Hi everyone!
I'm lurking around with ideas for plug-ins I've not yet seen for Finale.
Do you know anyone who would be interested in developing the following (I'm not near being a programmer myself) :
1. "Transposer" When transposing arrangements more than a major second I find I in most cases want to revoice my chord-structures. This takes considerable time. It would be wonderful to have a tool like: "Please keep pitches within this range, then transpose" This would make the tool move the pitches of the chord around (moving, if necessary, bottom note to the top etc) so that the chord is keept in its original range. Imagine such a tool being applied to a whole righthand keyboard part, or even a complete Trombone-section on 4 staves!
2 "Jazz/Commercial Tools" There are MANY tasks a commercial arranger/orchestrator will want to
do that I haven't yet seen supported by Finale or any plug-ins.
a) Topline-notation. Add full chords, make the plug-in make only the topnote visable (stems up, and stem extended un octave under the toppitch) with the complete chord sounding in playback. Or for copyists: just ad the topnote and the plugin will turn the stem up and then extend the stem under the topnote. Would save SO MUCH time.
b) "Orchestrator"/Doubler, make the plug-in distribute tones according to lists the user termines himself. For ex: Piccolo 8va (according to the source selection), Flute loco, Oboe 1 loco, Oboe 2 loco, Clar 1, loco, Clar 2, 8vb etc etc
c) A clipboard!! Be able to copy and name sections like "Verse", "Bridge" etc on a userfriendly clipboard. Just drag and drop from a window into the score! I know one can use "Clip-files" but I think it should be easier and more accesible.
d) Immideate drummarkings! To be able to select a section of the Trumpet 1-part (for ex.) and the plug-in, in one click!, makes it into markings in the Drumpart! This also takes time right now...
And on and on...
Grateful for your thoughts!
All the best!
Karl-Johan Ankarblom
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