Editing As-Performed Attack Location and Duration |
The as-performed attack location and duration of a note can differ from its as-notated location and duration. Composer offers several commands that enable you to change the as-heard timing of the note independently of its notated location and duration. You can also "snap" (quantize) the as-performed attack and/or release of a note to be exactly the same as its as-notated location. As you edit the as-performed attack and duration of a note, Composer enables you to clearly see the results in Piano Roll Notation. You can also use the Show Attack and Release Offsets command to see a numeric comparison between the as-performed and as-notated attacks and releases of notes. To change the as-performed duration of one or more selected notes, while leaving the as-notated duration of the notes unchanged:
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-- OR -- Or type "ep" for edit performance.
In Composer, there are 480 ticks per quarter note. Thus, there are 32 ticks in a 64th note. In the above example, the attack of the first note of the triplet is somewhat less than a 64th note after the as-notated location of the note at the fourth beat of the 4:4 meter measure.
The color of the piano roll for the selected notes changes from yellow to blue.
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NOTE: There are 480 ticks in a quarter note. For example, an 8th note has 240 ticks. The shortcut "d=202" sets the performed duration of the note(s) to somewhat less than the full duration of an 8th note. The status bar reports that the as-performed attacks are an average of 10 ticks after the as-notated attacks. The as-performed releases are an average of 28 ticks before the as-notated releases. After typing D+ several times, or after typing "d-28" to decrease the duration by 28 ticks, the as-performed durations of the three notes are shortened and look like this: The above status bar reports that the as-performed releases are an average of 56 ticks before the as-notated releases instead of 28 ticks. The as-performed attacks have remained unchanged. To change the as-performed attack of one or more selected notes, while leaving the as-notated location of the notes unchanged:
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Using the same example as above, the as-performed attacks of the three notes look like this after typing A+ several times, or by typing "a-15":
To shift both the as-performed attack and duration of one or more selected notes to the left or right, while leaving the as-notated location of the notes unchanged:
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