Using Smartscore X User Manual
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Using SmartScore X User Manual Music is a kind of counting performed by the mind without knowing that it is counting. G.W. Leibnitz (1714) Mathematics is music for the mind. Music is mathematics for the soul. Anonymous (18th century) 410 Bryant Circle, Suite K, Ojai, Customer Service Plan You may notice there is no registration card included with the software. Registration Registration is accomplished during installation. To check if you are regis- tered, go to HELP menu and select Register. If fields are empty, please fill them in and push “Submit”. If the HELP menu item “Activate your copy now” appears in a grey color, your copy is already registered, validated and ready to use. You will be able to receive technical support only if you are a registered owner. 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Web Page • http://www.musitek.com E-Mail • [email protected] Phone / FAX • Office: (805) 646-8051 / FAX: (805) 646-8099 Address • 410 Bryant Circle., Suite K, Ojai, CA 93023-4200 Most solutions to technical issues can be found in the manual or by access- Technical ing FAQs from our website. To contact a specialist, send e-mail either from Support the website or from your own e-mailer. To contact a specialist by phone, call during the hours listed below. If you are located outside the U.S. or Canada, contact your local Musitek dealer. You may also FAX us your questions. E-Mail • [email protected] Phone / FAX • Phone: (805) 646-5841 / FAX: (805) 646-8099 10 AM to 3 PM Pacific Time - Monday thru Friday Web Page • http://www.musitek.com/support.html Notices Musitek® and its licensors retain all ownership rights to the SmartScore® computer pro- gram and/or other computer programs offered by Musitek including all associated docu- mentation and materials. 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Table of Contents Introduction to SmartScore - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 How to use the SmartScore manual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 What Edition symbols mean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Installation and Quick Tour- - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Installation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Recognition of Sample Files - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 System Report - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Unfiy Key and Time - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Notes on Basic ENF Editing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Macintosh / Windows shortcut conventions - - - - - - - - - - 9 ENF Display - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Editing Sample Files - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Editing Fandango- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Editing Gluck - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Editing Chorale - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Editing Songbook - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Editing Guitar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Scanning and Recognition - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Scanning Music - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Choosing a scanner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Selecting your scanner and interface in SmartScore- - - - - - 22 Using the SmartScore Scanning Interface - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Enhanced scanning functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Scanner settings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Choosing an alternative scanning interface- - - - - - - - - - 25 Scanning in Macintosh® - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Scanning Orchestral Scores - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Recognition Sequence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Recognition Options - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Post-Recognition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Scanning Outside of SmartScore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Selecting Prescanned & PDF files for Processing- - - - - - - 32 Reordering the File List - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Removing, replacing and re-saving scanned pages - - - - - - 33 Scanning Part Scores (Score-Parts) - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Recognition Accuracy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Troubleshooting Scanning and Recognition - - - - - - - - - 36 Image Editor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Opening files in the Image Editor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Important image editing tools - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Image Toolbar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Cut / Copy and Paste functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Playback 45 Quick Play - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Mini-Console - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 MIDI Setup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Audio MIDI Setup (Macintosh) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Playback Console - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Playback Console controls - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48 Set Instrument - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Playing back a selected section - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Dynamics and Articulations- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Dynamics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Articulations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Tempo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Metronome mark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Tempo Markings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Change of tempo (metronome mark)- - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Ritards, Accelerandos, Descelerandos - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Tempo controller - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Tuplets and Slurs (Legatos) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Playback Properties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Note Properties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Property Options (All Properties windows) - - - - - - - - - 55 Slur (Legato) Properties- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Tempo Marking Properties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 56 Accelerando, Descelerando and Ritard Properties - - - - - - 56 Hairpin, Cresc. and Decresc. Properties - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Trill Properties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Dynamic Marking Properties - - - - - - - - - - - - -