Johannes is absolutely right -- a very large "lift" value is crucial,
and of course the "initial adjustment" needs to be lift, not stretch.
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On 09 Jan 2006, at 2:56 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 09.01.2006 Andrew
On 09.01.2006 Andrew Stiller wrote:
> -- Is there a consensus on this list that engraver slurs should
be used?
>
Absolutely not! Engraver slurs need just as much tweaking as regular
slurs in order to look right, and IMO the old slurs are more easily
adjusted. I instruct everyone who publi
>
> Contra Don and Andrew, I find Engraver Slurs much better-looking by
> default and much easier to tweak. It's true that unedited Engraver
> Slurs can be somewhat buggy (occasionally getting very tall for no
> reason), but this can be avoided by nudging them all by one pixel and
> then nudging t
Contra Don and Andrew, I find Engraver Slurs much better-looking by
default and much easier to tweak. It's true that unedited Engraver
Slurs can be somewhat buggy (occasionally getting very tall for no
reason), but this can be avoided by nudging them all by one pixel and
then nudging them b
>> -- Is there a consensus on this list that engraver slurs should be
>> used?
>>
>Absolutely not! Engraver slurs need just as much tweaking as regular
>slurs in order to look right, and IMO the old slurs are more easily
>adjusted. I instruct everyone who publishes with me to turn off
>engrave
I feel this way too and always work with engraver slurs off. I've seen so many people having trouble with it that I feel good with this decision. The engraver slurs need need tweaking anyway. And since articulations can be taken into consideration in the placement I still get some benefits too. But
On Jan 7, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Don Hart wrote:
-- Is there a consensus on this list that engraver slurs should be
used?
Absolutely not! Engraver slurs need just as much tweaking as regular
slurs in order to look right, and IMO the old slurs are more easily
adjusted. I instruct everyone
Finmac 05
I'm orchestrating an older piece of mine written for a chamber ensemble.
The original phrasing and dynamics apply enough to the new score so that
it's worth importing that material and spreading it around as desired. So
far, so good.
The original file was created in an old enough versi
