When you’re using multitrack recording,
remember to specify the recording options in the ScoreManager window,
otherwise Finale won’t know which staves to record into, or which channels
to receive from. As with other HyperScribe record modes, you can have
Finale wait for a click (Tap or External MIDI Sync is selected in the
Beat Source submenu). If you prefer, however, you can have Finale provide
a metronome click, which can be triggered by playing a certain MIDI note
(if Playback and/or Click is selected in the Beat Source submenu).
- Choose MIDI/Audio > Quantization Settings. Adjust the settings, then click OK. See Quantization Settings dialog box for
more information.
- Click the HyperScribe tool
. The HyperScribe
menu appears. The first decision you have to make is whether or not you
want Finale to provide a click.
- Choose HyperScribe > Beat Source > Playback and/or Click. The Playback and/or Click dialog
box appears. (See Playback
and/or Click dialog box)
- Click the note duration you would like to use
for your beat from the Beat Equals palette. Type in the number
of EDUs for any duration that is not available from the palette.
- If you know what tempo you want to record at,
enter the tempo into the Tempo text box. If you prefer to have
Finale calculate the tempo for you, click Listen (the Listen
to Tempo dialog box will appear), then tap any key on your MIDI
keyboard in the desired tempo. Finale will enter the tempo you tapped.
See Listen to Tempo dialog
box.
- Select Play Staves While Recording if you want
all the set up staves in the ScoreManager to play back while Finale
provides a click.
- 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 for 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).
- Click on Click and Countoff to set up your
click and countoff options. For details, see Click
and Countoff.
- Choose HyperScribe > Record Mode > Multitrack Record.
- Choose Window > ScoreManager,
if it isn’t already selected. Click the appropriate P (Play) or
S (Solo) columns to determine which staves will play back as you record.
(For more information, see ScoreManager window.)
- Click in a staff’s R (Record) column to specify
that music will be recorded into the staff (a black triangle appears in
the column). To record into different layers of a staff, expand
the staff list by clicking on the control arrow next to the staff name,
then click in the Record column for each layer you want to record into.
Click again to remove a triangle from a staff or layer previously selected
for recording.
- Enter the channel number that will be recorded
for each staff or layer in the RChan column. To specify different
channels for the layers of a staff, expand the staff list by clicking
on the control arrow next to the staff name, then enter the channel numbers
into the RChan columns for those layers. Finale displays the word Mixed
next to the Staff name in the RChan column, indicating that Finale will
be recording into one or more layers of the staff, from more than one
channel.
- Close the ScoreManager. Clicking
on the minimize icon in the upper right corner.
- Choose Window > Playback Controls
if it isn’t already selected. See Playback Settings dialog box.
- In the Measure text box, enter a new measure
number to indicate where to start you transcribing.
- When you’re ready to start recording, signal
Finale to start (if a start signal was selected). Click the Record
button in the Playback Controls. Or, click a measure in your score where
you want recording to begin. Finale will use the settings in the Instrument
List to determine which channels to receive from or which staves to record
into, then begin countoff and recording.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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).
