I've used the Ossia tool maybe half a dozen times over the last 2-3
years. Haven't touched any of the others since ver. 3.x.
-Carl Donsbach
Williams, Jim wrote:
Friends:
This exchange leads me to pose the following questions: DO WE HANG OUT ON ANY OF
FINALE'S "LESSER-KNOWN CORNERS? IF SO, HOW MUCH?
Please consider:
1. The ossia tool
2. The mirror tool
3. The tempo tool
4. The MIDI tool
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5. The rhyming dictionary
6. The Band-in-a-Box harmonizer.
And of course, anything I've forgotten. I'm sure you all see why I've drawn a
line between items 1--4 vs. 5--6.
Here are my answers: OSSIA--use rarely; find it oddly implemented
MIRROR--was so disastrous in earlier versions that I quit in 3.x or so. Cut &
paste does fine. Is it any better now?
TEMPO--virtually never. There's a better way to do everything it does, IMO
MIDI--awful. If I need decent playback from notation without much editing, I
use Overture.
5&6 A waste of time, money, and talent. These items have their place for sure, but not in Finale.
I'm far from an "engraving purist" (I'm vitally interested in playback) but the inclusion
those two "features" still makes me laugh. The auto-harmonizer requires so much work to
produce anything anywhere near a usable result that anyone would be better off just learning the basics
of arranging on their own.
Other comments: *HP is improving greatly. Props to Robert.
*I don't have the time to do "discovery learning"
on FinaleScript. For cryin' out loud, it's
supposed to be a timesaver--more guidance,
please! Is it in 2006 and I just haven't found
it yet??
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