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Sherry C
03-17-2012, 09:38 PM
Hi friends,

It's finally here :) Many folks have requested a tutorial video for the ReBar feature, and I've put together a quick overview of what ReBar can do, and how you can do it.

Sometimes you find a file where the transcription to sheet music looks unplayable, or the beat cursor doesn't match the beat you hear, or perhaps you've recorded a MIDI file but didn't use the metronome.
Now what? ReBar!

Some highlights:



How to tell if you have a metronomeless file
How to calibrate your MIDI device (this makes sure it's not just a latency problem, and also helps you to get those barline placements spot-on when using the ReBar feature)
Review the tools that are in the ReBar tool palette
How to manually adjust the barlines
How to record the barlines using the Insert key on your keyboard.
Extra "clean up" tips for more readable sheet music

To watch the video, click here (http://www.notation.com/Tutorial%20Videos/ReBar/ReBar.html).
To download the video (mp4 format), please click here to download (http://www.notation.com/Tutorial%20Videos/ReBar/ReBar.mp4).

The video is roughly a half hour long, so please be patient while it loads or downloads.

I forgot to mention in the video that you can also do the MIDI Device calibration directly from the ReBar tool palette - it's the last little button on the right that looks like a MIDI plug. In the video, I show it being done from the Setup/Quick MIDI Devices setup (where it's useful for setting the latency for playback of files as well ;) )



If you have any questions, comments, or otherwise civil discourse about it, please let me know.


Enjoy!
Sherry