Entering Notes From The Tab Staff; You Can Enter Notes Or Chords Directly From The Tab Staff - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

To Regenerate TAB...
1. In the Staff view, use the Select tool to drag a rectangle around
the notes or TAB numbers you want to change.
2. In the Staff view toolbar, click the dropdown arrow on the Staff
View Layout button to display the tablature dropdown list.
3. Choose Regenerate TAB to open the Regenerate Tablature dialog
box.
4. Select Fixed from the Method field and fill in values for Finger
Span (usually 4), Lowest Fret, and Number of Frets (usually 21).
5. Click OK.
Pro Audio regenerates a TAB based on your specifications. If notes
are out of the range you specified, Pro Audio displays them as close
to that range as possible.

Entering Notes from the TAB Staff

You can enter notes or chords directly from the TAB staff.

To Enter Notes from the TAB Staff...
1. Open the Staff View, and choose Quick TAB from the tablature
dropdown menu.
2. Press Ctrl-Home to move the Now Time to the start of the
project. You may want to display the Now Time by choosing
View-Big Time .
3. Choose the desired note duration (keyboard shortcut: press 1 for
whole note, 2 for half, 3 for a 32nd note, 4 for quarter, 6 for a
16th note, 8 for an 8th note).
4. Click the Draw tool.
5. Enter a note by clicking a line in the TAB staff.
6. Without letting go of the mouse, click and drag the cursor up to
set the fret number.
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