Set the height of the silences

[Jean-Patrick]

Hi !
Is it possible to set the height of the rests for each voice (2 or 3)?
Thanks

[Zalde]

Do you mean moving the rests vertically?

In Engrave mode, select a rest and open the Properties panel (it’s in the lower zone of your screen, or press Ctrl/Cmd+8).

Activate the Rest position toggle and play around with the numbers to move the rest vertically.

[arco]

Engrave mode

[Jean-Patrick]

I am looking for a way to globally configure the rest positions in a drum kit.

Specifically, I want the rests for the Bass Drum (Voice 2) to be systematically aligned on the Bass Drum’s staff line, and the rests for the Cymbals (Voice 1) to stay on the Cymbal’s line, without having to manually move them.

Is there a setting in ‘Notation Options’ or within the ‘Edit Percussion Kit’ dialog to force rests to stay on their respective instrument’s line instead of merging or floating in the middle of the staff?

[charles_piano]

@Jean-Patrick

instead of merging or floating in the middle of the staff?

Maybe are you looking for this?

[Jean-Patrick]

I would like the rests for Voice 1 (stems up) to appear specifically between the cymbal lines, and the rests for Voice 2 (stems down) to be systematically positioned on the F line (for the Bass Drum, snare and toms).

[Jean-Patrick]

While I’m at it, I would also like to add a Hi-Hat foot on beats 2 and 4. I want it to be audible during playback, but I need it to be completely hidden on the staff without affecting the spacing or the layout of the other instruments.

I want to make sure that hiding these notes doesn’t create gaps in the rhythmic spacing of the other voices.

[Christian_R]

@Jean-Patrick

I would like the rests for Voice 1 (stems up) to appear specifically between the cymbal lines, and the rests for Voice 2 (stems down) to be systematically positioned on the F line (for the Bass Drum, snare and toms).

Hi @Jean-Patrick, here the result getting two Notation Options:

If you don’t want the bar rests, you can select them and set their color Opacity(Alpha) to 0% (to avoid ledger lines you would need to change the Rest position of some of them):

[Jean-Patrick]

Specifically, I would like to be able to define the default staff line for rests. For instance, I want to ensure that the eighth-note rest (half-rest) for a specific instrument always snaps to a chosen line (like the Bass Drum line) by default, rather than floating based on other voices.

[charles_piano]

@Jean-Patrick

For instance, I want to ensure that the eighth-note rest (half-rest) for a specific instrument always snaps to a chosen line (like the Bass Drum line) by default, rather than floating based on other voices.

This Notation Option could maybe help you (no manual spacing here)

@Jean-Patrick

I want it to be audible during playback, but I need it to be completely hidden on the staff without affecting the spacing or the layout of the other instruments.

I want to make sure that hiding these notes doesn’t create gaps in the rhythmic spacing of the other voices.

Hiding noteheads/stems/ledger lines in Engrave Mode shouldn’t affect the horizontal spacing. As for the rests, I explained here how to hide them without changing the spacing:

@charles_piano

However, removing rests can sometimes change the horizontal spacing depending on the other notes in the bar. If you don’t want the spacing to change, select the rests and, instead of removing them: in the Properties panel, set their color to transparent (Alpha Channel 0 on Windows).

[Jean-Patrick]

Thanks everyone!
This is what I think is the closest setting, but I would have liked more options without having to go through the properties.
Perhaps there’s another option?

L’idée serait de passer de l’exemple 6 à 7

[charles_piano]

@Jean-Patrick

L’idée serait de passer de l’exemple 6 à 7
The idea is that it should display as in bar 7

C’est peut-être possible mais je suis à court d’idées, là !

It might be possible, but I’m out of ideas at this point!