----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video
| | On Sep 26, 2006, at 5:35 AM, Trent Johnston wrote: | > I've also been using Lilypond for a while and it's not so much the | > inperpections that make the layout good but the attention to detail. | > What | > Lilypond does differently though is that the computer does a lot of | > some of | > the manual work for you. As most of you may know that the score is | > created | > from a text file.When the score "compiled" this is when the computer is | > really put to work (something that big names should take note of!!) | > rather | > than just place the notes, slurs, lyrics and layout on the page as | > they were | > input the whole score is created, recreated until an optimal layout is | > found | > according to the limitations the user sets. Staves are spaced to avoid | > each | > other, lyrics to avoid notes and slurs are drawn and re-drawn in many | > configurations and when the best is found this is what appears in the | > output. This is not to say that Lilypond is perfect it's still a work | > in | > progress and least if you want a special feature installed you can | > sponsor | > this change or improvement, better than paying your upgrade few and | > hoping | > for bug or new feature is included. | > | | The one thing I really liked in what I saw of Lilypond is the concept | of assigning an "ugliness" score to a measure. The solution with the | lowest ugliness score gets used. This is not unlike what I do myself, | though I don't actually score it with a number! | | On the other hand, I also saw some ridiculous beam angles and stem | lengths. I like Patterson Beams for Finale the best out of all the | solutions I have seen. | | Christopher | The beaming is more inline with older engraved scores. Think Eulenburg editions or some of the older Bärenreiter editions. All is able to be changed by the user who has full control over everything if needs be. Trent _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
