Simon Troup wrote: > > That's great, and I applaud the intent, but I'd be worried that the > > files would be passed to a spotty teenager paid a little over 12 > > grand for doing the job in house half as well for people who > > frankly aren't very good at seeing the value added elegance that I > > provide in the first place. (Breeaaaathe).
David Fenton wrote: > Nicely-tweaked libraries to not make a good engraver. > > Good engraving goes well beyond such minor issues. Yes, good > libraries make a good engraver better, but by themselves they > certainly do nothing to create a well-engraved piece of music. > > I definitely believe that the "soft skills" that make a good engraver > cannot be "stolen" by someone who simply has access to the file > produced by the good engraver. There's simply much more to the > process than a few well-chosen settings. I'm not sure if you're criticising me here for thinking that getting hold of my files would mean someone could do the job as well as me? If so you missed the phrases ... "for doing the job in house half as well for people who frankly aren't very good at seeing the value added elegance that I provide in the first place." ... *of course* I know that libraries and templates don't "make" the engraver, the trouble is that it may be all the fuel needed to make someone "think" they can do it instead of you - and hence you don't get the gig. I bet you know as well as I that our editors can see how good we are, but can our editors boss! -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art ------------------------- Finale IRC channel server: irc.chatspike.net port: 6667 channel: #Finale ------------------------- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
