Continuous data

Because continuous data consumes memory and disk space, you may opt not to record all types of this data when you use HyperScribe. You can specify which types of continuous data you want to record.

1. Before recording a HyperScribe Session, choose HyperScribe > Record Continuous Data. The Record Continuous Data dialog box appears.
2. Click Listen. Briefly play each controller or wheel you want to record in your upcoming performance. As you tap each pedal or wiggle each wheel, Finale records their continuous data numbers in the four text boxes. If you record four controllers or less, any continuous data types you don’t specify in this dialog box will not be recorded. If you record more than four controllers, Finale records all continuous data during the HyperScribe session.
3. Click OK (or press ENTER). Proceed with your recording. See Recording with HyperScribe.

If you’ve saved continuous data from a HyperScribe performance, you can edit it directly even when the performance has been transcribed into standard notation.

1. Choose Window > Advanced Tools Palette. Choose the MIDI tool .
2. Choose MIDI tool > Continuous Data. The View Continuous Data dialog box appears, and you can choose the MIDI data you want to edit.
3. Specify the continuous data you want to edit. If the continuous data type you want to edit is listed in the dialog box, select it from the drop-down menu (Sustain Pedal, Modulation Wheel, and so on). If not, click the Listen check box and play the controller. Finale enters the correct controller number in the text box automatically.
4. Click OK (or press ENTER).
5. Select the measures whose continuous data you want to edit. Click to select one measure, SHIFT+click to select additional measures, drag-enclose to select several on-screen measures, click to the left of the staff to select the entire staff, or choose Edit > Select All. If you want to edit only a few measures on a single staff, select them, and then double-click the highlighted region to enter the MIDI tool split-window. Drag through the display area above the notes whose continuous data you want to edit.
6. Edit the selected region by choosing the appropriate command in the MIDI tool menu.
   • Choose Set To to specify a uniform value for the controller or wheel setting for all notes in the selected region (see Set to dialog box).
   • Choose Scale to create a gradual change in the continuous data setting over the selected region (see Scale dialog box).
   • Choose Add to add a positive or negative amount to all the controller’s values in the selected region (see Add dialog box).
   • Choose Percent Alter to change the values in the selected region by a percentage of their original amounts (see Percent Alteration dialog box).
   • Choose Limit to specify a maximum or minimum value for the continuous data in the selected region (see Limit dialog box).

See To copy or erase captured (or edited) MIDI data.