On 06 Jul 2005, at 3:11 PM, William Roberts wrote:
It looks like, if you drag something in the score, it moves in the parts, but if you move it in the parts, it won't move in the score. So, say you have an expression marking by a horn note that collides with a low note in a concert score, when you look at the transposed part, you can drag that note up to be nearer the note (which is now a 5th higher) and it won't move in the score, plus it goes a different color to show you what's happened.
That's true but there's more. Once you drag something -- let's say, a dynamic, or an 8va marking -- in the part, it unlinks the positioning of that element. So if you go back and move it again in the score, it won't affect the part. You can also re-link elements after unlinking them.
And -- exactly as I suggested in my outline of how Finale ought to do this -- unlinking only affects positioning. If you delete an unlinked dynamic from the part, it disappears from the score, too. It's also possible to create score-only or parts-only expressions, etc.
Sibelius really put a lot of thought into this feature. Almost everything works just like you'd expect.
I don't know how you guys feel about this, but my gut is that MakeMusic! will have to add this feature now, just to stay competitive with Sibelius.
I sure hope so. The only upside is, as Robert pointed out, it may be cheaper and easier for them to implement this now that Sibelius has shown how it ought to be done.
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