I too use the metatools 6--9 to exclusion- but really wish that there were more available. Why not have 1 thru 9 or 0 available? I would love to have tone up, t down, 3 up, 3 down etc etc right thru to 8ves. I find 'Keep original notes' is no hassle to 'tickabox' in or out.
Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0439-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Actor Sent: Saturday, 25 June 2005 3:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Finale] Doubling a Melodic Line one Octave Even more useful are the Mass Edit programmable metatools for transposition (number keys 6 thru 9). I have 6 and 7 defined as up and down an octave, respectively, and 8 and 9 up and down an octave while keeping the original notes. You can define these four keys by pressing Shift and a number while in Mass Edit, then selecting which transposition you want. To invoke the metatool, simply select a region and press the key. I find this a huge time saver and would hate to do without it. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > On 24 Jun 2005 at 9:41, Aaron Sherber wrote: > > > At 09:28 AM 06/24/2005, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > > I was wondering if there's a plugin that automatically doubles a > > melodic > > >line one octave higher or lower in the same staff. > > > > No plugin needed -- Finale will do this for you. > > > > Select the measures with the Mass Edit tool. Then select Mass Edit | > > Transpose. Set the transposition for up one octave, and check the box > > that says 'Preserve Original Notes'. > > Oh, man, I feel so stupid for never noticing that one! I have a cheap > MIDI keyboard that is 5 octaves C to C (instead of down a 5th, F to > F, which would fit a lot more music), and I'm always needing to fill > in lower octaves in piano left hand parts. This would have saved me > much annoyance had I known about it! > > Just goes to show that you can use a program for 15 years and still > miss out on significant features. > > -- > 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 23/06/2005 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
