On Oct 4, 2006, at 1:23 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 04 Oct 2006, at 3:39 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
The MM guys I see every year at the Jazz Educator's Convention use
Simple entry with a MIDI Keyboard, and that allows articulations
and
dynamics to be entered on the same pass with the same tool. They
claim something like 40% increase in entry speed, and I have no
reason to doubt them, but something in me resists re-learning my
entry methods. Anyone else out there migrated from Speedy to
Simple
since this change? Have you found the changed method worth the
trouble of learning it?
I don't want to use the mouse when using the keyboard.
You don't have to. Articulations and expressions are entered via
keyboard shortcuts which reference your own metatools. You would
only have to touch the mouse if the articulation or expression you
want is not assigned to a metatool.
(even if there are mouseless keyboard
shortcuts mapped for articulations/expressions, which I strongly
doubt).
How do you tell Finale which notes to apply the metatool to if
you're not using the mouse?
Davids....
I don't know exactly how it's done, but there are keyboard triggers
for going to articulations and dynamics and, since you do it on the
note you are on as you enter it, there's no need for using the
mouse. This is all in the documentation, and I have watched the MM
guys do it. No kidding, it's fast. The only thing that keeps me
from changing my method is old work habits and dreading a new
learning curve. (No small dread, irrational as that may be.) This
has been around for the last two years, at least.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
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Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
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