Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 03.07.2009 shirling neueweise wrote: Yes. However, if you have either of these: - hairpins this depends on the nature of your score. you can selectively hide in SC and PTs if there are only a few problematic places. hairpins are not the general problem johannes suggests. I find them

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Christopher Smith wrote: But you lose the essential (for me) feature of being able to make corrections and changes in ONE place only and have them apply to the parts and score simultaneously. I have to say I find this claim to be somewhat disingenuous. While it is true that some

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 3, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: But you lose the essential (for me) feature of being able to make corrections and changes in ONE place only and have them apply to the parts and score simultaneously. I have to say I find this claim to

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Amen to this ... saved me many hours. Dean Robert Wrote: A separate file containing all the parts is definitely the best way to go in my book. You give up very little with respect to making revisions, and you gain tremendously in time saved creating the score and parts and also in

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 7/3/2009 11:32 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: There IS new material to learn. Extracted parts have to go through the same new part creation process that linked parts do. If you use the Setup Wizard, most of the work is done for you, but if you open a pre-2007 file in 2007 or later, you have to

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 3, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: On 7/3/2009 11:32 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: There IS new material to learn. Extracted parts have to go through the same new part creation process that linked parts do. If you use the Setup Wizard, most of the work is done for you, but if

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Absolutely. Best feature MakeMusic added. Huge time saver. On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Paul Hayden wrote: FinMac09 Mac OS 10.5.6 I have never used linked parts before. In about a week I'll be finishing a big score (on deadline) for voices and orchestra, and I'll have to decide whether

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 02.07.2009 Paul Hayden wrote: Bottom line, have you found them to be a time-saver? Yes. However, if you have either of these: - hairpins - cues use a separate parts file. You may find that useful also for other items like slurs, ties, accidentals, bar numbers etc. I always have a

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread Chuck Israels
Paul, This is not an easy question to answer, but I will try to tell you about my experience. First, you need to have TG Tools Transfer Layout function available in order to save time laying out parts that are similar. When you have done Violin I, if Violin II is similar, you can

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 2, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Paul Hayden wrote: FinMac09 Mac OS 10.5.6 I have never used linked parts before. In about a week I'll be finishing a big score (on deadline) for voices and orchestra, and I'll have to decide whether or not to use linked parts. Bottom line, have you found them

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread shirling neueweise
Yes. However, if you have either of these: - hairpins this depends on the nature of your score. you can selectively hide in SC and PTs if there are only a few problematic places. hairpins are not the general problem johannes suggests. - cues i have posted a couple of times before a

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread Robert Patterson
Christopher Smith wrote: But you lose the essential (for me) feature of being able to make corrections and changes in ONE place only and have them apply to the parts and score simultaneously. I have to say I find this claim to be somewhat disingenuous. While it is true that some