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| Automatically detecting the notes of an instrumental solo is as easy as ABC |
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Automatic Note Detection
| After pressing the Detect and Save buttons, the newly detected notes are automatically added to the current Notelist and are displayed in piano-roll format |
| After executing the Detect Notes menu command, up pops the Detect Notes dialog box |
Once the DetectionZone has been created and reselected, the Detect Notes menu command can be executed, thus bringing up the
Detect Notes dialog box. The dialog box has simple controls that allow the fine tuning of note detection scans. The Detect Button
performs in a preview mode, allowing the user to repetitively experiment with different control settings while comparing the subtle
changes of successive preview note scans. When the best control settings for a detection scan have been found, all the preview scan's
newly transcribed notes are then saved to the current Notelist by pressing the Save Button.
Detect Notes dialog box. The dialog box has simple controls that allow the fine tuning of note detection scans. The Detect Button
performs in a preview mode, allowing the user to repetitively experiment with different control settings while comparing the subtle
changes of successive preview note scans. When the best control settings for a detection scan have been found, all the preview scan's
newly transcribed notes are then saved to the current Notelist by pressing the Save Button.
C. Detect all the notes within the DetectionZone
| The new DetectionZone shows pitch activity in light gray pixels |
Once the Time-Zone Selection Box is placed over the solo, the Create DetectionZone menu command is executed. The newly created
DetectionZone has a black background, and displays its pitch activity in light gray pixels across the horizontal pitch channels.
DetectionZone has a black background, and displays its pitch activity in light gray pixels across the horizontal pitch channels.
B. Create a DetectionZone from the instrumental solo
| The WAV recording with a Time-Zone Selection Box across the instrumental solo |
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After loading a WAV or MP3 file into PitchScope, the digital recording's volume peaks are rendered as gray vertical bars (see below).
The black time-ruler at the top of the window shows the recording's time positions in minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. The recording
can be played and paused as the user locates the time-start and time-end positions of the instrumental solo within the recording. To
select the solo's time span, the mouse is horizontally dragged to create a Time-Zone Selection Box over that portion of the recording.
The black time-ruler at the top of the window shows the recording's time positions in minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. The recording
can be played and paused as the user locates the time-start and time-end positions of the instrumental solo within the recording. To
select the solo's time span, the mouse is horizontally dragged to create a Time-Zone Selection Box over that portion of the recording.
A. Select the instrumental solo's time segment
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