What is the matter with my memory. I have already forgotten what I
learned a couple of weeks ago: Don't generate parts in the template.
I think that was the problem. All I had to do was regenerate the
parts after all the work in the score was done. I had done things in
the wrong order thinking it would save time, when it only takes a
moment to generate the parts after all the score entries are in.
Trying to be too smart for my own boots.
Sorry.
Chuck
On Sep 7, 2006, at 10:32 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
I've done a couple of fairly large big band scores now in 2007, and
I am finding the linked parts to be a mixed blessing in their
present state. Many, even most, things seem to be working as
advertised, but there are still some bugs.
Working from Finale's jazz band template (considerably modified), I
still have to create the MM rests. Seems to me that should be
automatic, and it is automatic up to some measures into the score,
then not. Makes no sense to me.
Also, the problem of missing staff styles has cropped up again.
They are clearly visible in the score view, but some don't "stick"
to the parts. I can't figure out which ones stick and which ones
don't. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. Of course, you can re-
enter them in the parts, but that's a pain.
On the other hand, 2 and a half hours to format 16 part (most of
them 3 pages) is not so bad. I could have done it more quickly
with extracted parts (for this kind of piece) - maybe saved an
hour, but there were things I noticed in the parts that escaped my
attention in the score, and correcting them corrected the score as
well. So those things went more quickly.
When the bugs are eliminated, I think I'm going to appreciate the
new system.
I still haven't figured out how to handle the title problem I
mentioned in an earlier post.
That's my report.
Chuck
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