In a message dated 8/9/07 9:31:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Did they then explain why MakeMusic seems to have abandoned Speedy > >>> Entry, which I have found can be quite efficient and entirely > >>> computer-keyboard-centered if desired, as their suggested method of > >>> entry, in favor of Simple Entry which requires mousing? > >> > >> Actually, they did. The keyboard shortcuts in Simple are now so > >> comprehensive, and the new Selection Tool so versatile, that mousing > >> is increasingly less necessary (if that makes any sense). They also > >> said that eventually they plan to make Simple Entry so easy and > >> powerful that they can phase out Speedy altogether. > > > > Crap! I'm screwed! I find Simple so slow and counterintuitive that > > I can't deal with it at all! All the commands are different, and > > some that I need a lot aren't there! > > Well, I feel the same. I've tried simple a few times with no real > success. But I can't tell if that's a problem of the interface, or > simply the fact that I have used Speedy since Finale v.1. > > Greg Hamilton - a fine copyist/engraver in Vancouver, with whom I am > regularly in touch, says that he recently took a few hours (or maybe > days, I don't know) to teach himself Simple and now finds it quicker > and prefers it. I plan to take a drive up to visit sometime next > week to get a hands on lesson. For an old dog like me, it will take > a slow and careful re-training to adapt to a new method, and the > biggest obstacle (I think) will be rhythmic value first, pitch second > (even though I believe rhythm takes precedence in my musical > perceptions). All I can do is make a good attempt and report on the > results. When I see Tom Johnson use Simple, it goes faster than I > normally work - maybe faster than I think. > > Chuck > Chuck, When you try it be on the lookout for a few things; Rests, Tom's demos usually don't include much in the way of rests and they can take an extra keystroke when values change. A quarter rest, eighth rest eighth note, and half rest can take up to seven keystrokes in SimpleNote instead of four in Speed. Unintentionally entered notes. (Sometimes the manuscript, or the mail, can hit the keys and enter notes when I'm not looking at the screen or aware of where the entry caret is located. This may be more of a copyist concern but occasionally I have to stop to check a note or chord in a manuscript and I like not having to exit note entry to do it. I do recommend learning the re-pitch feature, I use it from time to time. Simple Note can be very effective in certain situations so it is worth the effort to familiarize yourself with it but I'm still using Speedy for most of my work. Tom J is just a well oiled machine! ;-) Vince Leonard www.finalebook.com ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
