At 2:44 PM -0400 6/28/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear in my last post; I don't think there is, however, a way to do what I am wanting under the current program:
The articulation designer dialogue box (which pops up as an option off the right-click menu) the position drop down menu effects all articulations of that type on a global level. Now, that's completely ok if every single articulation is all right to be on one side or the other, but there are times when more than just a single note needs to be on the flipped side from what you have chosen. And since your two options are either to mash your arrow keys till it gets in the right position, or dragging it around the screen, it is difficult to get it into a good position and centered without a lot of tinkering. Multiply this by a whole stream of notes that need this treatment, and you have just added a ton of time to your engraving process. I think that, like the _expression_ assignment box, there should be an articulation assignment box where you can easily switch what side of note an articulation falls on, esp. in the case of an exception, or even a mass edit command where you highlight a series of notes and select a menu option "flip articulation". (and yes, I know there is a "flipped" articulation button in the designer box to turn fermatas upside down and the like, but you get what I'm saying...)
Hence, I was wondering if anyone had constructed a plugin to do this, or are we all using the click-and-drag method to reposition errant articulations?
Thanks in advance,
Michael Wittenburg
Ah, I understand now. The easiest way by far to do what you want
is to duplicate the articulation, and change only the default
positioning. Assign it to an easily-remembered metatool, and go
through and delete the ones that aren't right, and use the metatool to
click in the new one you made that has the default assignment
changed.
I'm not convinced that a "Flip" key (like stems) is the
best way to do this, as there are too many instances where different
positioning is required on all types of articulations. After all,
stems only have two positions; up and down, whereas there are many
possibilities for articulations. But if you feel strongly about it,
forward the request to Coda tech support, and they will put it on the
list.
On the other hand, if you hold down the Shift key while you drag
an articulation, the movement is constrained to vertical or
horizontal, depending on which direction you start to drag. You only
have to drag a short distance before the articulation "flips"
to the other side of the note, even though you have not moved the
handle very far. If it doens't appear correctly on the screen, redraw
to verify.
