Speedy performance is not as reliable as it used to be. Aside from really faulty rhythm depiction in different Layers, bad tie depiction for ties that go over the barline from last notes in a measure, there is another thing that has popped up which I do not like (and this one is *dangerous*).
To replicate this bad behaviour: (1) use the default document shipped with Finale 2004 (2) With Speedy, enter, in measure one: Flatted half note tied to a flatted half note tied to... (4) Goto the next measure ...to a flatted half note tied to a flatted half note. (5) Now exit Speedy (you can press 0 but you can also go directly to a different tool) The last flat is still there! (This is with Check Accidentals on). (With Check Accidentals off you get a flatted half, a flatted half, a non-flatted half, and a flatted half in that order!) To make it erase itself you have to not only enter the measure with Speedy and exit it, but you have to enter Speedy and "drive over" the measre from left to right from the previous to the next measure or from the measure to the right to the measure to the left. And I would really not like it if I got a letter saying "We have a host of features which lets you scan your documents for accidental anomalies." What's the point of entering things manually with Speedy, then? This used to be the #1 best entry method (for me), 100% reliable with very few kludges, I could practically work for long phrases at a time never looking at the Speedy cursor, knowing that everything is just as I entered it. This was up until 200x (I forget which version) when the expandable / shrinkable Speedy box was introduced. From that version onwards, Speedy has been getting worse. Yes, worse! One of the most rediculous situations is when you need to enter a long measure (say 12/8) with Layers 1+2 going a portion of the measure in unison. NOTHING lines up except the first note and if you're unlucky enough to have a measure with ties at the end you can really loose a lot of time with what used to be the simplest of operations. (What I mean is to tell yourself: 'Ok, now copy beats 2,3,and 4 from Layer one and just looking at layer one and doing it in Speedy. Now this has become difficult!) And please don't say that there is a great new feature to copy Layers within the measure. Yes, the new features are good! But the old faithful features need to stay reliable, not get worse!! Liudas _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
