on 5/28/03 3:35 PM, helgesen wrote: > In speedy, using MIDI, to enter a series of quarters, say, descending C > scale I must; > press Midi C, hit5; midiB, hit 5; midiA, hit 5; etc etc OK so far? > > What I would like to do is hold down 5 (for quarter notes) then play a > series of midi notes, producing on the stave the series of quarters I > played. If I try and do this at the moment, I press 5, look to the midi to > press a note, look back to screen and see dozens (hundreds?) of quarter > rests, reproducing like rabbits on Viagra!! > > I guess what I'm saying is, at the moment the querty keyboard is the > 'executive' and I want the midi keyboard as the exec. > > OK, what blindingly obvious thing have I missed?
The CAPS LOCK key. If you have CAPS LOCK activated and then hit, say, a "5" on the computer's keyboard, a 5 will appear in the corner of the Speedy box and every note you hit on the MIDI keyboard will be entered as a quarter note. ------------- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale