Creating a rest has stopped working
I used to have no trouble making rests with the zero key. But I stopped using the program for several months and when I took it up again I couldn't make a rest that way. I've reloaded the program but that didn't seem to have any effect on rests.
I did find an alternative, but it's pretty awkward -- to make a quarter-rest (for instance) you can just enter a quarter-note on any pitch, then go back and delete it. It leaves a quarter-rest. But it does slow down note entry quite a lot.
It's possible I forgot some important step in creating rests. The Handbook isn't much help on this point. Does anyone have a similar problem? Possibly a solution?
Thanks.
Comments
On an empty measure selecting the full mearure rest and pressing N, then 5, then 0, creates a quarter rest.
If it does not, maybe you changed the keybord shortcuts?
In reply to On an empty measure selecting by Jojo-Schmitz
Your comment led to solving my little problem. I do, in fact, always change the keyboard shortcuts to make them easier to remember --
whole note - 1
half note - 2
quarter note - 4
eighth note - 8
sixteenth - 6,1 (1,6 can't work -- whole note)
thirty-second - 3,2
sixty-fourth - 6,4
But that wasn't the problem, apparently. On my machine the zero has no effect. To make a rest I click "N" to turn it OFF, then press "4" (for example) and it immediately makes a quarter rest. Same for every other kind of rest.
Problem mysteriously and effectively solved.
In reply to Actually, your comment led to by kentfx
Yes, that works too, but have you checked what shortcut is assigned to 'Enter rest'?
There are also shortcuts for "enter 1/1 rest", "enter 1/2 rest" , "enter 1/4 rest" and "enter 1/8 rest"
In reply to Yes, that works too, but have by Jojo-Schmitz
That was it. I'd changed the zero from Enter Rest to Pad Rest (for no good reason). I just changed it back to where it belongs and I've got the zero rest back! Thank you much.