change dotted eighths to straight eighths globally

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Post by george ports 33 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:25 am

Isn't there a way to change dotted eights to straight eighths globally? I have 15 or so measures that I want to edit this way rather than one at a time.
I use win 2014.5
Thanks,
George


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Post by miker » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:57 am

Are you going to be changing the time signature? Number of notes in the measure?

Can you give us a few more details, please?
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Post by zuill » Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:45 am

If by dotted 8th you mean dotted 8th-16th, then Jari's JW Meter and Rhythm is the plugin to do this.

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Post by motet » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:29 am

It would be pretty quick to run through with Speedy entry and pressing 4 on the dotted eighths and the sixteenths if it's 15 measures, quicker than finding the plug-in, installing it, and figuring out how it works, if you don't already have it.

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Post by zuill » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:33 am

For just one 15 measure passage, one time, maybe so. But having the plugin will come in handy for future situations. There's much more the plugin does.

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Post by motet » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:34 am

Of course.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:15 pm

It can also be done with the MIDI Tool - in case you do not want to use (or can not use) Jari Williamson’s plug-in
JW Meter and Rhythm.

With the MIDI Tool it is done with the feature Alter Feel, followed by a Retranscribe.
Warning:
Rertranscribe will also respell the accidentals, and you may not like that.
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Post by george ports 33 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:32 am

Thanks to Motet for the help. I used your way to fix it. Took me a little to get used to how it works since I do most of my work in Simple Entry.
Thanks so much to the rest of you people that gave me different ways to accomplish my task. I really appreciate everybody's help.
George

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