>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 >============ >5. The rhyming dictionary >6. The Band-in-a-Box harmonizer.
I have a somewhat different response than many of the ones so far. I have never used 1, 2, 5, or 6, and never expect to. I use the MIDI tool a lot, so much so that I hardly notice its quirks (ok, bugs) any longer. I'm surprised that the tempo tool, which I use a great deal, seems to be largely ignored. Granted that Finale is not the ideal tool for playback, but if you do use it for that and want a reasonably musical and non-robotic performance, I think it would be hard to avoid using the tempo tool (though maybe not necessarily for pop, some jazz styles, and music written before 1700). Sure it's just as quirky and clunky as the MIDI tool, if not moreso, but I've gotten used to it and personally find it indispensable. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
