On 9 Jul 2002, at 23:10, Philip Aker wrote: > On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 05:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > And in the expression list, there's no way to tell the > > difference between "arco" (violin), "arco" (viola), "arco" > > (cello) and "arco" (bass). > > That is only true in prehistoric versions of Finale. Now we type > arco<cello> and the <cello> doesn't print. > Let's be fair David. We're comparing 2002 releases here.
Very well, but it nonetheless requires multiple instances of a single expression. The Sibelius method of understanding what arco means after a pizzicato and automatically switching to the appropriate patch seems so obviously superior that I can't quite comprehend how people could argue against such ease of use. Indeed, all the responses have basically been on the order "well, it's not *that* complicated in Finale," which is damning with faint praise. -- 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