My last blog discussed how you can use quantization to speed up note entry and reduce subsequent editing. Today I offer another tip to help clean up any music entered in real-time – whether you’re playing notes directly into Finale or importing MIDI files.
Retranscribe in Finale
Last week Tom Johnson shared a blog post about real-time MIDI entry in Finale. Today a reader commented with a related question.
Quantization: the key to real-time note entry in Finale
We want our music notation software to notate not what we play but what we intend to play. For example, here is a simple melody I played in using Finale’s real-time entry tool, HyperScribe:
I helped Finale notate this example correctly – the first time – by providing some hints as to the rhythmic complexitity of what I was about to play.
Finale Blog: Improving Your HyperScribe Accuracy
Today I have a tip to improve your accuracy when entering music into Finale in real time.
Finale’s HyperScribe tool offers a variety of ways to enter notes in real time using your favorite MIDI device.