Maybe it's because I migrated from Motu's Composer & Mosaic (did the switch to Finale 2007 about a year ago); however, I found Simple entry to be my method of choice. The only reason I ever use Speedy is to get to features that weren't available with Simple or to perform actions (e.g. moving notes up & down) in a more reliable way.
Here's how I work: 1) I compose with pen & paper and my sketches tend to look like a war zone because of all the changes/scribbling. 2) After the music is written, I enter all the notes in Finale using the keyboard and mouse. i.e. I press the keyboard for the note value, rest or accidental & click it in with the mouse. Accurate. Here's how I enter: Using QuicKeys, I have assigned the following values to the keyboard: d quarter note s half a whole e eighth w sixteenth... you get the idea. Note: for rests, I select shift & the letter (value of note) For sharps, flats & naturals, I use the g, t & b key. So I have a logic to all this. Re: enharmonic changes With FInale 2007, I often found myself hitting the QuicKey assigned macro for transpose and going up or down the required interval. It worked. I am very much looking forward to the copy & paste functions within Simple Entry. I have found it difficutl to select the second half of beats for copy with Mass Edit and am hoping the new approach (for me an old one) makes things easier/quicker. Aryeh www.Har-Even.com --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
