Forum: General music tips and questions
05-01-2011, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 33,456
Re: Musicator filetype to MIDI converter?
Hi, Sherry:
I just downloaded Musicator and had a fast look. It will export a file to .mid format under Save As, so why not have your person simply load up their Musicator files and save them as...
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Forum: Questions or problems
04-19-2011, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 27,981
Re: Viola staff sounds like drum staff
Hi, Rob:
You have to be careful not to confuse the number of the staff in Composer with the midi channel to which it is assigned. The two are different.
There are only 16 midi channels...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
04-15-2011, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 45,519
Re: Drum roll, please!
Hi, Rayner:
As long as the staff is set to midi channel 10, it really doesn't matter whether you check Drum Instrument or not. All that does is select the "drum" note heads for Composer's...
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Forum: Questions or problems
04-13-2011, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 32,686
Re: adjust tempo
Hi,
I'm afraid Notation Player doesn't allow you to adjust the tempo of a midi file (or .not file).
It's intended specifically as a Player, not as an editor. It's also free.
Notation...
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Forum: Questions or problems
04-06-2011, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 26,545
Re: Recording Multiple Instruments
Hi, Al and Sherry:
I have a DGX-500 (one of the ancestors of the YPT-200) and it only deals with type 0 midi files, ie., all of the tracks are saved as one track with each note having a specific...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-22-2011, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 40,243
Re: Change Pickup Beat Sounds
Hi, Al:
With my system, the pickup beats sound the same as the general metronome beats, whether running through internal sounds or outboard synths.
No idea what the situation is with yours.
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-20-2011, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 40,243
Re: Change Pickup Beat Sounds
Hi, Al:
Under Perform/Metronome/Setup, you can change the sounds used by Composer for the metronome.
You can either select the computer "beep" sound or use your keyboard's drum channel sounds...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-16-2011, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 14,587
Re: rookie to notation
Hi,
You have to have some sort of midi connection between your keyboard and your computer -- many newer Yamaha keyboards have a direct USB connector, older ones have a midi output (sort of...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
03-14-2011, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 32,173
Re: philosophy of Music
Beethoven was a revolutionary; Hayden was a reactionary; Mozart was just plain nuts.
Beethoven admired Napoleon and his revolutionary stance until he saw what it was actually doing to the world. ...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-13-2011, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 20,630
Re: How to improve printing?
I'm producing an opera at the moment, with scores created in Sibelius. Apart from a few additional graphic elements, I honestly don't see a lot of difference in the printouts between Sibelius'...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-12-2011, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 30,113
Re: Select troubles
Hi, Marc:
You may need to uninstall and then reinstall Composer.
The behaviour you describe is very unusual and sounds (to me, at least) like a corrupted installation.
You may need to do a...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-10-2011, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 30,113
Re: Select troubles
Hello, Marc:
Do please post a screen shot. You can attach a jpeg file to your posts using the manage attachments button at the bottom of the new post dialogue box.
I've not encountered what...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-09-2011, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 30,113
Re: Select troubles
There are two kinds of selection -- individual objects, which can be selected by clicking on them and region selection.
To select a region, hold down the Ctrl key and then click/drag the mouse...
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Forum: Questions or problems
03-06-2011, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 20,630
Re: How to improve printing?
Hello, Telemiles:
Do you know what program the example you posted was created in?
The Harmony font that Notation Software products use is, I think, a more "modern" music font than that which is...
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Forum: Using Notation Software products with other (third party) products
02-19-2011, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 42,125
Re: HUGE prob. putting effects on sounds - help!
Hello, Ulrich:
Actually, this is forum for users of software by Notation Software Inc., makers of Notation Composer and Notation Musician.
I don't think anyone here knows much about Quick Score...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-19-2011, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 43,508
Re: Export Midi - chords lost
Hello, Bernd:
Do you mean the Chord Symbols above the score? Or do you mean a staff with chords (notes) in it?
Chord Symbols are not a part of the MIDI format -- they are a specific part of the...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-15-2011, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 45,474
Re: Change note duration
Hi, Eddie:
Use Shift-left arrow rather than D-right arrow.
D-right arrow increase the duration but leaves the note in its original place; Shift-arrow moves the note.
Move the note with...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-04-2011, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 23,349
Re: Acoustic guitar and music notation
Hi, Terry:
Midi, or more properly, MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It's a set of computer protocols first developed in the early 1980s to allow electronic instruments from...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-03-2011, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 17,816
Re: Composer and Players
Hi, Eddie:
Glad to see you're getting the hang of Composer.
As to the weather in the north of North America lately, as I said to someone in Texas once, I'd rather dig out from under a blizzard...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-03-2011, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 26,478
Re: Melisma and text editor
David,
re. snow: Interesting phenomenon at present. If I look out the first floor windows it's like a whiteout. If I look out the second floor windows, it's nearly blue sky with white swirling...
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Forum: Questions or problems
02-02-2011, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 26,478
Re: Melisma and text editor
Hi, Eddie and Sherry:
I use the underscore character (shifted hyphen). Usually two or three are sufficient to stretch the lyric, as in: ro- __- ses.
That, combined with a slur in the notation,...
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Forum: Share news about music
02-01-2011, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 51,471
Re: In Memoriam: Mark Walsen
A friend I never met and spoke to but once, whose ideas and vision have had a profound effect on my life and work.
I have no further words right now.
David
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Forum: Questions or problems
01-28-2011, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 25,115
Re: Bass / Kick drum not sounding
Hi, pault:
Sometimes the kick drum is recorded on B, sometimes on C. C is the Midi drum channel standard. Some synths and drum machines respond to either, some to one or the other.
Try...
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Forum: General music tips and questions
01-23-2011, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 26,177
Re: How to insert a glissando?
Hi, Snoops:
Tricky things, glissandi.
Composer doesn't actually have a function to create a glissando. It can display a graphic element for a glissando or portamento. This is available under...
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Forum: Tips and tricks for using Notation Software products
01-23-2011, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20,685
Re: loopMidi
Thanks for this. Sounds very interesting, especially the dynamic allocation bit!
I'll give it a try.
David
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