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Moving Split Point dialog box

How to get there

Click the HyperScribe tool . The HyperScribe menu appears.
Choose HyperScribe > Transcription Mode. Click a measure. You enter the Transcription window.
Choose Transcription > Moving from the Split Point.

What it does

The Moving Split option tells Finale to transcribe your performance onto two staves. To decide which music to put on each staff, Finale splits the performance into "right-hand" and "left-hand" parts according to the widest interval you spanned with one hand during your performance, based on the number you enter into this dialog box. The advantage of this method of splitting your performance into right- and left-hand parts (as compared with the Fixed split point option) is that Finale will be able to follow your hands as they move up and down the keyboard, provided there’s a wide enough interval between them for it to discern which hand is which.

Current Right Hand Position • Current Left Hand Position. These indicators let you know where Finale believes your right and left hands to be as it transcribes the music you’ve recorded. The default right hand position is 65, and the default left hand position is 48; these numbers correspond to synthesizer keys in the MIDI key numbering system (middle C is key number 60).

If you’ve transcribed any part of your performance, these indicators change to tell you where Finale believes your hands to have been at the end of the transcribed portion. To reset these numbers to the default values (65 and 48), click Reset.

Hand Width. In this text box, enter the widest interval, in half steps, played by either hand during your performance. Instead of calculating the number of half steps, you can click Listen to MIDI, which allows you simply to play the interval.
Listen. Click this checkbox to let Finale know you’re about to play an interval representing your hand width. With one hand (anywhere on the synthesizer), play the widest interval played by either hand during your performance. The alert is no longer displayed, and the Hand Width text box displays a number corresponding to the width interval.
Reset. Click this button to set the current left and right hand positions back to their default MIDI note values of 65 and 48, respectively.
OK • Cancel. Click OK to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the hand-width settings you’ve just made. You exit the dialog box.

Tip. middle C=60=C4.