Instrument Tab

To open the Instrument tab, do one of the following:

• Select Score > Instrument Settings.

• On the Score Editor toolbar, click the Layout field to open the Layouts pane, and click Settings. In the Layout Settings dialog, click Layout.

• On the Visibility tab of the Score Editor, click Settings. In the Layout Settings dialog, click Layout.

The Instrument tab contains the following sections:

Tracks

Allows you to select one or multiple tracks in the list to view and edit their settings in the section on the right.

Note

• If you select multiple tracks, changes apply to all selected tracks.

• You can adjust the track order by dragging tracks up or down in the list. This is a display and print option in the Score Editor, which has no influence on the order of the tracks in the Project window.

General

Shows the name of the selected track and the instrument type that is automatically assigned to it. The selected instrument type has an impact on specific layout options. To change the instrument type, open the pop-up menu, and use the Instrument Type dialog.

Voices

Note

For drums, this section is not shown. To make adjustments for drums, use the Percussion section instead.

The Activate Voice option allows you to activate voices.

The Direction menu allows you to adjust the stem directions.

The Slash Type menu allows you to replace notes with slashes. By default, Without Slashes is activated so that notes are shown. If you activate Slashes with Stems or Slashes without Stems, slashes are shown instead of notes.

Note

Stave 1 and Stave 2 are only shown where applicable, for example, for piano.

Percussion

Note

This section is only shown if you open the Instrument tab for drum sets.

The Drum Map menu allows you to select a drum map and to open the Drum Map Setup dialog.

The Presentation menu allows you choose if the percussion instruments are presented on a five-line staff, on a grid, or as individual instruments with their own lines.

Strings and Tuning

Note

This section is only shown if you open the Instrument tab for a fretted instrument, such as guitar or bass.

The Presentation menu allows you choose if instruments are presented as notation only, as notation and tablature, or as tablature only.

If tablature is shown, the Show Rhythms in Tablature option allows you to show it with rhythms.

Chord Symbols

Allows you to show/hide chord symbols.

Note

This option only takes effect if Above Specific Instruments’ Staves is activated in the Chord Symbols page on the Layout tab of the Layout Settings dialog.

Display Quantize (Track Level)

Note

By default, MIDI data is automatically interpreted according to the instrument type that is selected for the track, allowing for natural timing variations of the performance. Each instrument has its own default Display Quantize setting and voice separation parameters.

If you do not want to rely on the automatic algorithm, the Display Quantize section allows you to set the smallest beat unit to which you want notes to be quantized. The Auto option allows you to select the quantization unit for tuplet notes and non-tuplet notes independently. The Fixed option allows you to select one quantization unit, which can be either a tuplet note or a non-tuplet note.

Interpretation

You can adjust the Filter Pitches Above and Filter Pitches Below settings to specify a pitch filter. This allows you to hide key switches, for example.

If you activate the Auto options for Staccato, Slurs, Pedal Lines, and Grace Notes, the corresponding notations are automatically detected.

Staccato is automatically detected if the notes are short. You can activate this option for passages that consist of a series of notes rather than specific independent notes. Slurs are automatically detected if the notes are played together with a slight overlap. This is done independently for each voice, which is useful for piano music, for example.

The automatic detection of pedal lines shows MIDI sustain pedal messages (CC64) as pedal lines.