When it comes to getting long-standing shortcomings addressed in Finale, get in line. Since this one has a perfectly acceptable workaround, you may be waiting quite a while for a fix.
My current number 1 long-standing pet peeve is the lack of long slur/phrase marks. No viable workarounds exist--not even individual manual editing, and it is probably the single biggest remaining flaw in Finale's output, from an engraver's viewpoint. Another significant pet peeve is the re-quantization of note and rest values whenever you move partial measures or explode or implode music. The requantization negates much of the potential value of these tools. Yes, I've sent these to MM customer support, about once a year for the last 10-15 years. Welcome to the line. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2003 04:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Finale List' > Subject: Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols > > Thanks for the information, Robert. I hadn't tried this method, and it > will be interesting to see whether or not MM support actually offers > this same info. > > It seems to me that since Chromatic Transposition is available, then it > should be fully implemented. If I am not using key sigs, then I don't > want to deal with key sigs. I know that chords are based on key > signature, but they can transpose by interval as easily as notes can. > > I will email this as a feature request, as well as the odd behavior of > chord symbols to enharmonically respell the letter that is typed in. > For example, if I type in Cb for a chord, then Finale changes the Cb to > a B. In order to get Finale to display Cb, I have to type in Dbbb. I > can't think of a good reason for this behavior, but after so many > complaints about it for so long, it remains unresolved. I'm voicing > frustration, because it is hard to see new versions released with same > old problems. Someone please let me know if this latter problem has > been fixed, but I haven't seen that listed anywhere. > > Tim > > > On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson Finale > wrote: > > > You can do everything you need to with Key Sig transposition by > > combining with independent key signatures. For example, to set up an > > Alto Sax part, > > > > 1. Set the transposition on the staff to Eb Key Signature > > transposition. > > 2. Set Independent Elements Key Signatures. > > 3. Change the key signature of the Alto Sax staff to the key of Eb. > > > > Voila. Now your music has no key signature, yet the part transposes > > and so do the chord symbols. > > > > Finale added Chromatic Transposition as an ease-of-use feature. It was > > never strictly necessary. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2003 02:15 PM > >> To: 'Finale List' > >> Subject: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord > >> symbols > >> > >> I reported the problem of chord symbols not transposing while using > >> Chromatic Transposition, and that it was necessary to revert to Key > >> Signature Transposition to get them to transpose properly. I asked if > >> there were plans to fix this, or if I was missing something. Here is > >> the response I got: > >> > >>> If you use a chromatic, as opposed to key signature, transposition > >>> for > >>> the > >>> staff, the chord symbols will not transpose. If you set the > >>> transposition to > >>> key signature, then key-signature based chord symbols will transpose. > >>> > >>> Please let me know if I can be of further help. > >> > >> Is this a typical response!? Of course, I emailed back, but haven't > >> heard anything. Does anyone know if this problem is fixed in 2k4? > >> (I'm > >> on Mac and haven't gotten the upgrade yet.) > >> > >> Tim > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
