes 160 palette modes 54 85 resetting 53 Toolbars 176 open at startup 177 transposed instruments 48 102 Transposition 60 93 tremelo 113 playback 162 trill editing 113 extended 113 playback 161 trills and mordents 112 triplets 14 58 implied 14 nested 59 True Scrolling 178 Tuplet user defined 59 turn editing 112 playback 160 U Undo 53 Unify key time and clefs 121 V Velocity Controller ENF 44 MIDI 136 vertical alignment 39 correcting 40 USING SmartScore verifying 40 71 vertical event 15 69 View gt Color gt By Voice 38 views tiling 93 voice color 38 override automatic 55 switching 103 Voiceline 37 voiceline color 103 visibility 99 visiting another staff 106 177 voices assigning instruments to 38 98 138 color modes 103 extracting 99 offset 15 39 splitting 105 using hidden rests 108 vertically aligning 40 Z Zoom ENF 50 MIDI 132 Piano Roll 132 Window view 83 USING SmartScore
88. dow Selected fields will then be updated 4 4 Edit Shapes Edit Shapes is an extremely useful tool that allows you to make a num ber of graphical non musical changes to the ENF view Modify beam angles change the shape of slurs tuplets and ties move one or more objects horizontally as well as verify joining of vertically aligned voices and note to lyric links To alter the shape of arcs and beams a Push the Edit Shapes button in the Text and Controllers toolbar FIGURE 4 3 Edit Shapes USING SmartScore 69 Editing Text and Symbols b Position the cursor over one of the black outlined squares hold down and drag These handles alter the height and or angle of an associated beam They also alter the endpoint of slurs partic ularly handy in a tight area where beams and slurs may intersect other objects c Position the cursor over one of the brown outlined squares Mov ing these control points alters the angle of half of a slur or tie making the arc lessor or greater The balance of an arc depends on the relative length and angle of each control arm attached to either endpoint 4 4 1 Nudging notes and rests in Edit Shapes To nudge text note and rest objects horizontally in Edit Shapes a Place your cursor over any notehead rest or text field b Click and drag until the object is positioned where you want it Notice that text fields can move in any direction NOTE Horizontal reform
89. e recombine and or remove parts and voices from a score 6 5 5 Applying changes 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 All Applies the change to all systems of the score including Super Sys tem Used when you want a change to be globally applied 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 but not the Super System e Super System Applies changed values only to the Super System To apply changes e OK Applies changes to the current ENF document Apply Applies changes and allows further editing in System Manager e Apply to New Creates and opens a new ENF document with changes applied to it This action does not affect the original document which remains open behind the newly created ENF document Minimize window of top most document to view other open ENF files TIP Apply to New is useful when you want to extract parts or voices to anew ENF document without affecting the original USING SmartScore 100 Detailed ENF Editing Controlling System will determine whether selected values apply to the active system or to the Super System Since the active and the Super System may have completely different values changes you make to the score are controlled by which you controlling s
90. e 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 to 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 the new list of grouped pages as a new image file e Select all pages so they are highlighted and push Save As USING SmartScore 20 Scanning and Recognition i 4 1 7 Scanning Part Scores Score Parts bik SmartScore allows you to process and combine scanned pages of solo parts duets trios or quartets and play them back simultaneously They AN Gl s may also be recombined into a conductor s score p y TIP If you are scanning in Score parts for the purpose of joining r solo parts into a conductor s score it is recommended not to recognize text To 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 FluteP1 FluteP2 GuitarP 1 GuitarP2 etc b In the Begin Recognition window arrange files in order of parts then pages e g Partl Pagel Par
91. e Barlines and Repeats palette 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 inset it by clicking on the barline in the last ending or repeat where playback is to return The repeated section will USING SmartScore 120 Detailed ENF Editing return to the beginning of the score and play through to the Segno Fine means ending It is usually placed in the middle of a repeated end ing 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 amp Repeats palette c Insert either the d s al Coda or d s al Fine mark by clicking the barline where the last 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 measure following the Fine sign D C da capo will cause play to jump back to the beginning of the piece and continue to the end Normally put at the last bar of an ending D S dal segno will cause play to jump back to the segno and continue to the end Normally put at the last bar of an ending 6 13 Unify Key Time and Cl
92. e Show Symbol button in the Text and Controllers toolbar Insert any notation object normally Symbols entered in Hidden Symbols will appear as a brown color 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 6 13 Hidden range of an accelerando Push again to exit Hidden Symbols mode Hidden symbols do not appear in normal mode and will not print 6 9 1 Changing Voice assignments in Hidden Symbols You may find that it is necessary to change the assigned voice color and number of a hidden symbol after it is entered If so simply use the Voice Color tool found in the SmartScore toolbar Notes and rests with changed voice assignments will remain invisible after you exit Hidden Symbols To override voice numbers in Hidden Symbols a Select the proper voice color and number from the Voice Color tool b Click on the entered note or rest to change its voice number and color NOTE In Hidden Symbols mode voice colors display differently than in normal edit mode Voice 1 Grey Voice 2 Purple Voice 3 Yellow Voice 4 Aqua To change the default color of Hidden Symbols a Select Options gt Define Colors gt Hidden Symbols USING SmartScore 109 Detailed ENF Editing b Choose a new color and push OK 6 10 Dynamics Articulations and Tempo Markings NOTE Dynamic Articulation and Tempo
93. e Toolbar or select Deskew from the Edit menu Drag deskew tool along topmost staffline FIGURE 1 17 Manual Skew Correction Position the cursor over a staffline Starting from the left side click and drag the mouse along the length of the staffline A red skew angle line will display as you drag the mouse When you are certain the red skew angle line parallels the staffline let go The page will automati cally straighten Repeat for each page Remember to Save when done NOTE If the page becomes incorrectly rotated undo with Ctrl z Cmnd z for Mac or select Edit gt Undo e Rotate 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 Toolbar e Rotate the image Left 90 degree rotation e Rotate the image Right 90 degree rotation USING SmartScore 29 Scanning and Recognition e Select Edit gt Rotate gt Any to rotate at angles other than 90 degrees Angle in degrees Mode Cancel Clip image Expand image FIGURE 1 18 Image Rotation e Choose Clip Image mode to maintain the original page size and orientation of the image file NOTE Be careful that none of the image is clipped with this option If so choose Edit gt Undo Ctrl z Cmnd z for Mac e Choose Expand Image mode to increase the page size if neces sary to include the entire image e R
94. e a Do not show this warning again checkbox option If selected again warning windows will not appear again until program is reinstalled or until Rest Warnings is selected again ENF PLAYBACK Menu 9 2 62 Playback gt Set Playback Range Refer to Set Play Range on page 46 9 2 63 Playback gt Play Stop Rewind Used to control playback functions from menu USING SmartScore 183 Reference 9 2 64 Playback gt Thru Sets MIDI device to play live without MIDI Record on 9 2 65 Playback gt Console Opens Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 9 2 66 Playback gt Mini Console Opens and closes Mini Console toolbar 9 2 67 Playback gt MIDI Devices Opens MIDI device dialog box Select MIDI input and output sources Refer to MIDI Devices on page 34 for details 9 2 68 Playback gt Swing Turns swing playback on or off Refer to Swing on page 47 9 2 69 Playback gt Sound tone when entering note Notes will sound their pitch when entered or when shifted up or down Check this option off to not sound pitches while editing 9 2 70 Playback gt Sound grace notes Select whether to play grace notes before the following note default or on the beat of the following note Refer to Grace Notes on page 54 9 2 71 Playback gt Drum Set This window allows you to map MIDI Drum instruments to staff lines and spaces when percussion clef is assigned to a staff For more details tur
95. e end of this measure e d s al fine A Fine can be inserted after a Segno when the Segno is used to mark the beginning of the repeated section Checking the Segno box will place a Segno in a measure Activate the Jump check box and select d s or Dal Segno from Segno and al fine to the end After this measure is played MIDI playback will jump to the Segno measure Check the Fine box to insert a fine in a measure MIDI playback will play through the score return to the Segno measure and stop after the Fine measure is played e Jump Jump can be used to send MIDI playback to a certain measure USING SmartScore 147 MIDI Editing and Sequencing Select to Measure in order to jump to a chosen measure during play back On Pass will send MIDI playback to the selected measure on the desig nated pass only NOTE Check On Pass if the d s d c or the Jump measure falls within a repeated section and define on which pass playback will jump 7 6 Event List To view and edit detailed MIDI events meta events note events con trollers 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 of the selected track ma in FIGURE 3 21 Event Li
96. e in the Insert mode select a dynamic marking from the Dynamics palette b Click anywhere in the Active staff A change in playback volume for the active staff MIDI track then will apply c Changes in note velocities range as follows Pppp 35 ppp 45 pp 55 p 65 mp 75 mf 85 f 95 ff 105 fff 115 ffff 125 NOTE Dynamics apply only to the active staffline To apply dynam ics 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 on page 108 To insert a hairpin a Toggle the C key to the Insert mode b Select a dynamic hairpin from the Dynamics palette or hit Shift for crescendo hairpin and Shift for decrescendo c Click and drag to select notes for which a hairpin is to be applied d Dragging downward will insert the hairpin below the active staff Dragging upwards will insert the hairpin above the active staff FIGURE 6 15 Hairpin crescendo To insert a crescendo or decrescendo a Select Cresc or Decresc from the Dynamics tool palette USING SmartScore 111 Detailed ENF Editing b In Insert mode click and drag the mouse to highlight the range of notes over which you wish to apply the dynamic change FIGURE 6 16 Inserti
97. e measure is fully edited Once edited correctly colors should appear normal that is mostly black Voice 1 and red Voice 2 NOTE Ties between notes belonging to different voices will not sus tain during playback 6 7 3 Options gt Color Mode gt Part In Part mode all notes within a staffline become assigned to a single MIDI channel stem directions vertical events and other characteristics that differentiate contrapuntal voicelines are ignored In Color by Part mode each staff assumes a unique color as defined in Instrument Tem plates This is most useful in orchestral scores that contain one part per staff allowing for quick visual referencing of each instrument by its color To change default staff colors when Color Mode gt Part gt Color a Select Options gt Define Colors gt Part Color b Instrument Templates will open Double click the color of a given part and choose a new color you want associated with that part Push OK USING SmartScore 104 Detailed ENF Editing 6 7 4 Changing colors of hidden symbols and backgrounds To change the default background color of the TIFF or ENF window a Select Options gt Define Colors gt Background b Choose either Image Pane or ENF Pane c Click to select a new color and push OK To change the default color of Hidden Symbols a Select Options gt Define Colors gt Hidden Symbols b Choose a new color and push OK 6 7 5 Voice Splitting H To separate
98. e note e Options gt Time Format Select whether start time of note events is displayed with Measure Beat Tick numbers or solely with Tick numbers e Options gt Velocity Format Select whether Velocity of note events is displayed with absolute num bers or as percentages e Options gt File Settings Opens Sequence Settings window Shows the MIDI header information including tempo time base time signature key and MIDI instrument e Options gt Track not in Overview Opens Track Properties dialog box Select a different track view delete duplicate rename or transpose the selected track e Options gt MIDI Device Opens MIDI device dialog box Select MIDI input and output sources e Options gt Instrument Settings Opens Instrument Settings dialog box Allows for selection of Port Bank and MIDI channel assignment for Instrument and Drum sources e Options gt Metronome Settings USING SmartScore 189 Reference Opens Metronome Settings dialog box Allows for selection of Port MIDI Channel number of lead in measures MIDI sound and volume for Primary and Secondary beats e Options gt Shuttle On Activate deactivate SmartScore s shuttle tool OMS Mac Only e OMS MIDI Setup Displays the current port selection for MIDI Device connection to your computer A new Setup can be created from here e OMS Studio Setup Launches OMS for editing of your current OMS studio setup e All Not
99. e of the score Press Ctrl T Cmnd T for Mac or select the Transpose button in the SmartScore Toolbar or select Transpose from the Edit menu The window in Transposition always displays the key signature or clef sign of the active staff This is your source key Changa ich fp Ha of 19 Eisg Pao is to ta bihari Siam ipapa i Abb Pen Mies Choe 5 preted Giep Unk acria a Cod FIGURE 6 6 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 6 4 1 Transposition Strategy You can choose two strategies for transposing your scores Link Accidentals to Key and Keep Line space USING SmartScore 94 Detailed ENF Editing 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 trans position is completed Accidentals will generally remain fixed No attempt will be made to swap ha
100. e 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 Changes Control Changes send adjustable parameters to your selected MIDI device i 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 7 7 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 USING SmartScore 151 MIDI Editing and Sequencing and select Piano Roll or Overview Push the Playback Console button in the SmartScore Toolbar or choose Real time gt Playback Console Ctrl 9 Win Cmnd 9 Mac to open the Playback Console NOTE The console can act as a window shade To shrink verti cal
101. ee page 178 View gt True Scrolling for more information about pre viewing pages in horizontal or vertical format USING SmartScore 169 Reference 9 2 10 File gt Print Ctrl P Cmnd P To Print the active ENF document e The active topmost ENF file will print only To print other open ENF files close the topmost active ENF file first Windows Only SmartScore includes a print driver which may provide better print results when used with certain printers than does the Windows print driver When printing for the first time select the driver that gives you the best printing results either the SmartScore or Windows print driver You may choose to permanently disable to selection window at any time Windows Only 9 2 11 File gt Save As PDF SmartScore includes a utility that allows you to save ENF files as Adobe Acrobat PDF files PDF995 exe resides in the SmartScore folder and is installed during normal installation PDF995 lauches auto matically when invoked in ENF The utility appears in your list of printers whenever you invoke Print in an other applications Pirita bia FIGURE 8 11 Selecting PDF995 to create a PDF file Select File gt Save As PDF to generate a PDF file out of your ENF file Browse to any directory to save the PDF file on your computer USING SmartScore 170 Reference Windows Only 9 2 12 File gt CD Writer NOT DOCUMENTED FOR PUBLIC BETA VERSION ENF EDIT Menu
102. efs U Unify updates key and time signatures as well as clef signs throughout the score based on choices made in the dialog window e Hit the U key press the Unify button on the Navigator or Bll select the Unify Signatures button in the SmartScore Toolbar or gt go to Edit menu and select Unify Signatures e Check the Insert Empty Rests box to Insert a whole rest into all empty measures NOTE Changing a clef sign does not reposition notes Note pitches alone are updated by a change in clef To alter note position by selecting a different clef use Transpose by Clef func USING SmartScore 121 Detailed ENF Editing tion See Transposition on page 93 for details of transform functions 6 13 1 Part Linking before applying Unify If your ENF score contains collapsing and expanding systems it is rec ommended to perform Part Linking before Unifying Unifying signa tures and clefs will maintain part linkages as set in Logical Part Linking Refer to Re link Parts on page 94 for more details 6 13 2 Unify Key and Time unity Score BE Windy Ke and Tine Bidan lH piii Pist ki chagi i Raped on boprid stall fee F Drdy Cinta EE Poe tenp meara Based on ja messas of Tot pien D Fani Emp Feats omes FIGURE 6 23 Unify Key Time and Clefs e Based on Ist system Parse for changes All key and time signatures for every part are updated based on signa tures found in the first system on the first
103. emember to Save when done 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 0 white polarity If your scanned image appears white on black choose Edit gt Invert USING SmartScore 30 Scanning and Recognition 1 9 3 Cut Copy and Paste e Cut To Cut an area from the scanned image use the Select tool and drag a box with the mouse Select Edit gt Cut Ctrl X Win Cmnd X Mac Cut region will be stored in the clipboard s memory 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 Copied area will be stored in the clipboard e Paste To Paste the contents of the clipboard 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 fragment in place click outside the pasted fragment e Transparent Background To Cut or Copy the marked off area of an image file with a transparent background highlight Selection Mode from the Edit menu and select Transparent NOTE After modifying pages in the Image Editor remember to Save the modified image file USING SmartScore 31 Scanning and
104. ere the inserted music will begin by choosing the measure beat and tick Select Start from track to paste to a selected track number All to track will insert the contents of the clipboard no matter how many tracks were originally selected into one track Using Tile you can view ENF and MIDI View windows simul taneously Changes made in ENF automatically update the MIDI view This is useful if timing problems are encountered while editing ENF notation Tile FIGURE 3 19 ENF MIDI Tile View with floating Zoom window 7 5 10 Measure Settings The Measure Settings window allows for inserting changes of tempo time signature and key signature at the start of any given measure To open the Measure Settings window in Overview or Piano Roll view USING SmartScore 144 MIDI Editing and Sequencing e Double click on the measure number where you wish to insert a change in key time or tempo Meare Benin E wa ra e wen aa ee Eiig i i E i l Anhan f fanha l fe V Sere ne PO iha of aaa Hurter ud y EE Paez P Lra Haire of Repent PO Tae bl panes a Enia Ae Pansa PO Le biem Eng r F a an aa FIGURE 3 20 Measure Settings To insert a change of Tempo e Adjust tempo with the Tempo slider To insert a change of Time Signature e Use the Time Sign pull down menus to select the number of beats per measure and the base measure unit 2 Half note 4 Quarter note 8 Eighth note
105. eric scrollers select a new numerator beats per mea sure 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 a time or key signature selected from the Signatures pal ette Insert mode click to the right of any barline 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 signature that begins on a new line should be indicated at the end of the previous line FIGURE 8 9 Time Signature at the end of a system e Insert a barline about 1 2 to the left of the end of a system Insert the new time signature anywhere to the right of a barline e Ifa barline closes the system you may click to the right of the last barline to insert a signature It will appear outside and to the right of the system e A final option is to simply insert the change of signature at the beginning of a new line To delete a signature e With the mouse pointer displaying a key or time signature hit the X key to enter Delete mode and click on the signature 9 1 6 Rhythmic Groups See Tuplets and Slurs Legatos on page 58 9 1 7 Dynamics See To insert a crescendo or decrescendo on page 111 9 1 8 Tempo See Tempo Markings on page 110 USING SmartScore 165 EE T Bit DA fa d A D
106. ermata accent or mordent e Select the articulation to delete Press the X key and click on the notehead or stem of the associated note To insert a staccato tenuto or accent e Select the articulation e Click on a note head to insert the articulation above the note head To insert a trill e With tr trill selected click on a notehead to insert a single trill e To create an extended trill toggle the C key to enter Change mode Click and drag horizontally to select a region The length of the extension is determined by how far you drag the mouse To insert an extended trill a Insert the trill to a given note as described above in To insert a trill b Hit the C key to enter Change mode With the right mouse but ton down alt key down for Mac drag a box extending from the trill along the length you wish the extension to appear Trills can play back either up from the source note or downwards from the source note To choose whether a trill plays up or plays down a Go to Playback menu and from the item Trill select either Up or Down To insert a tremolo a Select one of four tremolo values from the palette single double triple or quadruple b Click on the head of the note to apply the tremolo value USING SmartScore 113 Detailed ENF Editing To insert an arpeggio a Select the arpeggio button squiggly line from the palette b Click and drag the mouse to select
107. ers toolbar to exit Lyric Edit 4 2 1 Dashes spaces and underscores Dashes spaces and underscores are special characters used to separate lyric blocks Typing any of these characters will move the cursor to the next block Use the Backspace key to delete dashes spaces and under scores 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 correct text was then entered 9 Fm FIGURE 4 1 Editing Lyrics USING SmartScore 67 Editing Text and Symbols e Dash Moves the cursor to next lyric block and inserts a dash Normally used to connect multiple syllables within a single word 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 melisma an underline indi cates that one vocal sound should be extended over two or more beats Inserting creates an underline up to the next block Enter ing multiple underlines will string them together over several lyric blocks e Backspace Deletes characters inside a lyric block Also deletes hyphens when backspacing from one lyric block to the next e Carriage Return Creates a new lyric line and positions cursor in the first lyric block below beginning note or rest of the staffline 4 3 Text and Lyrics Changing Styles and Enteri
108. es to appear horizontally offset from one another Such offset notes are clearly meant to sound simultaneously even if they are not aligned ver tically Such notes belong to different voices may have opposite stem directions and will appear horizontally offset See FIGURE 2 6 on page 40 Prior to recognition you will have the option of varying the distance that SmartScore uses to determine whether to join these offset notes to one vertical event or not See Join Offset Voices on page 15 for more details USING SmartScore 39 ENF Playback TIFF T Window w Ofic ENF Window Joined Voices Vertically Aligned FIGURE 2 6 Vertical Alignment TIP In Edit Shapes environment vertically joined events are A glued and will move together when nudged To verify whether or not offset voices are actually joined to the same ver tical event press the Edit Shapes button in the Main Toolbar and nudge one of the notes horizontally For more info see Edit Shapes on page 60 2 4 4 Correcting Vertical Alignment The best way to test if offset voices are not vertically aligned is to listen to the playback uncheck Lock to Time Signature first If you find off set notes that should but don t play together you can join offset voices manually or they can be joined with a global Join Voices command To vertically align offset voices manual method a Use the Select tool O key and highlight a grou
109. es Off Shuts off MIDI output MIDI REALTIME Menu e Realtime gt Set Playback Range Opens Set MIDI Play Range dialog window e Realtime gt Play Pause Spacebar Begins pauses resumes playback of current MIDI file In Record Mode will start and pause MIDI recording e Realtime gt Stop Stops playback or recording of current MIDI file e Realtime gt Rewind comma Rewinds to beginning of Set Playback Range e Realtime gt Solo not in Overview Solos the active track during playback e Realtime gt Record USING SmartScore 190 Reference Check to activate MIDI Record mode e Realtime gt External Timer Set recording to begin from an external signal e Realtime gt Synchro Start Active only in Record Mode check to synchronize start of MIDI recording with first note played on MIDI keyboard e Realtime gt Thru Allows MIDI input to sound e Realtime gt Metronome Activates deactivates Metronome in recording e Realtime gt Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 Opens the Playback Console MIDI WINDOW Menu e Window gt New Window Opens a second copy of the current MIDI view e Window gt Cascade Layers all open windows within main SmartScore window Active win dow is stacked on top e Window gt Tile Arranges all open windows to fit within main SmartScore window Windows are arranged from left to right top to bottom starting with the active window USING SmartSc
110. ess FIGURE 1 14 Image Toolbar 1 9 1 Drawing Tools e Line Brush Thickness 1 F 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 Color Toggle the Pen Color push button to choose the color used when draw ing Color changes from White to Black as you toggle the button Or choose Pen Color from the Edit menu and choose Black or White e Line Draw Some printed scores have weak or missing stafflines and or brackets that can create problems 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 staffline and brackets or enhance their thicknesses To draw in missing stafflines and brackets a Select Edit gt Line or choose Line Draw in the Image Toolbar b Push the Pen Color push button in the Image Toolbar if neces sary to choose Black Color c In the Width pull down selector choose a fairly wide thickness 10 20 pixels USING SmartScore 26 Scanning and Recognition d Click and drag the mouse to draw a line along the missing or bro ken bracket along the left margin of the music ED Z mms ere FIGURE 1 15 Using Line Draw tool to recreate missing bracket e When finished modifying the image Select File gt Save As and give ita name You may then Recognize
111. ext fields There are certain exceptions For example the recognizer attempts to identify italicized f and p marks dynamic mark ings If so these characters are classified as dynamics and their values are applied to MIDI playback See Dynamics on page 46 for infor mation about dynamics Push the T or L button to enter and exit Text or Lyric modes While in either mode it is not possible to do other sorts of edits T LB Ol wat Es Fa 4 1 Text Characters outside of stafflines are treated as dumb text blocks They are differentiated from lyrics by color Text is black Lyrics are blue NOTE Score headers are not considered text See Edit gt Score Header on page 174 for creating and editing the header line To edit a text field a Push the T button in the Text and Controllers toolbar Toggle the C and select Edit mode vertical cursor Click anywhere inside an existing ENF text block to edit text b The cursor will flash within the highlighted field Use the Left Arrow or Right Arrow buttons on your keyboard to navigate within a text field c Drag to highlight one or more characters within the field to replace with newly typed characters or to delete Delete key Highlighted characters can also be cut copied or pasted else where using standard Ctrl X C and V shortcuts Cmnd X C and V for Mac USING SmartScore 65 EY Editing
112. ff Overlap Notes in the Options Overlap menu Playback will not be affected whether note heads are offset or overlap 6 7 9 Swapping positions of offset notes The relative orientation of offset notes can be swapped if necessary To swap the horizontal positioning of offset notes a Use the Select tool to highlight two offset notes belonging to dif ferent voices in the same vertical event b Hit the L key to swap note positions 6 8 Playback Console l PLATERACK CONSOLE Genmar aj Lj ajax si e Tisak Woot Pari Hars p ChP irinaren Sei Mule Solo Waka Pas Tiere 1 D ese Dapa kmr af of eho af of fo 2 Pere a fares O sl eho af Z a bat EART fmre sf efi ff FIGURE 6 12 Playback Console The Playback Console controls tempo transposition muting soloing volume panning and MIDI Instrument assignments to parts when Options gt Color Mode Part or to voices when Options gt Color Mode Voice USING SmartScore 107 D Detailed ENF Editing To open the Playback Console e Select the speaker button from the SmartScore Toolbar Or hold down Ctrl 9 Win Cmnd 9 Mac or select Console from Playback menu The first column Track lists the MIDI track assigned The second col umn Ch V lists the MIDI channel number within a colored box repre senting one of 4 possible voices black red green and blue When Options gt Color Mode Part only tracks will
113. 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 of your computer keyboard With your other hand enter notes and chords from your MIDI keyboard or MIDI instrument 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 on page 134 for more b From the Realtime menu select Step Time Record c 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 d Press OK USING SmartScore 157 MIDI Editing and Sequencing e A floating window representing the computer keyboard number pad and associated note durations appears Record is now staged TAIPLETS a Prev Next Beat Beat With Cntl lt gt Prev Next Measure Measure DEL FIGURE 3 26 Step Time recording Number Keypad f 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 y
114. g several displays of your score can be extremely useful It is Tile possible to view several MIDI and ENF views simultaneously e Push Tile button to display all open TIF ENF views along with any open MIDI Overview Piano Roll or Event List views This is identical to selecting the Window gt Tile menu FIGURE 6 5 Tiled view typical 6 4 Transposition SmartScore offers several types of transposition depending on your needs You can transpose by key the most common type of transposi tion Transposing by clef is useful for transforming parts to instruments written in another clef sign It is also most helpful for rewriting trans posed instrument parts for other transposed non transposed instru ments You can also choose to transpose by altering note pitches only either considering the active key signature or by ignoring the active key signature Using the Limit option you can choose a specified range part or voice to transpose USING SmartScore 93 21 Detailed ENF Editing NOTE It is recommended that you carefully edit your score before transposing If your score contains incorrect change of key signatures and or guitar fret and chord symbols they will be transposed to who knows where Remember too that it may become difficult to refer to the original score for visual editing clues after transposing To Transpose your entire ENF document to a new key a Position your cursor inside the first stafflin
115. ge Previous page arrows at the lower right hand corner of the SmartScore window USING SmartScore 50 Editing Notes and Rests 3 1 3 Status Bar The status bar in the lower right corner of the SmartScore window con tains information about the current page being viewed such as Part Number Page Number Cursor Position Page Size and Zoom View Clicking inside any of these fields will open a control window Go To Part Page Cursor Page Setup Page Size or Zoom Level Zoom 3 1 4 Active staffline In SmartScore only one staff is capable of being edited at a time A staff becomes activated when the mouse pointer crosses into it If Show Active Staff is checked all other staves display as greyed out inac tive You may display the active staff highlighted or show all staves in black To allow every staff to display in color or in black e Go to the View menu and uncheck Show Active Staff For additional information on navigating inside an ENF document go to More ENF navigating on page 83 3 2 Preliminary Cleanup Many new symbols are recognized in SmartScore 3 In order to limit false positives we ve added options that selectively narrow the set of objects to be recognized See Recognition Options on page 12 It may be necessary to remove incorrectly recognized objects in any case We recommend this simple sweep method following recognition a Hit the O key to activate the Select
116. ge was dithered by See Dithered Images on scanner software page 4 for information 1 9 Image Editor e Begin Recognition or Open in Image Editor Following the final scan of music pages you may choose to Begin Recognition or Open Image Editor This choice will stop the Recog nition process and open the scanned images in the Image Editor NOTE The image will not be saved until File gt Save As is selected e Load an 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 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 e Image Information Select View gt Image Information to display characteristics about the current scanned image including resolution file type and page size e Zoom To Zoom in and out click the Zoom Tool in the Main toolbar Ctrl Q Cmnd Q for Mac Click inside the image will increase the scale of your view Zoom In while right click Option click for Mac will decrease the scale of your view Zoom Out e Page To view pages of an image file use the paging buttons in the Main Toolbar or select Next Page Previous Page from the View menu USING SmartScore 25 Z Scanning and Recognition e Image Toolbar Crop RotateL Brush Select Color Reverse RotateR Line Deskew Thickn
117. hairpins inserting 111 Help menu 185 Hidden Symbols 108 horizontal nudging 69 horizontal reformatting 70 I image background 31 Image Editor 25 Cut Copy and Paste 31 image info 25 pen options 26 Insert Change toggle 52 86 inserting new systems 173 Instrument Templates 48 101 instrument select for playback 38 Invert Image 3 10 J Join Voices 40 K key signature change 164 at end of line 165 unifying 122 key transposition 60 93 L Lock to Time Signature 34 41 Lyrics 66 aligning 182 recognizing 14 when found under last staff 14 M map Quick Keys 126 Measure Numbers 181 metronome markings 110 MIDI closing MIDI views 131 Cut Copy and Paste 143 display controls 152 Event List 148 event selection 140 Graphical Controllers 136 importing files 123 inserting note events 149 Instrument settings 138 measure settings 144 metronome 153 note characteristics 141 Note Event 142 opening from an ENF docu ment 180 opening from ENF document 130 patch 137 playback 133 playback range 135 Program Change 137 recording 153 new tracks 155 Refresh 128 repeats and endings 146 select by time frame 140 shuttle tool 137 snap to 155 189 Step Time Recording 157 switching tracks 137 Track Overview 131 velocity and duration 142 Zoom 132 USING SmartScore MIDI Devices 34 134 MIDI instruments assigning 98 MIDI Menu Items 186 MIDI Refresh 35 129 MIDI to ENF 123 miniatures scanning 5 9 Mini Console 33 modes color 103
118. he S key to change its default stem direction Another method is to insert the note with a right click option click for Mac This will reverse the default stem direction of the note as it is displayed by the cursor To change the stem direction of an existing note a Toggle the C key to activate the Change mode b Right click option click for Mac on any given notehead The stem direction will change 3 4 10 Dots of Prolongation e Select the D key dot or double dot from the Notes or Rests palette Click on any notehead to attach a dot of prolongation e To Delete a dot of prolongation press the D key again and click on the notehead 3 4 11 Tuplets and Slurs Legatos While in the Insert mode select a triplet T key from the Rhyth mic Groups palette or select Legato from the Articulations palette FIGURE 3 4 Creating a Tuplet or Slur e Click and drag down to insert the tuplet or legato above the notes to be selected e Click and drag up to insert the tuplet or legato below the notes to be selected e Press the X key and click on the tuplet or legato to delete it USING SmartScore 58 Editing Notes and Rests e Nested tuplets tuplet within a tuplet Choose the value required from the Rhythmic Groups palette Click and drag the mouse pointer to select a tuplet group within another tuplet A bracket will drop identifying the nested tuplet
119. he cursor to the Edit menu NOTE Only the active system is affected when inserting or removing a staff Remaining systems do not change Change visibility in the System Manager and apply to Score Part for all sys tems to become updated J TIP Keep in mind that when you add a part to a system you are also adding a new part to the score When adding a part to a system the new part will not be visible in any system except the active system See Adding parts Super System on page 91 USING SmartScore 173 Reference 9 2 26 Edit gt Score Part Use this feature to append a new Score Part to the ENF document When a new Score Part is added it will begin playback at measure 1 along with all other Score Parts that have been created 9 2 27 Edit gt Unify Signatures U Refer to Unify Key Time and Clefs U on page 121 9 2 28 Edit gt Format Score This is a kind of cleanup tool that attempts to horizontally reposition notes and rests Does not rolling objects from one system to another 9 2 29 Edit gt Instrument Templates Ctrl S or Cmnd S Refer to Instrument Templates on page 101 9 2 30 Edit gt Score Header To enter a Score Header at the top of the first page of the ENF file r i j n Bemus FIGURE 8 12 Score Header a Select Title and type in the name of the score b Select Composer and type in the name of the composer c Type a part name if it is a Score Part 9
120. i p Dia oF mai FIGURE 6 18 Dynamic Marking Properties e Volume slider Resets the volume for the current part e Range 10 to 127 General Volume NOTE To view the selected range of accelerando descelerando push the Hidden Objects button Range is shown with dotted line e Slur Legato Properties Sliir Piper lien Entered dham m Maree Back odia T hgp auberaied Giunedicn hepato bi al churns daub thee sii ite kee Met fam fetus Covel FIGURE 6 19 Dynamic Marking Properties e Increase duration of notes associated with the slur e Percentage 10 to 50 MIDI Note Duration e None No increase of note duration USING SmartScore 116 Detailed ENF Editing e Tempo Marking Properties benps Marking Fermer Ed ziuna cian Pai igl w ipii Pn rpo iabng to ad enpe reia of hea aT D ipp bem mirga in ba aliha ii peoa Dek gl Tana FIGURE 6 20 Tempo Marking Properties e Tempo slider Resets tempo Beats per Minute e Range 20 to 400 Beats per Minute e Trill Properties Till rapes ties iras dasi Wis AN Sere rome d erana App ha mrg in al ii dippi rhewi retiree iFa a re Hae FIGURE 6 21 Trill Properties Fixed duration Preset permutations based on SmartScore 2 0 e Variable duration Move the slider to the a number which well represent the fraction of the note value to be trilled 1 to 1 32 e Fixed number of divisions Move the slider to
121. iated with a note stem Besides verifying notes with lyric blocks Edit Shapes is extremely useful in verifying that vertical events are properly aligned Refer to Vertical Alignment and offset voices on page 39 for more information To verify vertical alignment of two or more voices a Open Edit Shapes 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 b To exit Edit Shapes mode push the Edit Shapes button again 4 5 Guitar Frets and Chord Symbols Guitar fret diagrams are recognized automatically Frets and their asso ciated chord symbols also update with key transposition You can choose to display either the chord symbol or the fret diagram or both It is important to understand that each corresponding chord symbol is automatically tied to the fret diagram For a chord symbol to have intelligence by itself that is for it to change with key transposition its associated fret diagram must be recognized or inserted first Alpha numeric chord symbols may be recognized but only as dumb text USING SmartScore 71 Editing Text and Symbols Following recognition there may be some mis recognized fret dia grams If so you can change them easily To change an existing guitar fret chord symbol a Ctrl click on any existing fret symbol or select the fret symbol from the Text and Controllers Toolbar
122. ignment on page 39 e Beam Notes B See To convert a sequence of flagged notes into one beamed group on page 87 e Split Voices H See Voice Splitting H on page 105 e Flip Stems S See Stem direction S on page 89 USING SmartScore 175 Reference e Delete Selected Ties Articulations G See Delete Selected Ties and Articulations G on page 88 9 2 37 Edit gt Error Check Ctrl E Cmnd E Automatically check for errors such as missing notes and rests in voice lines Refer to Error Check on page 56 for more details ENF VIEW Menu 9 2 38 View gt Toolbars e Navigator Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator e Main Opens and closes Main Toolbar e SmartScore Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar e Image Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar e Text and Controllers Opens and closes the toolbar containing control buttons for text and graphical controllers e Mini Console Opens and closes the Mini playback console in ENF view e Status Bar Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of main SmartScore Win dow Displays current page cursor position image size and zoom per centage Clicking inside any of the diplays opens a navigation aid or zoom window 9 2 39 View gt Palettes Refer to page 84 Tool Palettes F1 F9 keys for details USING SmartScore 176 Reference 9 2 40 View gt Open at Startup When this option is active Toolbars and Palettes
123. ill attempt to create tuplets when MIDI events form appropriate rhythmic groupings Check the Interpret Tuplets box to activate this decision making algorithm 6 14 1 Troubleshooting ENF Problems Table 3 Troubleshooting ENF Problems Problem Probable Cause Fix Notes and symbols Font association lost appear as large letters Reinstall Chopin04 font Font is located in the main SmartScore direc tory MMS YSTEM008 Device is in use MIDI Out port is not available to SmartScore due to another open MIDI application Close any other MIDI applications other than SmartScore USING SmartScore 125 Detailed ENF Editing QuicK Keys Map Windows FIGURE 6 25 Quick Keys Map Windows USING SmartScore 126 Detailed ENF Editing QuicK Keys Map Mac FIGURE 6 26 Quick keys Map Mac USING SmartScore 127 s ii Chapter 7 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 1 Relationship Between ENF Notation and MIDI Editors 7 1 1 Updating and refreshing playback and display It s important to understand the difference between the ENF and MIDI displays ENF notation always updates the MIDI display But the MIDI display does not update ENF notation Raw MIDI data can only be dis played as ENF notation when it is reintroduced into a new ENF docu ment This is because MIDI data lacks all information about page layout stem direction voices etc MIDI data is time based while E
124. increase or decrease the number of permutations The more permutations are generated the shorter the duration of the trills 1 to 32 permuta tions USING SmartScore 117 Detailed ENF Editing e Metronome Rhythmic Group Properties e The Metronome and Rhythmic group windows open for editing when clicked with the Properties Tool 6 12 Repeats and Multiple Endings Many of these markings are recognized automatically All will be inter preted during playback as described below 6 12 1 Repeats and repeat symbols To insert a repeat barline a repeat measure or any other repeat symbol e Toggle the C key to enter Insert mode Select any repeat or symbol from Barlines amp Repeats palette and click to place the symbol To change any current barline to a repeat barline e Toggle the C key to enter Change mode Click on any existing barline to change it to the selected repeat barline To delete a repeat barline e Hit the X key and click on the symbol to delete it To insert a Repeat Previous Measure mark a Select the Repeat Previous Measure mark from palette b In Insert mode click into an empty measure All notation present in the previous measure will automatically repeat itself during playback 6 12 2 Multiple Endings To create a multiple ending a Select the Start Alternate Repetition button from the Barlines amp Repeats palette Toggle the C key to enter the Change mode
125. ing By MIDI Channel This will separate every MIDI channel into discrete ENF staves Multiple voicings are ignored and events become joined to single voicelines within the new ENF document Density e Measures per System determines the number of evenly spaced measures per system e Systems per Page determines the number of evenly spaced sys tems per page Quantization SmartScore can quantize the MIDI file that will be converted Each note event will snap to the nearest beat boundary eliminating fluctua tions in the timing of a MIDI performance Be forewarned however that 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 USING SmartScore 124 Detailed ENF Editing e Use Note On Note Off to determine the smallest rhythmic val ues used to when spelling note start times Note On and end times Note Off in the ENF document 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 Duration in the ENF docu ment 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 Interpret Tuplets e SmartScore w
126. insert and change 52 86 mordent editing 112 playback 161 multiple endings 118 N navigating around ENF 50 83 NIFF 168 normalize graphical controllers 44 notes 86 add to cluster 53 associated with lyric block 66 beaming 57 changing pitch 56 86 changing values 86 color 55 delete from chord 53 dotted 58 forming chords 53 grace notes 54 horizontal nudging 60 insert change amp delete 52 86 nudging 70 overlap or offset 107 splitting 105 stem direction 57 89 swapping noteheads 107 nudging objects 60 70 O offset notes 107 OMS 35 optimized systems 172 P page creating new 62 Paint Brush 27 parts add or remove from score 101 color mode 104 extracting 99 insert or remove from system 173 naming in System Manager 98 show names in ENF 177 Paste 171 Paste Replace 172 PDF 170 pedals 14 Percussion clef 77 164 Piano Roll 135 pickup measures 42 pitch shift 56 Playback lock to time 34 tempo 36 transposing 36 Playback Console 107 151 Print Preview 169 Printing 170 Program Change Event List 151 Piano Roll 137 Properties Tool 115 Q quantization 189 USING SmartScore Quick Keys 86 Barlines 90 Beam Direction 88 Delete Ties amp Articulations 88 Dots 88 Dynamics 90 Flags and Beams 88 Note Values 91 QuickSelect 86 Rests 90 Select 87 Stem Direction 89 Ties 88 Tool Palettes 54 84 Tuplets 90 Unify Signatures Clefs 91 Vertical Alignment 40 Quick Select 54 R recognition bowings 14 endings 14
127. ion Some scanners use image intelligence that automatically select scanner set tings Many of these scanners think printed music is a photograph and create a grey image which is then dithered to black and white If recognition fails or results are extremely poor zoom If the image appears as small speckles salt and pepper rather than solid black then the image has been dithered In this case re scan with the Override Grey option checked in the SmartScore interface USING SmartScore 4 Scanning and Recognition B E Paa raging f j m gl Gaas i nu To FIGURE 1 3 Image dithered by scanner intelligence NOTE If still you fail to get a workable image using SmartScore s scanning interface turn to Choosing an alternative scanning interface on page 6 1 2 2 Scanner settings e Darkness Brightness The default darkness setting is 10 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 or if it has become degraded 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 NOTE If recognition accuracy is poorer than expected examine the file in the Image Editor Zoom in and determine the follow ing e If objects lack
128. jects e Help gt Helper Files Mac Download Versions only This selection will attempt to launch your Macintosh Internet browser and connect to a special online directory that contains installer files for downloading that may be helpful to Mac users who downloaded their versions Installer files include FreeMIDI OMS Acrobat Reader USING SmartScore 185 Reference 9 3 MIDI Menu Items MIDI FILE Menu e File gt New Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore 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 e File gt Open Ctrl O Cmnd O Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen e File gt 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 e File gt Save Ctrl S Cmnd S Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk e File gt 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 e File gt Recent 1 2 3 or 4 Automatically loads one of the last four files accessed by SmartScore Win Select an
129. k and double 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 win dow d Repeat the process from Step d above 5 3 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 com puter keyboard MIDI quantization to sixteenth notes is applied by default For more information about quantization see Snap to on page 155 5 3 1 Recording a virtual drum track To create a virtual MIDI drum track in ENF a Select Options gt Virtual Drum Kit b In the New MIDI View window New Track is selected Press OK c 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 USING SmartScore 81 Working with Drums 5 3 2 Defining Virtual Drum Kit To change a MIDI drum and link to your computer keyboard a Select Options gt Virtual Drum Kit Definition LLT Ei Kip j Pointer o PSL na Fir iha hap io ha snags ici he Pa i a time SHIFT of ETAL arrea FIGURE 5 5 Virtual Drum Kit Definition b Click on an i
130. k and drag the center of the note to change pitch vertical drag or note 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 quantiza tion go to Options gt Snap to and select the base rhythmic value USING SmartScore 141 MIDI Editing and Sequencing To delete selected note event s e Hit the Delete key to remove any highlighted notes 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 Duration window will open Velocity and Duration FIGURE 3 16 Velocity and Duration window b Use the 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 duration of a group of selected notes In the Velocity Duration window move the Duration slider to 200 c Press OK 7 5 8 Note Event window Double clicking on any note event will open the Note Event window FIGURE 3 17 Note Event window USING SmartScore 142 MIDI Editing and Sequencing The Note Event window allows access to and adjustment of an individ ual note s parameters e Raise or lower the Pitch of the Note Event Start Time changes when the Note Event begins The Duration of the Note Event can be shortened
131. l 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 d Press OK to set the selected MIDI devices as the current Smart Score MIDI sources The selected device then moves to the top of the list NOTE Ifthe 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 device and or download MIDI driver from manufacturer s website USING SmartScore 134 MIDI Editing and Sequencing When installing a new MIDI driver reboot to initialize the new driver Mac Only Rerun OMS Setup after installing new MIDI drivers For more about OMS turn to OMS Setup Mac Classic Only on page 35 7 4 4 Playback Range To specify part of the score for playback a Select Set Play Range from the Realtime menu keg PADD Pliny Ben C Aena Ew 4 Ejs Jena Fiyi F Loop CEJ _ one j FIGURE 3 8 Set MIDI Play Range b Set the first measure and last measure of the Play Range c Mark Play All to play the entire score d Check Loop to continually repeat the assigned playback range 7 5 Piano Roll To select and display a track in Piano Roll view a Select Piano Roll View button from the MIDI Toolbar or push the MIDI button in the Navigator or select Piano Roll from Window
132. lace a complex passage that was poorly recognized with an identical passage that is correct 9 2 19 Edit gt Select All Ctrl A or Cmnd A To select all objects on the page for cut copy or paste replace action Choose Select All from the Edit menu Ctrl A or Cmnd A 9 2 20 Edit gt Bracketing Ctrl B or Cmnd B Refer to Bracketing on page 75 9 2 21 Edit gt System Manager Ctrl M or Cmnd M Refer to System Manager on page 97 9 2 22 Edit gt Part Linking Ctrl L or Cmnd L Collapsing and expanding systems A lot of music contains parts that do not play for long periods of time 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 expanding sys tems when for example a piano solo introduction precedes a vocal piano arrangement Expanding and collapsing parts are easily linked or re linked in a simple to use environment called Part Linking Turn to Re link Parts on page 94 for details on this feature 9 2 23 Edit gt Score Structure This special environment is used to perform useful functions such as creating a conductor s score from different parts and for isolating or joining parts and voices For detailed discussion on using this powerful feature turn to Score Structure on p
133. layback By default joined notes and rests become vertically aligned Sometimes especially in cases where notes are particularly dense you may not want horizontal movement To keep joined notes and rests off set go to Options gt Align Joined Voices and remove the check mark 2 5 Altering Playback 2 5 1 Lock to Time Signature SmartScore allows for two kinds of playback Play what s there or Lock to Time Signature With Playback gt Lock to Time Signature check marked every measure plays back with the exact number of beats indicated in the default time signature If the ENF file contains editing errors this may result in dropped notes during playback or in the case of pickup measures and split measures it will cause a pause USING SmartScore 41 ENF Playback to be heard With Lock to Time Signature turned off whatever is writ ten in each measure will be played back regardless of the current time signature If the ENF file contains errors this option may result in irregular meter lengthened or shortened measures Either option is use ful under certain circumstances e For smoothest playback effects leave Lock to Time Signature on e For aural editing to uncover editing errors turn Lock to Time Signature off e For pickup measures or measures split between lines turn Lock to Time Signature off Playback will ignore current time signa ture Make sure rhythm values are consistent in all parts
134. ll look in one directory when opening a file and may default in a different one when saving a file Once changed the new path becomes the default 1 4 1 Recognition Options Recognilion Opilans ETTET E Tai em ee F bpeil Lai Steff of Serdar fiaa of A Pe ates E Iki Pai Leung hpiad Add Fortis Top F nig rwg F Padi P Hmi Font E brang Pap Feie FIGURE 1 8 Recognition Options The following section describes options you can choose for recogni tion When satisfied with your choices push Begin Recognition Turn to If you are working with an HP scanner and choose to scan outside of SmartScore here are some guides for obtaining optimum black and white images Good luck It may not be easy on page 18 to continue USING SmartScore 12 Scanning and Recognition NOTE If Recognition fails refer to Troubleshooting Guide on page 23 USING SmartScore 13 Scanning and Recognition e Text Check this box if you wish to recognize lyrics and text in the music TIP If you are scanning in single line parts for the purpose of join ing them into a conductor s score it is recommended not to rec ognize text Otherwise text from every score part will be overlaid on the pages of the conductor s score e Lyrics Under Last Staff of Systems Check this box if you are recognizing a choral or orchestral score that has dissimilar lines of lyrics written under every staff line including the last staff
135. ly drag the bottom edge of the console up or down 7 7 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 The Close button will close the Playback Console e Mute any voice while all others continue to play or Solo a single voice for playback 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 Use the Transposition pull down selector in any track voice 7 8 Display Controls 7 8 1 Time To choose whether the timing of MIDI note events is displayed by Mea sure Beat Tick or by Tick Number Go to the Options menu and select Time Format USING SmartScore 152 MIDI Editing and Sequencing e Choose by Measure Beat Tick or by Tick Number 7 8 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 Percen
136. me USING SmartScore 35 chic mE z ENF Playback 2 2 Error Check It s a good idea to select Edit gt Error Check Ctrl E for Win Cmnd E for Mac to quickly identify problem measures before mov ing on to more editing activities See Error Check on page 56 for details on this option 2 3 Playback Console In the Playback Console you can make changes to MIDI Instruments tempo transposition muting soloing and pan settings To open the Playback Console e Press the speaker button in the SmartScore Toolbar Or hold down Ctrl 9 Win Cmnd 9 Mac or select Playback gt Console Lima chars A FIGURE 2 3 Playback Console The first column Track lists the MIDI track assigned The second col umn Ch V lists the MIDI channel number within a colored box repre senting one of 4 possible voices black red green and blue The Playback Console will display just tracks parts in black only when Options gt Color Mode Part If Options gt Color Mode Voice is selected all voices in colored boxes will be displayed Refer to Working with Voices and Colors on page 103 for more information on controlling voices e Play button plays the current ENF file Once playback has begun the Play button changes to Pause e Pause suspends playback Play resumes where pause was selected e Stop button stops playback of the ENF file USING SmartScore 36 ENF Playback 4 4 Rewind b
137. n Voice color is automatically determined based on several factors num ber of voices stem direction vertical alignment etc You can override voice colors manually Changing voice color also changes its voice assignment and possibly changes voice assignments of other notes in a given measure NOTE DO NOT override voice colors until a measure is entirely edited Unusual color combinations usually correct theme selves To override automatic voice color assignment and change voice num ber a Select desired voice number and color from Voice Color combo button in the SmartScore Toolbar b Locate the note or rest in a voice you wish to change and click on it c Color and voice assignment will update as will any other voices within the same measure e g other notes in the same vertical event For more about part and voice colors see Working with Voices and Colors on page 103 See also Vertical Alignment and offset voices on page 39 USING SmartScore 55 Editing Notes and Rests 3 4 6 Error Check Error Check will search each measure looking for voicelines that are either incomplete or have total durations in excess of the default time signature Masten I Woe 7 eimai ARE le hata wire alge cece Che Cael Fiat reg m n abn eet Ferber Wen renee IL lymma fu Check FIGURE 3 3 Error Check window To check for errors based on total voice durations a Press Ctrl E Win Cmnd E Mac
138. n Color Select the color used by the Brush and Line drawing tools Image VIEW Menu e View gt Navigator Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator e View gt Main Toolbar Opens and closes Main Toolbar e View gt SmartScore Toolbar Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar e View gt Image Toolbar Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar e View gt Status Bar USING SmartScore 194 Reference Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of main SmartScore Win dow Displays current page cursor position image size and zoom per centage e View gt Palettes Opens and closes tool palettes for ENF document editing e View gt Image Information Provides information on the structure and type of the currently dis played image file e View gt Next Page Displays next page of ENF document e View gt Previous Page Displays previous page of ENF document e View gt Go to 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 e View gt Zoom Lists available view percentages Changing zoom will affect both the image and the ENF file simultaneously e View gt Window Opens a second copy of the current ENF document e View gt Cascade Layers all open windows within main SmartScore window Active win dow is stacked on top e View gt Tile Arranges all open windows to fit within main SmartScore window Windows are a
139. n in ENF a From the Navigator palette select Score In the System Type in Score pull down menu select Solo Part Click OK b Right click Ctrl click for Mac on either the note or rest pal l ette and select Clefs Click on the rectangular percussion clef c Toggle the C key to get to the Change mode and click on the treble clef in the first staff line All clefs should then update d Select eighth note from the Notes palette and using beam direc tion tools create the following pattern Spacebar will play back J 120 1 FIGURE 5 2 Creating a drum pattern NOTE Simultaneous drum sounds must be contained in the same d voice Therefore you will need to use the Cluster tool to add additional drum note heads to an existing note stem Hold ing down Shift and dragging a notehead up or down will allow you to hear each drum sound associated with each space and line 5 2 Automatic Drum Patterns It s more fun if it s got a beat Simply select a drum accompaniment or you can add customized patterns to the drum library yourself 5 2 1 Play back with automatic drum pattern To select an instant drum pattern for ENF playback 3 a With any ENF file open click on the Drum Pattern button in the SmartScore toolbar USING SmartScore 78 MIDI Working with Drums b Sort each column by clicking on its name in the column header h rma drum Brack ka Uam mor Li FIGURE 5 3 Automatic
140. n to Percussion clef Clefs Palette on page 77 9 2 72 Playback gt Lock to Time Signature Refer to Lock to Time Signature on page 41 9 2 73 Playback gt Ignore Select to ignore playback of ENF dynamics repeats or articulations USING SmartScore 184 Reference 9 2 74 Playback gt Graphical Controller Refer to Graphical controllers on page 43 9 2 75 Playback gt Refresh MIDI Select if playback looses synchronization Refresh MIDI resets play back based on the ENF display only All tracks recorded in MIDI are lost For details see Updating and refreshing playback and display on page 128 Help Menu Help gt SmartScore Manual PDF In CD versions this selection will open the file SSManual pdf This file is the full Using SmartScore Version 2 0 manual in Adobe Acrobat format It can be 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 file will open when the Help gt SmartScore Manual PDF selection is made again e Help gt Online Help This selection will attempt to launch your Internet browser and connect to a special interactive help system online at musitek com The Online Help system is fully interactive and contains index links table of con tents links and text hyperlinks to related sub
141. ng 4 3 1 Changing styles of Text and Lyrics Out of recognition all text fields and lyric blocks are matched to the closest font type and size available on your computer You can change the font type size and color of text and lyrics Modifying the style of any lyric block will change ALL lyric blocks because lyric blocks are tightly integrated and text fields are not they re dumb To modify font styles of text fields or lyric blocks a Push the T button to enter Text mode The Select tool will highlight more than one text field and changes will apply to all Right click alt option click for Mac to open the Style win dow 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 Other font styles found in the current document will also be displayed c Click on the style you wish to change and then select Modify Style Add Style and Delete Style options are also available USING SmartScore 68 Editing Text and Symbols FIGURE 4 2 Changing Text and Lyric styles The Font window is where the current font name style size and color are displayed Choose an alternative font style size or color OK will apply the change and exit the Font window OK in Styles will close that win
142. ng 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 button The Create New Event win dow will open 9 Geaquence Seat FIGURE 3 23 Create New Event window 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 7 6 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 Chan nel 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 USING SmartScore 150 MIDI Editing and Sequencing c Use the Event Type menu to select the event to be added NOTE Some events such as Control Change and Meta Event have Subtype event listings 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 Chang
143. ng a crescendo marking c Dragging downward while selecting the range of notes will insert the marking above the staffline Dragging downward will insert the marking below the staffline NOTE Playback properties of articulations and dynamics may be changed using the Properties too See Properties Tool on page 115 To delete a dynamic or tempo marking e Press the X key and click on the marking An alternative to using the X key is to use the Select tool O key highlight the mark and hit Delete 6 10 3 Articulations and Trills Articulations affect the playback of selected notes These include slurs turns fermatas mordents trills accents and tremolos For a complete description of each articulation s playback function turn to Articula tions Section 9 1 2 on page 160 e Push the Legato button in the Articulation palette e Drag to select range of notes to be associated with the legato Dragging downward places the legato above notes Dragging upward positions legato under the notes To insert turns fermatas accents and mordents Turns fermatas accents and mordents can be positioned near the top of a note head or near the tip of note stem e Select the articulation USING SmartScore 112 Detailed ENF Editing e Click on a note head to insert the articulation above the note head e Click on a note stem to insert the articulation at the tip of the stem To delete a turns f
144. ns all 9 SmartScore Tool Palettes Hide All removes all Tool Palettes from view e Reset F1 returns to default display of Notes and Rests palettes e Recycle Default changes the secondary open palette when a Quick Key is activated The Notes palette remains open and does not cycle FIGURE 6 4 Tool Palette Selection You may also use the function keys along the top of your computer keyboard to choose any of the available Tool Palettes F1 will reset the palettes to their default display settings NOTE For detailed functions of all tool palettes turn to Tool Pal ettes Section 9 1 on page 160 6 1 6 Pitch shift Shift drag To change the pitch of any note SI e Hold down the Shift key click on and drag a note head up or down to shift its vertical position in the staff Py TIP To adjust vertical placement of a rest hold the SHIFT key Z a down click and drag the rest up or down USING SmartScore 85 Detailed ENF Editing To change the pitch of several notes at once a Press O key to activate the Select tool also in SmartScore Toolbar b Click and drag a box around any series of notes c Hold down the Shift key and drag the notes with the mouse 6 2 Quick Keys P TIP Refer to the Quick Keys maps on page 126 for a graphic depic Z tion of all SmartScore keyboard shortcut keys 6 2 1 QuickSelect Ctrl Click The fastest way to choose any object for inserting and changing is to Qui
145. nstrument key in Instrument list c To reassign a MIDI drum instrument push Change Instrument and make another MIDI drum selection in the pull down menu d To reassign 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 b Press a key to become associated with the sound c Select a new drum sound from the pull down menu d When finished press OK USING SmartScore 82 Chapter 6 Detailed ENF Editing 6 1 More ENF navigating 6 1 1 Split screen and Zoom Window Viewing The default view is the split screen view immediately following rec ognition An alternative view is the floating Zoom Window FIGURE 6 1 Zoom Window To use the Zoom Window a Go to View menu select Zoom Window and TIFF view FIGURE 6 2 View gt Zoom Window b To increase or decrease zoom view of the window choose a zoom magnification from View gt Zoom Window selection Available zoom levels are Normal 1x 2x and 3x magnification USING SmartScore 83 Detailed ENF Editing 6 1 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 keyboard to scroll up down left and right in an ENF document 6 1 3 Paging To page forward or backward in an ENF document
146. nstrument template USING SmartScore 101 Detailed ENF Editing a Hit Ctrl F Cmnd F or choose Edit gt Instrument Templates bilien Perea bates FIGURE 6 9 Instrument Template window b Instrument color can be changed by double clicking in its color field When Part Color in Options gt Color Mode notation for parts associated with this instrument will inherit this color c Click in the Name field of any template and type to change the given name of an instrument d To change an abbreviation click then type inside the Abbr field e Click and select a different MIDI instrument from the Instru ment list to change default MIDI instrument assignment f Transpose displays the default playback transposition for selected instruments The MIDI representation will reflect the transposed shift in pitch g 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 h To save settings for future ENF files check Save for Future 6 6 1 Transposed Instruments Because ensemble instruments have such wide pitch ranges it is neces sary for transcribers to notate certain instruments in key signatures that are remote from others in the ensemble Players of transposed instru ments read and transpose naturally without worrying that the part they are reading is actually out
147. ntire chord Mlle 3 4 General Note Editing TIP The FT key will reset all windows and palettes to their default startup positions Use when things get messy Q bs 3 4 1 Undo To undo any edit action hold the Ctrl and Z keys down Cmnd Z for Mac Repeat again to undo a previous action USING SmartScore 53 Editing Notes and Rests 3 4 2 Tool Palettes F2 F9 keys All notation objects used in SmartScore can be selected from one of several Tool Palettes NOTE For full description of all SmartScore tool palettes turn to Tool Palettes Section 9 1 on page 160 To quickly select any alternative Tool Palette right click Ctrl click for Mac on any open Tool Palette All possible Tool Palettes become ji available for selection Notice that the active palette is replaced by the newly selected palette when Recycle is the palette mode TIP Quick Select Ctrl Click is probably the quickest way to select an object to Insert or Change Hold down the Ctrl button and click on any object in the active staff line The cursor will become that object and also inherit its attributes TIP Notes can be selected from number keys Use SHIFT for rests and Ctrl 2 and 3 for accidentals 3 4 3 Grace Notes While in Insert mode select a rhythmic value and press the grace note button in the Notes palette Click before any note in the active staff to insert a grace note ENF playback will
148. on 5 2 on page 78 2 9 Karaoke View Feel like singing out loud Hey you only live once To view moving lyrics with familiar bouncing ball a Press the Karaoke View button in the floating Navigator palette b Use the floating mini console transport buttons to control play back c Open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 for Mac to adjust tempo and change instrument assignments for parts and voices USING SmartScore 49 ql py rajm l Chapter 3 Editing Notes and Rests This section is intended to give you a brief overview of ENF editor functions Turn to Section Chapter 6 Detailed ENF Editing on page 83 for more 3 1 Navigating Inside an ENF Document 3 1 1 Zoom To Zoom in and out e Click the Zoom Tool in the Main Toolbar Ctrl Q Cmnd Q for Mac will toggle between In and Out e Click will increase the scale of your view Zoom In while right click option click for Mac will decrease the scale of your view Zoom Out NOTE An alternative to the split screen view is the Zoom Win dow view See Split screen and Zoom Window Viewing on page 83 for more details 3 1 2 Paging TIP Itis possible to view several pages at once with either File gt Print Preview or the View gt True Scrolling function See page 178 View gt True Scrolling To page forward or backward in an ENF document e Use the paging buttons located in the Main Toolbar or push the Next pa
149. on of color modes refer to page 103 Working with Voices and Colors e Voice Each voice of a staff line will display in a different color e By Part Each staff line will display in a different color or in black 9 2 53 Define Colors Voices Define the colors used to identify each of four contrapuntal voices e Part Color Define the colors used while Color gt By Part is selected e Background Define the background color for the ENF document or Image file USING SmartScore 181 Reference 9 2 54 Options gt Overlapping notes Often two notes of different voices share the same pitch at the same time You can choose whether you want noteheads of different voices to overlap one another or to become offset next to each other To allow overlapping noteheads check off Overlap Notes in the Options menu Playback will not be affected whether note heads are offset or overlap 9 2 55 Options gt Align Lyrics to the Left Lyric fields are normally center aligned to their associated note or rest Choose this option to left align lyrics All lyric fields will be affected 9 2 56 Options gt Accidental Stacking Rule You may choose two alternative methods of stacking accidentals e Diagonal Applies the rule that adjacent accidentals should be positioned as closely as possible to each other and become diagonally offset e Zig Zag Attempts to arrange accidentals in back and forth rows no more than three spaces wide
150. or lengthened e Increase or decrease the Velocity of the Note Event Select a different Voice for the Note Event 7 5 9 Cut Copy and Paste Click and drag the mouse or use Edit gt Select to select a region of note events that you would like to cut copy or paste e Cut removes the highlighted notes from the score and places them in the clipboard 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 CE Add bo exiting events C Replace eaii averi Carcel C Move bo make soom Alapetitions Steet fromrack fi Alto hack a FIGURE 3 18 Paste Special The Paste Special window offers several options for pasting the con tents of the clipboard back into the music Add to existing events will add the contents of the clipboard to the selected area without erasing the existing notes USING SmartScore 143 p my ZIP Zo MIDI Editing and Sequencing Replace existing events will replace the existing music with the contents of the clipboard Move to make room will push the existing music backward and then insert the contents of the clipboard Use Repetitions to determine the number of times the contents of the clipboard will be inserted Start from time designates wh
151. ore 191 Reference 9 4 Image Menu Items Image FILE Menu e File gt New Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore 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 e File gt Open Ctrl O Cmnd 0O Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen e File gt Save Ctrl S Cmnd T Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk e File gt Save As Opens Windows File Selection dialog box Save processed or modified Image files to hard disk following Scan ning and Editing Use to save selected files to directory other than the working directory e File gt Scan Music Selects scanner or initiates scanner to acquire image e File gt Recognition Initiates Recognition to begin processing saved image file s e File gt Print Ctrl P Win Cmnd P Mac Initiates Windows Print Monitor Current Image file is output to default printer from selected printer port e File gt 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 USING SmartScore 192 Reference e File gt Exit Quit Cmnd Q Mac Exit SmartScore Save current file Go to Windows main desktop Image EDIT Menu e Edit gt Undo
152. our computer keyboard g Press the Play button of the Mini Console Recording will begin at Measure 1 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 i To insert a rest choose a note value and hit Enter or right arrow 7 11 Virtual Drum Kit In any MIDI view you can record your own drum tracks onto existing tracks using nothing more than your computer keyboard To activate Virtual Drums go to the Realtime menu and select Virtual Drum Kit See for more information USING SmartScore 158 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 12 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 dis play 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 previ ous changes made in MIDI or C Saving the current playback as a MIDI file Refer to Updating and refreshing playback and display on page 128 for more information on how ENF and MIDI views are inter related 7 13 MIDI to ENF SmartScore accepts any Standard MIDI file and converts it to an ENF file Turn to
153. p 55 177 Delete Delete Any toggle 53 87 dithered images 4 USING SmartScore Dot of Prolongation 58 drag zoom MIDI 132 drums automatic drum patterns 78 virtual 81 working with 77 dynamics 90 110 inserting 110 properties 116 117 E Edit Shapes 60 69 moving fret and chord sym bols 74 endings 14 endings multiple editing 118 ENF adding or removing parts 101 associate view with image 179 bracketing 75 creating a new page 62 creating from scratch 61 Cut Copy and Paste 171 editing modes 52 editing scanned files 19 Error Check 56 Graphical Controllers 43 multiple endings 118 Paging 84 playback 33 preliminary cleanup 51 Save as PDF 170 saving and exporting 63 Score Header 174 scrolling 84 Select area 63 set play range 46 Status Bar 51 System Manager 97 Templates 62 tempo marking 174 Zoom 50 132 136 ENF MIDI relationship 128 remove articulations 64 ENF Menu Items 167 ENF playback 33 real time settings 37 Error Check 36 56 exporting ENF files 63 extracting parts and voices Apply New 100 fermata editing 112 playback 160 Finale exporting to 64 Fine 121 flagged notes beaming 87 fonts changing styles 68 Format Score 174 G glissando 114 Go to 84 grace notes 54 Graphical Controllers ENF 43 MIDI 136 guitar frets amp chord symbols display 178 editing and adding 73 inserting 71 moving 74 USING SmartScore recognizing 15 scaling 75 H hairpin properties 115
154. p of horizon tally offset notes or rests See FIGURE 2 6 b Press the Y key to group the selected offset notes into a single vertical event Selected voices may move or jump slightly closer To globally join offset voices automatic method NOTE The following procedure is global and may result in joining voices which do not belong to the same vertical event Use caution when employing this procedure Less is better USING SmartScore 40 ENF Playback a Press the J key or select Join Voices from the Edit menu CE Sed peman hanniad hissa miei aw be be kea 1 0 fa Coca FIGURE 2 7 Join Voices b Notes and rests belonging to different voices will be joined to the same vertical event based on the distance selected 1 through 20 These units are arbitrary The default is 6 It is recommended not to change the distances more than 2 or 3 units at a time NOTE Be careful not to overdo it You may inadvertently join voices that ought to be syncopated Always playback and listen after joining voices If you wind up with sewing machine or head banging rhythms or worse you can always UNDO Ctrl Z Win Cmnd Z Mac c Press OK and hit the spacebar to audition The occasional note that may have been incorrectly joined to its neighbor can easily be deleted and replaced 2 4 5 Options gt Align Joined Voices Offset voices that are joined will have simultaneous start times for p
155. puntal voices are assigned to MIDI channels Table 2 Parts and Voices and their MIDI equivalents Options gt P MIDI Tracks MIDI Channels Color Mode Voice Each Staff One Track Each Voice One Channel 4 Voice channels per Track Part gt Black Each Staff One Track One Voice per Track Part gt Color In Voice mode contrapuntal voices display as one of four colors Voice 1 black Voice 2 red Voice 3 green and Voice 4 blue Voicelines can then be extracted in either System Manager or in Score Structure USING SmartScore 103 bight GESTER item 7 Yoo 1 Hore t Fy Detailed ENF Editing In Voice mode each contrapuntal voiceline is assigned a unique MIDI channel This allows you to control each voice s Volume Balance and MIDI instrument in the Playback Console 6 7 2 Overriding automatic voice colors Voice colors are assigned automatically but can be manually overrid den To override default voice color of a note or rest change voice number a Select desired voice number and color from Voice Tool combo button in the SmartScore Toolbar b Locate the note or rest for which you want to change voice color c Click on the note or rest to change it to the selected color and voice TIP When editing a measure containing multiple voices voice col ors may change to green and blue as you insert or delete notes and rests Ignore these changes until the entir
156. rmonic equivalents of accidentals For example 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 Check results before accepting 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 SmartScore 95 Detailed ENF Editing 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 moved by a uniform interval while considering the key sig nature Change Pitch can
157. rranged from left to right top to bottom starting with the active window Image REALTIME Menu USING SmartScore 195 Reference e Realtime gt Thru Allows MIDI input to sound while recording USING SmartScore 196 Reference USING SmartScore 197 INDEX A Accaciatura 54 accent editing 112 113 playback 161 accidentals editing 89 182 accuracy recognition 22 29 active staffline 51 177 Apply To System Manager 100 Apply New 100 arpeggio 114 articulations 110 deleting 114 editing 112 palette button 160 Associate Image Files 179 Auto Save 182 B barlines bracketing 76 breaking 177 editing 59 repeat 118 beaming flagged notes 87 beams changing angles and height 60 69 cross measure 106 cross staff voicing 105 bowings 14 bracketing 75 C chord deleting single note from 87 splitting into voices 105 chord cluster tool 53 chord symbols 71 178 editing and adding 73 recognition of 71 clefs editing 162 transposition 93 unifying 122 Coda 119 Color Mode overriding automatic color 104 parts and voices 38 103 104 Colors defining 181 conductor score from parts 14 21 Copy 171 ENF region to clipboard 63 courtesy accidentals 90 crescendos and decrescendos hiding 108 inserting 111 properties 115 Crop 27 cross measure beaming 106 cross staff voicing 105 D dal Capo 120 Darkness scanning 5 9 delete 55 a note from chord 53 selected ties amp articulations 88 when all else fails Ti
158. rrently dis played image file e Next Page Displays next page of ENF document e Previous Page 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 Pag ing on page 50 for details 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 9 2 50 View gt Zoom Window Provides options for the floating zoom window including whether to display ENF or TIFF close ups in the zoom window and selecting addi tional zoom views Refer to page 83 Split screen and Zoom Window Viewing for details on the floating zoom window 9 2 51 New MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I Opens New MIDI View dialog box Select type of MIDI view USING SmartScore 180 Reference e Overview Displays all staves as MIDI tracks e Piano Roll Displays selected stave as MIDI track e Event List Displays MIDI events of selected staff line ENF OPTIONS Menu e Options gt Measure Numbers There are several options for displaying measure numbers in an ENF file Under the Options menu highlight Measure Numbers e None removes all measure numbers from the ENF file e Every Staff displays a measure number for the first measure of each system only e Every Measure displays a measure number at each barline 9 2 52 Options gt Color Mode For detailed discussi
159. rtScore 2 Scanning and Recognition If the scanner still does not operate properly go to Choosing an alternative scanning interface on page 6 Your scanner should begin to operate with Scan or Acquire A low res olution pre scan will appear in the Preview window along with a black bounding box surrounding the music The bounding box should encom pass the entire image area that you wish to scan Edges of the box should be about 1 4 away from the printed image Sba Aacoiukon Right Dip FIGURE 1 2 SmartScore scanning interface NOTE Ifthe preview image appears with white notes on black back ground this means your scanner is reversing image polarity In this case you will want to check the box Invert Image below the Preview window b To resize the bounding box click and drag any of the 4 sides so there is at least 1 4 of white space between the bounding box and the music which you are scanning c To scan more than one page make sure Multiple is checked d Push the Scan button to create a final high resolution scan of first page You will be prompted to scan additional pages until all pages are successfully scanned in The following section lists image enhancement and scanner settings which you can control within the SmartScore scanning interface If you understand and or accept the default settings in the Scan window turn to Recognition Sequence on page 11 to complete scanning and to begin the
160. rule of thumb for keeping merged MIDI and ENF data is Perform MIDI Editing Last Then Save As MIDT 7 1 2 Parts and Voices to Channels and Tracks SmartScore is designed to map ENF parts and or voices to MIDI tracks depending on which Color Mode is selected Part or Voice For more about color mode of parts and voices see Working with Voices on page 37 7 2 Opening Changing and Closing Multiple MIDI Views There are three ways to display MIDI data in the MIDI Editor Over view Piano Roll and Event List 7 2 1 Opening MIDI views To enter MIDI environment from ENF and to select or change a MIDI view a Press the MIDI button in the Navigator or choose View gt New MIDI View Ctrl I Cmnd I Mac The New MIDI View Window will open FIGURE 3 2 New MIDI View USING SmartScore 130 MIDI Editing and Sequencing b In the Type window select the type of MIDI view desired Over view display all tracks Piano Roll display detail of one track or Event List display all MIDI events in all tracks 7 2 2 Changing MIDI Views The MIDI toolbar View gt Toolbars gt MIDI Toolbar includes but tons for opening new Overview Piano Roll Event List windows The Shuttle Tool Record Record to New Track and Virtual Drum Kit are also visible HHE FIGURE 3 3 MIDI Toolbar You can also change to a new MIDI view by pressing MIDI in the Nav igator Views do not replaced Each ne
161. s 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 display and playback will change accordingly d Choosing Reset removes all controller changes and resets the default settings NOTE Additional Tempo markings inserted into ENF will still take affect The end result is an averaging of tempo values 2 5 7 Controller background views e Invisible Graphical controllers are not visible in this view It is the default view e Line In Line view controller is displayed in the foreground with notation displayed in grey in the background USING SmartScore 45 H ENF Playback e Filled In Filled view notation is obscured entirely with controller in fore ground e Background In Background view notation is displayed in the foreground and the graphical controller appears in grey in the background 2 5 8 Set Play Range You can have playback begin on any measure in the ENF file or you can specify a range of measures for playback To set a playback start point or to select a range for playback a Select Playback gt Set Play Range and click the Play Range radio button b In the From field choose a starting measure To establish a range for playback select an end point in the To pull down box FIGURE 2 14 Set Playback Range
162. s to 10 the default drum channel Notes can be entered normally but will playback only as MIDI drums Note pitch to MIDI drum assignments are mapped in Drumset option under the Playback menu Refer to Playback gt Drumset on page 77 to assign drums 9 1 4 Barlines and Repeats See Repeats and Multiple Endings on page 118 9 1 5 Signatures Key and Time To change an existing key or time signature to another signature NOTE It is possible to change one or all key signatures in a system In Insert mode all staves of the system are updated to the inserted key signature In Change mode only the staff line where the change is made will be affected This is particularly useful for transposed instruments a Select a new signature from the tool palette b Hit the C key to toggle to the Change mode c Click on the signature to be change NOTE The key of C major A minor does not have a visible sign to indicate its presence 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 to change C major to a new key signature selected from the palette you must still toggle to Change mode and click on or to the right of the clef sign Simply inserting a new key will not work To create a custom time signature to Insert or Change Tm a Select the Custom Time button from the Signatures palette USING SmartScore 164 Reference b Using num
163. se the stem direction of the highlighted notes In Change mode an existing note stem can be reversed by right click ing Windows on any existing notehead Option click for Mac 6 2 12 Accidentals To insert an accidental a Select any accidental from the Notes or Articulations palette b Toggle the C key to Insert mode USING SmartScore 89 Detailed ENF Editing c Click on the notehead that is to receive the marking To change an accidental e Select an accidental from the Notes palette Toggle the C key until a white arrow appears and click on a notehead to change To delete an accidental e Press the X key with any accidental active in cursor and click on a notehead to remove its associated accidental A courtesy accidental is bounded by parentheses and acts as a reminder that a note has an accidental normally used when notation becomes dense MIDI playback ignores these redundant accidentals To insert a courtesy accidental e Press the parentheses button when any accidental is selected before clicking a notehead 6 2 13 Rests R Press the R key to automatically select a quarter rest for editing Shift R will select an eighth rest 6 2 14 Barlines I Hit the I key to select a standard barline for editing The Barlines and Repeats palette will open as the secondary palette 6 2 15 Dynamics P lt and gt e Press the P
164. ses active ENF document If changes have been made a Save As dialog box will open 9 2 4 File gt Save Ctrl S Cmnd S for Mac This will save an open SmartScore document to the same drive the file was opened from The original name remains unchanged If ENF and Image are displayed only the ENF file is saved 9 2 5 File gt Save As You can save files in several file formats other than SmartScore s native ENF format These include MIDI MID NIFF NIF for Lime and NIF for Sibelius and FIN file Saving in the FIN format will create a file that can be opened in Finale 2000c or greater with page layout and formatting intact To save open ENF document into one of these formats or to save open file with a new name Go to File gt Save As In the Filetype Format window choose a format to save the file Browse to another directory and change the name if necessary a eS Press OK The file will be saved in the last directory used to save USING SmartScore 167 Reference NOTE Use File gt Save Ctrl S Cmnd S to update the current EMF file 9 2 6 File gt Scan Music e Acquire Initiates scanning Same as Scan in Navigator e Select Scanner Opens list of available TWAIN drivers to select e Choose Interface Windows only gt SmartScore s selects the SmartScore scanning interface Refer to Scanning in Windows Using the SmartScore Scanning Interface on page 2 for details gt Yo
165. signed to MIDI Channel 10 NOTE To check the channel number of a track right click Ctrl 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 the Piano Roll window to return to Overview window Another option is to simply open the Playback Console Ctrl 9 Next to each track number listing is a colored box con taining 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 classify 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 impor tant 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 a TIP Add fills to longer patterns 8 or 12 measures Repeated fills z in patterns having 1 or 2 measures usually sound dumb USING SmartScore 80 Working with Drums e Importing MIDI drum patterns a Push the Open button in the Navigator File gt Open and click to select MIDI from the Files of Type pull down menu Browse to a MIDI file containing a drum trac
166. st e Select what event types are displayed in the Event List by check ing 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 USING SmartScore 148 MIDI Editing and Sequencing To page from track to track click on Track Paging buttons in the Ei Pi Main Toolbar 7 6 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 exist ing MIDI event or double click in the Type column of a Note Event to open the Note On window i ii gi FIGURE 3 22 Note On window The Note On window like the Note Event window allows for adjust ment of an individual note s parameters Channel Time Duration Pitch and Velocity 7 6 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 ov eo eS 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 USING SmartScore 149 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 6 3 Editi
167. t i 7 9 MIDI Recording 7 9 1 Recording Options Ly Aa a To activate the Record mode and adjust the recording options choose Recording Record from the Realtime menu e Synchro Start Recording is synchronized to start with the first MIDI note played To unsynchronize the start of recording with the first played MIDI event uncheck Synchro Start from the Realtime menu OR choose the Met ronome Settings listed under the Options menu and uncheck Synchro On Thru Sends new MIDI events to the selected MIDI output device The active Piano Roll determines the parameters of the MIDI Thru sound If no Piano Roll is open MIDI Channel 1 is used 7 9 2 Metronome The Metronome is on by default The metronome is useful in keeping time while recording 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 performance in MIDI without worrying about timing or about trying to convert the performance into notation For this purpose you will want to turn the metronome off To make the metronome inac USING SmartScore 153 MIDI Editing and Sequencing tive during recording uncheck Metronome from the Realtime menu OR choose the Metronome Settings listed under the Options menu and uncheck Metronome On To make changes to SmartScore s metronome Choose Metronome Settings from the Options menu The Met ronome Settings
168. te but no other object e Delete Any mode removes any notation object that is clicked with the mouse NOTE This delete will remove an entire chord To remove a single note from a chord hit the X then Z cluster key Click a note To delete any object in the active staff a Toggle the X key to Delete Any mode b Click on any object TIP To select and delete a large number of objects or for the occa Py sional object that does not respond to normal click to delete Fo action use the Select tool Hit Delete key to remove selected objects 6 2 4 Select tool O Quick Delete Use the Select tool O key for choosing more than one object Many functions including mass delete mass pitch shift vertical alignment voice splitting flipping stem directions and copy paste work with the Select tool Its button is found in the SmartScore toolbar 6 2 5 Beam Selected Flagged Notes B Any group of selected flagged notes on the same staff can be trans formed into one beamed group To convert a sequence of flagged notes into one beamed group a Use the Select tool O to select a group of flagged notes to be beamed together b Hit the B key to form the flagged notes into a beamed group USING SmartScore 87 Detailed ENF Editing 6 2 6 Delete Selected Ties and Articulations G Occasionally you might find an area full of incorrectly recognized ties and or slurs or hairpins Use
169. ted by active Time Signature This is the default To play back each measure exactly as written in the ENF display Uncheck Playback gt Lock to Time Signature Playback will then sound every measure exactly as notated If ENF is unedited you will probably hear mistakes played back as longer measures or interrupted passages 2 1 4 MIDI Devices It is necessary to identify the MIDI device attached to your system in order for SmartScore to play through it Selecting the MIDI device is similar on both Windows and Macintosh One nice advantage of the Mac Operating System 8 0 and better is that it includes QuickTime Musical Instruments soft synthesizer This allows you to select and play General MIDI GM sounds without attaching an external synthesizer or internal soundcard to your computer To set the MIDI input and output devices a Select MIDI Devices from the Playback menu The MIDI Devices window will open H il Cancel Feral eg Ae beg CPL Ss FH Mf TTS vital Phare tin OFLISA HAJ MDI DUT OPLIS45 Sof staem laba HI nm m Platend ial HIDE Dut Pori A a iva i nm ay FIGURE 2 2 Playback gt 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 USING SmartScore 34 ENF Playback svg c If you intend to record in SmartScore select the desired MIDI ii M recording device interface in Input window W
170. terface Notice the scanning region defined in your scanner s preview window The scan region is bounded by flashing dots marching ants or by some other obvious delineator and can be resized The selected region identi fies the boundaries of the image passed to SmartScore s interface c With your mouse click and drag the edges of the scan region to its maximum size It is very important to acquire a full page USING SmartScore 8 Scanning and Recognition image at this stage Otherwise subsequent scans may cut off parts of the music on the following pages d You will be prompted for the best possible resolution in dpi Select the recommended resolution in your scanning interface Once set press the Scan or Final Scan button in the scanning window 1 3 3 Scanner settings You want to scan images with the resolution and darkness optimized for SmartScore All scanning software is different so locating the fol lowing controls may take some poking around Find the controls for Resolution dpi and Darkness Brightness e Resolution You will be prompted to set an optimum scanning resolution for your scanned music If you wish to choose another resolution we recom mend 350 dpi for most music If the original music is printed in smaller type increase resolution to 400 500 dpi For miniature scores try 600 dpi but don t expect miracles if the music has extremely small print It is not recommended to scan music below 2
171. that are checked will open by default when SmartScore is launched Use to override default toolbar and palette displays 9 2 41 View gt Show Active Staff This selection will cause the ENF display to highlight the active staff in black while other staves become grey The active staffline is the staff that the mouse pointer was last positioned over TIP Show Active Staff is useful when notation objects do not respond to editing actions Using this view option might reveal that they actually belong to an adjacent staffline TIP If an object does not delete even if it shows itself to be in an active staff use the Select tool SmartScore Toolbar to high light it and then hit the Delete key All selected objects will be removed with the Delete key whether they are in the active staff or not 9 2 42 View gt Hidden Symbols Refer to page 108 Hidden Symbols for details 9 2 43 View gt Break Barline Choose this option to break barlines by instrument groups For more details see page 172 Edit gt Bracketing Ctrl B or Cmnd B 9 2 44 View gt Cross staff Voicing Choose solid or dashed line to indicate when a voice crosses over to an adjacent staff line visiting Refer to Cross staff voicing on page 105 9 2 45 View gt Show Part Names To display the part name or abbreviation on the left staffline margin a Selecting Show Part Names and Abbreviations displays Part Names in the first system and the P
172. the file with corrections e Paint 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 Crop To crop an image file trimming unwanted portions of your image from outside a marked frame go to the Edit menu and choose the Selection option OR press the Select tool button in the Image Toolbar BO oo A i FIGURE 1 16 Selecting Region for Cropping 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 drag ging the page will scroll as you drag up or down USING SmartScore 27 Scanning and Recognition To adjust the marked bounded area move your mouse pointer over a boundary line click and drag the boundary to a new position 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 USING SmartScore 28 aig Scanning and Recognition 1 9 2 Page Tools 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 accu racy will be compromised The Deskew tool will rotate the image slightly to correct skewed pages and will optimize recognition accu racy Press the Deskew button in the Imag
173. the number multiple passes this ending should have Use the Last Measure of Ending check box to define the total length of the ending After this measure is played MIDI playback will jump to the 1 Measure of Repeat and continue on with the next pass NOTE This measure is also the Last Measure of Repeat Check the Last Measure of Repeat box to continue playback with the Ist Measure of Repeat 7 5 12 Segnos A Segno is a musical notation symbol used to denote the beginning or the end of a repeated section e Starting from a Segno Checking the Segno box will place a Segno in a measure USING SmartScore 146 MIDI Editing and Sequencing Activate the Jump check box and select d s or Dal Segno from Segno After this measure is played MIDI playback will jump to the Segno measure and continue playback e Ending at a Segno Check the Jump box and select d c or Da Capo from the beginning and al segno to the Segno Checking the Segno box will place a Segno in a measure Playback will stop with this measure e Fine Fine means final or end It denotes the last measure of a score when repeats are used e d c al fine Check the Jump to box and select d c or Da Capo from the begin ning and al fine to the end After this measure is played MIDI play back will jump to the beginning of the score and continue playback to the end Use the Fine check box to insert a fine into a measure MIDI playback will stop at th
174. their pitch from the space or line of the visited staff b If the visiting note is stand alone not part of a beamed group choose whether you want the cross staff indicator lines to be solid or dotted View gt Cross staff Voicing gt Solid or Dotted c Drag the notehead up or down to an adjacent staff and position it over a line or space The visiting notehead will inherit that pitch Cross staff voice single note Cross staff voice beamed note FIGURE 6 11 Cross staff voicing d To access a cross staff note position the mouse pointer over the home staff of the visiting note Hold the Ctrl button down and locate the notehead of the visiting voice Shift drag to alter pitch Py TIP Holding the Ctrl button down always keeps the active staff and TA its system selected This is useful when accessing the Edit menu to add remove staves and systems or to open the System Manager 6 7 7 Cross measure beaming To create a cross measure beam a Insert a right beam note and a left beam note on either side of a barline USING SmartScore 106 Detailed ENF Editing b Use the Select tool to highlight both notes and hit the B key 6 7 8 Overlapping or offset noteheads Often two notes of different voices share the same pitch at the same time You can choose whether you want note heads of different voices to overlap one another or to become offset next to each other To allow overlapping note heads check o
175. this tool to mass delete these objects To mass delete ties and articulations a 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 b Hit the G key Only articulations will be deleted All other notation objects remain unaffected 6 2 7 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 In Change mode a clicked note rest will acquire a dot 6 2 8 Ties V Hit the V key This toggles you between the solid Insert tie and grayed out Delete tie modes Click on the first note to Insert tie with a downward arc and right click option click for Mac to insert with an upward arc The V tie tool will insert multiple ties from one chord cluster to the next as long as note pitches match To insert only one tie at a time select the single tie button from the Notes palette 6 2 9 Beam direction A With any single flagged note chosen hit the A key This toggles between Begin beam Middle beam and End beam note configurations 6 2 10 Flags and beams
176. ting and soloing each voiceline USING SmartScore 37 J ENF Playback 2 4 1 Color Mode gt Voice To view contrapuntal voices as separate colors in an ENF file push the Voice Color button in the SmartScore toolbar or go to the Options menu and select Color Mode gt Voice Each ENF Part each staffline of the score can contain a maximum of 4 voices represented by 4 col ors We recommend that you normally view your ENF files with voice color on An alternative note coloring method useful in orchestral scores is to view each Part each staffline with a unique color For more about coloring parts and voices see Working with Voices and Colors on page 103 TIP When Color Mode Voice the number of MIDI channels will be increased to equal the total number of voices in the score When Color Mode Part the number of channels equals num ber of parts far less than if Color Mode Voice Open Play back Console Ctrl 9 Cmnd 9 in either mode to view the difference 2 4 2 Assigning instruments to voices Assigning a unique MIDI instrument to each voiceline adds richness and tonal variety while allowing the listener to distinguish one contra puntal voice from all others during playback There are two areas where you can change MIDI instrument assignments for voices inside the Playback Console and inside the System Manager To change an instrument assignment of a voice in the Playback Con sole a Set Options gt
177. tl Page2 Part2 Page1 etc SSS Pm jja e FIGURE 1 13 Grouping pages to Score Parts c Highlight the first set of pages that make up the first Score Part d 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 For more informa tion on creating conductor s scores refer to Creating a Conductor s Score from Part Scores on page 97 USING SmartScore 21 Scanning and Recognition 1 8 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 open file in the Image Editor FIle gt Open gt Files of Type Image Determine the following by zooming close up e If close up examination reveals the image to be speckled salt and pepper your scanner may have created a dithered image See page 4 To override automatic dithering check the Over ride Grey box in the SmartScore interface Normal thresholding level is 38 Decreasing will darken the image e If objects lack detail rescan with Auto Resolution On or increase scanning resolution manually
178. to view scanned pages and to make alterations such as cropping deskew line drawing cutting and pasting etc Choose Cancel to stop Saree ia ard Bagn Peecogration Ures Ppa n binage Eis FIGURE 1 7 Scan Next Page Finish window NOTE If you select Open Pages in Image Editor turn to Image Editor on page 25 to learn about editing scanned images To save your scanned image file and begin recognition sequence a Push the Save As and Begin Recognition button or OK Mac b Browse to a location for saving your SmartScore working files You may wish to add a unique directory at this time USING SmartScore 11 Scanning and Recognition c Give the image file a name If you are using Windows the exten sion TIF will be added automatically d Push OK to begin the recognition process The image file you have just saved contains all pages you scanned The default filetype is Compressed TIFF CCITT Type 4 a multi page single file TIFF compression format This type of TIFF file is approxi mately 10 times smaller than an uncompressed TIFF image file NOTE If you are going to open the scanned image in Adobe Photo shop 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 SmartScore will continue to save to that directory until you change it The same is true when you Open a file Remember that SmartScore wi
179. tomatically be created 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 button in the Playback Console to start recording at measure 1 unless a Punch In point has been set see 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 7 9 5 External Timer e To run SmartScore s MIDI recording from an external timer select External Timer from the Realtime menu 7 9 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 mea sure e Check Punch Out to set this measure as the last measure for recording USING SmartScore 156 MIDI Editing and Sequencing The Punch In and Out points are marked with red triangles in the Over view and Piano Roll displays 7 10 Step Time Recording Recording a live MIDI performance to a metronome may be very useful to an accomplished keyboardist but many of us do not have the timing skills required to record a performance meaningful enough
180. ur Scanner s selects the image scanning software included with your scanner 9 2 7 File gt Import SmartScore imports standard NIFF files Notation Interchange File Format which conform to the NIFF 6b Specification NIFF is an open standard for the exchange of music notation files between music nota tion programs The NIFF standard supports both graphical and time based data Unlike MIDI files which are only time based NIFF attempts to logically integrate both page layout and playback informa tion USING SmartScore 168 Reference 9 2 8 File gt Page Setup Page Setup allows for several adjustments of how your music will appear on screen and on the printed page Since SmartScore is WYSI WYG What you see is what you get your pages will print just as they appear on screen albeit sharper provided you have a high resolution printer pet Page gad OCS Tl i Dhea Fira Fiu pasna haji Lin mwt charga FIGURE 8 10 Page Setup To open Page Setup go to File gt Page Setup a Adjust margins if necessary by either dragging margin line in page preview window or by setting amount in top bottom or side fields b Apply changes using the Scope pull down menu Select Score to apply changes to the entire ENF file Choose Part to apply changes only to current score part Choose Page to apply to cur rent page 9 2 9 File gt Print Preview Selecting this option gives you a page views in a horizontal format S
181. utton resets playback to the start of the playback range 2 3 1 Adjustable Playback Console settings e Scroll to any beat in the score using the Measure Beat slider e Adjust the overall or individual volumes of playback with the Volume sliders e Use the Port pull down menus to select new MIDI output device e Adjust tempo with the Tempo slider e Change MIDI Instrument or Channel Chan of any voice part Transpose the file globally or by individual voices parts NOTE Transposition in the Playback Console is for playback only To transpose notation see Transposition on page 93 e Mute a voice while all others continue to play or Solo a single voice e Use Pan to create a stereo image 2 4 Working with Voices SmartScore treats contrapuntal voices multiple voicelines occurring within a staff as the fundamental component in the structure of music In a score s hierarchy voicelines are treated as the primary building block You can visualize the ENF hierarchy by going to Score Struc ture in the Edit menu See Score Structure on page 97 for more details All scores contain one or more voices in any given measure occasion ally three or four The ENF editor provides extremely useful voice based functions including the ability to extract voices to new docu ments to split two note chords into separate voices and to control indi vidual voice playback such as assigning unique MIDI instruments mu
182. w view overlays all open views 7 2 3 Closing MIDI Views Each MIDI view Overview Piano Roll and Event List has its own close icon in the upper left hand corner To close current MIDI view window click into the close icon and select Close Or select File gt Close Last closed MIDI view will return display to ENF notation view 7 3 Track Overview Overview provides a bird s eye view of all existing MIDI tracks Some editing functions are limited 1 PianoR FIGURE 3 4 Track Overview window USING SmartScore 131 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 7 3 1 Selecting tracks and MIDI events Clicking into a track s Name field in Overview will highlight the entire track for cutting pasting shifting Double clicking into a track s Name field will open its Piano Roll view Right click option click Mac in the Name field will open the Track Properties window Jrarapece _ New Track Piano Fed Dupes Tist Evari Li raksta Taack FIGURE 3 5 Track Properties 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 create an exact copy of the active tr
183. will cause adjacent beamed groups to connect To join multiple 2 beam groups into larger groups use the Select tool O key and then hit the B key All selected Pi Fl beam groups will reform di IONI e Inserting an inside beamed note To insert an inside beamed note be sure you are in the Insert mode Select the proper note value from the Note palette and then push the Middle Beam button Position the cursor inside a beam and click e Forming flagged notes into beamed notes To transform a group of flagged notes into a beamed group use the Select tool O key to highlight any group of flagged notes adjacent to each other Hit the B key to join the notes into a beamed group e Forming a beamed group from mixed flagged and beamed notes Any number of flagged or beamed notes may be reformed into a new multiple group by first selecting a group of adjacent flagged or beamed notes using the Select tool Then hitting the B key 3 4 9 Stem direction The default stem direction of an inserted note is determined by its verti cal position on the staff When your cursor crosses the middle staffline the direction of the stem automatically switches Default stem direc tions Up above the middle staff line Down below the middle staff line USING SmartScore 57 Editing Notes and Rests To reverse the default stem direction while inserting a note e With a stemmed note selected toggle t
184. window will open ee ss biin e ipn CE rei BEA Pri BD Deas Lajina Poway Dam ba vira Tesa uba p hai Wema Di me fn de y FIGURE 3 24 Metronome Settings NOTE The Metronome On check box must be selected for the met ronome to sound during recording To record without a met ronome 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 USING SmartScore 154 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 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 7 9 3 Snap to MIDI recording is very strict Any fluctuation in timing or speed ma
185. y 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 event beginning at the nearest selected rhythmic timing mark You can reset start times of selected events to the nearest value set in Options gt 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 horizon tally 7 9 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 Playback Console The New View window will open if any MIDI data already exists in an active file yes C Faa if Cancel Tyyack Track U Tick 1 Tisti Chel Track 2 Bas Chel FIGURE 3 25 Selecting Track to Record USING SmartScore 155 MIDI Editing and Sequencing 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 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 au
186. y and time signatures Selecting Yes will unify all key and time signatures based on what was recog nized in the topmost part of the first system The default is No Select No if the piece is an orchestral score with transposed instruments See Unify Key Time and Clefs U on page 121 for details Unity after becognitian Dio ae meget ip Lj oll hep ani ires pages bee onthe kpreni Aal lee of pach opie ek He T Dee chess tho erie san oF Dared FIGURE 1 10 Unify Key and Time After Recognition NOTE Both System Report and Unify Key and Time can be per manently disabled by selecting Don t show this window again e Refer to page 33 for information on ENF playback or to page 65 for information on editing of the ENF file When recognition is complete the screen will split between an image pane and the ENF pane which displays a representation of what was recognized As you scroll down and page the image and ENF panes remain synchronized An alternative to the split screen view is the Zoom Window view See Split screen and Zoom Window Viewing on page 83 1 5 Scanning Outside of SmartScore An alternative to operating your scanner from inside SmartScore using TWAIN or a Mac plug in is to scan in another application You can use your scanner s software or a third party imaging program like Photo shop to scan and save images Then Recognize the saved images in SmartScore This is the
187. y recent files by type Mac e File gt Exit Quit Cmnd Q Exit SmartScore Save current file Go to Windows main desktop MIDI EDIT Menu e Edit gt Undo Ctrl Z Cmnd Z USING SmartScore 186 Reference Reverses the last action you performed SmartScore has ninety nine layers of Undo e Edit gt Redo Ctrl Y Cmnd Y Reapplies the last action that has been Undone e Edit gt Select Opens the Select window for defined note selection e Edit gt Select All Ctrl A Cmnd A Selects all MIDI events in every track e Edit gt Cut Ctrl X Cmnd X Removes the highlighted notes from the score and places them in the clipboard e Edit gt Copy Ctrl C Win Cmnd C Mac Places selected notes on the clipboard without removing them from the score e Edit gt Paste Ctrl V Cmnd V Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the score without deleting the existing notes e Paste Special Opens the Paste Special window The Paste Special window offers sev eral options for pasting the contents of the clipboard back into the music e Edit gt Delete Del Deletes the selected section from the MIDI file e Edit gt Program Change Piano Roll only Opens the Change Instrument window Insert a change to a new MIDI patch e Edit gt Velocity Duration USING SmartScore 187 Reference Opens the Velocity and Duration window Adjust the Velocity and or Duration of the selected MID
188. your scans 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 multi page list USING SmartScore 19 Scanning and Recognition 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 d You might quickly preview pages prior to recognition to check that pages were scanned completely that black areas do not obscure part of the music and that no page is severely skewed Any of these issues will affect recognition results Select the Pre view tab and click on each page to view your pre scanned pages e Click on the Options tab to return to the File Selection and Options window Options assists the recognizer to hone in on specific symbols and helps to remove any false positives 1 6 1 Rearranging the File List If you scan more than 9 pages you may notice PagelO is listed before Page2 This is because most operating systems list files according to the first character of the filename Click on any page and hit Move Up or Move Down to reposition Hitting Remove Files from List will cause that page to be skipped during Recognition 1 6 2 Recombining multiple scan files Creating new Page Groups for Recognition If one page of a scanned group is incorrectly scanned or is missing alto gether from a multi page image fil
189. ystem you select e Controlling System Active is used for most local and global edits e Controlling System Super is used to add or remove parts from the score See Active System vs Super System on page 90 6 5 6 Adding Parts to Score The Super System To add new part to a score System Manager gt Super System a Change Controlling System to Super b Click dot to highlight any part and select Insert Above or Insert Below to position new part relative to existing parts c Select Apply to All d To make new part visible throughout entire score change Con trolling System Active Or select an alternative Apply To option e Insert check next to Part Name and check Visibility in the Apply area and select Apply then push OK To remove any part from a score System Manager gt Super System a Click the dot corresponding to the part you wish to remove b Make sure Apply to All is selected Push Remove 6 6 Instrument Templates Basic characteristics of all parts ENF staves are inherited from Instru ment Templates These include name abbreviation MIDI instrument playback transposition and color when Color Part mode When an instrument is selected from the Part Name pull down menu in the Sys tem Manager it is directly linked to the same name and its assigned characteristics in Instrument Templates Any or all of these characteris tics can be changed at any time To open modify or add a new i

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