

By using Key Command Macros, you can set up one key to Keep with After Touch and another key to Keep then Eliminate After Touch.  See Chapter 6 for details.

Example: Let's say you've recorded a Track using After Touch, but now you want to play that Track on a synthesizer which doesn't respond to After Touch.  By Eliminating After Touch from the Track, less memory is used, and timing accuracy may be improved as there is less data to transmit.

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OPTIMIZE EVERY
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There are situations where you record a higher density of controller information than you need (from a mod wheel, lever, joystick, the Fader, or especially Yamaha's Breath Controller (which may send as much as one value per tick).  This excess MIDI data may interfere with playback timing, and it uses up memory.  In most cases, the effect will sound the same with fewer events.
Optimize Every can clear up a situation like this by thinning a particular controller. 



~~~~> thinning controllers

To Optimize Every Controller Value On A Track:

-Select Optimize Every from the Edit menu.
-Pick a Controller type from the dialog that appears. (Ctrl Chg, Chnl Pres, Pitch Bnd)
-If you chose Ctrl Chg, enter a Controller Number in the next dialog.
-Select the Minimum number of ticks between events to 2, 4, or +6 (see below).
-Select one or more Source Tracks to Optimize.
-Select a Destination Track.  
*If you selected multiple Source Tracks, selecting an empty Track will cause all Tracks to be saved to empty Tracks.  
*If you choose one of the Source Tracks, all the Source Tracks will be destructively replaced.


To Optimize Every Using Key Commands:
-Press Control O.
-To Optimize only the current Region press Clr/Home first.


Optimize Every does two things:

-Eliminates all but the last event of the selected type on any single tick if there are two events of that type on the same tick.
-Eliminates all events of the selected type which occur between events of the same type spaced every 2, 4, or +6 ticks apart as determined by the Minimum number of ticks between events you choose in the dialog box.


This ensures that the first and last events of any rapid stream of events will be maintained, while reducing the number of events in between. Optimize Every will only work with a Track that has only one channel affected.  If you try to process a multi-channel Track, a warning will appear.  If you know that the other channels contain types of events not involved in the operation you're performing then you might want to select Try anyway, but it's safest to eXtract or Unmix the channels before Optimizing.


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LEVEL HOLD PEDAL
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If you play a part with Hold (Sustain) Pedal, it won't Auto-Score correctly into EZ-Score Plus and some other music notation programs.  Hold Pedal is not scored and more than likely, because you were using a Hold Pedal, you probably played shorter durations so you end up with a lot of rests when Auto-Scoring. The Level Hold Pedal function turns a Track with Hold Pedal into a Track without Hold Pedal but which plays exactly the same, by extending Notes to play as if the hold pedal held it On.
This function is also useful when creating a Track to be played by an instrument that doesn't respond to sustain pedal, or to create Notes that are as long as they sound to make Graphic Editing easier.  It also makes it possible to use the Durate function to shorten or lengthen the Notes.

Hold Pedal produces a Track which plays less efficiently (a lot of Note Offs to send on one tick, instead of one Hold Pedal Off), so it is suggested that you save to an empty Destination Track.  Use this new Track for Auto-Scoring, but continue to use the original Track with Hold Pedal for playback.

Level Hold Pedal will only work with a Track that has only one channel affected.  If you try to process a multi-channel Track, a warning will appear.  If you know that the other channels contain types of events not involved in the operation you're performing then you might want to select Try anyway, but it's safest to eXtract or Unmix the channels before Leveling.



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TEMPO TRACK
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Barefoot Software Sequencers include several Track Types which store non-MIDI information that control playback of your song.  A Tempo Track is one of them.  By creating a Tempo Track, you can alter Tempo settings at any beat or fraction of beat, allowing you to program accelerandos, decelerandos, radically changing tempos, or slight changes over a period of time.

To Create or Edit A Tempo Track:

-Select B+Tempo TrackB- from the Inspect menu.
-Select an empty Track to create a Tempo Track on, or an existing Tempo Track you want to edit.
-Both Click on the Track Number of an existing Tempo Track to Instant Inspect it.

To Inspect a Tempo Track Using Key Commands:
-Press Shift T


It is only possible to select an empty Track or an already existing Tempo Track.  Once a Track has been selected, the first page of the Tempo Pages will appear.

The Tempo Pages are a continuous paired-column of entry slots.  Each entry has one Time and Tempo setting.  There is a total of 20 pages with 20 settings per page (400 possible Tempo changes in any given song file).  Along the top of the Tempo Page, there are two buttons which let you scroll through the pages: Next and Previous.  If more than 20 Tempo changes are inserted, the list continues on the Next page.  To view those others, Click on Next.

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To Insert A Tempo Entry:
Left Click on the Arrow to the right of each Time/Tempo pair to enter a Time and Tempo.
Each time you Click, a new entry will be inserted.



You can insert between two existing entries or just after the last displayed entry.  When inserting between existing entries, a duplicate entry is inserted and all others below it move down.

Set the Time you want the Tempo to change in the Time column, and set a Tempo for that time in the corresponding Tempo column.  The first Tempo setting must be at 0001|01.00 (or 00000.00) and can not be removed.

By programming small Tempo changes on each beat or each measure over several measures you can create accelerandos and retards.


To Set Time & Tempo:

-Click on each digit of the Time.
-Click on the Tempo value to adjust it by a fine amount.
-Click on the Quarter Note to adjust the value in larger steps.
*Right mouse button increments.
*Left mouse button decrements. 
the Time at which Tempo will change 
-Click on Quarter Note for Coarse Setting 
-Right Click on = to toggle Fine / Ultra-Fine 
-Click on Value for Fine Tempo Setting 
-Click on Arrow to insert or delete Tempo  


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Ultra-Fine resolution is also available by Clicking the = sign with the Right button (the Left button on the = sign provides a Film Click display, covered in chapter 6.  If this is set while in the Tempo page, all Tempo Displays will globally change to Ultra-Fine mode.

When you Click with the Right button, you can Delete any of the settings that have been entered.


To Delete A Tempo Entry:

Right-Click on the Arrow next to the entry you want to Delete.
All settings below that will move up.  The Time settings of the remaining entries will remain the same.

To Save A Tempo Track:

-Click the B+ExitB- button.
-Select a Destination Track to store your Tempo changes.
-Click the Right mouse button.


The Tempo Track is now stored on the selected Track and the letter t appears next to the Track Number to indicate the Track is a Tempo Track.  If you press Play and watch the Tempo Indicator, you will see it change in accordance with the Tempo Map you've laid out, slowing down and speeding up on its own.


Only one Tempo Track may be active at a time, as it affects the Notes of the whole song, not just an individual Track.  A dialog box will inform you if you attempt to have more than one Tempo Track active.  It then automatically chooses the Tempo Track stored on the highest numbered Track.  You can deactivate the Tempo Tracks you don't want to use so that only one is active at any given time.  Tempo Tracks are activated and deactivated by Clicking on the button in the Channel Assignment Column.


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METER TRACK
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Another Type of Track is the Meter Track.  Similar in structure to the Tempo Track, it allows you to create Meter (time signature) changes.  It is only active when you're in Measures Mode (see Meter & Metronome Settings in Chapter 3 for details on Measures Mode and Beats Mode).