On 26 May 2004 at 11:23, Jari Williamsson wrote: > David W. Fenton writes: > > > Why does Finale play back the tempo changes without such an > > expression? > > > > I've been using Finale playback to create MIDI files for over 8 > > years and this is one that I never figured out. > > > > In short, why is this implemented in such a phenomenally stupid > > manner? > > A guess: "Save to MIDI" uses hard-coded default settings for what's > stored and not stored. Playback in Finale uses the settings in the > Playback Options dialog box. (This is also includes Key Velocities, > Note Durations and Continous Data) AFAIK, the problem is the reverse > as well: For example, you can't save a MIDI file _without_ the > recorded key velocities even if the Playback Options says that key > velocities should not play back. > > As I see it, what could "solve" it all would be a future(?) Program > Option such as: "Use Playback Options when saving MIDI files". Send in > those feature requests!
All of those explanations make sense as an explanation of why it's *wrong*. It doesn't explain why Code would design something so counter- intuitively, and leave it that way for so long. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
