Smart Playback
Plug-in
How to get there
- Select a region with the Selection tool
.
- Choose Plug-ins > TGTools > Smart Playback.
What it does
The Smart Playback plug-in adds a playback
effect to selected musical elements, such as glissandi, hairpins and
trills. The plug-in must be run after the items have been added to the
score. When any of these items change, you must run the plug-in again.
Also, when notes are changed, all playback effects, except hairpins, need
to be renewed by running the plug-in again.
The Smart Playback plug-in creates playback
for the following items:
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Musical Element
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Method of Creating Playback Effect
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Smart Shape Glissandi
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Continuous Data Pitch Bend (maximum of
one octave)
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Smart Shape Hairpin Crescendos/Decrescendos
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Continuous Data Volume changes
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Smart Shape Trill
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Hidden notes added to layer 4
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Articulation Trill
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Hidden notes added to layer 4
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Note that the Smart Playback plug-in will
not create playback effects for tremolos created by adjusting beam extensions,
such as the Easy Tremolos plug-in.
Note: Human Playback
interprets and performs Smart Shapes and other markings during playback
automatically. See Human
Playback. To hear changes to the MIDI playback definition (such
as those applies with this plug-in), you must first set Human Playback
to None in the Playback
Settings dialog box or check the Override Human Playback option
at the top of the Smart Playback plug-in.
Glissandi:
- Make
glissandi play back. Check this box to define Smart Shape glissandi
markings for playback. The plug-in adds pitch bends as continuous data.
See Pitch
wheel under the MIDI tool. For the glissandi to playback correctly,
the bender range is set to 12. The maximum range of each glissando is
one octave.
- Number
of steps per quarter note. A glissando defined for playback consists
of many pitches ascending or descending rapidly via continuous data. Enter
a value in this box for the number of ascending or descending pitches
for each quarter note of time.
Hairpins:
- Make
hairpins play back. Check this box to make Smart Shape Crescendos
or Decrescendos playback through MIDI volume changes. This is a parameter
that is completely independent from the key velocities that are used to
play back dynamic markings or accents. When the file is played, both these
parameters work together to form the actual loudness of a tone. The plug-in
adds gradual volume changes as Continuous Data. See Volume under the MIDI tool.
- Volume
changes per quarter note. Enter the amount of volume to change
here. This feature will edit the continuous data of the region. It can
be adjusted from 1 to 127 (1=softest, 127=loudest).
- Set
Volume to 64 at beginning of piece. Check this option to set the
continuous data for volume to 64 at the beginning of the piece. Note:
this will not change continuous data for volume already applied with the
MIDI tool or plug-ins.
Trills etc.:
- Trills/tremolos/diddles.
Check this box to define trills, tremolos or diddles for playback. Trills
require Smart Shape trill symbols above the notes (
) or a
articulation. Trills are written out in layer 4 then
hidden. See also Document Options-Layers.
- Three
slashes = unmeasured tremolo. Check this box to treat the three
slash subdivision articulation as an unmeasured tremolo. The Tremolo speed
value entered below determines the playback of this trill.
- Trill/unmeasured
tremolo speed (per quarter note). Enter the number of repetitions
of the pitch per quarter note for unmeasured tremolos or trills.
- Start
trill after what percentage of duration. Enter a percentage of
the note value to delay before starting the trill for unmeasured tremolos
or trills. Set this value to zero to start the trill immediately.
- Trill
interval: Diatonic • Semi-tone • Whole Tone. Select Diatonic
to trill between the entered pitch and the pitch up a diatonic second.
Select Semi-tone to trill between
the entered pitch and a semitone higher. Select Whole
Tone to trill between the entered pitch and a whole tone higher.
- Play.
Click Play to hear the selection.
- Remove
these effects from selection. Click Remove to clear the playback
effects from the selection.
More:
- Override
Human Playback. Check this option to apply the settings in this
dialog box even if Human Playback is turned on in the Playback Settings dialog box.
- Go
• Close • Defaults • More •
Play. Click Go to apply
the current commands and leave the dialog box available for the next commands.
Click Close to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes. Click
Defaults to restore this dialog box to its original settings. Click More
for more information on the complete TGTools plug-in collection. Click
Play to accept changes, close the Smart Playback dialog box and play the
score.
