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Punch In PreRoll dialog box

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How to get there

Click the HyperScribe Tool $image\HyperScribe_Tool.gif$ , and select Transcription Mode from the HyperScribe menu. Click a measure to enter the Transcription window. Choose Punch In PreRoll from the Transcription menu.

What it does

If you’re recording a real-time performance in the Transcription window and make a mistake, you don’t have to rerecord the entire sequence. You can, instead, punch in and out, meaning that you can rerecord only those few seconds of the original performance that need replacing.

You’ll probably want Finale to play a few seconds of the music just before the spot you want to rerecord, however, so you can hear the desired spot in context and in tempo. This dialog box allows you to specify how many seconds of the existing music you want Finale to play before switching into record mode (at which point you should begin to play the new music).

Play the note file for __ second(s). In this text box, enter the number of seconds of music you want Finale to play just before the punch-in point. (Enter zero if you don’t want any "preroll" at all.)
OK • Cancel. Click OK to exit this dialog box and return to the Transcription window. When you click Start, Finale plays the music preceding the punch-in point for the number of seconds you specified, then begins recording your new performance. Click Cancel to disregard any changes and return to the Transcription window.