Thanks, Brian. Great tips!
- Darcy
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On 08 Jun 2004, at 01:34 AM, Brian Williams wrote:
Darcy wrote (in regard to my SPE method tip):
4) Program 3 or 4 QuicKey macros to set the size of multimeasure
rests to
various lengths and use them on each part (every time
Hey Brian, good stuff. One question:
4) Program 3 or 4 QuicKey macros to set the size of multimeasure rests
to
various lengths and use them on each part (every time you redo SPE it
resets
all multimeasure rests to the same default length defined in the
window you
click through).
Can you
Glad to be of help. :-)
Incidentally, there was some discussion a few years ago about Finale
programmers seriously considering getting rid of Special Part Extraction all
together. I wrote them a rather impassioned email that hopefully helped to
keep it around.
On the subject of linking score
On 07 Jun 2004, at 11:59 PM, Brian Williams wrote:
On the subject of linking score parts, I think that SPE would be the
best
way for a future version of Finale to do this (by storing entries
along with
multiple page layouts, spacings, text blocks and measure item
placements in
one file). This
Christopher wrote:
Any other tips?
One more thing: When I get to the harp piano parts, I load a 2-staff Page
Layout library -- with different system spacing than for single-staff parts
-- and use the Page Format tool to redefine all pages. This only takes a
couple of seconds (much less time
Darcy wrote (in regard to my SPE method tip):
4) Program 3 or 4 QuicKey macros to set the size of multimeasure rests to
various lengths and use them on each part (every time you redo SPE it resets
all multimeasure rests to the same default length defined in the window you
click through).
Christopher BJ Smith wrote:
Normal part extraction, obviously, doesn't allow automatic updates.
However, the Express method (I actually use a streamlined version
myself, unless I really need the other benefits) allows you to update
the score once, then copy and paste from the score to each
At 5:27 PM -0700 6/05/04, Brian Williams wrote:
FWIW, here are the drawbacks and benefits of my Special Part Extraction
method over Express Music's Extract Parts/copy-and-paste method:
(snip)
One more note: Christopher BJ Smith mentioned the fact that when you change
a part in SPE it doesn't
Hi Chris,
I don't think you're getting what Brian is talking about here. I
haven't actually tried his method yet -- frankly, it never occurred to
me -- but boy does it ever look like a time-saver!
Anyhow, what he is doing is making one copy of the score for printing
purposes, and then one
Actually, if you really want to save keystrokes while conserving layout
tweaks -- without going through that tedious Express Music process -- you
can do what I and a number of other professional LA copyists do and use the
Special Part Extraction feature.
Basically, you make a copy of your score
Well, then, I take back what I just said in my previous message about
nobody using Special Part Extraction! But there IS one flaw in this
method: you still don't have ONE place where you make a note change
for it to be reflected in all the other parts immediately. You would
have to change ALL
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