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Getting Started
Getting Started
What Can You Do With MidiIllustrator?
Opening and Viewing Scores
Creating a Brand New Score
Printing the Score
Configuring Sound and Playing Back Scores
Finding Music Files on the Internet
Things to do with MidiIllustrator...
Performing: Practice, Print and Play
Learn More About How MidiIllustrator Converts MIDI to Notation
Configure Sound and Play Back Scores
Open, Display and Print Scores
Open and View Scores
Display the Score In Different Ways
Choose Colours, Textures and Backgrounds for Your Score
Adjust the Score Layout: Using Layout Mode
Print the Score
Quickly print selected parts/instruments/staves
Find Music Files on the Internet
Save and Manage your Scores
Playback the Score
Create and Play a Score Playlist
Scroll and Fade in the Next Page (Advance Page Turn)
Tasks to Transform Your Scores Automatically
Present Difficult Notation in Simplified Form
Arrange the Score for Piano Automatically
Reformat the Score as a Fake Book or Song Lead Sheet
Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets Automatically
Format many Scores at once using the Task Wizard
Hide Traditional Staff Notation & Show Staves as a Timeline
Copy Chords to Lyrics
Performance and Learning Tools
Practice Particular Passages with Special Practice Tools
Learn Music 'Step by Step' without reading notation (on-screen piano)
Rapidly improve Sight Reading with Note Names next to every Note
Assign Finger Numbers to Notes either Manually or Automatically
Show Finger Numbers on the Keys of the On-Screen Keyboard
Practice new Rhythms with the Audio/Visual Metronome
Sing along with Accompaniment: Lyrics Light up in Time with the Music
Watch your Score Performed on the Keyboard by MidiIllustrator's Performing Hands
Display Solfege Names on Notation and Instruments
Show the On-Screeen Piano Keyboard
Show the On-Screeen Guitar Fretboard
Show Beat Mark Numbers to help with counting
Use the Speaking Metronome to help with counting
Connect and Interact
Connect a MIDI Instrument and Interact with the Music
Remotely Control functions Using Your Connected MIDI Instrument
Create Device/Instrument Defaults for New Scores
Make the most of your MIDI Device Capabilities
Customize the Program Interface
Choose a Theme (Color Scheme)
Customize the On-Screen Piano Keyboard Colors
Customize the On-Screen Guitar Fretboard Colors
Composing: Create and Edit Scores
Create a Brand New Score
Compose and Edit: Using Edit Mode
Add Notation Quickly using Context Sensitive Entry
Modify a Note, or a Selection of Notes
Make Changes Quickly with Context Sensitive Menus
Add Special Barlines to Control Playback of Efficient Scores
Repeat Sections
Special Endings
Copy and Paste Notation to/from the Clipboard
Edit Large Areas of Notation: Using Power Edit Mode
Find Out About Using Edit Mode on an Existing Song
Other Ways to Capture Your Music
Note Entry Via the On Screen Piano Keyboard
Note Entry Via the On Screen Guitar Fretboard
Record a Real Time Performance
Set Your Recording Options
Chord Entry Via a Connected MIDI Device
Tapping In Rhythms with the PC Keyboard
Create a Template for Future Scores
Add/Insert Measures
Set the Score Titles (Composer, Title, Footer etc.)
Add Fields to Score Titles (eg Page Numbers, Date etc.)
Enrich Your score with Rich Text Content including Images and Multimedia Content
Add Moveable Text to Your Score
Modify the MIDI Content in Your Song
Add Notation Expressions which can Control Playback (e.g. Dynamics, Metronome Tempos)
Add and Remove Staves: Using the Staff Manager
Remove a Range of Measures from the Score
Select a Range of Notes using Advanced Criteria
Transpose All or Part of the Score
Restructure the Score
Key Signatures
Time Signatures
Starting Tempo
Clefs
About the Different MidiIllustrator Products
Compare the Different Versions of MidiIllustrator
Upgrading from MidiIllustrator Player
MidiIllustrator Version History - what's new in this version
Contents
Contents
Command Reference (Menus)
File menu
File Open/Save command
Launch Screen
New Score
Score Templates
File Print Command
Quick Print Parts/Instruments/Staves
Printing and Saving Score Bitmap Images
Creating and Printing Scores to Postscript Printers and PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
Print Preview
Print Setup command
Print Setup Dialog
Printing Options
Edit menu
Using the Clipboard Commands
Advanced Note Selection
View menu
Window View & Scroll View versus Page View
Hide Notation/Show Timeline
Full Screen
On Screen Piano Keyboard
Performing Hands
Metronome Light
Toolbars
Lists
Status Bar with Volume and Tempo Toolbar
Status Bar
Editing Palettes
View Toolbar command
Score menu
Score Titles
Title Fields
Individual Note Names
Finger Numbers
Score Options Dialog
Transcription options
Notation
Staff Tools and Namings
Fonts
Colours, Textures and Backgrounds
Print Margins
Print Layout
Staves menu
Staff Manager Dialog
MIDI Configuration
bank, bank 0, bank 32
Display and Playback
Staff Namings
Staff tools and namings
Instrument Dialog
Split Staves Dialog
Merge Staves Dialog
Staff Tools
Measures menu
Clef Dialog
Key Dialog
Time Signature
Tempo
Transpose Dialog
Viewing a Range of Measures
Add/Insert Measures
Removing a range of Measures
Split Measure
Join Measures
Barlines
Endings
Insert menu
Note and Rest Entry
Note and Rest Deletion
Notes menu
Rests menu
Lyrics menu
Bookmarks menu
Chord Names menu
Chord Selector
Guitar Frets menu
Free Text menu
Expression menu
Layout menu
Layout Mode
Power Edit menu
Power Edit Mode
Perform menu
Recording a Real Time Performance
Step by Step
Practice Sessions
Metronome Instrument Dialog
MIDI Echo Instrument Dialog
Lists
Tools menu
Modes
Performance Mode
Layout Mode
Edit Mode
Recording a Real Time Performance
Note Entry Via the On Screen Piano Keyboard
Chord Entry Via a Connected MIDI Device
Power Edit Mode
Task Wizard
Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets
Analyze Fingering
Song Lead Sheets and Fake Books
Theme
MIDI Options Dialog
MIDI Playback
MIDI In and Midi Echo
Metronome
MIDI Device Sharing
MIDI Shortcut Keys
MIDI Instrument Routing
Program Options Dialog
Playback
General Preferences
Program Colors
Score Transcription Wizard
Editing Options
Recording Options
Save
Import Options
Step by Step
Tasks Options
File types
Window menu
Help menu
License Details
Program Concepts
Modes
Views
Modes and Default Views
Voices
Tuplets
Beams
Slurs
MIDI Channels and Drum Instruments
Staff Instrument vs MIDI Echo Instrument
Fingering & Finger Numbers
Purchasing MidiIllustrator
Purchasing MidiIllustrator
Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Buying and Registering
Editing the Score
MIDI Files, Playback and Sound
Import and Export
Printing
Downloading
Miscellaneous
About the Trial Version of MidiIllustrator
About the Trial Version of MidiIllustrator
Contact Us
Contacting the MidiIllustrator Team
Version History and Licence Agreement
Licence Agreement
Version History
Compare the Different Versions of MidiIllustrator