On 9 Jul 2002, at 23:34, Colin Broom wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Haven't you missed Richard's point? > > > > The point was automatic interpretation of those expressions, so that the > > strings switch to Pizzicato and back to Arco, just because the > > expressions are there. > > Much as I have to coment on regarding MIDI in Finale, I like the fact that I > *can* assign a patch change to a pizz. indication if I so please, but that I > have several other options available to me as well, such as switching > channels, tranposition, etc. One only has to set up the MIDI meaning once, > then it is effectively automatic, so what you have just mentioned is > perfectly possible. Again, what I like is that Finale doesn't just assume > things.
There's absolutely nothing automatic about it. You have to set up the expressions. You then have to place them in the score before and after. And in the expression list, there's no way to tell the difference between "arco" (violin), "arco" (viola), "arco" (cello) and "arco" (bass). The system in Sibelius where what you put in the score automatically gets interpreted intelligently without having to set up anything in the first place makes perfect sense. It does crescendos and diminuendos automatically, right? Now, if you're saying that Sibelius doesn't offer as much flexibility of definition as Finale, well, that's a valid criticism of Sibelius, but my suggestion that this kind of behavior would be very handy in Finale in no way implies that Finale's present flexibility should be *removed* from Finale. In short, you sound like you're simply defending the "Finale way" for no other reason than that you're accustomed to it. It seems blazingly obvious that the Sibelius way for playback is vastly superior, at least in terms of basic playback. Perhaps Sibelius makes it difficult to control playback to any great degree, but that's something Finale doesn't make particularly easy, either. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
