QuickScore Elite How To

How to copy sections of music

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Music can be copied in the Score Editor, the Piano Roll Editor, the Event List, the Song Editor and the Controller Editor.

In the Score Editor notes, text, lyrics, expression text or symbols can be copied. The type of object to be copied is selected by clicking on the appropriate button in the object type palette. Make sure the arrow tool is selected in the toolbar. Select the objects to be copied by double-clicking on them, control-clicking on them, or dragging the mouse over them. Choose Copy from the Edit menu to store the selected objects to the clipboard. Now move the cursor to where you would like the objects to be pasted. Choose Paste from the Edit menu or press the INSERT key to paste the selected objects to the current position. When objects are pasted, they are merged with data already on the track.

In the Piano Roll editor notes or wave files can be copied. Make sure the arrow tool is selected in the toolbar. Select the notes or waves to be copied by double-clicking on them, control-clicking on them, or dragging the mouse over them. Choose Copy from the Edit menu to store the selected objects to the clipboard. Now move the cursor to where you would like the objects to be pasted. Choose Paste from the Edit menu or press the INSERT key to paste the selected objects to the current position. When objects are pasted, they are merged with data already on the track.

In the Controller Editor different kinds of continuous data, including controllers, aftertouch and tempo can be copied. The type of object to be copied is selected by choosing it from the data type list box. Make sure the arrow tool is selected in the toolbar. Select the objects to be copied by double-clicking on them, control-clicking on them, or dragging the mouse over them. Choose Copy from the Edit menu to store the selected objects to the clipboard. Now move the cursor to where you would like the objects to be pasted. Choose Paste from the Edit menu or press the INSERT key to paste the selected objects to the current position. When objects are pasted, they are merged with data already on the track.

In the Event List every single data type can be copied. Select the objects to be copied by control-clicking on them, or dragging the mouse over them. Double-clicking on an object in the Event List will allow you to edit it. Choose Copy from the Edit menu to store the selected objects to the clipboard. Choose Paste from the Edit menu or press the INSERT key to paste the selected objects to the current position. In the Event List you can change the current position by clicking on the Time Display in the main control area. When objects are pasted, they are merged with data already on the track.

In the Song Editor, data is selected by dragging the mouse over a group of tracks and a group of bars. Choose Copy from the Edit menu.

When you choose Copy you bring up the Arrange dialog. If you have selected more than one track, the dialog title reads "Arrange Multiple Tracks - NOT UNDOABLE!". If you have only selected one track the dialog title reads "Arrange Track n" (where n is the number of the track you selected). You use the Arrange dialog to cut or copy whole sections of your music and possibly paste them somewhere else. You can arrange all your tracks, some of your tracks or just one track.

Copy will make a copy of your selection without deleting it. All the objects you select are affected by the Arrange dialog.

The bars you have selected will be shown in the From and To times. If you want to adjust the starting and ending times for your range, you can do that here. The From and To times do not have to be on bar boundaries.

The Paste To box is automatically checked.

Note that Arrange does not copy anything to the clipboard, so if you select Copy and uncheck Paste To nothing will be accomplished.

How To

Setup

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Enter music

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Audio

Miscelaneous

Setup

Set MIDI input and output

Set the metronome

Change the sound for a track

Set the names for your instrument's patches (or programs)

Change the play/mute/solo status of a track

Set MIDI thru for your system

Open, save and print files and create tracks

Open a file

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Print a score

Print parts

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Enter a new track

Delete a track

Enter music

Enter notes with the mouse

Enter notes in step time

Enter triplets

Enter text

Enter lyrics

Enter a slur

Enter a crescendo

Enter a key signature

Enter a time signature

Enter a clef

Enter grace notes

Enter cue notes

Enter rests

Enter a chord symbol

Enter a tablature chord symbol

Enter a tied note

Enter a wave event

Enter a rehearsal mark

Enter titles

Enter track names

Enter different types of barlines

Enter drum tracks

Enter guitar tablature

Edit music

Change a note's pitch by semitones

Change the duration of a note

Change the enharmonic spelling of a note

Edit notes

Edit text

Edit lyrics

Edit a slur

Edit a crescendo

Insert empty space

Delete empty space

Copy sections of music

Quantize notes

Transpose notes

Change tempo

Change volume

Change note velocity

Format music

Space music

Space lyrics vertically

Space staves

Create a pickup measure

Display quarter note triplets

Make sure notes display with their entered durations

Split a track onto a treble and bass clef

Put notes in a split track on either the treble or the bass staff

Create cross-staff beaming

Change the vertical position of tablature chords

Change how barlines are connected in a score

Set braces and brackets

Change fonts for titles, lyrics, text or symbols

Change the display of bar numbering

Change the display of page numbering

Set bars of rest

Change the beat

Change the quantization with which music is displayed

Transpose the display of notes in a track

Change the way notes are grouped together

Change the number of bars per line

Change the number of staves per page

Change the way rests are displayed

Change the way ties are displayed

Change the direction of stems and beams

Display independent voices in a bar on the same staff

Change the display of drum notes

Play, record and synchronize

Play

Record

Record from another sequencer

Record with the MIDI mixer

Do punch recording

Record in step time

Record while tapping the beat

Synchronize with another sequencer as slave

Synchronize with another sequencer as master

Synchronize with a tape device

Audio

Record audio

Create a Wave file

Create an MP3 file

Create an audio CD

Add your score to a video or file soundtrack

Publish your score on the web

Use VST instruments

Use VST effects

Use ReWire

Use audio automation

Export an audio file using the Audio Mixer

Miscelaneous

Create a lead sheet

Create and print score paper

Select a sound bank on a GS Standard instrument

Check whether notes are within an instrument's range

See what events are in your tracks

Add composer notes to your composition

Create a score template

Load a score template

Create a new patch list

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