Tools Menu Added to CPN

I have added a "Tools" pull-down menu to CPN. The items on this menu are:

• Insert a Midi File -- This option lets you read a midi file and insert the notes read from the file at the beginning of the current phrase. This may be useful if you are learning a piece in several fragments and then want to combine the fragments into a larger piece. This will not work well if the Midi file has not bee saved from this same version of CPN, that saves some extra CPN data in a second file alongside the Midi file.
• Append a Midi File -- This option lets you read a midi file and add the notes read from the file at the end of the current phrase. This may be useful if you are learning a piece in several fragments and then want to combine the fragments into a larger piece. This will not work well if the Midi file has not bee saved from this same version of CPN, that saves some extra CPN data in a second file alongside the Midi file.
• Set Parameters -- This option opens a screen that you can use to set tempo, instrument, and/or loudness.
• Enter Notes by Letter -- Opens a screen that lets you quickly add notes by typing in their letter names (A-G), etc. Be sure to select the correct Stave, Key Signature, and Tempo on the CPN screen before adding notes by letter.
• Quantize Timing -- Sometimes, perhaps when tempo has been changed or when the CPN has been read from a Midi file, little errors in the duration and rhythm values of the notes cause the CPN to look very bad, with notes in the wrong measures or notes slipping across measure boundaries when they shouldn't, etc. This function will cause the program to try to eliminate by rounding off the minor discrepancies that cause these anomalies. It might work, but it might not, so use it with caution.

Changes by Al Christians, Public Property Software, February 2002. For more information, contact achrist@easystreet.com.