Recording
with HyperScribe
When you’re recording a real-time performance
using HyperScribe, you can have SongWriter provide a metronome click.
To record into one or two staves
- From
the MIDI Menu, choose Quantization Settings. Adjust the settings,
then click OK. See Quantization
Settings dialog box for more information.
- Click
the HyperScribe tool
. The HyperScribe Menu appears. If your music will
have ties from one measure to another (across barlines), select (check)
Tie Across Barlines in the HyperScribe Menu.
- From
the HyperScribe Menu, choose Recording Tempo and Click. The Recording
Tempo and Click dialog box appears. (See Recording
Tempo and Click dialog box)
- Click
the note duration you would like to use for your beat.
- Enter
the tempo into the Tempo text box.
- Click
on Click and Countoff to set up your click and countoff options.
For details, see Click
and Countoff dialog box.
- Click
OK. You return to the score.
- Choose
Record into One Staff or Split into Two Staves from the Record Mode submenu
of the HyperScribe Menu.
- If
you choose Split into Two Staves, the Fixed Split Point dialog box appears.
Enter the note that will serve as the split point for the staves. Or click
Listen, and play the note on your MIDI device. Click OK. See Fixed
Split Point dialog box for more information.
- To
start recording, click the measure in which you want SongWriter to begin
recording. Or, choose Playback Controls from the Window Menu, if
it isn’t already selected. If you have selected split into two staves,
click on the upper staff in which you want recording to begin. Change
the measure if necessary, then click Record in the Playback Controls.
Note: If you click
a measure to start recording, SongWriter will start recording into the
measure you clicked, not the measure displayed in the Playback Controls.
Note also: If you
stop in the middle of a measure, SongWriter automatically fills the rest
of the measure with rests. If you’re HyperScribing over an existing passage
and accidentally play partway into an existing measure that you wanted
to preserve, ctrloption-click to end the recording; SongWriter won’t transcribe
the new notes you’ve played in the half-completed measure.
- Click
anywhere on the screen to stop recording. If the quantization or
split point settings weren’t quite right, change them; then click the
first measure and try the performance again. HyperScribe will overwrite
whatever music is already on the staff.
