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I have to get a whole bunch of new BiaB songs written in a hurry. I have to write melodies for 40 of them. I was using the conventional notation window and the Piano roll notation windows a lot for this job. I found myself switching between windows a lot and losing my place a lot. As desperation approached, I decided to try the Staff Roll mode, which I had forgotten about a long time ago. It is not like any other program's notation editing tools. I discovered that it is a bit of genius all by itself.

Staff Roll combines the functions of the more familiar notation window mouse gestures with the visual functions for velocity and duration that are usually found in Piano Roll mode. It is fun and easy to use, but there is a learning curve:

# Only use the RIGHT mouse button ( the other one) for the Velocity and Duration gestures.

# start on the center of the notehead - not on the visual stripes - for velocity and duration.

# 1/4 notes and 1/8 notes lie right ON the vertical lines that look like barlines, not in the horizontal spaces between the lines.

This is such a great tool. I cant praise it highly enough. I think it might be wise for all BiaB users to practice a little bit and get familiar with how Staff Roll Notation works.

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Flatfoot sez: Call me when 'Talent-in-a-Box' is ready to ship! -- [8{>

Got some tunes on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/flatfoot50
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My BiaB lesson site:
http://jdwolfe0.wixsite.com/learnbiab