Editing Notation

During music entry, or after recording music, it is likely that some editing will be required.

Selecting Notes

It is possible to select a range of notes, and many of the editing functions work by acting on a selection.  Selections work on vertical "columns" of notes where all of the notes that are aligned vertically are in the same "column".

To select a single column:

1. Touch the top part of the Notation panel, inside the shaded "Selection Bar"
   
   
   
2. The column will turn green to indicate that it has been selected:
   
   
   

To select a range of columns:

1. First select the first column in the range by tapping in the Selection Bar, as outlined above.
   
2. Now use the same procedure to select the last column in the range, scrolling the screen if necessary.  The system will automatically select all columns in between the first and second columns:
   
   
3. Alternatively, you can tap the first column in the Selection Bar and then drag your finger to the second column.  Hold and drag to the edge of the screen to automatically scroll if the selection is larger than a single screen.
   

To select an entire Measure:

1. Double tap (tap twice quickly) the top part of the screen in the Selection area, above the measure to be selected
2. All notes in the measure will be selected.

To select the entire Song:

1. Triple tap (tap three times quickly) the top part of the screen in the Selection area
2. All notes in the Song will be selected.

The Selection Menu

Once a selection has been made, touch anywhere inside the selected area to display the Selection Menu:

Many functions can be accessed from here:

• Cut, Copy, Paste, Merge - Access to the Clipboard
• Delete - Delete the notes in a selection
• Delete Tempo - Delete tempo changes in the selected region
• Lengthen - Double note lengths (this does not rescore or rearrange measures!)
• Shorten - Halve note lengths (this does not rescore or rearrange measures!)
• Flip - Flip note stems from up to down, or vice versa
• Compress - Reduces the horizontal space between notes in the selection, which moves the notes closer together
• Expand - Increases the horizontal space between notes in the selection, which moves the notes further apart.
• Lyrics - Enter Lyric Editing mode
• Chords - Enter Chord Builder mode
• Piano Roll - Open the Piano Roll at the selected position
• Fingers - Enter Finger Position mode
• Repeat - Repeat the selected notes during playback
• Quantize - Align note durations to the currently selected note value (that is, the note value used for adding new notes)
• Louder - Increase note velocity by 25%
• Softer - Reduce note velocity by 25%
• Select All - Select every note in the song
• Marker - Create or delete a Marker

Using the Clipboard

The Clipboard function allows music to be copied or moved.  From the Selection menu:

• Use the Cut option to move the selected notes into the Clipboard.  The notes will be deleted from the current position.
  
• Use the Copy option to move the selected notes into the Clipboard without deleting them from the current position.
  
• Use the Paste option to paste previously copied or cut notes.  To Paste notes you will first need to Select the column in which the notes will be inserted:  Select the column, touch inside the Selection to access the Clipboard menu, and then choose 'Paste'
• The Merge function is similar to Paste, except that notes are pasted over the top of existing notes without inserting new space
  
• Use the Delete option to delete the selected notes without saving them to the clipboard.  (This is the equivalent to "Deleteing a Selection", below).

Deleting a Selection

Deleting a Selection will remove the highlighted notes and shift the following notes so that they fill the gap.  To delete a selection:

1. Select the notes to be deleted.
   
2. Touch the Delete button
   
3. The selected notes will be deleted.

Clearing a Selection

Sometimes it is desirable to delete all of the notes in a selection, but leave the space clear so that new notes may be entered without disrupting the following parts of the score:

1. Select the note columns to be cleared
   
2. Touch the Clear button
   
3. The selected columns will be cleared.

Inserting Space for New Notes

To make room for new notes in the middle of an existing piece of music:

1. Select the columns to be inserted.  The first column in the selection will be the insertion point, and the width of the selection will be used to set the number of columns to insert.
   
2. Touch the Insert button
   
3. New space will be created in the selected columns, and the existing columns will be shifted to the right.
   

Selecting a Group of Notes (Rectangular Selection)

Use the Select button on the main toolbar to draw a rectangle and select all of the notes that it contains.  First enable Select mode by tapping the button once (the button will light up).  Now tap over the top left corner of a rectangle and drag to highlight one or more notes.  If the rectangle contains notes a menu will appear:

The selection menu allows various functions to be performed against the highlighted notes:

Deleting a Single Note or Rest

To delete a single note or rest:

1. Touch the note to be deleted and hold it down until it turns orange.
   
2. Without releasing, drag the note to the delete button.  The note will be deleted.

Deleting a Measure

To delete a Measure, use the same procedure as that used to add a Measure.  Dragging a measure over the top of an existing measure will remove that measure.

Editing a Note

It is possible to edit the properties of a single note or rest:

1. Touch the Note to be edited.
   
2. The note will turn orange and the Edit Note panel will be displayed:
   
   
3. Touch a button to perform an editing task.  From left to right, the functions available are:
   

   Change	Changes the note symbol to that of the current symbol.  For example, if the note was entered originally as a quarter note and it is necessary to change it to an eighth note, first select the eighth note as if a new note is to be dragged into the score.  Then use the Edit Note function to Change the existing note to the new symbol.
   Flip Stem	Toggles the note's stem direction from up to down, and vice versa.
   Up	Transposes the note up by one semitone.
   Down	Transposes the note down by one semitone.
   Delete	Deletes the note (this is an alternative to dragging it to the Delete button on the main toolbar)
   Untie	Unties the note if it is tied to another note.
   Unbeam	Unbeams the note if it is connected to another note.
   Toggle #/b	Toggles the note enharmonic from sharp to flat, or flat to sharp

Transposing

It is possible to transpose the entire song or just a selection:

1. If only a section of music is to be transposed, first Select the required note columns.
   
2. Touch the Transpose button
   
3. The Transpose Panel will be displayed:
   
   
4. Touch the "Up" or "Down" buttons to move the score up or down by one semitone.  The Transpose panel will remain open to assist in transposing by more than one semitone at a time.
5. Touch the "+Oct" and "-Oct" buttons to move the score up or down by one octave.

Controller Events

Use the Controller Button on the main screen to add or edit MIDI Controller events.

MIDI Controller events can be inserted into the song in two different ways:

1. Touching and dragging from the Controller button on the main screen to a column in the music

2. First selecting the column and then touching the Controller button.

Dragging a Controller Event into the score

It is easy to place MIDI controller events into a song by pressing and holding the Controller Button on the main toolbar and dragging the controller directly into the song.  This will open the Controller entry panel:

• Control - Specify a MIDI Continuous Controller number and data value:
  
  
• Pitch - Insert a MIDI Pitch Bend event
  
  
• Program - Insert a MIDI Program Change event
  
  
• A/Touch - Insert a MIDI Note Aftertouch event
  
  
• Chan A/T - Insert a MIDI Channel Aftertouch event
  
  
• SysEx - Insert a System Exclusive message
  
  
• RPN/NRPN - Insert a MIDI RPN/NRPN message
  

Use the "Copy Synth Parameters" button on the RPN/NRPN panel to insert the current Synth Parameters into the song.

Editing Controller Events for a Selected Note Column

Selecting a column and pressing the Controller button will open the Controller Panel to display the MIDI continuous controller events for that position in the song:

This option is designed to give precise control over the events and assumes a knowledge of how MIDI works.  (The Piano Roll view also contains a graphical MIDI Controller Editor that can be used to make rapid adjustments, especially for pitch bend etc).

The columns displayed are:

• Time - The Relative MIDI Ticks between the start of the column and the event.  There are 576 ticks per quarter note, and Symphonix allows the timing to be entered directly for maximum precision.
• Event - The event type.  This will be:  Aftertouch, Control, Program Change, Channel Aftertouch or Pitch Bend.
• Parameter - Parameters for the event.   Each event type requires one or more parameters (see below).

Touch the Edit button to delete or add events in the list:

Click the Add button to create a new Event:

Enter a Relative Time, Event Type and Data in the spaces provided, then touch the OK button to save the changes.

Each event type requires different Data, entered as one or more comma-separated values.  All values are in decimal:

To delete an existing event, touch the symbol next to the event, followed by the button.

Undo

The last editing change can be reversed using the Undo function.  Use the File button on the main toolbar to open the File Management menu, and choose the "Undo Last Action" option to undo the last editing change.  Choosing "Undo" again will restore the state back to what it was before Undo was used.

Note:  When Step Time recording is active, Undo will restore the state back to what it was prior to activating record mode.  The Undo state is not kept for individual note entry in this mode.  Similarly, when Real Time recording is active the Undo function will restore the entire track back to what it was prior to recording.