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You don't sound stupid! However you do sound like someone who hasn't looked at the Reference book, the tutorials or the help screens. Do so now , and learn how to use the programme. You select a note by clicking on it. Clicking on a note and hitting Delete will remove it, leaving a rest in its place...

Sounds like you're using Voice 1 for the lower note and Voice 2 for the upper, then the two notes will be misaligned. Try swapping them.

Sib's voices work in pairs 1+2, and 3+4. Try not to mix them up, like 1+3.

Andy

PS your image one.tif doesn't display here. Stick to jpg and you should be OK.

1 - Read the Reference. It will save you a whole heap of time and trouble.

2) For this, you use two Voices (Read up on 'Working with Voices' in the Reference). Enter the upper quavers in voice 1, then switch to voice 2 and place the dotted crotchet at the same place as the first quaver.

Andy

House Style/Engraving Rules/Bar NUmbers - Select 'Every Bar'!

Easy as that. You'd have had the answer even quicker if you'd read the Reference or accessed the Help screens. If you're new to Sib, I suggest you give it a good read - it will really save you time in the long run!

Andy

All in the Reference! Here it is from 4.1.5, doubt if 5.2.5 is much different but it's on the other PC. Engraving Rules options The Clefs and Key Signatures page of the House Style > Engraving Rules dialog (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+E or Shift-Command-E) has the usual round-up of the arcane and the obscur...

Have you thought about using a standard piano score and just changing the bass clef for a treble clef? Like, press Q and select it? All clearly explained in the Reference! If you need this regularly enough you can create a new manuscript paper for it but it's literally two seconds to make the change...

Glad we've been able to help!

Too complex to explain here. Read the relevant section of the manual, under "Edit Symbols" - section 6.15 in the Sib 4.1.5 reference, for example.

I'd go with the italic script I suggested, the actual angle surely isn't that critical, just a matter of aesthetics.

It's probably just a /, but maybe in italics. Inkpen 2 Script has a good go at it, but the angle isn't quite as flat. You might find something better, or you could create a custom symbol.

Delete or hide the whole bar rest in the empty bar, and then type in Play 7 and the / in the appropriate font at the required size, using Plain Text.

It won't play 7 times, of course, but it will look pretty much as you want.

On board sound chip. That won't have ASIO at all, that's why it's not available to set. You could try the ASIO4ALL drivers and see if they work. Or buy a decent external soundcard.

I can't think of anything else either, sorry.

Andy

Answered the same question in your other post. No need for multiple posts, just one will be picked up on!

Andy

Very often asked question. Do a quick search for more info. option 1) some apps purport to be able to convert audio to MIDI. I've not found one that works, unless it's a well pitched, single note melody. Add in harmonies and multiple instruments and they go mad. option 2) you need to perfect your au...

System spec for the laptop looks fine. Is that onboard sound or an external card. Are you using ASIO drivers for it? Tremolos. That may possibly be the problem. If these are played tremolos, ie lots of rapidly repeated notes, as opposed to being a single tremoloando strings sample held for the durat...

Perhaps your PC's CPU, RAM and soundcard aren't up to the job, and you're running out of steam in the more dense passages.

What are your system specifications?