On Jan 28, 2005, at 5:22 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
To me, it's simply natural for the notation to produce a proper MIDI
performance. Sequencers are unnatural for the way I think about
music.
I don't know if this is more than one can ask from the point of view of how computer programs work, but I have never learned sequencers, and I suspect that since I didn't learn about music from using them as an instrument of my expression, that they would seem "unnatural" to me too. I don't want to have to learn another "instrument' that simply duplicates or adds complexity to my habits of musical communication. I'm not too old to learn new things, but that seems an inefficient use of my time. So I too hope to get decent, not necessarily great, results from Finale and GPO, when I finally take the plunge. Frankly, I am anxious and not a little trepidatious (I think I just invented a word) about getting that all correctly set up, but it does seem worth it to me to try, and I will continue to ask the Finale people to help us get good results in that area.
BTW, I heard from Carla at Mac support (a well informed and helpful person) and discovered that some of the trouble I (and others) have been having with tuplet displacement in 2005a comes from the FAN file that is associated with the tuplet font I have been using (TempoTime 10 - bold italic). Switching to Times Italic 12 bold, looks nearly the same, and solves the spacing problem. I know that it is possible to adjust the FAN files for the TempoTime font, but I wonder if that's harder and more annoying than having to switch fonts in existing documents. Any people with experience in that that could shed light on the subject?
Back to the sequencer issue: I realize that there are folks who have grown up with this machinery Hiro, maybe Darcy, and others, and I have no quarrel with the fact that it feels intuitive, and perhaps transparent to them. I just don't want to have to learn it. Frankly, I resist making Quickeys macros sometimes, even when I think I really need them, out of frustration with the process of learning how to get them to work correctly, and that is the reason I have asked in the past if there is any way that successfully programmed macros can be shared. I'm asking again.
I also understand pretty well how digital editing works in audio recording, and I enjoy the process of working with a musical person who knows the software well. I get enough of it to understand what is possible to do and what not (very little that I ever need to do, it turns out), so I like understanding it and being able to direct its use well, but I don't want to have to learn where all the switches an levers that control it are. It's too much for this old brain. I have to leave room for it to work on musical problems (and learning to play the guitar, a new and refreshing activity).
So, for my part, I'm counting on Finale and the help of all you mavens to get GPO up and running eventually.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
230 North Garden Terrace
Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
www.chuckisraels.com
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