Consolidate Tied Notes

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filmcomposer
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Post by filmcomposer » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:17 pm

Cannot find an answer to this in the manual.

I've a quaver (1/8th) note tied to a semi-quaver (16th note). This is how it shows after importing an XML file. I would like for thie two tied notes to show as one dotted quaver (1/8th) note.

How can I consolidate the two ties notes into one?

Thanks in advance!


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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:52 pm

What steps have you tried?

Di you try
MIDI/Audio menu > Retranscribe
?

Also, what are your settings in
MIDI/Audio menu > Quantization Settings > More Settings
?

The options
Allow Dotted Rests in Simple Meters
and
Allow Dotted Rests in Compound Meters
affect not only rests, but also notes (yes, crazy; just one of those things)
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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Post by filmcomposer » Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:03 pm

Thanks for the helpful tips Peter. Much appreciated.

In the end, I just deleted and re-drew the notes.

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