Owain Sutton wrote:
Off the top of my head, this is the start of my wishlist for
improvements and extensions to Finale's capabilities, in no particular
order (if any of them can be done in a way I'm not realising, please
tell me!):
A better implementation of microtones (or even just a simple preset that
enables quartertonality)
Duration-linked geometric shapes. The example I've got in mind is where
they were used to indicate the compass to be used in an improvised
section, with the compass expanding and contracting at various points.
How about a box (and a circle or oval) in the Smart Shapes palette. The
kludges we have to go through to get a simple box to appear in a score
are rather torturous I feel - and god help you if you copy one and then
adjust the copied one...
More flexibility and ease of application of custom noteheads, and
'smart' stem connections which would automatically attach to the edge of
a notehead (even if they then may need subsequent adjustment).
Less global document settings. Far too many things cannot be adjusted
for just a section of a document. (Stem lengths, stave line widths, 4/4
vs. C, just three that come to mind).
Implementation of irrational time signatures (2/10, 7/24 etc.)
And how about being able to have any character (or font) as the
numerator or denominator.
Feathered beams, in a way which doesn't involve massive fudging and
manual tweaking.
Philip Aker and I were working on a plugin for this and Philip got it to
a working stage. It was great! Just select "Feathered Beams: Fast to
Slow" or "Slow to Fast" or manually enter the settings, and it did it.
It worked under OS9. Perhaps if Makemusic are still in contact with
Philip they could pay him to revive this.
A "respace music" command in Finale Notepad would be nice too.
Matthew
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