Selecting a Musical Scale for VariAudio Segments

The Scale Assistant suggests musical scales based on the note segments in the Sample Editor event display. You can select one of the suggestions and use it as a basis for further editing your project.

Prerequisite

The audio file is segmented. You have opened the audio in the Sample Editor, and you have activated Edit VariAudio in the VariAudio section.

Procedure

  1. Open the Scale Assistant section of the VariAudio Inspector.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • To get scale suggestions for specific note segments only, select the note segments in the event display.

    • To get scale suggestions for all note segments, make sure that no note segment is selected.

  3. In the Scale Assistant section, activate Use Editor Scale.
  4. Open the Scale Suggestions pop-up menu, and select one of the suggested scales.

Result

The selected musical scale is set, and the Editor Scale fields change to show the selected musical scale.

Note

The Scale Assistant is also available in the Key Editor, and the Editor Scale is linked. If you select a musical scale in the Sample Editor, the same musical scale is selected in the Key Editor, and vice versa.

After Completing This Task

  • Activate Show Scale Note Guides to change the event display background according to the selected musical scale. Pitches that do not belong to the selected musical scale are shown with a darker background.

  • On the Sample Editor toolbar, set VariAudio Segment Colors to Scale/Chords. This changes the colors of the segments in the event display according to whether or not the pitches match the selected musical scale.