Split
points
You’ll need to specify a split point when
you use SongWriter’s real-time transcription tool to transcribe a two-handed
keyboard performance. Since the computer can’t “see” your hands, you must
tell it how it should split your performance onto the two staves.
To enter HyperScribe, click the HyperScribe
tool. The HyperScribe Menu appears. See Recording
with HyperScribe.
- From
the HyperScribe Menu, choose Record, then Split into Two Staves.
The Fixed Split Point dialog box appears, letting you enter a number.
The number refers to a specific note on your MIDI keyboard; middle C is
key number 60.
- Click
Listen. SongWriter displays a message, telling you that it’s listening.
- Play
the MIDI note you want to designate as the split point for your transcription.
If your MIDI equipment is set up properly, the number in the Split MIDI
Note text box changes. (You can also type a number directly into the text
box.) When SongWriter transcribes your performance, all notes below the
note indicated will be put on the lower staff; all notes above, including
the specified note, will be on the top staff.
- Click
OK (or press enter).
If your piece has no clear split point, you may find it easiest
to record the right-hand part an octave higher than written. After SongWriter
transcribes the piece, it’s a simple matter to transpose that staff to
the proper register (see Transposing: by interval).
