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To enter HyperScribe, click the HyperScribe Tool. The HyperScribe menu appears. To enter the Transcription window, click the Transcription Mode, then click the measure where the transcription is to begin. See Recording with HyperScribe or Transcribing a sequence. 

To specify a fixed split point

  1. Choose HyperScribe > Record Mode > Split into Two Staves or, when using Transcription mode, choose Transcription > Split Point > Fixed. The Fixed Split Point dialog box appears, letting you enter a number. The number refers to a specific note on your MIDI keyboard; middle C is key number 60.
  2. Click Listen. Finale displays a message, telling you that it’s listening.
  3. Play the MIDI note you want to designate as the split point for your transcription. If your MIDI equipment is set up properly, the number in the Split MIDI Note text box changes. (You can also type a number directly into the text box.) When Finale transcribes your performance, all notes below the note indicated will be put on the lower staff; all notes above, including the specified note, will be on the top staff.
  4. Click OK (or press RETURN). If your piece has no clear split point, you may find it easiest to record the right-hand part an octave higher than written. After Finale transcribes the piece, it’s a simple matter to transpose that staff to the proper register (see Transposing: by interval).

 

 

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