On Wed Apr 18, at WednesdayApr 18 2:19 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > I am sure Carl can speak for himself, but my recollection was that it was > the transposition problem. If you are entering big 19th scores in Finale, > 2012 is a non-starter because of this problem, esp. if an earlier version > is available. > > The transposition problem is that Fin2012 forces you to change instruments > just to change transposition. While this may make sense for saxophones or > oboe/e.h., it makes absolutely no sense for trumpets, french horns, or > wagner tubas in a 19th century setting.
Robert, It's not really that big a kludge. Here is the procedure from MakeMusic, to change the transposition but keep the same playback. To change the transposition of a staff you will need to change the instrument, then adjust the playback sounds and transposition. To do so: 1. Use the Selection Tool 2. Highlight the measure you would like the transposition to occur in 3. Go to Utilities >> Change Instrument and select a different instrument (each new transposition on the same line will need a different instrument selected. Any single line instrument will work because we will change the playback sound) 4. Go to Window >> ScoreManager and click on the Instrument List tab 5. Just to the left of the instrument name you will see an arrow pointing at the name. Click on that arrow to expand that instrument information. Select the instrument that you changed the line to at the bottom of the expanded section 6. With this instrumented selected, you can change the transposition with the pull-down menu at the bottom right of the ScoreManager. If it is not one of the common transpositions in the menu, you can select Other and create your own. 7. Still in the ScoreManager, change the playback sound of the new instrument by clicking on the assigned sound and selecting Horn in F from the pull-down menu. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
