I was skeptical at first, and downright irate because of the issues
linked parts. I never thought I'd want to use it as it currently
exists. However, I recently did my first score (large orchestral)
using linked parts via a "parts score" and found it a huge time
saver. True, it's another file I have to use, but it's only one more
file, not one for every part. Plus, I get the advantages of making
changes to all parts at once, such as titles, page number positions,
and of course music edits.
The biggest problem is in cases with more than one part per staff,
but I managed to work through that and will be faster next time now
that I've learned the tricks.
I'm nervous hearing of rare bugs, however, which cause weird things
to happen in the parts. Hopefully MM will fix them within years.
On Feb 6, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
No way. 2007 and linked parts, for Jazz Band, is way faster. Did
you read the manual about how to do the parts correctly? Did you
also get Chucks great emails a couple of months ago about doing it
as well? Did you look at the templates included?
It is a huge time saver once you figure it out. It isn't totally
obvious how it works, but with some trial/error you can get the
hang of it. After you get a good layout for one part, you apply it
to the other parts you want. Boom, done.
You can also extract the parts to files like 2006 does if you don't
like the linked parts.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chuck!
Greetings from another bassist.
I have been going nuts with Finale 2K7 since I installed it and am
now
going back to 2K6. The parts extraction feature nearly killed me!
I have a
steady client for whom I do Big Band copying, and it almost
doubled the
time to do the part extractions and lay out the parts. I would
really be
much happieer if the allowed you to toggle ON/OFF the linked parts
feature. Also, I cannot utilize all of the Garritan GPO and JABB
libraries
(I bought the full packages) with the new Kontakt player in 2K7
because it
only recognizes the Finale/Garritan bundled sounds; so, the 2
things I use
this software for the most, I'm better off in 2K6! Any similar
thoughts?
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