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1. Music Masterworks User Manual Copyright C 1997 2007 Joseph Heimiller contents 1 Table of Contents Part Part Il Part Ill Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI Part XII Part XIII Part XIV Part XV Part XVI Part XVII Part XVIII Part XIX Part XX Part XXI Foreword Index Introduction Views Instruments adding Adding instruments Adding Tracks MIDI Mouse Commands Buttons Keyboard Commands Beams Ties Slurs Tutorial Chords Trouble Shooting Entering Time Values Accidentals Measure Width Note Menu Open Space Menu o 10 10 10 10 11 12 15 16 16 16 17 21 21 24 25 25 26 26 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Ww MusicMasterWorks 00 Part XXII Part XXIII Part XXIV Part XXV Part XXVI Part XXVII Part XXVIII Part XXIX Part XXX Part XXXI Part XXXII Part XXXIII Part XXXIV Part XXXV Part XXXVI Part XXXVII Part XXXVIII Part XXXIX Part XXXX Part XXXXI Part XXXXII Part XXXXIII Part XXXXIV Base Clef Treble Clef Printing Menus Clef Type Key Assignments Staff Piano Roll Options Options menu New Song File menu Close Song File menu Exit File menu Print File menu Print Preview File menu Print Setup File menu Rename Song File menu Save As File menu Save Song File menu Open Song File menu Cascade Tile Song Selection Undo Redo
2. MusicMasterWorks 48 49 50 51 52 Insert Space This option will insert space either before the currently selected note or after the currently selected note You can find the exact starting time of a note and thereby do more precise editing by going to the Message View Delete Range This option will delete a time range either at and including the currently selected note or after the currently selected note You can find the exact starting time of a note and thereby do more precise editing by right clicking on the note and selecting Properties You can also find out times using the Message View Select All Select All will select all the notes and other MIDI messages in the current window using the window s filter Select Time Range This option brings up a dialog where you can type in the starting time and duration of what you want selected See the Entering Time Values section to understand the MIDI time system Delete Track This option brings up a dialog where you can select which track you wish to delete Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Selection Velocity Selection Properties 37 53 54 55 56 57 Selection Velocity Selection Properties This option brings up a dialog where you change the properties of the currently selected range of notes all at once Append Song This appends a complete MIDI song file to the end of the currently edit
3. 61 The MIDI Recording Echo sub menu lets you choose which MIDI synthesis device to echo the recording out through your computer to let you hear what you are playing while recording This is automatically set to the same device as the MIDI output but if there is a problem you may need to set this manually The MIDI Recording Input lets you select a specific device to record MIDI music from The default is to record from all MIDI input devices at once The Wave Input sub menu lets you choose the device to record from for voice to note singing analysis and audio wave recording Song Properties This allows editing of the author title copyright and comments for the song It also allows the changing of the ticks per quarter note value Track Properties Use this to change the default channel and instrument for a track Tempo Use this to edit tempo changes throughout the song Time amp Key Signature Use this to change time and key signature throughout the song About sharps and flats If C Major or a key signature with sharps in it is selected only sharps will be displayed by default If a key signature with flats is selected only flats will be displayed by default For instance the note 1 2 step up from C will be displayed as C sharp in the key of C Major However that same note will display as D flat if the key of F flat is selected please note that C sharp and D flat refer to the exact same note pitch key on th
4. Cut 27 27 27 27 30 30 30 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Contents Part XXXXV Part XXXXVI Part XXXXVII Part XXXXVIII Part XXXXIX Part XXXXX Part XXXXXI Part XXXXXII Part XXXXXIII Part XXXXXIV Part XXXXXV Part XXXXXVI Part XXXXXVII Part XXXXXVIII Part XXXXXIX Part XXXXXX Part XXXXXXI Part XXXXXXII Part XXXXXXIII Part XXXXXXIV Part XXXXXXV Part XXXXXXVI Part XXXXXXVII Copy Paste Clear Insert Space Delete Range Select All Select Time Range Delete Track Selection Velocity Selection Properties Append Song Transpose Quantize Output Options Song Properties Track Properties Tempo Time amp Key Signature Insert Note Before Current Add Note After Current Add Note At End Add Note At Current Pitch Up 1 2 Step Sharping a note 34 34 35 36 36 36 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 38 38 39 39 39 39 39 40 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks Part XXXXXXVIII Part XXXXXXIX Part XXXXXXX Part XXXXXXXI Part XXXXXXXII Part XXXXXXXIII Part XXXXXXXIV Part XXXXXXXV Part XXXXXXXVI Part XXXXXXXVII art XXXXXXXVIII Part XXXXXXXIX Part XXXXXXXX Part XXXXXXXXI Part XXXXXXXXII art XXXXXXXXIII XXXXXXXXIV Part XXXXXXXXV art XXXXXXXXVI art XXXXXXXXVII rt XXXXXXXXVIII XXXXXXXXIX Part XXXXXXXXX Flatting a note Pitch Down 1 2 Step
5. Make sure your microphone is securely plugged into your computer Also check the Volume Control settings of the microphone Select Options Recording Volume from the menu Make sure the volume on the microphone is turned up Some sound cards also have a boost option under the advanced volume control settings turn that on Problem The MIDI record operation doesn t seem to record anything Answer Make sure you hit the Done button after recording If you have selected the Done button make sure that you have your MIDI cable hooked up correctly to your MIDI instrument The IN connector of your cable should be hooked up to the OUT port on the back of the instrument and the OUT connector should be plugged into the IN port on the back of the instrument It is reversed because what is out to the instrument is in to the computer Make sure you turn on plug in your MIDI device before starting Music Masterworks Make sure you have installed any software on CD that came with your sound Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller WeubleShooing 28 Shooting 23 card or USB midi device Make sure you do NOT have the Device MIDI Recording Echo menu option set to the USB midi input device Problem Playing to an external MIDI instrument nothing is played Answer Make sure you have the correct MIDI output device selected under the Device MIDI Output menu If you do this and i
6. e mail address or home address Your name If you include your e mail address you will receive an unlock code that you will need to type into the about dialog This will give you the full functionality of Music MasterWorks If you include only your home address or specify you want a installation CD then it will be sent to you by regular postal mail remember to include 5 for the CD s shipping and handling Purchase Music MasterWorks by Phone To purchase by phone call U S 1 303 233 6791 If you wish to purchase through our secure internet ordering site follow the links at http www musicmasterworks com credit html Purchase Music MasterWorks For secure online credit card ordering and other options please visit this site http www musicmasterworks com To order by phone call U S 1 303 233 6791 Call for information on educational discounts for schools Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Purchase Music MasterWorks To purchase by mail directly to Aspire Software send a check or money order for 34 95 U S 5 if you would like an installation CD mailed to you and the personal ID number that appears in the Help About dialog to Aspire 12556 West 7th Avenue Golden CO 80401 USA Please make checks out to Aspire REMEMBER to include Personal ID Number from the initial pop up screen or Help About screen e mail address or home address Your name If you include y
7. Entertainment Volume Control In the Volume Control app select Options Properties from the menu Select Recording and hit OK Now you will see all the recording devices as opposed to all the playback devices you were seeing before Make sure the input volume on the microphone is up Also if you have a non powered microphone you ll need to turn up the volume even more If you have music already recorded it will play it while recording wave audio if the play on record setting is on You ll probably want to wear headphones to listen to what s already recorded so that it does not get recorded again through the microphone Please note that wave audio support is limited in Music MasterWorks e Ifthe wave segments are overlapped only 1 audio segment will play at a time the newest one will interrupt the one currently playing e Ifthe wave segments go beyond the end of the notes they will be cut off you can avoid this by inserting a note or control change past the end of the wave segment Wave audio segments are not a feature of the MIDI standard or MIDI mid files They are supported in Music MasterWorks by inserting a MIDI comment with a special text syntax that refers to a separate wave WAV file These files can be edited using wave editing software and Music MasterWorks will automatically detect changes in the file if the file s timestamp changes and reload it automatically Wave You can add wave audio segments WAV
8. Pitch Up 1 2 Step 39 Play On Hesitation 43 Play Only Selected View 44 Printing 27 Program Change 54 Properties Note Menu 41 Purchase Music MasterWorks 58 Purchase Music MasterWorks by Phone 58 Q Quantize 37 Record Song to Wave File 62 Record Wave 61 Recording 50 Redo 33 Register Music MasterWorks 59 Rests 59 6 Select All 36 Select Next Current Note 43 Select Previous Current Note 43 Select Time Range 36 Selecting a range of notes 56 Selection Velocity Selection Properties 37 Sharping a note 40 Show Controller Graph 46 Show Lyrics 44 Show Note Placement 44 Singing Analysis 67 Slurs 16 Snap To Resolution 44 Soft Pedal 55 Song Properties 38 Song Selection 33 Sostenuto 54 Staff Piano Roll Options 30 Options menu 30 Staff Style View 53 Sustain 54 T Table of contents 8 Tempo 38 Ties 16 Tile 33 Timbre 55 Time amp Key Signature 38 Track Properties 38 Tracks 46 Transpose 37 Treble Clef 27 Tremolo 56 Triplet Notes 52 Trouble Shooting 21 Tutorial 17 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Index U Undo 33 Unlocking Music MasterWorks 57 View 45 Delete 45 New 45 View Filter 68 Views 9 Voice To Note Settings 64 W Wave 60 Wave To MIDI Notes 62 73 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller
9. See Percussion Instruments Percussion Instruments You can play percussion instruments by placing notes in channel 10 which is reserved for drum percussion instruments You can do this by selecting Song Track Properties off the menu This will put you into a dialog where you can select the default channel for the track Select channel 10 and then hit OK Now the notes you put down will sound like different percussion instruments Notice that the type of Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Percussion Instruments EM percussion instrument played is dependent on the pitch of the note The Number of Copies parameter in the Pastemm paste screen is very useful when dealing with repeating percussion sequences The traditional drum set sounds start at C3 and go up to A4 Here is a list of the usual Channel 10 percussion instrument mappings to note pitch Your sound card may have more or less sounds then listed here Pitch Percussion Instrument Played on Channel 10 C 7 Castanets C7 Sticks hit together B6 Bell A 6 Shaker A6 Open Triangle G 6 Mute Triangle G6 Open Cuica brazilian drum F 6 Mute Cuica brazilian drum F6 Low Wood Block E6 High Wood Block D 6 Claves high pitch wood sound D6 Long Guiro ratchet sound C 6 Short Guiro ratchet sound C6 Long Whistle B5 Short Whistle A 5 Maracas shaker A5 Cabasa shaker G 5 Low Agogo Bell G5 High Ago
10. you can select the dot or triplet buttons which multiply the note duration by one and one half and two thirds respectively You can also hit the or keys to change the duration or the lt and gt keys You can also fine tune the note duration by right clicking on the note and selecting the Properties option The ticks entry field will show the duration of the note in MIDI ticks With this method you can fine tune the duration by adding or subtracting a few ticks or you could make a very long note by multiplying it Ticks is MIDI standard measure and can be adjusted in the Song Properties dialog Selecting a range of notes You can select a range of notes by using the mouse or the keyboard Using the mouse hold down the left mouse button where you want to start the selection and drag it to where you want the selection to end then release the left mouse button You can also use the menu item Edit Select Time Range This will pop up a screen where you can select the starting time and duration of what you want Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Selecting a range of notes 57 selected See the Entering Time Values section to understand the MIDI time system To select more than one track or channel or instrument at once you need to change the view filter by selecting the view filter button which will look something like Track 1 this 121 MIDI Echo Echoing of MID
11. 2 Step Use this option to move the selected note down 1 2 step For instance this will change a D to a C sharp or a D flat depending on the key signature selected This can also be done by just hitting the down arrow key Notes will appear as flats or sharps depending on the key signature You can change the default by right clicking on the note and selecting one of the Force to options off the pop up menu Increase Duration This option will increase the duration of the selected note This will cycle through the most used durations including triplets This can also be done by just hitting the gt or key Decrease Duration This option will decrease the duration of the selected note This will cycle through the most used durations including triplets This can also be done by just hitting the or key Properties Note Menu This option will bring up a dialog box where you can fine tune the duration of a note and set the exact velocity volume of the note Note at time This tells you exactly where your note is in time showing Bar Measure Beat Ticks Duration Shows you the duration of the note both its symbol and its exact tick duration Ticks are usually 384 per quarter note although the ticks per quarter note can be changed in the song properties menu item Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 42 MusicMasterWorks 73 74 75 Velocity volume change how lo
12. Entertainment Volume Control In the Volume Control app select Options Properties from the menu Select Recording and hit OK Now you will see all the recording devices as opposed to all the playback devices you were seeing before Make sure the input volume on the microphone is up Also if you have a non powered microphone you ll need to turn up the volume even more If you have music already recorded it will play while recording audio You ll probably want to wear headphones to listen to what s already recorded so that it does not get Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 133 134 recorded again through the microphone Recording is done at the fastest speed available 16 bits per sample in mono not stereo To use wave files of a different sample rate or stereo wave files you need to record them in a different program such as Sound Recorder that comes with Windows and insert them into your song by right clicking in the staff and selecting Add Audio Please note that wave audio support is limited in Music MasterWorks Record Song to Wave File This function will record your song to a wave file WAV extension Wave files can be used to create an audio CD although Music Masterworks does not have CD burning functionality This function will first ask you the name of the output wave file It will then play the entire song and record it to that wave file This
13. Increase Duration Decrease Duration Properties Note Menu Delete Clear Move Right in time Move Left in time Select Next Current Note Select Previous Current Note Complex Normal Mode Play On Hesitation Play Only Selected View Auto Rewind Move Pitch To Key Show Note Placement Show Lyrics Snap To Resolution View New New View menu View Delete Delete View menu 40 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 44 44 44 45 45 45 45 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Contents art XXXXXXXXXI art XXXXXXXXXII rt XXXXXXXXXIII rt XXXXXXXXXIV art XXXXXXXXXV rt XXXXXXXXXVI t XXXXXXXXXVII XXXXXXXXXVIII rt XXXXXXXXXIX art XXXXXXXXXX rt XXXXXXXXXXI t XXXXXXXXXXII LXXXXXXXXXXIII XXXXXXXXXXIV t XXXXXXXXXXV XXXXXXXXXXVI XXXXXXXXXXVII XXXXXXXXXX VIII XXXXXXXXXXIX t XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXII XXXXXXXXXXXIII Show Controller Graph Tracks Channels Normal Complex Mode Controller View Drums Percussion Instruments Recording Lyrics Bank Select Note Duration Triplet Notes Staff Style View Piano Roll Style View Message Style View Program Change Sustain Sostenuto Modulation Breath Balance Pan Expression 46 46 46 47 47 48 48 50 51 52 52 52 53 53 53 54 54 54 54 54 55 55 55 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller VI MusicMasterWorks OOOOOOCOCXX XIV XXXXXXXXXXXV O
14. MIDI music recording Voice to Note translation Check your singing Printing Audio voice recording Controller view Entering time values Drum percussion instruments Normal Complex mode Troubleshooting Tutorial Music Editing Beginner s music theory lesson Product of Aspire Software Copyright O 1997 2007 Joseph Heimiller All Rights Reserved Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller I 9 9 2 Introduction Music Masterworks is a music composition program that allows your inspirations to come to life Music Masterworks has been designed to be as easy to use as possible so you can concentrate on what you want to do compose music This program is designed to allow you to create music very quickly through keyboard commands much like a word processor Or if you prefer you can just point and click to create your compositions Take a look at the Quick Keys and Mouse Commands sections to start using Music Masterworks now Music MasterWorks allows you to open several songs at a time and even allows you to cut copy and paste between them Also within a single song you can open up multiple sub windows called views each in a different track and or instrument This program utilizes the MIDI functionality of your sound card You will usually be using the internal MIDI sound synthesis However if you have a MIDI compatible musical keyboard piano you can hook it up using a USB MIDI Cable This allows you to play
15. The pitch is shown in relation to the keys on a piano with the middle C octave s keys colored white You can change the color of the notes in this view by selecting the Options Note Fill Type menu option This option allows you to select different color gradients depending on the note s velocity volume instrument or channel This option is good if you need to get a feel for the change in volume throughout the music You can also condense or expand the length of the note bars by selecting the View Set Note Width option 105 Message Style View In this view you can see all the MIDI messages in your song You can see their type Note Control Change Text System Exclusive and their low level MIDI parameter numbers These numbers cannot be edited just viewed Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 106 107 108 109 110 This view is useful to see at what exact times notes start at so you can do precise editing Remember though that this view shows ALL MESSAGES regardless of their track channel instrument so you may have to do some searching to find the note you are interested in Program Change You can change the instrument of a view by selecting the instrument combobox at the top of the view Music MasterWorks will record program change messages and place each channel instrument combination s notes in a different track Sustain You can sustain
16. View 5 Style View 53 103 Staff Style View The staff style view is the default style This type of view displays music in standard staff notation You can change the clef style and other settings by selecting the Options Staff Piano Roll Options menu item You can also choose Piano Roll or Message Styles by selecting them in the drop down box on the left About sharps and flats If C Major or a key signature with sharps in it is selected only sharps will be displayed by default If a key signature with flats is selected only flats will be displayed by default For instance the note 1 2 step up from C will be displayed as C sharp in the key of C Major However that same note will display as D flat if the key of F flat is selected please note that C sharp and D flat refer to the exact same note pitch key on the piano You can change the defaulted sharp or flat by right clicking on the note and selecting one of the Force to options double flat flat sharp or double sharp 104 Piano Roll Style View You can select the piano roll style view instead of the standard staff notation view by selecting it in the combobox in the upper left corner of the view The Piano Roll style view shows notes in relation to the keys on the keyboard This view style is especially good for those who do not know how to read music Each bar in the piano roll represents a note The longer the bar the longer the duration of the note is
17. be cut off you can avoid this by inserting a note or control change past the end of the wave segment Audio segments are not a feature of the MIDI standard or MIDI mid files They are supported in Music MasterWorks by inserting a MIDI comment with a special text syntax that refers to a separate wave WAV file These files can be edited using wave editing software and Music MasterWorks will automatically detect changes in the file if the file s timestamp changes and reload it automatically 132 Record Wave This function records your voice or other audio from your PC microphone Make sure the microphone is securely plugged in to your computer usually next to where the computer speakers are plugged in Also make sure the microphone is selected on the Device Wave Input sub menu When using a microphone to record do not sing directly into it The force of your breath may cause unwanted noise It is better to direct your voice slightly above or below the microphone If it is a directional microphone make sure it is pointed to your mouth Also do not get too far away from the microphone or it may not pick up anything at all If you have a powered microphone make sure the volume in the Windows Volume Control isn t too high or too low To change the volume level of the microphone input double click on the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar if it is not there then open it from the Windows Start Menu Programs Accessories
18. can also drag and drop the note using the mouse Now that the first notes of the song are complete let s hear it Select the rewind Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks button or hit shift R Then select the play button or hit the P key Hmmm sounds a little slow Let s up the tempo a little bit Select the Song Tempo menu item Like the time key signature screen this shows all the tempo changes throughout the song Select the Change button Change the number highlighted to 132 Hit OK and OK again Play the song again Now let s change the instrument played just for fun Select the rend Piano X instrument drop down list and select Harpsichord This will change all notes in the view to that instrument Hit play again Sounds a little dated The MIDI standard has 128 musical instruments to choose from so you shouldn t get bored It also allows for percussion sounds The quality of the sound depends on the quality of the MIDI synthesizer of your PC sound card all computers should also have the Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth option which standardizes what you hear Wondering how to play more than one instrument at a time Hit the c button in the lower right and you ll get a new track with an independent musical instrument control You can also select the filter button to edit more than one track at a time To add change or delete lyrics right click where you want the lyrics
19. files to your composition by right clicking in the staff where you want the wave audio segment to start and then selecting Add Audio in the popup menu You can also record wave audio segments using the Record Wave button in the toolbar This will record from the device selected on the Device Wave Input menu To change the volume level of the microphone input double click on the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar if it is not there then open it from the Windows Start Menu Programs Accessories Entertainment Volume Control In the Volume Control app select Options Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Wave at Properties from the menu Select Recording and hit OK Now you will see all the recording devices as opposed to all the playback devices you were seeing before Make sure the input volume on the microphone is up Also if you have a non powered microphone you ll need to turn up the volume even more If you have music already recorded it will play while recording wave audio You ll probably want to wear headphones to listen to what s already recorded so that it does not get recorded again through the microphone Please note that wave audio support is limited in Music MasterWorks e Ifthe wave segments are overlapped only 1 audio segment will play at a time the newest one will interrupt the one currently playing e Ifthe wave segments go beyond the end of the notes they will
20. half steps by using the up and down arrow keys The difference between a C and a C sharp note or D flat for example is a half step The difference between an E and an F note is also only a half step because there is no black key between them on a piano If you have the Move Pitch To Key option on which is off by default using the up and down arrow keys will keep the notes within the selected key signature and will therefore skip some notes Notes will appear as flats or sharps depending on the key signature You can change the default by right clicking on the note and selecting one of the Force to options off the pop up menu Flatting a note You can move a note in pitch by half steps by using the up and down arrow keys The difference between a C and a C sharp note for example is a half step The difference between an E and an F note is also only a half step because there is no black key between them on a piano If you have the Move Pitch To Key option on which is off by default using the up and down arrow keys will keep the notes within the selected key signature and will therefore skip some notes Notes will appear as flats or sharps depending on the key signature You can change the default by right clicking on the note and selecting one of the Force to options off the pop up menu Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Pitch Down 1 2 Step EM 69 70 71 72 Pitch Down 1
21. is the beats In the at time value this number starts at 1 for the first beat and goes to however many beats there are in a measure If for example you selected 3 4 time you would have 3 beats in a measure so the value could go up to 3 The last time value is the remaining ticks This value is dependent on the ticks per Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Pme 35 35 quarter note value set in the song properties This value is usually out of 384 ticks which is the default That means that each quarter note is equal to 384 ticks So if you wanted to move the Paste At value over another half a quarter note you would enter 192 in this field Paste Method determines what will happen to the notes being pasted over The option will keep the current notes the Write Over option will remove the current notes the Insert option will move the rest of the notes depending on the view filter over before performing the paste Track Placement If you select Force to Current Track Channel Instrument it will change everything you pasted to be of the current track and will change the channel and instrument to what you have selected in the combo boxes above the view If you select Assign Tracks by Channel and Instrument it will place what you copied depending on which track best matches the instrument and channel If there is no good match it will create a new track for each combination of channel and
22. notes on the top staff line are sharped You can tell you went outside the key signature if you see a sharp flat or natural before a note you ve put down Here is an example of this Both the A natural and the G flat notes are outside the key signature Note that the third note is exactly the same pitch as the second It does not have a flat sign before it because the staff notation assumes that all notes after and on the same line are of the same pitch If the third note was a normal G note instead of a G flat it would have a natural sign in front of it like the first note There are several different scale options to choose from in the key signature Most popular songs use the Major key The Harmonic Minor is the more popular of the minor scales because it has an upbeat sound to it The Natural Minor has a darker quality to it The Pentatonic and Whole Tone scales are much more rare but are included so you can experiment with them The note specified in the key signature section is the note the scales start on Note that many more scales exist that are not included in these options the melodic minor the twelve note serial scale the gypsy scale the Hassidic minor etc It is not unheard of to put notes outside the defaults setup by the key signature and Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 70 MusicMasterWorks in fact most songs do However if you are a beginner and want to find o
23. to start A pop up menu will appear Select Add Lyric A dialog will appear where you can enter the lyrics you want displayed You can also right click on a note and a different menu will appear Music MasterWorks has a many more features than this For a complete list of commands refer to these help file topics Menus Keyboard Commands Mouse Commands Music MasterWorks also has the capability to turn your singing into notes It can even check your singing against a tune you select You can also record notes from an external MIDI keyboard piano And if you purchase Music MasterWorks you can access the special effect controller view to put in the sustain pedal effect and make it sound a whole lot better Hit the button Now you ll see a black graph view Click on the button to the left marked Modulation to change the effect selected Scroll down in the list and select 64 Sustain Damper Pedal and hit OK Now we ll need to turn on the sustain pedal Click in the black area at or before the first note and almost to the top of the black area You should see the green graph line rise up Now play it again The notes should be sustained a little longer now making them blend and sound better Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller hort 21 15 Chords Chords can be created using the normal methods of putting down notes or can be created using the chord commands C key cycle through differe
24. to your computer This option will use the currently selected view track as a basis for what it prints For songs with multiple tracks you will need to print them individually Print Preview File menu This will show what the printout will look like and allow scrolling through the pages of the printout Print Setup File menu This will bring up the printer configuration dialog to set printer settings Rename Song File menu This will rename the currently selected song s file to a different name Save As File menu This will save the currently selected song to another name The original song file will not be affected Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Save Song File 33 Song File menu 33 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Save Song File menu This will save the currently selected song to disk If the song does not have a name it will prompt you for one Open Song File menu This will bring up a file open dialog to browse for a MID file Cascade This command stacks all song windows and overlaps them so that each is the same size as all others and only part of each underlying window is visible Tile This command arranges your open windows from top to bottom so that they cover the entire width of the screen without overlapping one another Song Selection You can select between the different open songs using the Window menu Undo Un does the last execut
25. you may have to multiply the bank number by 128 Music MasterWorks sends both controller 0 and controller 432 to set the bank as per the MIDI specification Note Duration You can set a duration of a note after you put it down in several ways You can set the duration by selecting one of the note duration buttons at the top of the window In addition to that you can select the dot or triplet buttons which multiply the note duration by one and one half and two thirds respectively You can also hit the or keys to change the duration or the lt and gt keys You can also fine tune the note duration by right clicking on the note and selecting the Properties option The ticks entry field will show the duration of the note in MIDI ticks With this method you can fine tune the duration by adding or subtracting a few ticks or you could make a very long note by multiplying it Ticks is short for Ticks per Quarter Note which is a standard MIDI measure This value defaults to 384 for songs created in Music MasterWorks so 384 quarter note 192 eighth note etc Triplet Notes You can make triplet notes duration changes so that 3 notes fit in the space of 2 by selecting the triplet button the small one with the 3 on it or by selecting the or keys to change the note duration until you get to a duration that has a 3 on top of the note stem Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Stat Style
26. 39 Add Note At Current 39 Add Note AtEnd 39 Adding instruments 10 Adding Tracks 10 Append Song 37 Appending 63 Audio 60 Auto Rewind 44 B Balance 55 Bank Select 52 Base Clef 27 Beams 16 Breath 54 Brightness 55 Buttons 12 Buy Music MasterWorks 59 C Cascade 33 Channels 46 Check your Singing 67 Chords 21 Chorus Depth 56 Clear 35 42 Clef Type 30 Complex Normal Mode 43 Contents 8 Controller View 47 Copy 34 Cut 34 D Decrease Duration 41 Delete 42 View menu 45 Delete Range 36 Delete Track 36 Drums 48 Duration 56 57 Entering Time Values 24 Expression 55 Filler 64 Flatting note 40 Increase Duration 41 Index 8 Insert Note before Current 39 Insert Space 36 Instruments 10 adding 10 Introduction 9 K Key Assignments 30 Keyboard Commands 15 Limits 64 Lyrics 51 Measure Width 25 Menus 27 Message Style View 53 Metronome 67 Metronome Settings 66 MIDI 10 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 72 MusicMasterWorks MIDI Echo 57 Modulation 54 Mouse Commands 11 Move Left in time 43 Move Pitch To Key 44 Move Right in time 42 MultiTrack Recording 57 Music Theory Tutorial 68 N New 45 View menu 45 Normal Complex Mode 47 Note Duration 52 Note Menu 26 Open Space Menu 26 Output Options 37 55 Paste 34 Percussion Instruments 48 Piano Roll Style View 53 Pitch Down 1 2 Step 41
27. I Input is done automatically when recording It will echo to the device selected the Devices MIDI Recording Echo sub menu unless no echo is chosen 122 Echo Echoing of MIDI Input is done automatically when recording It will echo to the device selected the Devices MIDI Recording Echo sub menu unless no echo is chosen 123 MultiTrack Recording Music MasterWorks can record and store multiple tracks When recording in Normal Mode each channel instrument will be put into a separate track automatically Also while recording Music MasterWorks plays your previously recorded tracks so you can hear everything together See the section on Recording 124 Unlocking Music MasterWorks For secure online credit card ordering and other options please visit this site http www musicmasterworks com To order by phone call Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 125 126 U S 1 303 233 6791 Call for information on educational discounts for schools To purchase by mail directly to Aspire Software send a check or money order for 34 95 U S 5 if you would like an installation CD mailed to you and the personal ID number that appears the Help About dialog to Aspire 12556 West 7th Avenue Golden CO 80401 USA Please make checks out to Aspire REMEMBER to include Personal ID Number from the initial pop up screen or Help About screen
28. Shift C Cycle backward through chords Alt C Invert chord v Anchor chord down adds note one octave down from base U Anchor chord up adds note one octave up from base P Play the entire composition R Rewind play record line 1 4 measure Shift R or Home Rewind play record line to beginning Ctrl R Record from MIDI input T Fast forward play record line 1 4 measure Shift F or End Forward play record line to end e Stop playing Space Bar Play a section around the currently selected note Up Arrow Move currently selected note up in pitch Down Arrow Move currently selected note down in pitch Page Up Move currently selected note up one octave Page Down Move currently selected note down one octave Right Arrow Move forward in time Left Arrow Move backward in time Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 16 MusicMasterWorks 11 12 13 Shift Up Arrow Move to the next note at your current location Shift Down Arrow Move to the previous note at your current location Shift Right Arrow Select a range of notes to the right Shift Left Arrow Select a range of notes to the left Ctrl Right Arrow Move note forward in time Ctrl Left Arrow Move note backward in time 1 7 Move currently selected note to musical note A G 9 Move currently selected note down one octave 0 Move currently selected note up one octave Shift Ins or Ctrl V Paste the l
29. XXXXXXXXXXVI XXXXXXXXXXVII XXXXXXXXXXVIII XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXII XXXXXXXXXXXIII lt XXXXXXXXXXIV XXXXXXXXXXXV OXXXXXXXXXXVI XXXXXXXXXXVII XXXXXXXXXXVIII XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXII XXXXXXXXXXXIII OXXXXXXXXXXIV XXXXXXXXXXXV OXXXXXXXXXXVI Soft Pedal Timbre Brightness Tremolo Chorus Depth Duration Selecting a range of notes MIDI Echo Echo MultiTrack Recording Unlocking Music MasterWorks Purchase Music MasterWorks by Phone Purchase Music MasterWorks Buy Music MasterWorks Register Music MasterWorks Rests Audio Wave Record Wave Record Song to Wave File Voice To MIDI Notes Appending Filter 55 55 55 56 56 56 56 57 57 57 57 58 58 59 59 59 60 60 61 62 62 63 64 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Contents VII XXXXXXXXXXVII Limits 64 XXXXXXXXXXVIII Voice To Note Settings 64 XXXXXXXXXXIX Metronome Settings 66 XXXXXXXXXXXX Metronome 67 XXXXXXXXXXXI Check your Singing 67 XXXXXXXXXXXII Singing Analysis 67 XXXXXXXXXXXIII View Filter 68 KXXXXXXXXXXIV Music Theory Tutorial 68 Index 71 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 1 Index Unlock Buy Music MasterWorks Support this Software Introduction Menus Views and adding new instruments Quick Keys Mouse commands Toolbar buttons and controls
30. a note for more than one measure by right clicking on the note and selecting the properties option To apply the sustain controller effect use the controller view Sostenuto To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Modulation To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Breath To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Balance 111 112 113 114 115 116 To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Pan To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Expression To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Soft Pedal To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Timbre To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Brightness To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view 55 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 9 MusicMasterWorks 117 118 119 120 Tremolo To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Chorus Depth To apply this MIDI controller effect use the controller view Duration You can set a duration of a note after you put it down in several ways You can set the duration by selecting one of the note duration buttons at the top of the window In addition to that
31. and Music MasterWorks will immediately start recording Don t worry about immediately jumping over to your instrument to start playing because the initial time wasted in the beginning is deleted if your song is blank to start with When you are done click on the Done button Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MM 11 Through a MIDI cable there are 16 different channels that music data can be sent through If you have several MIDI instruments chained together using the THRU connectors you can have each instrument receive transmit on their own channel s When you are using the internal synthesis of the sound card there is no MIDI cable involved but the sound card still receives data on 16 different channels Controller and note data is sent per channel Whether using the external or internal option channel 10 is reserved for drum percussion sounds MIDI Compliance Music MasterWorks reads and writes all types of MIDI messages The only exception to this is the informational first track of a multi track type 1 MID file The first track is reserved for informational messages according to the MIDI spec and so Music MasterWorks does not save non information messages to this track this includes control changes notes and aftertouch messages It also does not save delta times in the informational track Also Music MasterWorks does not play system exclusive messages or aftertouch messages although it doe
32. ast copied selection of notes Ctrl Ins or Ctrl C Copy a selection of notes Ctrl Del Clear the current note or selection of notes leave hole Shift Delete or Ctrl X Delete a selection of notes Alt Backspace Undo the last command if last command is undoable Beams In the staff view beams are horizontal lines that are used in place of flags when notes of 1 8th note duration and below are connected together Beams are automatically placed in Music MasterWorks there is no manual control of how beams are placed Ties Ties are automatically placed in Music MasterWorks when a note is created that goes over a measure boundary Slurs Connecting a group of notes with a slur a curved line over or under a group of notes indicates that the notes should be played smoothly together This usually means playing the group of notes without resting in between or even overlapping the durations of the notes Creating a slur does not change the duration of the notes it is only a notational feature Fine tuning the duration of notes should be done by right clicking on the note selecting Properties and changing the duration number of ticks Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Slurs 17 You can create slurs in Music MasterWorks by either Selecting a range of notes and using the Edit Create Slur menu item Using the mouse left clicking on a note and dragging keep left mouse button down onto another
33. at the 3 9 beat of the first measure The gray dashed lines are there as a beat guide and to show you where you can place notes using the mouse You can always change the spacing of these guide lines and the snap to resolution of the mouse by selecting the Options Snap To Resolution from the main menu Position the mouse and the red dot like this and click the left mouse button This puts down the E note and plays it as long as you have your speaker on the correct MIDI output device selected under the Device MIDI Output menu Notice the play record line has moved to that point This line shows you where it will start playing when you hit the play button and where recordings will be inserted Also notice the note letter guide down at the bottom says E6 if it does not hit the delete key to delete the note and try again This is to help beginners identify notes on the staff The number 6 refers to the octave Middle C is C5 the note right below it B is considered in the next octave so it is designated 84 The default note length is a quarter note However we need an eighth note so hit the minus key on your keypad 2 times You can also change the note duration by g selecting one of the duration buttons at the top The note duration buttons affect the currently selected note and new notes that are put down Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Tutorial 19 using the mo
34. button brings up the snap to dialog that allows you to select at what resolution you want to compose This affects the grey vertical guidelines as well as many commands including the mouse selection and moving notes in time e Split View Button Pushing this creates another view within the song window You can use this edit a new Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller LL 5 15 or different track s instrument s within the song 10 Keyboard Commands note These keys can be configured by selecting the Options Key Assignment menu item A Add a note right after the currently selected note E Append a note to the very end of the view M Add another note at the current time Insert note before the currently selected note Delete Key Clear currently selected note does not affect other note positions Shift Delete Key Delete the current note this will condense the hole created lt and gt Decrease and Increase note duration and Decrease and Increase note duration Increase note duration Decrease note duration D Dot currently selected note duration 1 amp 1 2 times longer Triplet currently selected note duration times 2 3 Ctrl or Ctrl gt Increase the velocity volume of the currently selected note Ctrl or Ctrl lt Decrease the velocity volume of the currently selected note C Cycle through chords must have base note selected
35. d of forcing all the notes into the same instrument Filter You can filter what you see in a view by selecting the Track 1 button A dialog will come up where you can select which tracks you want to see together in the same view note This filter affects editing as well For instance if you insert a copied section it will push over only the tracks you see in your view In this way you can edit many tracks at once or only the track you want to edit Limits The following lists Music MasterWork s limitations Number Of Channels 16 Number Of Tracks 65536 Number Of Instruments 16383 Banks x 128 instruments each Number Of Simultaneous MIDI Messages 1024 Voice To Note Settings You can get to this screen by selecting Options Voice to Note Settings off the menu These settings affect how the voice to notes function will interpret your recording or wave file Since converting voice to notes is a difficult process and not a perfect science these settings can help give better results Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Voice To Note Settings NN Automatic Tuning Calibration If you feel the pitch reported is off click on this button to auto calibrate the tuning Some sound cards may not record at the speed requested which throws off the tuning This feature will correct that problem This feature requires at least 30 seconds to calibrate properly You can click on the Internet Time Server
36. e is a standard that specifies how to transmit and save music It does this in the form of notes specifying a certain instrument pitch and volume as opposed to an audio wave recording such as a WAV or MP3 For instance a note could be of instrument Violin at middle C at a volume level of 96 out of 127 MIDI specifies a set list of 128 possible instruments so the same instrument will be played no matter what MIDI device is used to reproduce the sound the MIDI device used determines the quality of the sound It also allows extra banks of instruments for expanded sets of instruments MIDI was originally designed as a way to connect electronic musical instruments together so that they could play in unison or so that one instrument could control another This same interface was adapted for personal computers Music Masterworks saves your music files in MIDI format this is a standard format that almost all other music composition programs can use To read more about recording from your MIDI keyboard piano click here Select the MIDI synthesis device you wish to play to using the Device MIDI Output menu You will usually have an external USB MIDI option and an internal sound synthesis option s as well as the default selected Windows MIDI output option To record with Music Masterworks make sure the MIDI cable is connected correctly and then hit the record button When you hit the record button the record dialog will appear
37. e piano You can change the defaulted sharp or flat by right clicking on the note and selecting Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Time amp Key Signature 39 62 63 64 65 66 one of the Force to options double flat flat sharp or double sharp Insert Note Before Current Use this to insert a note before the currently selected note This can also be done by just hitting the l key Add Note After Current Use this to add a note right after the currently selected note This can also be done by just hitting the A key Add Note At End Use this option to add a note at the end of the music in the selected view This can also be done by just hitting the E key Add Note At Current This command adds a note at the same time as the currently selected note This can also be done by just hitting the M key Pitch Up 1 2 Step Use this option to move the selected note up 1 2 step For instance this will change a C to a C sharp or a D flat depending on the key signature selected This can also be done by just hitting the up arrow key Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller w MusicMasterWorks 67 68 Notes will default to a flat or sharp depending on the key signature You can change the default by right clicking on the note and selecting one of the Force to options off the pop up menu Sharping a note You can move a note in pitch by
38. e the range up and down Used for singing analysis only Save singing to allow for Replay This will save your singing to a wave audio file so you can hear your beautiful voice over and over Used for singing analysis only Delay Start until Singing Start This will delay the start of the analysis on the song until you start singing until it reaches a certain volume level to better line up your voice with the notes and give you time to mentally prepare Metronome Settings You can get to this screen by selecting Options Metronome Settings off the menu These settings affect when and how the metronome plays while recording Metronome on while recording MIDI If you want the metronome on while recording MIDI notes click this checkbox Metronome on while recording Wave If you want the metronome on while recording Wave audio click this checkbox You should wear headphones while recording or the metronome clicks will be recorded through the microphone as well Count In Beats This option will add extra beats in the beginning before recording to give you time to prepare and to give you a sense of the beat Any note recorded during these count in beats will be ignored Metronome Note Section Channel This is the channel the metronome note beat will play on This defaults to 10 because channel 10 is the MIDI percussion channel On this channel percussion instruments are played and the pitch determines which instrument is used t
39. eating the first few notes of the song For Elise by Beethoven You can use the alt Tab key combination to switch between this help file and the program Action Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks items are highlighted in red text Music MasterWorks starts off with a completely blank staff view Notice that the time signature defaults to 4 4 time 4 quarter notes per measure bar For this song we will need 3 4 time Select the Song Time amp Key Signature menu item This option shows you list of time and key signature changes throughout the song Right now there is only one time key signature at the beginning of the song Select the Change button Now select 3 in the first drop down list under Time Signature instead of 4 Notice that you can change the key signature in this screen as well For Elise is in C Major so nothing needs to be changed Now hit OK and OK again Notice that there are now only 3 quarter rests rests are empty time inserted automatically by Music MasterWorks per measure Now we can put down some notes Using the mouse move the cursor over the first measure You should see a red dot that moves with the mouse This is an indicator to show you where the note would go if you clicked the left mouse button We want to create an E note to start the song off with but to follow the notation of the song we don t want it right at the beginning We want it
40. ed command If the last command executed was not undoable this option is not available This can also be done by hitting Alt Backspace Redo Re executes the last undone command Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 44 45 46 Cut Cuts the currently selected range of notes Cut will copy the selection before it deletes it so you can paste it afterward This can also be done by hitting Shift Delete note Cut will delete the time that the selection took up and move the rest of the composition back to fill the space deleted If you do not want the space deleted use the Clear function note this will NOT copy tempo changes and time key signature changes Copy Copies the currently selected range of notes This can also be done by hitting Ctrl Insert You can select more than one track at a time by selecting the Track 1 button and changing the view filter You can select everything in a view by selecting Edit Select All You can select a long range of notes by selecting Edit Select Range note this will NOT copy tempo changes and time key signature changes Paste The paste dialog allows you to select where and how you want your copied selection pasted Paste At the bars value starts at 1 for the first bar and does not have an upper limit In the staff view the bar numbers are printed above the start of each bar for reference The second value
41. ed song It will bring up a file menu to select the song to append This will put in tempo and key time signature changes as well which makes it different than the paste command Transpose Transpose changes the pitch of the notes in the currently selected range Quantize Quantize cleans up your music so that it will fall neatly onto beat boundaries and or fit into a certain amount of time The Align options make it possible to align all the selected notes to a specific beat interval This will give your music a steadier beat If you want to align where the notes start select Align note beginnings If you want to align the duration of the notes select Align note durations The fit to time options expand or condense your music in time Use this if say you recorded music is 11 bars long and it really should be 10 bars long To use this option select the Fit to time checkbox and fill in the amount of time you would like the selected music to fill Also if you want to adjust the rest of the music around your selection as well make sure the Shrink Expand rest of song checkbox is checked Output Options The MIDI Output sub menu lets you choose which MIDI synthesis device in your computer you d like to use to play your MIDI music There may be multiple devices so try different ones until you get the best quality sound Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 58 59 60
42. election Velocity Selection Properties Transpose Quantize Create Slur Device Menu MIDI Output MIDI Recording Echo MIDI Recording Input Wave Input Song Menu Song Properties Track Properties Tempo Time amp Key Signature Note Menu Add Note After Current A key Add Note At End E key Add Note At Current M key Insert Note Before Current l key Pitch Up 1 2 Step up arrow key pitch up octave with PageUp Pitch Down 1 2 Step down arrow key pitch down octave with PageDown Increase Duration key Decrease Duration key Dot note D Triplet note T Properties right click on note head to bring up note menu Delete shift delete key Clear delete key Move Right in time ctrl right arrow Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Menus 2 Move Left in time ctrl left arrow Select Next Current Note right arrow Select Previous Current Note left arrow Accidental Commands Options Menu Key Assignments Play on Hesitation Play only selected View Auto Rewind Move Pitch to Key Show Note Placement Show Lyrics Staff Piano Roll Options Snap To Resolution Voice to Notes Settings Metronome Settings Normal Complex Mode View Menu New Delete Show Controller Graph Play Record This menu replicates the functionality of the VCR buttons Record Song to Wave File Voice to MIDI Notes Wave File to MIDI Notes Check your Singing Window Menu Cascade Tile Song Selection U
43. equal to 384 ticks So if you wanted to move the value over another half a quarter note you would enter 192 in this field Placement Method has two parts The first determines what will happen to the notes being pasted over The Mix option will keep the current notes the Write Over option will remove the current notes the Insert option will move the rest of the notes depending on the view filter over before performing the paste The second part determines which tracks the notes will be placed in and if the channels and instruments will be changed If you select Force to Current Track Channel Instrument it will change everything you pasted to be of the current track and will change the channel and instrument to what you have selected in the combo boxes above the view If you select Assign Tracks by Channel and Instrument it will place depending on which track matches the instrument and channel the best If there is no good match it will create a new track for each combination of channel and instrument You should use this option if you copied more than one track and what to keep the instruments intact Align option alters the starting times and or durations of the notes you have recorded to ensure they will fall on even beat boundaries Fit to time option will shrink or expand your recording if you have a set number of measures you know the music should fit into Music MasterWorks echoes the recorded input when it is recordin
44. es the first color is the lowest value s color Rainbow black gt grey gt purple gt bright purple gt blue gt bright blue gt cyan gt yellow gt orange gt red Contrast purple gt blue gt cyan gt green gt yellow gt army green gt orange gt red Grey scale black gt light grey Red scale black gt bright red Green scale black gt bright green Blue scale black gt bright blue Yellow gt Orange gt Red Red gt Purple gt Blue Green gt Cyan gt Blue If you are in Piano Roll view you have these options Print Piano Type Depending on the type of piano you own you may want to change this to better fit it s size Color Piano Keys color codes piano keys to better show octaves Quarter Note display length you can shorten or stretch the width of the display using this Show Text Types shows various types of text Color Changes With see above for various color options 29 New Song File menu This will create a new empty song Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 32 MusicMasterWorks 22 MusicMasterWorks 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Close Song File menu This will close the currently selected song window Exit File menu This option will close down Music MasterWorks Print File menu This will bring up a print dialog that will allow you to select which page s you would like to print and then print the music to the printer attached
45. est of the music back to fill in the void Clear deletes the note but does not move the rest of the music Properties brings up dialog to fine tune duration and velocity note volume Default Accidental this will make the note use the default flat sharp depending on the key signature selected The following options will be grayed out if they are not possible with the selected note Force to Double Flat this will force the note to display as a double flat Force to Flat this will force the note to display as a flat Force to Sharp this will force the note to display as a sharp Force to Double Sharp this will force the note to display as a double sharp 21 Open Space Menu The open space menu pops up when you right click in open space on the staff Its options are Paste pastes music that has been previously cut or copied Brings up paste dialog Insert Space moves music down at location to make space Delete Range brings up delete range dialog Set Play Record Line sets position where playing starts and where recording inserted Add Lyric adds a line of text at the location you click Change Lyric changes lyric where you click if a lyric exists there Delete Lyric deletes lyric where you click if a lyric exists there Add Audio select a wav file to insert into the song Change Audio changes audio properties Delete Audio deletes audio segment inserted Change Slur changes slur properties Delete Slur delete
46. est version off of the Aspire web site at http Awww musicmasterworks com support html Entering Time Values The insert space dialog is a good example for entering time values It has both an at time and an amount of time value Space Insert Space At 1 Bea 0 7384 Of Time Bars jo Beats 4384 Cancel Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Entering Time Values 25 Time Values 25 For the at time the bars or measures value starts at 1 for the first bar and does not have an upper limit In the staff view the bar numbers are printed above the start of each bar for reference The second value is the beats In the at time value this number starts at 1 for the first beat and goes to however many beats are in a measure If for example you selected 3 4 time you would have 3 beats in a measure so the value could go up to 3 The last value is the remaining ticks This value is dependent on the ticks per quarter note value set in the song properties In the insert space dialog shown this value is out of 384 ticks That means that each quarter note is equal to 384 ticks So if you wanted to move the at time value over another half a quarter note you would enter 192 in this field The amount of time input is similar except the bars and beats value start at zero For example if you wanted to insert a bar and a half and your
47. et better results The audio wave input is taken from the device selected on the Device Wave Input sub menu The other option wave file to MIDI will take input from a wave file WAV extension instead of real time through the microphone 135 Appending You can append segments or entire songs to another song First open both songs in Music MasterWorks it allows multiple songs to be open at once Then select the segment you want to copy either by using the mouse or by using the Edit Select Range option and select Edit Copy from the menu Then select the other song window select the view you want to paste it into right click where you want the segment to go and select Edit Paste Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 136 137 138 To copy an entire song you will need to perform an additional step Since songs may have multiple tracks in them you will need to view all the tracks before copying it First select the Track 1 button Then select All Tracks and then hit OK Now you will see all tracks displayed at once the view Now select Edit Select All from the menu and then Edit Copy This will copy the entire song excluding time key signatures and tempo changes Then select the other song window and when you paste select the Assign Tracks by Channel and Instrument option This will create a new track for each channel instrument instea
48. function uses either the DirectX Wave Out Mix recording option or the sound card s built in wave out device for SoundBlaster cards this is What Hear for other cards it may be mono or stereo mix or output mix The device used to record what you hear out your speakers is chosen automatically by Music Masterworks If the DirectX Wave Out Mix option is used you must select a software synthesizer such as Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth under the Devices MIDI Output sub menu This is because the Wave Out Mix option is not capable of recording hardware MIDI synthesizers Voice To MIDI Notes You can perform this feature by using the 5 button in the toolbar or by selecting Play Record Voice to MIDI Notes from the menu You may also want to try the Singing Analysis function You can use this feature to sing a melody and have it changed into notes for you for quick and easy composing When the graphing view comes up start singing You should see green lines where it has detected notes The piano keys are there as a reference to the pitch The guide lines indicate where the pitch is correct for that note If your voice is not within the range shown you can click on a piano key up or down from the center to get a different range You can also adjust the pitch range which is Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Voice To MIDI Notes the number of notes detected from the center note loweri
49. g out the selected device on the MIDI Recording Echo sub menu You can compare your recording to another song by either opening two song windows Music MasterWorks allows more than one song open at once or you can create a new View Track in the original song window and record into it 99 Lyrics To add lyrics right click in open space in the staff not on a note where you want the lyrics to start When the menu pops up select Lyric Type in your lyrics and hit return To change lyrics you ve already put down right click where you put the lyrics you want to change You need to click on or a little after where the lyrics are located and you must be precise When the menu pops up select Change Lyric Type in what you want to change it to and hit return Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 82 MusicMasterWorks 333333 MusicMasterWorks 100 101 102 To delete lyrics right click where you put the lyrics you want to delete You need to click on or a little after where the lyrics are located and you must be precise When the menu pops up select Delete Lyric Bank Select If the MIDI device you are using supports multiple instrument banks you can select the bank by selecting the last option in the instrument pull down list called Bank Select This will ask you if you want bank select and which bank you would like If your MIDI device supports only controller zero to set the bank
50. go Bell F 5 Low Timbale african caribbean drum F5 High Timbale african caribbean drum E5 Low Conga Drum D 5 Open High Conga Drum D5 Mute High Conga Drum C 5 Low Bongo Drum C5 High Bongo Drum B4 Ride Cymbal 2 A 4 Vibra Slap A4 Crash Cymbal 2 G 4 Cowbell G4 Splash Cymbal F 4 Tambourine F4 Ride Bell E4 Chinese Cymbal D 4 Ride Cymbal 1 Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 90 MusicMasterWorks D4 High Tom Drum C 4 Crash Cymbal 1 C4 High Mid Tom Drum B3 Low Mid Tom Drum Open Hi Hat A3 Low Tom Drum G 3 Pedal Hi Hat G3 High Floor Tom Drum F 3 Closed Hi Hat F3 Low Floor Tom Drum E3 Electric Snare Drum D 3 Hand Clap D3 Acoustic Snare Drum C 3 Side Stick C3 Bass Drum 98 Recording To record MIDI notes with Music Masterworks from a MIDI keyboard piano make sure the MIDI cable is connected correctly remember the in plug goes into the out port and then hit the record button the button with the red circle and a note When you hit the record button the record dialog will appear and Music MasterWorks will immediately start recording and playing what is already in the song so you can hear how you re new part will fit When you are done recording click the Done button You ll probably want to turn on the metronome to better synchronize your recording You ll also probably want to also turn on the Count In beats to give
51. he instrument field is ignored on channel 10 Instrument This is the MIDI instrument the metronome note beat will play as starting with 0 for Grand Piano Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Metronome Settings 67 Pitch This is the pitch of the metronome note beat 60 is middle C Volume This is the volume velocity of the metronome note beat from 1 to 127 Use First Time Signature For Beat When this option is checked the time signature s denominator the lower number will be used to figure out the metronome interval and duration For instance if the denominator is 4 the metronome will sound every quarter note interval if 8 it will sound every eighth note interval This setting overrides the Beat Every and Beat Note Duration fields Beat Every This determines the interval of the metronome This number is in ticks If the ticks per quarter note set in the Song Song Properties menu item is set to the default then 384 ticks 1 quarter note Beat Note Duration This is the ticks duration of the metronome note This is usually shorter than the interval to give the metronome a quick tick 140 Metronome The metronome is turned on or off by the settings from the Options Metronome Settings menu item It can be turned on or off for both MIDI and wave recording You can specify Count In beats in the settings to give you some time to prepare before recording You can also override when the met
52. iew by selecting the button labeled Track This option is also activated by selecting the E button 88 New View menu This option will create another view Use this option to create another track instrument in your song Each view can show a different track instrument You can even see multiple tracks instruments in the same view by selecting the button labeled Track 89 View Delete This will remove the currently selected view Note that this will not delete the track s the view is showing 90 Delete View menu This will remove the currently selected view Note that this will not delete the track s Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 046 MusicMasterWorks 91 92 93 the view is showing Show Controller Graph This function brings up a controller view within the currently selected view so that you can edit effects such as pan vibrato or piano pedals Tracks Tracks are used in MIDI files to organize music data Usually each track will use only one instrument and transmit on only one channel Tracks are used for organizational purposes only and do not affect the MIDI data transmitted Tracks can use multiple instruments and or channels however this makes things more confusing Music MasterWorks starts out in Normal Mode which allows only one instrument and channel to be used within one track You can however go into Complex Mode to use multiple instruments and or cha
53. instrument You should use this option if you copied more than one track to keep the instruments in separate tracks Number of Copies field is usually left at 1 but if you want to repeat what you re pasting enter the number of times you want it repeated Space Between Copies in ticks This field only comes into play if the number of copies is greater than 1 If so this field determines how much extra space is put between the copies If for instance you have selected 4 4 time with the default of 384 ticks per quarter note and are copying 3 quarter notes in a row but want the multiple copies to come out on even bar boundaries you would enter 384 ticks in this field If this value is 0 the next copy will be placed after the last note selected taking the last note s duration into account So if for instance you are copying 4 quarter notes in a row and you ve selected 4 4 time a copy would be placed every bar If this value is negative the pasted sections will overlap Selection Duration shows the duration of the notes that have been selected to copy This operation can also be executed by selecting Shift Insert or by selecting the right mouse button in the staff area when not over a note 47 Clear Clear unlike the delete leaves a hole where the selection is deleted and so does not shift the position of other notes This can also be done by hitting Ctrl Delete Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller
54. n This option will bring up the snap to resolution dialog The resolution you select will affect where the notes are placed using the mouse For instance if you select quarter note resolution notes can only be placed at quarter note intervals This will also affect how much notes move when moved in time and where controller changes are placed in the controller view Remember you are allowed to overlap notes so a note can play in the middle of another note so be careful with the note placement For instance if you select eighth note resolution you can place quarter notes every eighth beat Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Snap To Resolution allowing you to place 5 6 7 or even 8 quarter notes a single measure with 4 4 time If you don t want to overlap notes make sure to select the correct snap to resolution so this is not possible This setting will automatically change when you select a shorter note duration to try to avoid overlap of notes If you don t want this setting to change automatically select a resolution setting yourself and it will stay at that setting until you close Music Masterworks You can also get to this option by selecting the button 87 View New This option will create another view Use this option to create another track instrument in your song Each view can show a different track instrument You can even see multiple tracks instruments in the same v
55. n selecting Track Properties off the menu and then select a different channel and hit OK Another cause of this problem is that many low end sound cards do not support setting a different instrument per channel To fix this problem select Device Select Device Type off the menu and select Basic Sound Card and hit OK Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 17 Problem Music MasterWorks is not echoing my recorded input out my speakers Answer Make sure the proper device is selected off the Devices MIDI Recording Echo sub menu Problem add lyrics and or wave audio but nothing happens don t see it Answer The lyrics and wave audio will not display until you put down at least one note Problem Music MasterWorks blows up causes a UAE performs an illegal operation causes a memory protection fault etc etc Answer Contact Aspire immediately Send an e mail to support musicmasterworks com Or call technical support at 303 233 6791 Also make sure you are using the latest version of your sound card drivers This fixes most problems The sound card is the part of your computer that makes the music Most sound card manufacturers have an internet site where you can download the latest drivers Follow the manufacturer s instructions for updating the drivers Next check to see if you have the latest version of Music MasterWorks You can download the lat
56. ne by just hitting Shift Up Arrow Select Previous Current Note This option will move to the previous note at the currently selected location If there is only one note at the current time nothing will happen This can also be done by just hitting Shift Down Arrow Complex Normal Mode Normal Complex mode allows the switching between the two modes Normal Mode is recommended because it eliminates the complexities of tracks and channels In Normal Mode there is only one instrument and one channel per track Play On Hesitation When this setting is on you can hear what the notes will sound like when you move them Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 81 82 83 84 85 86 Play Only Selected View Play only selected allows you to hear only the currently selected view If this is off you will hear all the tracks instruments of your song together Auto Rewind This selects whether or not you want the playbar to go back to the beginning of the song when it is finished playing the entire song Move Pitch To Key This setting effects moving a note in pitch using the up and down arrow keys It will constrain the movement of the note to only the notes of the selected key signature Show Note Placement This turns on off the display of the red note dot when moving the mouse Show Lyrics This turns on off the display of lyrics in the song Snap To Resolutio
57. ng the pitch range will make it go faster When you sing into the microphone remember e Check the volume indicator to the right to see if you are getting enough volume with your singing A volume level in the green area is good and the higher the better until it gets into the red area In the yellow area is too low You may need to adjust the microphone s input volume in the Windows volume control settings see directions below e Longer notes are picked up better than shorter ones e Get close to the microphone so your voice will be picked up e Do NOT sing directly into the microphone that causes wind noise from the force of your breath It is better to sing over or under the microphone e Sing in even tones do not sing in a quavering voice e Do not move the microphone it may cause unwanted noise e Make sure the note range is correct for your voice click on a piano key to re center the range to that note To change the volume level of the microphone input select Device Recording Volume from the menu Make sure the input volume on the microphone is up Also you may need to select the Advanced button and then select the boost option for more recording volume Also if your microphone has an on off switch turn it on these types of dynamic microphones don t do as well as regular PC microphones so they re not recommended Since the voice to note process is not a perfect one you may want to adjust the settings to g
58. nlock Menu Click on these menu items to register unlock purchase Music MasterWorks There is also a Note Menu which will pop up when right clicking on a note and an Open Space Menu which will pop up when right clicking in open space Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 30 MusicMasterWorks 26 27 28 on the staff Clef Type You can change the clef type Grand Treble Bass Alto Tenor Octave Treble with the Options View Print Options menu item Key Assignments This screen allows the configuration of the keyboard keys used in Music MasterWorks and what commands they enact Click here to see the default key configuration Staff Piano Roll Options Options menu This option will bring up different dialogs depending on what type of view you have selected either the Staff settings or the Piano Roll settings If you are in Staff view you have these options Clef Type select either Grand Treble Bass Alto Tenor Octave Treble clef Split at pitch for Grand Clef only to change at which pitch it will place notes on the bass or treble clefs the default is middle C goes on the treble clef and notes below that go on the bass clef This can only be set per track not per individual note Printout Scale This decreases or increases the size of the staff when printing sheet music Condense Measure when possible to decrease measure width this allows you to see more measures at once but may c
59. nnels within a track The section on views describes how to add a track Channels You can set the channel a particular track is on by selecting the Song Track Properties menu option In Normal Mode this will change all notes in that track to the specified channel If you are in complex mode which allows more than one channel used in one track you can select the channel from the drop down list Channel Tutorial Midi Cables are able to transmit 16 channels of music data Depending on the capabilities of the device MIDI instruments can send or receive data on one or all of the 16 channels If you have several MIDI instruments chained together using the THRU connectors you can have each MIDI instrument on their own specific channel s so they do not interfere with one another Music MasterWorks transmits music data through the selected MIDI Device on the Device MIDI Output sub menu Using the internal synthesis options there is no MIDI cable involved and the music is piped out your computer s speakers On most sound cards there is a second output option the MPU 401 port This option sends music data out of your computer and through the midi cable hooked up to the back of your computer if there is a cable hooked to your computer Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Channels 47 94 95 Both note and controller data are sent per channel If you change a foot pedal setting on channel 3 only
60. note at a different time With the latter method you can better choose which notes are used as a base position for the slur if there are multiple notes at the beginning or ending times With either method you ll be presented with this dialog EU ther Slur Ld ojala Starting positi pn Es ng position From Pitch To Pitch x v Offset 5 VenicalOfgat Slur curves downward Length p Bars 3 Bess 0 7384 The From Pitch and To Pitch indicates which note the begin and end slur will be drawn in relation to C5 refers to middle C The vertical offset controls the position of the slur in relation to the pitch with plus going up and negative going down The offset is in increments of note positions so 7 would draw the slur an octave above the pitch These settings are used to fine tune the position for aesthetic purposes Check the Slur curves downward to make the slur point down The Length of the slur is usually not altered and only changed for aesthetic purposes Note Ties drawn over a long note that goes over a bar boundary are created automatically in Music MasterWorks Note Slurs are not an intrinsic feature of MIDI and are supported in Music MasterWorks by inserting a MIDI comment with a special text syntax 14 Tutorial This tutorial will guide you through the basic editing features of Music MasterWorks by cr
61. nstrument you want for the notes you create This mode is more difficult however because it will not automatically change all the notes in the track to the channel and instrument you specify If you select a new channel or instrument only the new notes that you put down will have that channel or instrument the notes you have already put down will stay on the same channel or instrument Controller View This function brings up a controller view within the currently selected view so that you can add effects such as pan vibrato or pedal changes Selecting this option will bring up a sub window at the bottom of the currently selected view It shows a graph of the control changes of a single controller type The controller type is displayed on the box at the left edge To change the type of the controller click on the box at the left edge You will be able to select between the controllers that have been defined for the selected MIDI device Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 2 MusicMasterWorks 96 97 To make a single controller change just left click in the graph area inside the measure guidelines The placement of your controllers changes are positioned using the note snap to resolution Hit the button to change the snap resolution To change a range of time at once keep the left button down and drag the mouse A dialog box will appear that will allow you to select what kind of pattern you like t
62. nt chords shift C key cycle backwards through different chords alt C key invert chord V key Anchor chord by placing a note up one octave key Anchor chord by placing a note down one octave An individual note in a chord can usually be transposed up or down an octave and still keep the chord sounding consonant pleasing to the ear You can move a note of a chord up an octave using invert chord command Adding a note up or down an octave from the chord base note is also often used and this can be done with the anchor commands You can also always delete notes to simplify the chord The chord cycling commands use the chords mid file as a guide This file is located in your installation directory You may open and change this file to change the chords that are cycled through 16 Trouble Shooting Please contact us at support musicmasterworks com for technical support or call within the U S 303 233 6791 Problem Can t place notes accurately in time using the mouse or perform any other function accurately using the mouse Answer Check your snap to resolution setting This can be accessed from the Options Snap to Resolution menu item All mouse functions snap to this resolution setting so the mouse action may not happen exactly where you click If you need more resolution change this setting to something lower such as 16th note or less The vertical dashed lines you see on the staff show
63. nu and then selecting the Time and Key Signature option This will bring up the list of time key signatures in your music There is a list of these because the time and key signatures can actually change throughout the song However there is usually only one time and key signature Select the Change button from here This will bring up another dialog where you can Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Music Theory Tutorial enter the time and key signature you would like Note that you can change these options at any time The time signature specifies how many beats will fit into one measure measures are delineated by the vertical lines going through the staff If you select 4 8 for example you can fit four eighth notes that is 1 8 of a whole note into a measure as in this example Ss e Use the time signature to keep your music to an even beat If you find your music does not keep to the time signature you can change the time signature at any time Then select the key signature The key signature puts certain default note pitches into the music These defaults are specified as sharps or flats in the beginning of the composition The G Major key as in this example will default all F notes to be sharped L d a EF U E d o ae a LEL LEU LE EL 1 183 a I2 P ER IR PT SDL LT o REL UST In this example the
64. o put down Click on the up and down buttons to select a different pattern type The scrollbars on the side change the starting and ending position of the graph Depending on the pattern type selected you might see one or two adjustment scrollbars near the bottom They adjust different properties in the graph If you would like to erase the range you just selected select the Erase Range Selected option button and hit OK What is shown in a controller view are the control changes for the selected controller for the selected channel If you are experiencing problems with controllers interfering with one another or notes interfering with one another for that matter you ll need to put the controllers on separate channels You can do this by using the Song Track Properties menu option to give each track its own channel Note that what is shown in the controller view are the control changes for the currently selected channel in the sub window It will only show control changes from one channel but these can be from all the tracks in the composition It is shown this way because even the control changes from other tracks will affect the current track Check your sound card MIDI instrument manual to see what effects your device supports note If your MIDI device does not support the Reset All Controllers 121 MIDI message you will need to specifically set the value of each controller you use in the very beginning of the song Drums
65. of the song or using the Quantize feature The singing analysis uses Music MasterWork s voice to note technology With this technology longer notes are picked up better than shorter ones Also make sure to keep the microphone stationary to keep the noise down and do not sing directly into the microphone because the force of your breath will create unwanted noise One of the voice to note settings from the Options Voice to Note Settings menu item applies to singing analysis Save Singing to allow for Replay If this option is on it will save your singing to a file called TempPlayback wav in your installation directory Just hit the Replay button after you re done to hear yourself singing This option will slow down the singing analysis however so you may want to turn this off The audio wave input is taken from the device selected on the Device Wave Input sub menu View Filter You can filter what you see in a view by selecting the Track 1 button A dialog will come up where you can select which tracks you want to see together in the same view note This filter affects editing as well For instance if you insert a copied section it will push over only the tracks you see in your view In this way you can edit many tracks at once or only the track you want to edit Music Theory Tutorial The first step in creating a composition is to select a time and key signature This can be done by selecting the Song sub me
66. ondense the notes too much Measure Width options to set maximum or constant measure width To not go above a certain size width select one of the Maximum size options To see a constant width for every measure select one of the Always beat sizes Show Text Types Lyrics Comments Other Some text may just get in the way so this gives you the option of not displaying them These options can beautify your sheet music by aligning notes that are slightly off and beam together notes that are slightly off from their appropriate distance from Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Staff Piano Roll Options Options menu 31 Piano Roll Options Options menu 31 each other Time Group Merge Percent of quarter note between time groups that will merge Beam Note Tolerance Percent of note tolerance that beamed notes can be off by Color Changes With Always black standard black for the note heads Volume color will change with how loud the note is Instrument color will change depending on the instrument selected Channel color will change with the MIDI channel Consonance color will change with how consonant the note is with the other notes at the same time Track color will change depending on the MIDI track the note is in Pitch color will change with increasing pitch Octave color will change with the octave it s in octave changes at each C note You have the options of these color schem
67. option but this requires a speedy connection to the time server to be reliable This setting is saved in the Tuner INI file a text file under FreqAdjust You may edit this value if you want to adjust it manually Minimum Note Size Used The minimum input note size that will not be ignored and thrown out This is needed especially when there is a lot of noise picked up and turned into false notes The detected note size needs to be smaller than the actual note size Minimum Output Note Size If notes are less than this length the processor will join two adjacent notes of the same pitch to try to bring them up to this length Delete Rests Method This specifies what to do with rests dead space between notes You can either have the time unmodified have only the beginning dead space taken out or have all dead space taken out and have the notes played right after one another Include Pitch Bend Changes This option will include MIDI pitch bend controller changes if it is clicked This will adjust the pitch of the note throughout the note This can increase the realism of the converted notes Use computed velocity volume for notes This will compute the volume of each note from the power of the waveform of the note If this is not clicked every note will get the same volume velocity setting Use expression volume changes throughout notes This will include MIDI expression controller changes to adjust the volume of the note througho
68. our e mail address you will receive an unlock code that you will need to type into the about dialog This will give you the full functionality of Music MasterWorks If you include only your home address or specify you want a installation CD then it will be sent to you by regular postal mail remember to include 5 for the CD s shipping and handling 127 Buy Music MasterWorks See Unlocking Purchasing Music MasterWorks 128 Register Music MasterWorks See Unlocking Purchasing Music MasterWorks 129 Rests Rests are created automatically in Music MasterWorks For instance if you use the mouse to create a note away from other notes you will see the rests appear Or you can move a note in time using Ctrl LeftArrow or Ctrl RightArrow and rests will appear if you create a space Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 60 MusicMasterWorks 130 131 Audio You can add wave audio segments WAV files to your composition by right clicking in the staff where you want the audio segment to start and then selecting Add Audio in the popup menu You can also record wave audio segments using the Record Wave button in the toolbar This will record from the device selected on the Device Wave Input menu To change the volume level of the microphone input double click on the speaker icon in the Windows taskbar if it is not there then open it from the Windows Start Menu Programs Accessories
69. re in relation to piano keys The Message view shows a low level raw data view of the MIDI messages Filter Track 1 View Filter Button Brings up the view filter dialog which allows you to select which tracks you want to see in this view Grand Piano v Instrument Selector This allows you to select the instrument used to play the notes in your track If you are in Normal Mode it will change all the notes in the track to the instrument selected At the end of the instrument list is the Bank Select option If the MIDI device you are using supports multiple instrument banks use this to select the bank Note Duration Selector These buttons affect the duration of the CURRENTLY SELECTED NOTE To change the duration of a newly created note you need to select the duration AFTER the new note has been put down The dot button on the end selects deselects whether the note is dotted The 3 button on the end selects whether the note is a triplet Track 1 Track Selection Control only complex mode This allows you to select the track that you want the notes you put down to be in Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller B ton 3 13 Channel 1 Channel Selector This allows you to select the channel that you want the notes you put down to be in If you are in Normal Mode you will not see this control To change the channel a track is on in Normal Mode select
70. ronome plays and what the metronome will sound like The metronome beat by default is determined by the time signature s bottom number If you are using 4 4 time the metronome will beat every quarter note If you are using 6 8 time the metronome will beat every eighth note If you start recording between beats for instance 1 8 note past the start of a bar using 4 4 time the first metronome beat will not play at your starting point but at the next even beat 141 Check your Singing See the Singing Analysis section 142 Singing Analysis You can use this feature to check to see how close you can sing a tune First select a range of notes to specify the tune you are going to sing You can do this using the mouse by left clicking keeping the left mouse button down and dragging the mouse Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 68 MusicMasterWorks 143 144 over the notes you d like to select or by using the keyboard hold the shift key down while moving right or left with the arrow keys Then select this button 9 To use this feature effectively you ll need to do 2 things to the tune you are singing First you ll probably need to transpose the tune up or down in pitch based on the range of your voice you can find the range of your voice using the voice to note feature Second you ll probably need to elongate the notes to give yourself time to sing each note you can do this by changing the tempo
71. s read and write them in the MID file and record them Music MasterWorks has a few added features not in the MIDI standard These are slurs split by pitch for the grand staff and the addition of minor keys for the key signature Since these are not implemented in the MIDI specification these are implemented in Music MasterWorks through specially placed MIDI text messages which will be recognized by other sequencing software as only text 8 Mouse Commands Left click in open space to create a new note Left click in open space and drag the mouse to select a range of notes Left click on a note to select it Left click on a note and drag the mouse to move the note Dragging over another note creates a slur Right click on a note to bring up the note menu Right click in open space to bring up the open space menu Effect of the mouse in the Controller View Left click on the box to the left to change the controller type being viewed Left click to add a single controller change Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 12 MusicMasterWorks MusicMasterWorks Left click and drag to put down a graph in a time range Right click to specify a specific numeric value at that time Buttons Staff v View Type Selector Use this to select how you want to view your composition You can select the Staff view the Piano Roll view or the Message view The Piano Roll view shows where the notes a
72. s slur See the Slur section about creating slurs Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Base Clef 27 22 Base Clef To set the staff as just a Bass Clef Select Options Staff Piano Roll Options from the menu and change the Clef Type 23 Treble Clef To set the staff as just a Bass Clef Select Options Staff Piano Roll Options from the menu and change the Clef Type 24 Printing You can print sheet music or a piano roll when using the piano roll style view by selecting the File Print menu option To see a preview of what the printout will look like select the File Print Preview menu option Printing will use only the currently selected view track as a basis for what it prints For songs with multiple tracks you will need to print each track individually or change the view filter of the currently selected view to include all tracks To change the scale size of what is printed select the Option Staff Piano Roll Options menu item and change the Printout Scale You can also change options that affect the measure width as well 25 Menus File Menu New Song Open Song Close Song Save Song Save As Rename Song Print Setup Print Preview Print Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks Exit Edit Menu Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Clear Append Song Insert Space Delete Time Range Select Select Time Range Delete Track S
73. t still does not work make sure you have the MIDI cables connected correctly The OUT connector of your cable should be hooked up to the IN port on the back of the instrument and the IN connector should be plugged into the OUT port on the back of the instrument It may seem reversed but remember what is out to the computer is in to the instrument If that doesn t work refer to the documentation of your music keyboard You may have to select the input device for example changing serial input to midi input or you may have to change the channel s the keyboard receives on Problem There is something wrong with the display of the staff or the notes Answer Select Options Staff Piano Roll Options to change how the staff is displayed such as the clef type split at pitch for the grand clef placement etc Problem The musical instruments don t sound realistic Answer There is often more than one output device to choose from under the Device MIDI Output menu If you have multiple options try them all out Remember the sound card inside your computer determines the quality of the MIDI output Problem There is more than one track instrument in the composition but only one instrument is played Answer First make sure you do not have the Play only selected view option set You may need to give each track a unique channel number Do this for each View Track in your song by selecting the view sub window and the
74. te This indicator does not take into account the key signature and always uses sharps instead of flats for the notes corresponding to black keys on the piano OOOOwOOw VCR Controls These control the playing and recording of music The record button in the middle is for recording MIDI notes from an external musical keyboard or other MIDI instrument requires a special MIDI cable The record button on the far right is to record your voice or other wave audio in the form of a WAV file Record Song to Wave File button This will record your MIDI song to a wave audio file wave audio files can be used to create an audio CDs This function will only work if the sound card in your computer has a Stereo Mix What U Hear or similar recording device option Voice to Note Button Pushing this button brings up a voice to note real time translation window Just sing into your microphone and the pitch of your voice will be displayed in a graph format After you re done hit the Done button and it will be translated into notes for you Wave File to Note Button Pushing this button brings up a file selection dialog where you can select which wave file WAYV extension will be translated into notes 7 Check your Singing Singing Analysis button Select the range of notes you are going to sing first then select this button to test how close to the actual pitch you can sing the notes o Snap To Button Pushing this
75. the Track Properties menu option under the Song menu item Selecting this will close the view The main song window will still stay open These next eight buttons are two state buttons that mirror the various checkmarked options on the Options main menu item Hesitate Play Button When this button is down highlighted green notes will sound when moved in pitch and when placing new notes with the mouse a Play All One View Button When this button is down only the currently selected view will play When it is up all the views will play Auto Rewind Button When this button is down the playbar will go back to the beginning after hitting the end Move Pitch To Key Button When this button is down note placement and movement will stay within the notes of the selected key signature Note Placement Button When this button is down it will show where notes will be placed using the mouse with a red note head indicator hit the left mouse button to put down a note Show Lyrics Button Show Controller View Button Shows the controller view so you can change controllers MIDI special effects such as Pitch Bend Damper Pedal etc Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller NN MusicMasterWorks Play while Recording button Will play existing music in your song while recording new music Pitch Indicator This text box shows the pitch of the currently selected no
76. the notes transmitted on channel 3 will be effected There are some sound cards however that do not recognize independent channels so all notes will be effected For both external and internal synthesis Channel 10 is reserved for drum percussion sounds Different types of percussion instruments can be heard by changing the pitch of the notes played Normal Complex Mode Normal Mode is recommended because it eliminates the complexities of tracks and channels Complex mode is sometimes needed especially when opening someone else s MIDI files that use more than one channel or instrument per track but complex mode is not recommended for most uses MIDI files are divided up into tracks Usually each track uses only one channel and one instrument However a track can make use of many channels or instruments In Music MasterWorks the Normal Mode restricts each track to one channel and one instrument This is the easiest mode to compose in since you do not need to know anything about tracks or channels To add another instrument to your composition just add another view and change the instrument type for that view If you change the instrument in a view all the notes in that view will change to that instrument If you want to change the default channel for a view select the Track Properties option off the Song menu If you need more flexibility however you can go into the Complex Mode which allows you to select which channel and i
77. the snap to resolution positions as a guide Problem Rests appear where you don t expect Answer Remember that you can overlap notes in Music Masterworks For instance if Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 22 MuscMesteWorks 3333333333 MusicMasterWorks 4 quarter notes are placed on the staff but each overlaps the next by 1 8 note you will see almost half the measure bar has a rest If you place them at the correct 1 4 note intervals there will be no rest The vertical dashed guidelines are there to show you the time intervals This is set using the Options Snap to Resolution menu item and also affects where mouse click actions occur Use these guidelines to place notes correctly Problem Don t hear any sound when clicking on the play button Answer Make sure you have the correct output device selected under the Device MIDI Output menu If you do this and still do not hear any sound check your Windows volume control sound mixer select Device Playback Volume from the menu to see if the MIDI or Synth volume has been turned down or muted Turn the volume all the way up Also check to make sure your speakers are plugged in correctly and check the volume knob on your speakers Problem The microphone doesn t seem to record anything or it is at a very low volume level Answer First make sure the microphone is selected under the Music MasterWorks Device Wave Input menu
78. time signature is 6 4 you would enter 1 3 and O 18 Accidentals Accidentals sharps flats naturals are inserted automatically by Music MasterWorks If the key signature has sharps the accidentals are defaulted to sharps If the key signature has flats the accidentals are defaulted to flats To change the accidentals from their defaults right click on a note and select one of the Force to options There is a choice of double flat which moves the note down 2 half steps flat sharp and double sharp which moves the note up 2 half steps or the default Some accidental options are not allowed such as 19 Measure Width The width of the measure is controlled by the options from the Options Staff Piano Roll Options menu item If you d like the measures condensed select the Condense measure when possible option If you d like to have a maximum size for the measure or set all measures to the same size select the appropriate option in the Measure Width drop down selection These settings are on a per track basis so if you have multiple tracks in your song you ll need to set each individually You must save the file to save these settings permanently if these settings are changed it will not force a save Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller MusicMasterWorks 20 Note Menu The note menu pops up when right clicking on a note Its options are Delete deletes the note and moves the r
79. to your keyboard or record from it 3 Views Music MasterWorks allows multiple sub windows within each song These sub windows called views can show a different track and or instrument For instance when you want to add another instrument to your song just select the View New menu item and another sub window will appear Then select the instrument combobox the one that says Grand Piano and select which instrument you would like to hear One thing to remember here though is that you must have some notes in the current track instrument to create a new track instrument There are three types of views you can select from The default is the normal staff notation view However if you select the combobox in the upper left corner of the view you can select the Piano Roll or Message style views as well Views are very versatile If you have multiple tracks in your song you can select the track button the one that says something like Track 1 and select multiple tracks to be shown in the same view With this feature you can edit multiple tracks at once For instance you could cut the same section out of the guitar and drum tracks at the same time Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller NC ME MusicMasterWorks Instruments adding See the section on Views Adding instruments See the section on Views Adding Tracks See the section on Views MIDI MIDI or Musical Instrument Digital Interfac
80. ud the note plays Note Off velocity volume change how loud the note plays at the end of the note This is usually used for wind instruments to get more expressiveness Not all instruments support note off This depends upon the sound card in your computer Delete This option will delete the currently selected note Notes after the note deleted will be moved back to fill in any space left This can also be done by just hitting the delete key Clear This option will clear the currently selected note This is different than delete in that it will leave any empty space and not affect the position of notes afterward This can also be done by just hitting Ctrl Delete keys at the same time Move Right in time This option will move forward in time to the next note making it the currently selected note the selected note is the one that s flashing This can also be done by just hitting the right arrow key Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Move Left in time B 76 77 78 79 80 Move Left in time This option will move backward in time to the previous note making it the currently selected note the selected note is the one that s flashing This can also be done by just hitting the left arrow key Select Next Current Note This option will move to the next note at the currently selected location If there is only one note at the current time nothing will happen This can also be do
81. use You can also see that the up amp down gray dashed lines have changed this is because you changed the note to a smaller eighth note This automatic change allows you to place notes using the mouse on each 1 8th note beat To change the spacing of these guide lines and the mouse snap to resolution you can select Options Snap To Resolution from the main menu Now to add the other notes of the song This time instead of using the mouse we ll use the keyboard Hit the A key This adds a note right after the currently selected note Now we need to change the pitch Hit the down arrow key This moves the pitch down one half step you can alternately move within the key signature by selecting the button Now to create more notes Hit the A key Hit the up arrow key Hit the A key Hit the down arrow key Hit the A key Hit the up arrow key Hit the A key Hit the down arrow key 5 times Hit the A key Hit the up arrow key 3 times Hit the A key Hit the down arrow key 2 times Hit the A key Hit the down arrow key 3 times Hit the plus key on the keypad 2 times Your song should now look like this Now to make a note that will play at the same time as the last note Hit the M key We now have 2 notes at the same time you can have as many notes as you want play at the same time Now we need to move the new note down Hit the down arrow 20 times If you re tired of hitting the down arrow key you
82. ut the note for more accuracy and realism Time Resolution This setting sets the detail of the analysis and will usually result in better results the more detailed the analysis How the more detailed the analysis the slower it will go Only use the most detailed setting if you have a fast computer or are willing to wait Noise Threshold Level This is the minimum sample level where it will start looking for notes Pick a higher setting if you are getting notes caused by noise Pick a lower setting if it is not picking up enough notes or better yet increase the input volume Accuracy Tolerance Some notes are detected with a higher confidence level than others This setting specifies what level is acceptable A higher level will tend to create more notes but the pitch of the extra notes will become increasingly Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 6 MusicMasterWorks 139 unreliable Lowest amp Highest Pitch Detected This is the range of pitch detected by the voice to note algorithm Because the algorithm is not perfect you may need to limit this to get better results This will depend on your normal voice range If you are whistling into the microphone you will need to set the range up higher Note the voice to midi uses a different setting changed directly in the voice to midi window the Note Range value you can also click on a piano note to make that the middle pitch recognized to mov
83. ut what the different key signatures sound like you should select the Move Pitch To Key option off the Options menu This forces the new notes you put down to stay within the key signature you ve selected You can put chords combinations of notes played at the same time into your music very easily with Music MasterWorks Just hit the C key to cycle through chord combinations or shift C to cycle back You can also hit ctrl C to invert a chord A chord and its inversions makes for a harmonious sounding progression of music Another useful chord command is in the V key which anchors a chord by putting another note one octave down from the chord s base note Many melodies can come out of the notes of a chord For example this is the C Major chord Melodies often contain notes that do not conform to the chord from which they were created Notes that pass between the notes of a chord often sound harmonious as in the example to the left Also notes that momentarily go up or down from the notes of the chord also usually sound harmonious as in the example to the right Music theory can get very complicated and this is just a start Sometimes notes that do not sound good played at the same time work fine within the flow of a composition The rules were made to be broken and remember If it sounds good do it Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller Index 71 Index A Accidentals 25 Add Note After Current
84. you extra time in the beginning to prepare These options can be accessed from the Metronome Settings menu item If the song is blank when you start recording the record function will delete any initial time wasted in the beginning of the recording If the song is not blank the rest of the song will play while you record so you can hear how your new recorded section will blend in After you are done playing hit the Done button Now you can optionally set these fields or just hit OK to insert the music you just recorded Place Recording At is the timemm timeval at which the recording will be placed in the song This defaults to where the play record line was when you started recording The bars value starts at 1 for the first bar and does not have an upper limit In the staff view the bar numbers are printed above the start of each bar for reference The second value is the beats In the at time value this number starts at 1 for the first beat and goes to however many beats there are in a measure If for example you selected 3 4 time you would have 3 beats in a measure so the value could go Copyright c 1997 2006 Joseph Heimiller 51 up to 3 The last time value is the remaining ticks This value is dependent on the ticks per quarter note value set in the song properties This value is usually out of 384 ticks which is the default That means that each quarter note is

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