It's entirely possible I have been told this before, but if so I haven't retained it!
I'm trying to get Ottavamatic to work - it seems to do the transposition OK, but doesn't show the 8va marks and the associated dashed line above the relevant notes. It seems to me I ought to be presented with a dialogue, but that doesn't happen. I think the fact that it is called Ottavamatic.ms: Apply prevents any dialogue with me, So how can I have any control over what it does?
Given I have been a moderately frequent user of Noteworthy over the last 20 years at least, you may find this request for information a little surprising...!
I'm embarking on a new transcription (Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra, since you ask), and setting up the 13 necessary staves for the various instruments. Yesterday I set one stave to produce the instrument I wanted, using the Predefined Instruments button, and experimented with playing some random notes - not the right sound. I then ticked the Send Patch button - no change. When I then changed the instrument (and maybe back again), a patch number appeared and the sound was then correct. This (puzzlingly) stayed correct even if I subsequently unticked the button...
In the past I don't remember ever finding this a problem: I've always used a 'standard' Play Back Device - for years the Microsoft thing, now, much more satisfactorily, VirtualMIDISynth from Coolsoft. [Is 'Play Back Device' saying exactly the same thing as 'Soundfont', by the way?] What I have never had to do was investigate the correct patch numbers from a 'Play Back Device' and manually choose them - I've always used Predefined Instruments.
What baffles me is that I can find no reference in any Noteworthy documentation to the correct use of the Send Patch button, nor any definitive guidance anywhere in the Forum. As with other issues, in 'the community' (which I have always found to be very helpful) there seems to be an assumption that everyone (of course) understands everything up to a certain level, beneath which one will never need to sink to pick up the slow learners or those who need to know the very basics.
I downloaded from the Scriptorium the document called cool_instruction.pdf which admirably constitutes a tutorial in setting up a soundfont and gives enough suggestions of playing around to instill a reasonable working knowledge - whilst still stopping short of explaining what happens if you a) do, and b) do not, use the Send Patch button. When it moves on to the Select Bank stuff, it loses me - but maybe I don't need to know for my purposes...
Apart from my main request above, I could do with understanding the 'line of command' from Instrument Selection all the way to what the MIDI in my laptop actually acts upon - and the various options for settings along the way that should make it happen.
Hoping no-one will spend hours creating a Lesson Plan for this enthusiastic but somewhat foggy Noteworthy user - but may post some quick pointers to help me on my way.
Quite apart from my previous attempt at a long reply being instantly lost when my login timed out , I can still find no instructions about how to get a User Tool installed and working - it's really hard to believe that no-one has bothered to explain this. I'm trying to copy Volume and Velocity defaults to other staves in my work, using Opagust's bit of code - but he doesn't explain how to make it available in User Tools in my Noteworthy program.
It must put off many potential Noteworthy users to discover there is no 'User Manual' for these add-ons.
I hope someone can come to my rescue. I have used Noteworthy for decades, but obviously not enough for some of the basics to stick!
On another topic, have there been any fresh initiatives to explain completely what's going on with Volume and Velocity? I find Tina Billet's revered file quite indicipherable - and she's no longer around to help others understand it...
, I can still find no instructions about how to get a User Tool installed and working - it's really hard to believe that no-one has bothered to explain this. I'm trying to copy Volume and Velocity defaults to other staves in my work, using Opagust's bit of code - but he doesn't explain how to make it available in User Tools in my Noteworthy program.