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* Check the MIDI Thru option box if you want the MIDI keyboard to make sounds on the Computers MIDI synthesizer rather than any that might be built into the keyboard.
 
* Check the MIDI Thru option box if you want the MIDI keyboard to make sounds on the Computers MIDI synthesizer rather than any that might be built into the keyboard.
 
* There is a "<b>Test</b>" meter on the input device window.  Play notes on the MIDI keyboard, and the monitor should show some activity with a green level indicator.
 
* There is a "<b>Test</b>" meter on the input device window.  Play notes on the MIDI keyboard, and the monitor should show some activity with a green level indicator.
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== Step-Time input ==
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* Analog to [[Finale_Midi_Entry#Speedy_Note_Entry|Speedy Note Entry]] in Finale (and also Simple Note Entry with a MIDI keyboard).
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* Click in a measure or rest where you want to start entering notes.
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* Choose a rhythm on the keypad.
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* Play a note or chord on the MIDI keyboard to enter notes in that rhythm.
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* Use backspace to erase errors.
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* To change the enharmonic spelling of a note (such as change C{{music|sharp}} into D{{music|flat}}, press {{keypress|Enter}} after adding the note(s) or by clicking on the note(s) later and pressing {{keypress|Enter}}.  There are also accidental spelling plugins under the menu item <b>Plugins&rarr;Accidentals</b>.
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* Add cautionary accidentas from the numeric keypad above the note rhythms ({{keypress|7}} for {{music|natural}}, {{keypress|8}} for {{music|sharp}}, and {{keypress|9}} for {{music|flat}}).
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* Beaming can be adjusted later by pressing {{keypress|F10}} to set the beaming options on the keypad.
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== Flex-Time input ==
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* Analog to [[Finale_Midi_Entry#Real-Time_.28HyperScribe.29_Entry|Hyperscribe]] in Finale.
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* Click a measure or rest at the point where you want to start recording.
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* If you are recording on two staves at once, shift-click on the other staff.
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* To start recording, press red record button, or choose menu option <b>Notes&rarr;Flexi-time</b>, or press {{keypress|Ctrl|Shft|F}} (or {{keypress|Command|Shft|F}} on Macs).
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* You will hear one measure of clicks before you should start playing.
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* Adjust the click-track tempo by dragging the slider on the playback controls.
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* Menu option <b>Notes->Flexi-time Options...</b> or {{keypress|Ctrl|Shft|O}} will open the options for Flexi-time.  Try different quantization settings.  Probably turn off automatic staccato notation. Turn off tuplets if your music does not have them.

Revision as of 20:27, 4 November 2010

Connecting a MIDI keyboard to Sibelius

  • Go to menu item File→Preferences→Input Devices to select the MIDI input.
  • Check the MIDI Thru option box if you want the MIDI keyboard to make sounds on the Computers MIDI synthesizer rather than any that might be built into the keyboard.
  • There is a "Test" meter on the input device window. Play notes on the MIDI keyboard, and the monitor should show some activity with a green level indicator.

Step-Time input

  • Analog to Speedy Note Entry in Finale (and also Simple Note Entry with a MIDI keyboard).
  • Click in a measure or rest where you want to start entering notes.
  • Choose a rhythm on the keypad.
  • Play a note or chord on the MIDI keyboard to enter notes in that rhythm.
  • Use backspace to erase errors.
  • To change the enharmonic spelling of a note (such as change C into D, press Enter after adding the note(s) or by clicking on the note(s) later and pressing Enter. There are also accidental spelling plugins under the menu item Plugins→Accidentals.
  • Add cautionary accidentas from the numeric keypad above the note rhythms (7 for , 8 for , and 9 for ).
  • Beaming can be adjusted later by pressing F10 to set the beaming options on the keypad.


Flex-Time input

  • Analog to Hyperscribe in Finale.
  • Click a measure or rest at the point where you want to start recording.
  • If you are recording on two staves at once, shift-click on the other staff.
  • To start recording, press red record button, or choose menu option Notes→Flexi-time, or press Ctrl+Shft+F (or Command+Shft+F on Macs).
  • You will hear one measure of clicks before you should start playing.
  • Adjust the click-track tempo by dragging the slider on the playback controls.
  • Menu option Notes->Flexi-time Options... or Ctrl+Shft+O will open the options for Flexi-time. Try different quantization settings. Probably turn off automatic staccato notation. Turn off tuplets if your music does not have them.