Igor Engraver Manual

CHAPTER 4
“impressivo”
Now that you are familiar with the basics of Igor Engraver, we would like to
show you some of the more advanced features of the program. Many of these features
are based on NoteHeads’ in-house developed playback technology, which
lets you hear the music played back with an amazing degree of realism.
Keep in mind that the level of realism ultimately depends on how good the
equipment is that you use – the resulting sound of the built-in synthesiser of a
PowerBook will differ greatly from the sound of a high quality synthesiser or
sample player such as the Roland JV-1080 or the E-MU Virtuoso 2000.
4.1 Pizzicato and Arco
Open Pizzicato from the Tutorial Examples folder. The layout should look like
this:
Play the music. You are now going to add a pizzicato marking to the chord.
Enter Input mode by double-clicking to the right of the chord. Press colon (Shift-