David W. Fenton wrote:
> On 9 Jul 2002, at 23:10, Philip Aker wrote:
>
>
>>On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 05:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>>
>>
>>>And in the expression list, there's no way to tell the
>>>difference between "arco" (violin), "arco" (viola), "arco"
>>>(cello) and "arco" (bass).
>>>
>>That is only true in prehistoric versions of Finale. Now we type
>>arco<cello> and the <cello> doesn't print.
>>Let's be fair David. We're comparing 2002 releases here.
>>
>
> Very well, but it nonetheless requires multiple instances of a single
> expression. The Sibelius method of understanding what arco means after a
> pizzicato and automatically switching to the appropriate patch seems so
> obviously superior that I can't quite comprehend how people could argue
> against such ease of use.
>
> Indeed, all the responses have basically been on the order "well, it's
> not *that* complicated in Finale," which is damning with faint praise.
>
>
What is not addressed in the statements from the Sibelius users is what
happens to the arco and pizz patch changes if I choose to use a non-GM
midi module, or if the arco and pizz patches I prefer are in higher
banks than the basic 128 patches of the GM standard?
Would I be able to assign my own patch numbers to those "type-in-score"
expressions, or would I be limited to sounds I might not like?
At least in Finale I can define my own expressions to give me exactly
the sounds I want.
--
David H. Bailey
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