Making triplets out of existing notes?

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Purtosevsky
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Post by Purtosevsky » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:40 pm

Is it possible at all? I try to highlight the notes I have and it doesn't seem to be working. Is there a way or I have to re-write everything? There's gotta be a more elegant solution than this...


MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:40 pm

No. In a word, there is no way. Tuplets of any kind are one of Sibelius' worst aspects and it has been this way ever sinice Sib 2 (which is the first version I had).

If you use [shift][alt]k ([shift][opt]k on mac) after entering the first two notes of the triplet, you can use the sticky triplet function to keep adding triplets.

Also, most triplet work is repetitive. Once you've completed the pattern once, you can use select-r to repeat the selection as many times as you need.
Sib 6.2, 7.5 and 2023.6, Windows 11, 32GB RAM, 16TB 7200RPM Storage, 2TB SSD, Note Performer 3.3.2, EWQLSO, EWQLSC, Harmony Assistant and some others. mike@mike-lyons.co.uk

Purtosevsky
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Post by Purtosevsky » Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:33 pm

oh... bummer... seems as such a "must have" option and it doesn't exist. Well anyway thanks for your reply, I will try it out :)

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