Make sure you’ve set up the MicNotator
for your instrument. See Setting
Up MicNotator. You’ll be using the Simple Entry caret to do this.
For more details, see Simple
Entry.
- Click the Simple Entry tool
.
- Choose Simple > Use MIDI Device
for Input.
- Choose Simple > Simple Entry Options,
and ensure Use Simple Entry Caret is checked. Then click OK. The
Simple Entry caret appears.
- Click or use the arrow keys to place the caret
where you would like to start entering notes.
- Choose the duration of the note you want to
enter (by clicking a duration icon or pressing its corresponding keystroke).
See Keyboard Shortcuts for details.
- Play the notes on your instrument. Each
note you play appears in the document of the duration selected. Use keystrokes
to quickly change durations between notes. It’s safe to outplay Finale,
too; it will remember up to 500 notes (and continue to notate them as
fast as your computer allows). To record notes without help from the
computer keyboard to specify duration, use the HyperScribe entry method
(see below).
