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Quick Start Guide: Step 1
Quick Start Guide: Step 1
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You can set properties (scale, chord, tempo, signature) on any level. Lower levels
inherit these properties by default, but they can also override them. On the
following image 'C Major' scale is speci ed at the composition level, but it is
overridden by 'Verse2':
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In the Structure Inspector you can add or remove lines and verses, and set scale,
tempo and signature if you right click on any units. Now right click on 'Untitled'
which is the highest level in the list. This will open another inspector:
You can set the composition global scale, tempo and signature in this window, as
well as composition title and composer name. You can choose whether to use
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The active view (that you edit on the composition workspace) is displayed with
blue text in the list. By default the whole composition ('Untitled' on the
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screenshot) is displayed. Double-clicking on 'Line1' will display only 'Line1' in the
composition workspace.
'Line1' is shown. Resize the track vertically by dragging the bottom of the track
header. Zoom the timeline using Ctrl-drag on the timeline. You can make the line
Hint: if you double-click inside the track header, the track is automatically zoomed
to ll the workspace.
you can open/close browsers, and decide which browser icons to display in the
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the track will be lled with phrases that are suitable to preview master track
chords. You can divide or join the chord sections by double-clicking. Move chord
You can set the individual chords in many di erent ways: clicking on the chord
o ers chord suggestions, opening the chord selector, typing the chord name, or
entering a chord from your MIDI keyboard. Right-clicking on a chord section which
name, colour, instrument, voicing, articulation and other properties for tracks. You
can make percussion tracks, which are optimized for percussions, but are still
phrase-based. Use the 'Acoustic Guitar' voicing if you want to use acoustic guitar
chords. In this case the track will look up the master track chords from a guitar
chord database and use the guitar chord notes instead of the keyboard chord
notes.
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click on a track, phrase, master track, transport buttons, etc, an inspector window
will open. At the top of the window you can choose whether to display the
properties, operations or help for the clicked object. If you leave the mouse over a
UI element, a help window will pop up. (You can turn o pop-up help in the
settings when not needed anymore.) At the left bottom corner of the window you
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