Staves and Systems

Append a new staff

To append a staff choose:

InsertAppend staff

The staff is always appended at last position.

Change staff properties

To change the staff properties right click staff not too close to a measure line. The staff config menu appears:

the staff config menu

Choose staff name, clef, time signature, and key signature on appropriate panel and press OK! The adjust notes determins whether or not NtEd shall adjust the appropriate notes such that their pitch is kept. This concerns the clef and key signature change. The octave shift entry determins an optional octave shift of the clef.

The staff short name is printed at 2nd, 3rd, ... page.

The neutral clef has 2 forms:

the neutral clefs

The difference is the MIDI mapping. The first form - signed with "1" - maps the note lines to pitches like the treble clef would map. The 2nd form - signed with "2" - maps note lines to pitches like the bass clef would map. The difference is not visible.

On MIDI tab you can change the midi parameters which influences the sound during replay:

the midi panel

The instrument panel lets you select the timbre. It assumes a general midi table. Furthermore you can choose the volume of the staff. On channel panel you can assign a midi channel. You should assign a different midi channel to different staves. This is automatically done by NtEd.

Note

Channel 10 is the drum channel on most sound cards and is never assigned automatically

If you check the mute box the staff will not be played (see also Muting).

The tempo slider changes the tempo of all staves.

The pan slider determins the stereo position of the instrument. The chorus slider and the reverb slider determine the chorus and reverberation effect.

Note

The ALSA sound system does not support the reverberation effect of all soundcards. The often used modul snd_emu10k1_synth for instance does not support reverberation. But TiMidity supports it.

The transp. slider causes a pitch offset during replay. This feature is helpful for instruments which are not in C tuning.

Changing the staff position

If there is more than one staff there is a 3rd tab, the staff position tab:

the position panel

The cursor shows the position of the current staff. Clicking on a different position and OK moves the staff to the new position.

Deleting a staff

If there is more than one staff a "Delete Staff" button appears:

the staff delete button

To delete the staff, press this button.

Removing systems

If there is more than one system a "Delete Systems" button appears:

the system delete button

To delete the system, press this button.

Note

You cannot delete the system on first page if the first pages has only one system.