| Author | Message | ||
     Ray O'Keefe Unregistered Guest |
After using the " make fake book lead sheet command" is there a way to save this single staff w/ chords as a midi file that contains only the single staff ?? when i use the " save as midi file" and then open the .mid file it contains the original full score ?? p.s. i couldn;t find a faq re: this !! Ray O'Keefe | ||
| Mark Walsen (markwa) Registered Forum User Username: markwa Post Number: 187 Registered: 4-2002 |
Hi, Ray After you use the Fake Book Lead Sheet command, do this:
Cheers -- Mark | ||
| Jim Parsons Unregistered Guest |
I am evaluating the program. Previously, I set up sheets in Word Perfect and then ran them through Adobe Acrobat to create song books which I then play on my notebook computer rather than paper lead sheets. Different music can be assembled for different occassions (Xmas, St Pat, etc) very simply. Question: Does the full version of the program allow me to save the output in a format that can be read into Word Perferct, Adobe Acrobat, or Acrobat Distiller. I can produce lead sheets, photograph them with my digital camera and use the jpeg photos for Adobe, but, it would be a whole lot simpler if the program will save the output in different formats, such as ASCII, RTF Files, or Postscript files. Note: I am a recreational player, read music only in general terms, but, I can see great potential here if I can get the beast to do what I need. | ||
| Mark Walsen (markwa) Registered Forum User Username: markwa Post Number: 263 Registered: 4-2002 |
Hello, Jim MidiNotate does not have a Save As Image (GIF, TIFF, etc.) option. Such an option is a very good idea, and will be added to MidiNotate later this year. In the mean time, you can get a printer driver which, instead of printing, saves a JPEG or TIFF etc image. I have personally successfully tested the Zan Virtual Image Printer (http://www.zan1011.com/). It's not a fancy packaged product, but it does the job. It has a 30-day trial version, and sells for $19.95. It only runs on Win2000 and Win XP. You can find other similar image printer drivers by typing "image printer driver" into your favorite Internet search engine. If you find one that you like, I'd appreciate your letting me know here in the following forum topic: MidiNotate -- How to Use It, Questions and Answers >> Saving Scores as GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PDF Cheers -- Mark (the developer of MidiNotate) | ||
| jim curtis (jimcurtis) Registered Forum User Username: jimcurtis Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2005 |
In the old midinotate you only had to click on the prepare fake book and you got what you wanted, in this version I can only get the blank staves and chord symbols to show, there are no notes at all and I cannot see what I am doing wrong. Kind Regards Jim Curtis | ||
| Sherry Crann (sherry) Senior Forum User Username: sherry Post Number: 555 Registered: 1-2004 |
Howdy Jim, If you're using Composer (and I think this holds true for Musician, but don't quote me on that one) then it's still pretty easy to get the fake sheet you want, although you get a few more options these days. It sounds as if you've worked through the wizard, but a note of caution here is that Composer only makes best guesses about which tracks are melody tracks, and you may have inadvertently selected an empty track, or it may have been mistakenly labeled "melody" and was automatically selected for you. The steps I used are: 1. Click on "Part/Prepare fakebook lead sheet..." 2. Confirm that "Prepare fakebook lead sheet..." is checked and click next. 3. Check the box if you want lyrics and click next. 4. Here's the step you should double check: selecting the track that has the melody notes. You'll need to make sure that the selected track is indeed the right one. I've found midi files with 5 tracks labelled "melody", but only one of them was correct! If you hit the drop-menu arrow to the right of the track name, it will drop down a list of all the non-drum tracks in the file, and you can select the proper track for your melody line. You can also choose some other options regarding exactly which notes are displayed, and how they are displayed. Click next. 5. The next box lets you decide if and how to transcribe chord names. Check your choices and click next. 6. Choose your font sizes and click finish. All done! It should display what you want, and if it doesn't, go back through it and check that all the variables are properly set. If that doesn't do it, give another holler. ttfn, Sherry |
