On Sep 17, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
If I create a note expression reading "snare drum" and attach it to a
note, Finale shd. be intelligent enough to automatically give me a
snare drum sound from all recurrences of that "pitch" until further
notice.
What if he hits a snare and a tom at the same time, attached to the
same stem?
Put 'em in different layers.
What if you want different sounds on the same notehead, like snare
playing back with RLRL, accents, rimshots and the like?
This is what articulations are supposed to be for. But completely aside
from that, do we need woodwind maps to assure proper playback of, say,
flute harmonics? No we don't. Do we need string maps for pizz., senza
vibr., +, col legno (tratto and battuto), ponticello, tasto, flautando?
No we don't.
Also, I should be able to switch from, say, snare drum to vibraphone
and back again without having to invoke staff styles.
OK, I don't understand this objection at all. Staff styles are the
EASIEST way to make switches of this type
What I am really objecting to is the whole idea of a specialized
"percussion staff," when there need not be, and should not be, any such
thing. I realize that other types of instrument have to use staff
styles to switch sounds (say from cl. to sop. sax)--but a percussionist
who plays vibes and snare is not "doubling" or even switching
instruments--indeed pitched and unpitched instruments may even be
required to sound simultaneously, and Finale's percussion playback and
notation capabilities ought to reflect that state of affairs.
Another point: Suppose I want to change the line or space on which a
given instrument appears after it has been entered? The transposition
dialog won't work, and if you go to drag a note vertically, the first
thing it does is zoom to some weird place altogether off the staff.
Same goes for rests, and you can't use the Move Rests plugin. This is
totally unacceptable behavior.
And good heavens, why can't I enter a whole note and have it stay a
whole note?
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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