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Title: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Anna on 2005-11-02 08:44 AM
Cannot add anything - neither clef no notes to staff, even when open sample cannot see any note. Please, help, I never have used NWC before, maybe I'm doing something wrong...
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Lawrie Pardy on 2005-11-02 09:02 AM
Hi Anna,
my best guess at this stage is you may have a video driver problem - it would be worth searching for a driver update for your video card and trying it.

Please let us know what happens.

Lawrie
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Rob den Heijer on 2005-11-02 11:31 AM
This sounds as if the font, NWCV15.TTF, is corrupt.
De-installall NWC and re-install it. You have a proper CD-version, I presume - not presuming anything, really?
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Rob den Heijer on 2005-11-02 11:32 AM
ah well, I should have used Preview.
So what else is new...
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Ewan Harwood on 2005-11-02 06:20 PM
Its a brave sole wholl bare the eire off the Grammer puhlease without yew sing Preview!  Ewed butter go and sit in the corner of the internet!
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Anna on 2005-11-03 02:20 AM
Dear Lawrie!

You've mentioned EXATCLY the reason, thank you so much. I've installed a driver for video card, and looks like now everything became OK!
;)
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: David Palmquist on 2005-11-03 04:54 AM
Welcome to NWC, Anna.  Enjoy the program, and when you become used to it, consider upgrading to the preview of version 2.
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Lawrie Pardy on 2005-11-03 06:37 AM
Hi Anna,
that's great news.

I wish I could take the credit for thinking of the answer but it just happens that that kind of issue has appeared with enough regularity to make the diagnosis easy.

You've got a good product to play with there, enjoy!

Lawrie
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: sebastian on 2005-11-03 04:36 PM
what shell I do if I want to make an accord?
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Robert A. on 2005-11-03 08:49 PM
The English term for "accord" is "chord."

(1) Enter a note.

(2) Move the cursor up or down.

(3) CTRL + ENTER adds another note, same position as previous note. This forms a 2-note chord.

(4) To add another note, again move cursor, CTRL + ENTER.
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Rob den Heijer on 2005-11-04 04:09 PM
The Help section does help!
Look up 'chord', and see what else there is to find out about chords. You will find it useful. I myself learned by trial and error and curses-under-my-breath, while the answers were right there.
Title: Re: Problems with creating new song
Post by: Robert A. on 2005-11-04 08:14 PM
In French, and perhaps some other languages, the musical term is "accord." A French speaker, translating "accord" to English, would get a definition that suggests "harmony" This creates the impression that "accord" is also the English musical term. But it is not.

This language error is very common.

My suggestion: NWC should modify the help file: "Accord - see chord."