Turning whole note rest into bar-length rests
This falls under the heading of "It's not big deal to fix, but I have to do it SO many times." I'm exporting a bunch of orchestral material from Logic Pro X to MS. The bars that have whole note rests show up on MS as whole note rests at the left side of the bar. If I select the bar and delete, it turns into the centered bar-length rest that I actually want. Easy to fix, but as I say, I've got to do it hundreds and hundreds of times. Selecting many bars helps, but is there an automatic fix that I can apply to the whole score?
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/measure-rests#create-measure-rests
So no, there's no automatic way, other than getting Logic Pro X fixed
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's not automatic, but it's also only two keystrokes to fix for the entire score (Ctrl+A, Shift+Ctrl+Delete), so it's the next best thing :-)
In reply to It's not automatic, but it's… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry, I don't quite understand that. Are you saying that there is a way to "fix for the entire score"? Or are you just saying that the process is the same for each of those bars in the score. For the latter, I just select the bar (or range of bars) and then delete. BTW, I'm on a Mac.
In reply to Sorry, I don't quite… by adamgroden
I'm saying press exactly those two key combos, and your entire score is fixed in about two seconds. Ctrl+A selects the entire score (Cmd+A on Mac of course). Ctrl+Shift+Delete replaces any empty measures with full measure rests. leaving everything else alone. No need to mess with doing things one measure at a time - press those keys and those keys only and the entire job is done.
In reply to I'm saying press exactly… by Marc Sabatella
Oh! Wow. That was fantastic — thanks! (Cmd +Shift+Delete is the second command for the Mac.) I'm curious. Is there any possible way I could have known that without asking?
In reply to Oh! Wow. That was… by adamgroden
It is mentioned in the Handbook on this page https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/measure-rests. The Handbook wouldn't have told you to select everything first, but it does explain the keystroke to create full measure rests.
In reply to It is mentioned in the… by dragonwithafez
Thanks, but it does seem different from what Marc said. (He didn't mention backspace.) Anyway, I'm good and thanks for your reply.
In reply to Thanks, but it does seem… by adamgroden
Backspace is the other name for the key sometimes called Delete on Mac keyboards. It’s really a backspace, though (in text, deletes the characters before instead of after the cursor - that’s the definition of backspace).
So all I did was say what the Handbook said, with that “translation”, plus clarifying you can do Ctrl+A first and it’s safe. So, reading the Handbook plus a little experimenting could have also gotten you there :-)
In reply to Backspace is the other name… by Marc Sabatella
Never knew the Delete/Backspace thing. Thanks!