David W. Fenton wrote:
On 11 Aug 2006 at 14:43, Andrew Stiller wrote:
I suspect from all this that linked parts will indeed prove invaluable
for chamber music, but not for orchestral.
An issue that I think is highly relevant, but that only a few can
probably comment on, is how the issue of voice handling in multi-part
score systems -> parts compares to Sibelius's corresponding solution
to the same problem. I believe someone said that Sibelius doesn't do
it too well, but can't recall who.
With all the caveats about what Finale's version 1 linked parts can't
do, I think it would put things in perspective if someone with
Sibelius experience could chime in telling us whether or not
Sibelius's version 1 linked parts successfully solved the same
problem.
So far, it sounds to me like MakeMusic did an excellent job at
implementing a first draft of this highly complex feature, whatever
problems there may be for special situations (which still allow you
to make your parts that don't work in the new system using the old
way, by extracting to separate files).
On the Sibelius list, special situations in the linked score/parts
aspect, usually get the "you'll need to use the old part extraction
method for that."
The linked score/parts in Sibelius works wonderfully for scores which
match parts exactly: i.e. every staff in the score becomes a part.
Essentially the same way that it sounds Finale's system works.
But even if 20 staves out of a 22 staff score can remain linked, with
only 2 parts extracted in the old way, it will still save a lot of work.
--
David H. Bailey
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