When SongWriter transcribes a real-time performance, you can specify how it should handle syncopation. For example, depending on the circumstances, you might prefer each of the following notations of the same syncopation:
Left: Tied syncopation notation. Right: “Softened” syncopation notation.
SongWriter decides how to notate such syncopations based on two factors: the time signature and the Soften Syncopations setting in the More Quantization Settings dialog box.
To eliminate tied-note syncopations
If the current meter is based on the quarter note (the time signature has a 4 on the bottom), you can ask SongWriter to write eighth note syncopations as eighth-quarter-eighth rhythms (as shown at right in the example above) instead of two tied eighth note pairs (at left, above). You must follow these steps before you record, however.
If the time signature has a 4 as its bottom half, you can use the same principle to “soften” quarter note syncopations—to play a quarter-half-quarter rhythm.
Change the meter to cut time (or another half-note-based meter) before recording; see Time signatures for full instructions. SongWriter will then notate both eighth-note and quarter-note syncopations in the “softened” form (as shown in the example above.) When you’re finished transcribing, you can change the meter back to its original quarter-note-based time signature, if necessary.
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