At 11:25 PM 8/27/2003, Tyler Turner wrote: >Create a wave file of a piece using the command from >the File menu >> Save Special. That has to use the >softsynth. I can't imagine you'd find the playback to >sound the same, so check your playback against that >wave file.
Yes, okay, I guess Finale 2004 *is* using the new softsynth for me. But I can't say it's as much of a difference as I had expected.
>I believe you had made a point about Speedy entry >requiring fewer keystrokes than Simple. First of all, >a majority of music doesn't have every note in a >different octave than the previous.
True, but melodic lines often range over more than an octave -- and generally not more than 3 octaves. In Speedy, once I've set the octave with [IK,], I never have to think about what octave I'll get when I press a key, and I can enter notes almost like playing piano.
>And with the other >shortcuts for sticky/nonsticky entry, modifying the >last note, adding chods, changing layers, etc., I >can't imagine that you will find Speedy to be as fast >as Simple once you become accustomed to the new >system.
Yes, I really wish that Speedy had been given some of these sticky things -- especially sticky accidentals through a measure. (Maybe it has -- I haven't looked there, actually.)
> Single key rest entry alone would be enough of >an improvement in most songs to leave Speedy in the >dust.
I don't find this so difficult in Speedy. Thanks to TGTools, I have NumLock programmed to change a note to a rest. So a rest for me is two quick strokes on the keypad, no need to move the left hand all the way over to the Backspace key.
Thanks, Aaron.
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