On Jul 23, 2007, at 3:27 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote:
I would not concur with this, as I recently did a piece in B major
and had to convert some key-signature A sharps to Bb accidentals
and back again as I changed my mind, and they went wonky.
It seems to be that any time you hit 9 in Speedy you take your
life (well, your enharmonic life anyway!) into your hands. Hitting
it twice on the same note almost guarantees a problem somewhere
along the line.
Christopher
I'm fed up with this flaw, it is so unpredictable that it has
slowed down my work flow considerably and there is a constant need
to re-proof everything as you can't trust Finale.
It's also dangerous with explode parts too. Not only do enharmonics
get changed but the order of part distribution is buggy. So much
for a short cut.
I frequently use the old speedy entry trick of putting the cursor
over a note/chord while playing the midi keyboard and hitting the
enter key to change only the notes. I discovered that if the
spelling table contradicts what you have in the stave (i.e. you
want to change the notes _back_ to the spelling table settings from
their enharmonics) this method doesn't always change the note(s)
straight away but if you hold the midi chord or note for a few
seconds longer after hitting the enter key it does!
It appears to me that the whole enharmonic thing and the spelling
table priorities are all messed up.
I'm still in Finmac 2007, does this happen in 2008 also?
Yup. No change, as far as I can see, except sometimes the part
distribution is even MORE screwed up (before, only the top voice was
wrong, now it is possible for all the voices except the bottom one to
be wrong.)
As for holding down the MIDI key and hitting Enter to change pitches,
I find that the enharmonic is indeed wrong according to the spelling
tables the FIRST time you hit Enter (if you have ever hit 9 in that
measure), but the SECOND time you hit Enter the spelling table value
comes up, as if it clears any mention of the 9 key for that note.
Christopher
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