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Basic Editing

Edition applies to all score objects. The Palette offers a set of edition tools, adapted to each of these objects. The Editor Control is the main edition interface of the editor window. The Score Inspector window also allows a number of editing operations.

Accessing Parameters

Selecting the Right Item : the Palette

The palette displays a player in its upper part, and edition tools in its lower part.

To edit an item, select the relevant edition tool.

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Inspector Window

A non exhaustive set of parameters can be accessed via the Inspector window .

The Inspector window appears once an item is selected, and displays related parametric values.

To modify a parameter :

• Select a frame and scroll the mouse up or down to increase or decrease the values.
• Add Cmd to change the value by 10 steps, or SHIFT to change the value by 100 steps.

Editing the pitch of a note.

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Editor Control Menu and Frame

The editor control allows a thorough edition of each slot, as shown below. It shows one or two menus and an adjacent numeric frame.

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Editor Control : Selecting and Editing Slots

Pitch

There are three ways to change the pitch of a note. In any case, the midic menu item must be previously selected.

• “Manually” :

Select an item and move it with the mouse.

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To raise or lower the pitch from the staff, use the ↑ or ↓ keys .

• Add Cmd to transpose the note from a perfect fifth.
• Add SHIFT to transpose the note from an octave.

To change a pitch from the Editor Control Frame, click on the value displayed in the numeric frame and scroll the mouse upwards or downwards.

• Add Cmd to change the value by 100 midicents steps.
• Add SHIFT to change the value by 1000 midicents steps.

Double click in the frame and type a value.

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Velocity - Dynamics

1. Choose Dyn in the editor control. The dynamic is displayed under the note.

2. Click on the note and scroll the mouse to increase or decrease the velocity value.

* Add `SHIFT` to change the value by steps of 10.
* Add `Cmd` to switch from 0 to 127.

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Duration

Choose Dur in the pop up menu. The duration is expressed by a plain line.

There are two ways to change the duration of a note :

• To Click in the numeric frame and scroll the mouse to increase or decrease the duration value

• Use the <- and -> keys.

  • Add Cmd to change the value by steps of 100 milliseconds.
  • Add SHIFT to change the value by steps of 1000 milliseconds.

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MidiChannel

The OM midi interface has 16 midi channel.

1. Choose Channel in the pop up menu.

2. Click in the adjacent frame and scroll the mouse to increase or decrease the duration value.

Add Cmd or ` SHIFT` to switch from 1 to 16.

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Port

You can access 255 audio ports.

1. Choose Port in the pop up menu.

2. Click in the adjacent frame and scroll the mouse to increase or decrease the duration value.

* Add `Cmd` to change the value by steps of 100
* Add `SHIFT` to change the value by steps of 10.

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References :

Contents :

• OpenMusic Documentation
• OM User Manual
  • Introduction
  • System Configuration and Installation
  • Going Through an OM Session
  • The OM Environment
  • Visual Programming I
  • Visual Programming II
  • Basic Tools
  • Score Objects
    • Presentation
    • Rhythm Trees
    • Score Players
    • Score Editors
      • Overview
      • Preferences
      • Score Display
      • Basic Editing
      • Harmonic Objects
      • Rhythmic Objects
      • Polyphonic Objects
      • Page Mode
      • Tonal Display
      • Microintervals Notation
      • Play Controls
    • Quantification
    • Export / Import
  • Maquettes
  • Sheet
  • MIDI
  • Audio
  • SDIF
  • Lisp Programming
  • Errors and Problems
• OpenMusic QuickStart

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