Inner voices - layering

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charemor
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Post by charemor » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:36 pm

Following the instructions for adding a second voice, I go to layer two and am inserting two quarter note rests. (placeholder rests) The instruction say that to hide them I should hit "control" "option" and H. However the rests still print. What am I doing wrong?


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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:16 pm

1) My guess is that you shouldn't hold down any modifier key, when you hide an entry.
Try holding down only the letter H key (without holding down any modifier keys).

2) Instead of entering two (placeholder) quarter rests, and hiding them, you can (with the Simple Entry Tool) switch to Layer 2 directly from the third beat (by using the keyboard shortcut, or by using the "layer-switcher" in the lower left corner).
When you do so, the Simple Entry Tool will automatically insert and hide placeholder rests on the first two beats.
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