Alison, The overhead will be so trivial as to make no difference, so don't worry about it. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Mobile: 07989 486976 Web: http://www.raisedbar.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atherstone-United-Kingdom/Raised-Bar-Ltd/12023 4896800 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alison Trelfa Sent: 27 September 2009 00:14 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Trouble With Piano Music Hello, Just a question with regard to recording your left and right hand parts separately, If you are using a sustain pedal for both parts, would it not make the file much bigger and therefore take up more memory and so on? Kind Regards, Alison. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Susan Morison" <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:19 PM Subject: [sib-access] Re: Trouble With Piano Music > MIDI File Type Type 1 > MIDI File Type Tick Resolution: 960 > Also, I play piano as well, but I do it in a different way than your > thinking of. > I record the left hand part on one staff, then the right hand part on the > other. I play each part one at a time, with both hands by the way. I know > it > sounds a bit strange, but that's just how I play. In other words, I don't > play both parts at the same time. Instead, I play the accompaniment (Left > hand part) with two hands, then I go back and play the melody (Right hand > part) With both hands. I'm trying to put the staff with the accompaniment > onto one track, then the staff with the melody onto another track. Same > for > the electric piano part. Does that make sense to you? > > -----Original Message----- > From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Rugman > Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:08 PM > To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sib-access] Re: Trouble With Piano Music > >>The reason why is because each part has several different pedal points >>that > I want to put in manually within Sonar, and they will only get ruined when > on two tracks, in other words. The pedal points of the left hand parts > will > affect the right hand parts, when I want to do different pedal points on > the > right hand parts. I know this probably won't make sense to you. > > > Speaking as a pianist, you can't pedal the left and right hands > separately, > although, I'd like to see a piano that allowed for this. > > What options are you using in the file > export > midi dialog. Please list > them all. > > Dan Rugman > > visit the new on-line resource for visually impaired musicians and home of > Sibelius Access. > www.musicaccess.co.uk > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, > unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2395 - Release Date: > 09/26/09 > 05:51:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2395 - Release Date: > 09/26/09 > 05:51:00 > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2396 - Release Date: 09/26/09 05:51:00 If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx