I understand wanting what you want as an option, but the default functionality is absolutely not a bug. Holding down a C on a MIDI keyboard that generates its own sound causes that device to sound a C. Having Finale also sound an A simultaneously is going to be very confusing for most users.
This feature is something only advanced users (and I suspect, users who spent years writing out transposed scores by hand) would understand and want. I use transposed scores as well, but would never want the behavior you suggest, and that may be a function of me having never really used pencil and paper much (I've been using Finale since I was 19). I believe in Sibelius this feature is an option, but it is turned off by default. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 7 Jan 2011, at 5:07 PM, Steve Parker wrote: > It makes much more sense for me to work with a transposed score. > If I input a C into an alto sax part I should hear an A in the correct octave > as I input. > Anything else is a bug. > > Steve P. > > On 7 Jan 2011, at 20:02, Patrick Sheehan wrote: > >> Working with a C score is like none other. Transposed scores screw up my >> eye's ear. I always work in C scores. I suggest you give it a try. This >> way you can see exactly where each instrumental line is being played in real >> pitch. >> >> Patrick J. M. Sheehan >> Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy >> P. S. Music >> Host: "The Saturday Blues" on 89.5 WNIJ-FM, 1 pm - 4 pm (CST) & WNIJ.org >> 1-815-973-2317 (m) >> >> patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Darcy James Argue [mailto:djar...@earthlink.net] >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:38 PM >> To: finale@shsu.edu >> Subject: Re: [Finale] Playback in transposed scores while entering notes >> >> Hi David, >> >> There is no software solution. The solution for me has been to become >> accustomed to doing all my note entry in concert pitch, then flipping to >> transposed pitch for everything else. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> >> >> On 3 Jan 2011, at 3:36 PM, David Froom wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have a question related to the discussion about transposed scores >> (scores with or without key signatures, but where instruments are notated as >> the players see them, so if Bb clarinet has a written C, it sounds as Bb). >>> >>> I routinely write and think in transposed scores, and write music without >> key signatures. So, I use the chromatic transposition setting in the staff >> setting, as many have been discussing. It looks right and it plays back >> right. No issues. If I'm copying something that has key signatures, I let >> the setup wizard take care of it, and once again, it looks and plays back >> fine. >>> >>> But ... here is what really bothers me. As I'm entering the notes in >> speedy, Finale plays them for me in "C." For example, I'm writing a piece >> right now for alto saxophone. If I want to write a C, which sounds as an >> Eb, I play the C on my midi keyboard, and I hear a C as I'm entering the >> note. If I exit speedy and play back, I hear the Eb. This is annoying, >> especially while editing and changing things directly in Finale, to hear the >> "untransposed" note while entering it. It also slows me down, as I have to >> transpose twice (from what I hear and play to what I want to hear, and then >> from what I see to what I want to hear). >>> >>> Does anyone know if this is fixable? I want to hear what the player will >> produce, not only during playback, but as I'm entering the pitch. Is there >> a setting for that? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> David >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
