At 9:11 AM 09/26/02, Michael Cook wrote: >I'm not sure why blank notation affects spacing. I expect there are >situations where this is desirable - does anyone make use of this?
Now that I'm aware of it, I can think of some times when it would be useful as a kludge, but on the whole this strikes me as very UN-desirable.... It seems to me that blank notation should not affect spacing, and I was surprised to discover it otherwise when I tried out David's example. > [...] If layer 4 is only used for playback, you can also set it not >to affect music spacing (in Document Options - Layers). Aha, THERE it is! I knew there was a way to tell Finale to ignore the music for spacing, but I looked for it in the Staff Style definition and in Music Spacing Options, and not Layer Options. I think this would be more convenient if it were a check box in the Alternate Notation section of Staff Style definitions (and turned on by default on the Blank staff styles that Coda provides). The problem with Layer Options is that it affects that layer for the entire piece, so if you want that layer visible elsewhere, you're out of luck. I suppose you can just get into the habit of making layer 4 always be the invisible one, but wouldn't that be awkward for playback? I don't usually do much playback, but I would think you'd want the main layer that you use for the voice to match the heard-but-not-seen layer, not the seen-but-not-heard one. I'm sure there must be a way around this, though. Isn't that what the "easy tremolos" plug-in does? On the occasions when I've needed to fix grace notes to play back as appoggiaturas, I've used the MIDI tool, not an invisible layer. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
