On 1/7/2011 8:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
If your preferred behavior were the default, many people would also not understand why, when they play a "C" on their MIDI keyboard when inputting into an alto sax staff, Finale instead sounds an "A." And, if they have the volume turned up on their keyboard, the keyboard still sounds a "C."
Darcy, think about another variation on this. I always use Speedy with my computer keyboard, not a MIDI keyboard. When I'm entering notes into a transposed French horn staff, Finale continues to play them back as though the staff were not transposed, or as though I'd entered a concert pitch on the keyboard. That is, if I enter a C on the treble staff, which should sound first-space F, Finale plays back that concert C.
Now, you could say that this is just being consistent with the behavior with a MIDI keyboard, but I haven't at all given a MIDI instruction -- I've given a positioning instruction, using the letter keys or maybe even the arrow keys. I've told Finale I'm going to place a note in the third space of the staff, and Finale responds by drawing the note there but playing a note which is a fifth higher.
I understand why you want the feature you do and I think Finale should support it, but it should definitely not be the default, and the current behavior is not a bug.
I think you could make a reasonable case for either one being the default, but I absolutely think that Finale should support both behaviors
Meanwhile, it doesn't really seem like that big a deal to me to enter the music with "Display Score in Concert Pitch" turned on, then flip to transposed pitch after the note entry is finished.
Well, it's kind of a big deal if what you're doing (like most of my work) is copying from a composer's transposed score.
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