On 5 Nov 2005 at 8:07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 05.11.2005 David W. Fenton wrote: > > Even with mirrors? > > > > Or even just waiting until the piece is finished and just copying > > the data to separate staves? > > > > Of course, it it's only for proofreading playback, I can see why you > > wouldn't want to bother at all. But for creating a MIDI file or > > saved playback, neither mirrors nor copying sounds like too ornerous > > a task to get the real playback. > > Well, it completely messes up the layout, as far as I can > see. . . .
??? Hidden staves mess up layout? > . .. Also, > in what way are mirrors different for this from just copying? Well, I was just suggesting it as a possibility. A mirror could be put in place before you finished the bass line so you could have proper playback during the entry process. > > With continuo, the real hard part is writing the realization! > > Yeah, I wasn't that ambitious, just the bass part would have > given enough of an impression. > > Of course, I have always hoped for a figured bass tool in Finale, > where the numbers can be entered more easily, and they are realized in > playback. I would definitely get that update. That would be quite wonderful. It always seemed to me that it ought to be one aspect of the chord tool, which should do the same thing for playback (with somewhat less strict rules). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
