Colin Broom writes: > > A crescendo in less than 5 minutes and 3 swear words? <g> > > TGTools. Go. Done in less than half a minute. > > Or use the MIDI tool, scale either velocities or volume, depending on the > desired effect. Not that hard, and achieved equally quickly.
The point of this whole discussion is to get it _automatically_ without wasting time on tweaking. The program should know the instrument that is playing and what it could play (with configuration possibilities of course). I also think that getting Finale to Sibelius' level of playback is a way too low ambition. Compared to Igor's playback mechanism for example, Sibelius still is stoneage IMO. [You'll hopefully see what I mean when I get the a beta of "Accurate Playback" out.] However, a much more serious point here IMO is to use MIDI playback as the main "tool" for composition to live musicians. Many books of old masters tell you to learn to "hear" the printed score in the head, without the aid of a piano (which would translate to computer playback today), and I believe there are many benifits of this. I think computers as tools just generally make people "lazy" but with a much larger output - only a few actually get better cutting-edge quality out of it. Many "composers" who don't know nothing about notation or how to write for an instrument write long pieces that are next to unplayable or will sound very bad on the intended instruments (I have seen this many times). Will spell/grammar checkers make you a better writer? Will notation programs make you a better engraver? Will accurate MIDI playback make you a better composer? Etc... Best regards, Jari Williamsson ICQ #: 78036563 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
