on 8/14/04 4:16 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Today, I tried to delete one measure, at m133 in the first act, using the >> Measure Tool delete command. It took Finale over 11 minutes to complete >> the edit. Then an immediate save took nearly 3 minutes. Subsequent saves >> take about 45 seconds. Saving a backup copy in Finale is off. > Just to let you know that you're not alone - I've found that doing extensive > cutting, pasting and deleting in a score causes incredible slowdowns, and > you mention that you've been doing edits for the composer. I decided for > one piece (a string quartet) to try working entirely within Finale, and thus > was copying, inserting, deleting etc. with the Mass Mover tool all over the > place. Not recommended - apart from Finale corrupting the file several > times, and doing things like copying and inserting 99% of a bar length > rather than 100% causing consequent rhythmic chaos, it got to the point > whereby even going from one note to another in speedy entry could cause a > minute delay. This was in a piece of about 500 bars using Finale 2002, but > there were many, many edits before that point. If I understand you correctly Matthew, it sounds like you may be using MM possibly working with partial measures? Definitely a way to pin one's frustration meter. I've had some very strange rhythmic anomalies if I didn't put the cursor in exactly the right place in the measure. I do use partial measures when laying in expressions, articulations, slurs, hairpins, etc. using Robert's Mass Copy plugin, which works great. FWIW, when I've been deleting and inserting measures, I always use the Measure Tool rather than MM. It tends to keep my optimization and layout more intact. Thatıs probably why it takes so long. *************************** J.D. Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR http://www.thomastudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************** I'm desperately trying to figure out why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
