On 9 Jul 2002, at 16:30, Philip Aker wrote: > I didn't mention that I agree that Finale's implementation of > these features could be made more user friendly "(no fussy > expression dialogs)" because I'm already adept at using them the > way they are and I'd rather Coda's development time be spent on > Midi support in the forthcoming PDK.
Well, I'd rather Coda spend the time on things that will help them keep a large user population. Seems to me that improving the whole MIDI substructure of Finale would be a big win for Finale in terms of ease of use for end users who are *not* composers or engravers or people like me who are technically oriented and quite happy to figure out the details. Of course, I still think that it's really counter-intuitive that crescendoes in Finale don't do *something* to the playback. The data are there onscreen. There's no reason there shouldn't be some default interpretation of that (one that one could, naturally, adjust to one's exacting standards). I'm pretty sure that's the kind of thing that makes many people scratch their heads when they start using Finale. And that kind of thing if addressed would only serve to make Finale more intuitive and easier to use. Mind you, I would only want these features if one could also control them precisely (and turn them off by default if one chose). I don't want some dumbed-down default playback behavior that can't be tweaked to exacting musical standards. But I think this kind of thing *must* get better or Finale will lose a lot of the people who don't need the massive flexibility that Finale offers. Indeed, from what I've seen about Sibelius in its present form, if I were starting my project now, it would probably have been the best choice. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
