Very good point, and it was very civic-minded of you to make it!
Christopher
On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:33 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Bob had asked for support in making a claim for improvement of
Finale's midi import, specifically when a single-instrument file
such as a piano work is imported, Finale misrepresents the rhythms
when additional voices enter (adding extra note-on/note-off
messages for what are sustained notes in the midi file). I never
import such files and have never run into this problem but he
pointed out to me how important the numbers of complainers are when
MakeMusic prioritizes its list of bug-fixes/new-features/
improvements to work on for the next version. He convinced me that
I was being narrow minded in my "it doesn't affect me so what do I
care" attitude as well as in my "MakeMusic doesn't really give a
damn about what we want so why bother" attitude. So I added my
name to those asking for the improvement Bob wanted. I hope it
gets enacted.
The observation I made fits in very well with Christopher's point
that many of us need features only rarely, but when we need them we
really need them, and quite often it is the deciding point on
whether or not we can earn income. I realize that many on this
list do not use Finale to generate income by engraving music for
clients, but it is important for all of us to remember that many of
us do (or try to and would like to do more).
The observation -- we all need to support each other in requesting
new features or bug-fixes or improvements because MakeMusic
prioritizes its list of such things to work on based on numbers of
users who have requested them. I'm sure there are other internal
forces at work in prioritizing such a list, but if only one person
requests something they don't even bother discussing it, I'm sure.
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