Using InTime with Music Notation Software: Notating the Performance
Without InTime
Finally, we import the MIDI files into a notation program. For this job we used Finale 2000. First, we imported the raw MIDI file. In the MIDI import dialog box, we clicked "Quant Settings …", set the smallest duration to 32nd notes, and the clicked "mix rhythms", to tell Finale to allow tuplets, just to see what would happen. Here's the result:
Actually, Finale does surprisingly well for the first few bars, due to the relatively steady tempo, but things begin to go awry in bar 5, and by bar 10 we have a full-on train wreck. There’s no hope of cleaning up this score.
With InTime
Next, we imported the InTime MIDI file. As above, in the MIDI import dialog box, we clicked "Quant Settings …", set the smallest duration to 32nd notes, and the clicked "mix rhythms", to tell Finale to allow tuplets. We could have told Finale that the piece was all 16th notes, but we wanted to show off InTime’s chops a little. Here's what we got:
 
Now this notation is rhythmically very nearly perfect! There is a small glitch in measure 32 and in measure 35, where the performer hesitated before playing the final chord.
Of course, there are a couple of other problems that we'd still like to correct. It would be nice to correct the splits (i.e. which notes go on the treble clef and which go on the bass clef). The notated durations are a little off. Mainly, because the performer held the final note of each measure, it gets tied into the next measure of notation. But these things are easy to correct once the basics are right. Bravo Intime.
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