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Editing the Score

In VoiSona, basic score editing can be done easily. Furthermore, by setting dynamics, articulations, and vocal expressions, more expressive performances can be achieved.

Editing Notes Inputting Notes Changing Note Quantize Settings Select a Note Selecting Multiple Notes Changing Note Length Moving Notes Deleting Notes Splitting Notes Merging Notes Switch Tools with the Ctrl Key Editing Lyrics Entering Lyrics Drop Vowels (Japanese)Assign English Lyrics Across Multiple Notes (Japanese, English)Setting the Four Tones (Mandarin)Entering Lyrics in Bulk Editing Lyric Phoneme Sequences Japanese Phonemes English Phonemes(for English Song Voice Library)Setting Tempo, Time Signature, Key Signature, and Dynamics Changing Properties Displaying Properties Setting Articulations and Slurs Setting Vocal Expressions Setting the Language Inserting Measures Changing Standard Pitch Reducing Playback Load (Freezing Tracks)

Editing Notes

This section explains the various operations for editing musical notes.

Inputting Notes

You can enter musical notes by following the steps below.

Select either the "Draw Tool" or the "Line Tool".

On the piano roll, click or drag left or right.

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When multiple song tracks are present, the positions of notes in other tracks are also visible on the piano roll.

Changing Note Quantize Settings

You can change the quantisation (grid settings for aligning note input positions) from the pull-down list.

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When you right-click with a note selected and choose "Quantize," the input note will be adjusted according to the current quantize settings.

Select a Note

You can select notes by following the steps below.

Select the "Selection Tool".

Click the note.

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Press the Esc key to deselect the note.

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If multiple notes are entered, you can select the first note with the Home key and the last note with the End key.

Selecting Multiple Notes

You can select multiple notes using the following methods. You can perform operations such as moving, copying, and deleting the selected notes all at once.

Drag to enclose multiple notes Select multiple notes at once.

Ctrl+click Select multiple notes individually.

Shift+click Select multiple consecutive notes at once.

Shift+Left/Right Arrow keys Select consecutive notes individually.

Click a note → Shift+Home Select all notes before the clicked note.

Click a note → Shift+End Select all notes after the clicked note.

Changing Note Length

After entering a note, you can change its length.

Select either the "Selection Tool", "Draw Tool", or "Line Tool".

Hover the cursor over the edge of the note, and when the cursor changes to an arrow, drag left or right.

Moving Notes

You can move the notes to adjust the pitch and timing of the sounds.

Select either the "Selection Tool", "Draw Tool", or "Line Tool".

Hover the cursor over the note, and when the cursor changes to a hand, drag to the desired position.

Deleting Notes

You can delete notes by following the steps below.

Select the "Eraser Tool".

Click the note.

Splitting Notes

You can split a single note into multiple notes.

Select the "Split and Join Tool".

Hover the cursor over the note, and when the cursor changes to scissors, click at the position where you want to split.

Merging Notes

You can combine the preceding and following notes into a single note.

Select the "Split and Join Tool".

Hover the cursor over the edge of the note, and when the cursor changes to a bind icon, click.

Switch Tools with the Ctrl Key

You can temporarily switch between tools using the Ctrl key, saving you the trouble of selecting tools.

Select one of the tools.

Press the Ctrl key. While holding down the Ctrl key, the current tool will switch as follows.

"Draw Tool" / "Line Tool" → "Eraser Tool"

"Eraser Tool" → "Selection Tool"

"Selection Tool" / "Bulk Selection Tool" / "Split and Join Tool" → "Draw Tool"

Editing Lyrics

This explains the various operations for editing lyrics.

Entering Lyrics

You can enter lyrics directly on the musical notes.

Select either the "Selection Tool", "Bulk Selection Tool", "Draw Tool", or "Line Tool".

Double-click a note.

Enter the lyrics and confirm.

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While entering lyrics, you can move to the next note with the Tab key and to the previous note with Shift+Tab.

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If you enter a space in the middle of the lyrics, the lyrics after the space will be assigned to the next note.

Drop Vowels (Japanese)

Adding a full-width apostrophe (’) at the end of the lyrics will drop the vowel. For example, if the lyrics are "いぇす" it will be pronounced as "y, e, s, u", but if it is "いぇす’" it becomes "y, e, s", dropping the /u/ sound.

Assign English Lyrics Across Multiple Notes (Japanese, English)

You can split a single English word across multiple notes. Prepare the required number of notes and enter the lyrics in each, then add a hyphen (-) at the beginning of the lyrics on the following notes. This makes the word recognized as one word spanning multiple notes, enabling natural pronunciation. For example, entering "li" and "-ke" on two notes will be pronounced as "like".

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Also, by right-clicking on the piano roll and turning on "Auto Split English Lyrics," English lyrics will be automatically divided into syllables and assigned to notes.

Setting the Four Tones (Mandarin)

Mandarin lyrics can be entered in simplified Mandarin characters, traditional Mandarin characters, Pinyin, and Bopomofo. When entering Pinyin or Bopomofo, you need to set the four tones as follows.

When entering lyrics in Pinyin, add the numbers "0" to "4" after the Pinyin.

When entering lyrics in Bopomofo, add the tone marks "˙", "ˉ", "ˊ", "ˇ", and "ˋ" after the Bopomofo. (The light tone "˙" can be added before the Bopomofo.)

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Pinyin notation with tone marks above the alphabet, such as mā, méi, hǎo, huì, cannot be used.

Entering Lyrics in Bulk

You can input lyrics assigned to multiple notes at once.

Click the "Batch lyric entry" button to open the panel.

Enter the lyrics.

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For voice libraries supporting multilingual singing, select the desired language from the dropdown list.

Set the lyrics assignment method using the radio buttons.

Space-separated Assign groups separated by spaces to one note each.

One character per note or one syllable per note Assign one character (Japanese) or one syllable (English, Mandarin) to each note.

Click "Update".

If a note is selected, lyrics will be input starting from that note. If no note is selected, lyrics will be input starting from the first note.

Editing Lyric Phoneme Sequences

You can fine-tune the pronunciation of the lyrics you have entered by directly editing the phoneme sequence.

Select either the "Selection Tool" or the "Bulk Selection Tool".

Double-click the location where the phoneme sequence is displayed.

Click on the phoneme palette or edit the phoneme sequence using the keyboard.

Click on the piano roll to confirm. The phoneme sequence will be displayed in green.

Japanese Phonemes

Japanese phonemes are as follows.

あ, ア a	い, イ i	う, ウ u	え, エ e	お, オ o
か, カ k,a	き, キ k,i	く, ク k,u	け, ケ k,e	こ, コ k,o
さ, サ s,a	し, シ sh,i	す, ス s,u	せ, セ s,e	そ, ソ s,o
た, タ t,a	ち, チ ch,i	つ, ツ ts,u	て, テ t,e	と, ト t,o
な, ナ n,a	に, ニ n,i	ぬ, ヌ n,u	ね, ネ n,e	の, ノ n,o
は, ハ h,a	ひ, ヒ h,i	ふ, フ f,u	へ, ヘ h,e	ほ, ホ h,o
ま, マ m,a	み, ミ m,i	む, ム m,u	め, メ m,e	も, モ m,o
や, ヤ y,a		ゆ, ユ y,u	いぇ, イェ y,e	よ, ヨ y,o
ら, ラ r,a	り, リ r,i	る, ル r,u	れ, レ r,e	ろ, ロ r,o
わ, ワ w,a	ゐ, ヰ i		ゑ, ヱ e	を, ヲ o

が, ガ g,a	ぎ, ギ g,i	ぐ, グ g,u	げ, ゲ g,e	ご, ゴ g,o
ざ, ザ z,a	じ, ジ j,i	ず, ズ z,u	ぜ, ゼ z,e	ぞ, ゾ z,o
だ, ダ d,a	ぢ, ヂ j,i	づ, ヅ z,u	で, デ d,e	ど, ド d,o
ば, バ b,a	び, ビ b,i	ぶ, ブ b,u	べ, ベ b,e	ぼ, ボ b,o
ぱ, パ p,a	ぴ, ピ p,i	ぷ, プ p,u	ぺ, ペ p,e	ぽ, ポ p,o

きゃ, キャ ky,a		きゅ, キュ ky,u	きぇ, キェ ky,e	きょ, キョ ky,o
しゃ, シャ sh,a	しぃ, シィ s,i	しゅ, シュ sh,u	しぇ, シェ sh,e	しょ, ショ sh,o
ちゃ, チャ ch,a		ちゅ, チュ ch,u	ちぇ, チェ ch,e	ちょ, チョ ch,o
てゃ, テャ ty,a	てぃ, ティ t,i	てゅ, テュ ty,u		てょ, テョ ty,o
にゃ, ニャ ny,a		にゅ, ニュ ny,u	にぇ, ニェ ny,e	にょ, ニョ ny,o
ひゃ, ヒャ hy,a		ひゅ, ヒュ hy,u	ひぇ, ヒェ hy,e	ひょ, ヒョ hy,o
みゃ, ミャ my,a		みゅ, ミュ my,u	みぇ, ミェ my,e	みょ, ミョ my,o
りゃ, リャ ry,a		りゅ, リュ ry,u	りぇ, リェ ry,e	りょ, リョ ry,o
ヴゃ, ヴャ by,a		ヴゅ, ヴュ by,u		ヴょ, ヴョ by,o
ぎゃ, ギャ gy,a		ぎゅ, ギュ gy,u	ぎぇ, ギェ gy,e	ぎょ, ギョ gy,o
じゃ, ジャ j,a		じゅ, ジュ j,u	じぇ, ジェ j,e	じょ, ジョ j,o
びゃ, ビャ by,a		びゅ, ビュ by,u	びぇ, ビェ by,e	びょ, ビョ by,o
ぴゃ, ピャ py,a		ぴゅ, ピュ py,u	ぴぇ, ピェ py,e	ぴょ, ピョ py,o
でゃ, デャ dy,a		でゅ, デュ dy,u	でぇ, デェ dy,e	でょ, デョ dy,o

くぁ, クァ k,w,a	くぃ, クィ k,w,i	くぅ, クゥ k,w,u	くぇ, クェ k,w,e	くぉ, クォ k,w,o
ぐぁ, グァ g,w,a	ぐぃ, グィ g,w,i	ぐぅ, グゥ g,w,u	ぐぇ, グェ g,w,e	ぐぉ, グォ g,w,o
ぐゎ, グヮ g,w,a

	うぃ, ウィ w,i		うぇ, ウェ w,e	うぉ, ウォ w,o
	すぃ, スィ s,i
つぁ, ツァ ts,a	つぃ, ツィ ts,i		つぇ, ツェ ts,e	つぉ, ツォ ts,o
		とぅ, トゥ t,u
ふぁ, ファ f,a	ふぃ, フィ f,i		ふぇ, フェ f,e	ふぉ, フォ f,o
	ずぃ, ズィ z,i
		どぅ, ドゥ d,u
ヴぁ, ヴァ v,a	ヴぃ, ヴィ v,i	ヴぅ, ヴゥ v,u	ヴぇ, ヴェ v,e	ヴぉ, ヴォ v,o

ん, ン N

っ, ッ cl

English Phonemes(for English Song Voice Library)

The relationship between phonemes and IPA symbols in English is as follows.

Phonemes	IPA Symbols
aa	ɑ
ae	æ
ax	ə, ɜ
axr	ər (ɚ), ɜr (ɝ)
ah	ʌ
ao	ɔ
aw	aʊ
ay	aɪ
b	b
ch	tʃ
d	d
dh	ð
eh	e, ɛ
ey	eɪ, ɛɪ
f	f
g	g
hh	h
ih	ɪ
iy	i
jh	dʒ
k	k
l	l
m	m
n	n
ng	ŋ
ow	oʊ
oy	ɔɪ
p	p
r	r
s	s
sh	ʃ
t	t
th	θ
uh	ʊ
uw	u
v	v
w	w
y	j
z	z
zh	ʒ
tt	Flapping t (better, little etc.)
dd	Flapping d (middle etc.)

In English, the stress information for words is represented by placing the following symbols after a vowel. However, in singing, specifying the stress often does not significantly alter the synthesized waveform.

Primary stress (strongest emphasis): *~

Secondary stress (slight emphasis): *

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When English lyrics are entered in the Japanese song voice library, the closest Japanese phoneme will be assigned. Please note that Japanese phonemes may not always adequately represent English pronunciation.

Setting Tempo, Time Signature, Key Signature, and Dynamics

Tempo, time signature, key signature, and dynamics can be set by adding symbols to each row.

Click the "Tempo", "Time Signature", "Key Signature", or "Dynamics" button. This toggles the visibility of the row where the corresponding symbols can be added.

Double-click the row where you want to add a symbol.

Select the item you want to set (for tempo, enter a numeric value). The symbol will be added and reflected in the score.

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Tips for Setting

To ensure proper singing, it is important to set the key signature correctly. Additionally, setting dynamics adds expression to the vocal performance. However, depending on the voice library or musical score, it may be difficult to understand the effect of dynamics symbols.

Changing Properties

Various properties related to notes, tempo, time signature, key signature, and dynamics can be edited from the panel.

Displaying Properties

Follow the steps below to display each property so that you can edit it.

Click the "Property" button to open the panel.

Select a note, tempo, time signature, key signature, or dynamic symbol. The properties are displayed in the panel.

Setting Articulations and Slurs

You can express vocal nuance by setting articulations (accent, staccato, breath) and slurs.

Select the note.

Check the items you want to set in the "Attribute" section of the properties. A symbol will appear on the note.

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Tips for Setting

Slurs are effective when you want to connect multiple notes smoothly. However, depending on the voice library or musical score, it may be difficult to understand the effects of articulation and slurs.

Setting Vocal Expressions

By setting vocal expressions, you can reproduce the unique singing styles of different voice providers.

Select the note.

Check the items you want to set in the "Singing Expression" properties. An icon will appear above the note.

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Reproduction of Singing Expression

In VoiSona, the AI has learned the distinctive singing expressions of each voice provider, allowing you to reproduce them during synthesis by specifying the "Singing Expression" option. However, depending on factors such as voice-library versions, lyrics, and pitch, these expressions may appear to different degrees, and in some cases may not be reproduced.

Setting the Language

In voice libraries supporting multilingual singing, setting the language for each note enables input of lyrics in the corresponding language.

Select the note.

In the "Language" property, choose the desired language from the dropdown list. You can now input lyrics in the selected language.

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The supported lyric notation formats are displayed immediately below the language selection field.

Inserting Measures

You can insert new measures in the middle of the song.

Click on the position where you want to insert measures using the ruler at the top of the piano roll.

Right-click in the piano roll and select "Measure" > "Insert Measure" or "Insert Measures".

If you choose "Insert Measures", specify the number of measures and click "Insert".

The specified number of measures will be inserted at the selected location.

Changing Standard Pitch

Changing the standard pitch raises or lowers the pitch of all notes in the track according to the specified value.

Double-click the area displaying "440.0 Hz".

Enter a value directly or adjust it using the slider, then click "Change". The value will be changed.

Reducing Playback Load (Freezing Tracks)

Freezing a track reduces playback load and allows smoother performance.

Click the "Freeze" button. The synthesis process will begin.

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Depending on the performance of your device, this may take some time.

When the process is complete, the "Freeze" button will turn on and you will be able to play back the sound.

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About the Freeze Track Function

Normally, voice synthesis processing is performed in real time each time playback occurs, but depending on the performance of the device, the processing load may be high, causing playback to be interrupted. This feature allows you to synthesise the voice in advance, greatly reducing the load during playback. In particular, if playback stutters when using multiple tracks, try freezing other tracks except the one you are editing. This may help restore smooth playback.