On 2 Oct 2006 at 15:23, dc wrote: > Dennis Bathory-Kitsz écrit: > >I'm not saying Speedy is preferable for anybody but me, but I know > >the Finale keyboard layout so well that I don't even have to look at > >the screen as I work (particularly with the added confirmation of > >pitches sounding when I enter notes). > > I agree with Dennis. I'm a keyboard player and a fast typist, and I > own a MIDI keyboard purchased spefically for use in Finale. But Speedy > entry with the numeric keypad is for me the fastest way of entering > music (unless I can use Hyperscribe, which allows me to practice my > C-clefs at the same time, and which is even faster). I look only at my > source, and count on the sound feedback to spot wrong notes, and > Finale's error beep for wrong rhythms. That being said, the entry of > the music itself represents only a small portion of the work, > timewise.
I'm a fast touch typist, a keyboardist with an undergraduate degree in piano performance from a famous conservatory and a computer professional. I find it far, far easier to enter large amounts of music with a MIDI keyboard than from the computer keyboard. The shortcuts laid out on the keyboard for notes don't make any sense to me, so I have never learned them. Why bother when I can use the keyboard layout that is ingrained in my muscles from decades of playing the piano? The equation may be different for different people, but I don't see the utility in learning the insanely arbitrary keyboard shortcuts, unless one has no possibility of ever using a MIDI keyboard for input. And I long ago concluded that Hyperscribe was utterly useless. I have top-notch keyboard skills, but it takes way to much time to clean up the transcription errors that come from the limits of human perception that are much less precise than those of a computer. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
