>
> But it does *not* offer the same functionality. It
> only offers the
> ability to copy from one source to another.
>
> Well, unless I completely do *not* understand how it
> works -- the
> online documentation says it's for COPYING. That's
> great if you've
> got a model to copy from, but it still does not come
> close to the
> Sibelius functionality, which actually solves a
> problem that has
> always annoyed me about Finale's metatool drag for
> articulations.
>
> I never stated that you couldn't get the
> articulations onto the notes
> you want them to be on. Ferchrissakes, you can click
> on each note
> individually and choose the articulation from the
> selection dialog.
> But it's much faster with the shortcuts provided
> both by Finale and
> Sibelius.
>
> And Sibelius's shortcuts for this in this one
> instance provide more
> functionality than Finale's.
>
> --
>From your other response, I'm not sure we're on the
same page with smartfind and paint. NO. It doesn't do
what you're talking about - but it still might be
useful as a means of helping you reduce the time you
spend on entering articulations. I'm not sure I made
its usefulness clear. The source doesn't have to have
the same pitches as the various targets - only the
same rhythm. Common rhythmic motives are frequent in
most music. But maybe they aren't in yours! I just
wanted to be clear.
Here's where I see Sibelius vs. Finale on this: Finale
gets points for having a one step application of
articulations (Sibelius does take a minimum of two).
It also gets points for having a quick way to delete
all articulations from a range of notes. Sibelius gets
points for being able to delete specific articulations
from a range of notes and for the ability to add more
than one articulation after selecting the notes only
once. In the case of non-contiguous notes, this can be
particularly handy. Finally, Finale gets points for
having an entire keyboard's set of metatools devoted
to articulations, whereas in Sibelius you're going to
flip through keypads (or sacrifice/make awkward
keyboard commands).
Tyler
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