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Hi, really new to BIAB (2007 version) and can't find anything in other posts. All I want to do is enter one note at a time, but BIAB seems to think I want a whole bar (like predictive text on a phone). Is this possible? Sorry if its an idiot question.
Thanks - Z
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You despair too soon. Just keep going, entering more notes where you want them. The long notes first entered will automatically shorten themselves to fit the space allotted.
People find this odd for about 80 seconds. Then they realize it's the best way ever invented to enter notes on a computer screen with a mouse. It's unique in notation software, which is sad.
Larry
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As allis says "persevere".............it's worthwhile.......I was used to using Sibelius for notation.....now I use BIAB a lot, as I can have the notation & chords together more easily. With BIAB at the start, what I did was .........put 2 half-notes in a bar...next bar 4 quarter notes....next bar 8 eighth notes ...then a bar of triplets etc. Also experiment with putting rests in.......sometimes I put the note in, then change it to a rest when I've inserted the other notes. You'll find it becomes easy after a very short time. Joe G.
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Don't forget about the piano roll editor. Very nice for precision note entry.
R
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Hi
things that are said to be simple are always very complex when you first look at them but as you progress this system of notation is the most simple of all notation entry i wish that people who make the manuals would would not say this, what i would like is for somebody to be able to write a manual that shows just how simple something really is but nobody seems capable in doing this,you get a complex about if this is so simple why am i such a numpty in understanding how to do it and all manuals are the same what is needed is the experts write the manual with the help of somebody who knows nothing and maybe we would end up with a manual that would really be a help and i belive that the BIAB manual is one of the better manuals
I have just tried to start learning Ableton live and realize that im just not intelligent enough or isit that the manual does not tell you right from the start things in the right order for me to get to grips with it at the moment i have given up but i am told how easy this program is
regards Dave Hoskins
I always play the right notes but not always in the right order
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Thanks, I see what you mean about just entering the next note and doing that will change the previous one, sometimes it does what I want, mostly not! I find triplets are nigh on impossible to force, and it inserts rests and ties where I dont want them - if I delete them, then the existing notes change too - grrr! Haven't tried the piano roll tutorial yet, but I think I may get even more confused.
I will persevere for a while longer though, it's really clever, but unfortunately I am not :-)
thanks all
Z
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Hi Z,
You might find the easier way to enter triplets is in > Editable Notation mode > open Opt and in the top left hand box of the > Notation Windows Options > check > Triplet Resolution which makes entering triplets very simple
It may fit in with what you are doing
Also,to stop losing the original entered note which is "tied" - just click on the last repeated note which then separates it from the original entry
jazzman
BIAB - RealBand - 2022
Windows 10 64
Zoo computer with 7i processor- SSD 1TB -2TB HDD
Roland keyboards
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Hi Jazzman
Excellent! Thanks for that, it really helps, I now have the will to carry on.....
cheers
Z
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