On Aug 29, 2004, at 9:34 AM, dhbailey wrote:
I agree about the keystrokes, but I never have to look to see where my hand is, so I can do those keystrokes far faster than I can make sure which octave and which pitch my left hand was on, using the 3-octave layout.
I've done qwerty-Speedy long enough that I rarely lose track of where my hand is. Even so, I think it would be nice if there were an option for qwerty-Speedy to play the pitch as it is entered. Not like real playback, just a short beep of the right pitch. That way I would immediately know if my hand slipped and I could catch it before entering several bars of notes displaced by a second. It could also be a nice reminder when I need an accidental, in case I'm about to overlook one.
I would want the pitch sound when the entry is created (ie, typing a number key), not when the cursor moves (ie, a letter key). I'd also have the pitch sound any time a note is altered with the plus or minus (or the "9", I suppose, though I almost never use that one).
And just to finish it off, there ought to be a little menu that lets you pick volume, timbre, etc, of the beep, so that each of us can pick a sound that is pleasing and not grating.
I expect I'd use this option during my main note entry, but then turn it off when I'm doing little edits and fixes.
mdl
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