help-stopping score playing WHILE i'm typing

2010-10-24 03:49 pm

I've got stuck as my beloved older NWC version (1.55) has finally stopped working with Vista. The one only thing that's stopping me updating to latest NWC 2.0 is that i CANNOT STOP the NOTES BEEING PLAYED AS I'M WRITING the SCORE when using trial version of NWC2.0.
I have tried all the 'mute staff' tools i could find, looked at forum's tips & help files etc. Am i really the only one having this problem?.
The beauty of NWC was how quick i could write music. Having to go into volume manager to turn on/off all the time wastes time; i didn't have to do that with my dinosaur version (which was doing all i needed, it's just not compatible with lates MS).

Can anyone direct me to solution on NWC 2.0 (or i will have to dig out 2000 computer & stick with original NWC).
I want to definitively stop score from playing while i'm drafting it but play it when i choose to.
Cheers.

Re: help-stopping score playing WHILE i'm typing

Reply #1 – 2010-10-24 04:37 pm

Tools->Options...->Midi->'Play notes on entry'
should be unchecked.

Quote from: http://ntworthy.com/nwc2/help/TAB_OPTIONSMIDI.htm

Play notes on entry
This controls whether new notes are played as they are entered from the computer keyboard.

Re: help-stopping score playing WHILE i'm typing

Reply #2 – 2010-10-25 11:29 pm

Thanks SO much - this tip wasn't in the Help menu or i couldn't find it.
I'm glad it was just a default setting (i had not chance of finding it as i don't use midi, i just type simple music sheets).

OK, now i'm ready to face new fancier NWC. The change from 1.55 to 2.1 should be fun...

CHEERS.