----- Original Message ----- From: Mark D. Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 1:45 PM 11/12/02, David H. Bailey wrote: > > >Yes I will say that -- when I first began using Finale, with Speedy > >Entry, I DID use the alpha keys as a three octave keyboard. It seemed I > >always had to reset the octaves and then had to reset them again, and > >having only 5 fingers I had to move my hand back and forth and found it > >far simpler to move the cursor by hand. > > I use a combination of both, and I assume I'm not the only one. If a > melody is moving in a scalewise way, only a step or two at a time, I tend > to use the arrow keys. If there are large jumps, I prefer the alpha keys. On the topic of ergonomics, my custom keyboard has very handy "octave keys" just over and below the arrow keys. When I hit the octave keys, the speedy cursor, via a macro, gets placed an octave higher or lower than its current posisiton, respectively. It is handy but for some reason which I cannot pinpoint, it is only ~95% reliable. I suspect this has to do with the macro program (Macro Express), the Windows (98se) operating system, and Finale communicating the quick macro commands in synch. The command is simply Arrow Up or Down seven times in a row. Finale always has to catch up. I've tried adding some delay but still I can't seem to get it to work 100% of the time. Too much delay would be counterproductive. The deviations are either (1) the cursor only goes up by one step, or (2) by more than an octave, like 10 or so steps. Too bad I'm not an experienced hacker, because things like buffers and memory management architecture are probably at fault, and I wouldn't even know where to start looking. Liudas _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
