To record into one or two staves

1. Choose MIDI/Audio > Quantization Settings. Adjust the settings, then click OK. See Quantization Settings dialog box for more information.
2. Click the HyperScribe tool . The HyperScribe menu appears.
3. Choose HyperScribe > Beat Source > Playback and/or Click. The Playback and/or Click dialog box appears. (See Playback and/or Click dialog box)
4. Click the note duration you would like to use for your beat. Type in the number of EDUs for any duration that is not available from the palette.
5. If you know what tempo you want to record at, click Use This Tempo and enter the tempo into the Tempo text box. If you prefer to have Finale calculate the tempo for you, click Listen, then tap any key on your MIDI instrument in the desired tempo. Finale will enter the tempo you play. You can select Use Playback Tempo to respect all playback indicators (Playback Controls, Expressions, etc.) while you record.
6. Choose a start signal from the Start Signal for Recording drop-down menu. Finale will delay starting the countoff measures and recording until it receives a start signal. Choose None (Record Immediately) if you don’t want to use a signal to start recording—Finale will immediately start recording (after playing the countoff if one was specified); choose Any MIDI Data for Finale to start recording upon receiving any MIDI signal that’s played; choose Current Metronome Sound to use the same MIDI signal as the metronome click; choose Standard Sustain Pedal or Nonstandard Sustain Pedal to signal the start by depressing the foot pedal; choose Other to define an alternate MIDI signal as the start signal in the MIDI Event dialog box (see MIDI Event dialog box).
7. Select Play Staves While Recording if you want all the staves set up in the ScoreManager to play back while Finale provides a click.
8. Click on Click and Countoff to set up your click and countoff options. For details, see Click and Countoff.
9. Click OK.
10. Choose HyperScribe > Record Mode >Record into One Staff or Split into Two Staves.
11. 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 keyboard. Click OK. See Fixed Split Point dialog box for more information.
12. Choose HyperScribe > HyperScribe Options to change the Receive On information if you’re sending information on an alternate channel. Change other settings as needed, then click OK. See HyperScribe Options dialog box for more information.
13. Choose HyperScribe > Record Continuous Data. Then click Listen and play the continuous data you want to record during your HyperScribe session (or make your selections from the drop-down menus). Then click Done and OK to dismiss the dialog box. See Record Continuous Data dialog box for more details.
14. To start recording, click the measure in which you want Finale to begin recording. Signal Finale to start (if you selected a start signal). Click a measure. Or, choose Window > Playback Controls 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.

    If you click a measure to start recording, Finale will start recording into the measure you clicked, not the measure displayed in the Playback Controls. If there are repeats in the region you are recording, Finale will jump back to the beginning of repeated sections (as it would during playback). While recording, the second pass of a repeated section will overwrite the first pass.

15. When you’re finished, (if you are providing the beat), give one extra tap. The extra tap is required to fill out the beat, for the benefit of Finale’s quantization feature.
16. Click anywhere on the screen to stop recording and exit the HyperScribe dialog box (if it is displayed). 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. If you can’t seem to find a split point that works to separate the music into the proper staves, use the Note Mover to correct any split point errors (see To correct split point errors).

    If you stop in the middle of a measure, Finale automatically fills the rest of the measure with rests. If you’re recording over an existing passage with HyperScribe and accidentally play partway into an existing measure that you wanted to preserve, CTRL-click to end the recording; Finale won’t transcribe the new notes you’ve played in the half-completed measure.

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