Christopher Smith wrote:
FWIW, I found changing the tuplets to above in the choir parts went
very smoothly and quickly with the Utilities>Change... Tuplets. One
shot, very easy. I can't imagine a Staff Style being any easier than
that.
I agree that it is not hard to change. Actually, it was even easier
in the previous version where you could get to the tuplet settings
with a control-click (right-click). I'm not sure why they took that
away in 2008. I guess I'll have to make another macro...
It is just that after writing 3 operas (among other things for voice)
with dozens of scenes and a few hundred vocal parts, a guy gets to
thinking that there could be an easier or faster way to do things.
I'm also assuming that these options could be in the setup of each
staff (not just Staff Styles) and therefore they could be made a part
of a template file.
The fact that we are even talking in terms of "It would be great
if..." once again means that the last update (2008a) really did
address our biggest issues.
My wish list has bigger priorities than just more powerful Staff Styles:
1) Fix the Okay/Cancel Button problem with Leopard.
2) Complete the linked part development
3) Improve the GUI of the Expression Tool. At least make the library
window bigger!
4) Give us MIDI together with AU/VST playback built in.
-Randolph Peters
I previously wished for the following:
It would be great if there could be a Staff Style that would
automatically place tuplets above the music. This would take care of
the majority of tuplets in vocal parts. I know you can change the
tuplets in one pass using what used to be called Mass Mover, but
still, this would be useful.
And while we are at it, why not another Staff Style option that
would take auto-positioned dynamics (usually below the staff) and
give them an override setting so that the dynamics could
automatically go above the staff? This would save having to make
duplicate sets of dynamics.
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