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'Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..?'

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Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - dmiraie, 18 Feb 07:11AM

Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - Jody Hughes, 18 Feb 08:54AM

Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - James, 19 Feb 06:14PM

Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..?
Posted by dmiraie - 18 Feb 07:11AM

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I've noticed when I input certain things such as septuplets, the accompanying parts get spaced oddly/disproportionately (see attached pic; beat 2, lowest voice). Is there any way to get the notes to align 'proportionately'? thanks

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Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..?
Posted by Jody Hughes - 18 Feb 08:54AM (edited 18 Feb 09:01AM)

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Hi there

Sibelius is not great at this, but there are limitations on how evenly it should be spaced.

I think what you show in your picture is about as good as you can get it without loosening the spacing quite a lot in that beat.

(You can't have a note appear to the left of a note that it should sound after, or to the right of a note it should sound before, so the amount of room for adjustment is limited.)

Sorry, not much help
Jeremy
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Sibelius 6.2 – 8.5.1 on a Mac running OS X 10.10.5

Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..?
Posted by James - 19 Feb 06:14PM

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Sometimes, if you really want things to look right, you have to manually move notes left or right. Shift-alt-arrowkey to nudge notes left or right should be tried first. If that doesn't work, you have to resort to the x-coordinate in the inspector.

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Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - dmiraie, 18 Feb 07:11AM

Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - Jody Hughes, 18 Feb 08:54AM

Re: Sib. 7.0: fixing wonky note spacing ..? - James, 19 Feb 06:14PM