Hi, Allen,
This is how they get started. This is from a question I sent to
MakeMusic, Aug 10, 2007
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On the Finale Listserve one of the contributors mentioned that at a
Finale workshop given by one of the Toms he said that Speedy Entry
was eventually going to be dropped in a future version of Finale in
favour of Simple. [snip]
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I don't think I made that up, though I can't find the original
message. Here is the reply:
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Dear Christopher,
Thanks for your comments. At this point no decisions have been made
for what will and what will not be done in any future version, other
than there will be future versions. I can say that any changes of
functionality like this, where tools are removed like what happened
in Finale 2008 with MassEdit, that tool's functionality will be moved
as completely as possible to another tool. We are very sensitive to
the views and work flows of our users, and we know that Speedy Entry
is invaluable to most of our more proficient users (as well as a
favorite to many of the Finale users who work here at MakeMusic).
I know that this is not a "we will never do this" answer you were
probably hoping for, but I do want you to rest assured that if
anything happens with Speedy Entry, it's functionality will remain in
the program.
Phil H.
MakeMusic Customer Support
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Also from what David F said, that Speedy Entry is not even mentioned
- not at all! - on the web page he cited. That would certainly make
me ask questions.
Christopher
On May 29, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Allen Fisher wrote:
Oh for the love of...they're NOT removing speedy. I don't know how
these rumors get started...it's like when they would release mac/
win separately and one group or the other would think their
platform's getting dropped because their platform wasn't first.
On May 29, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I had heard that they were thinking of eventually folding the
Speedy functionality into the Simple tool, or combining them into
one at any rate, kind of like what they did with the Mass Edit and
the Selection Tool. If they do it carefully, it could be very
beneficial. I think the Selection Tool move was a very good one.
I don't know if they did it in 2010 or not. We'll have to wait.
Christopher
On May 29, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Oooo, that would be the DEATH BLOW for me. Perhaps they just
didn't list it?
Didn't someone from MakeMusic say they would not do this? Wasn't it
the guy who was working there, but isn't anymore, and wasn't really
officially monitoring the list..........
Man........this would be terrible.
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Stephen
Lamb<[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/enteringnotes/
simplenoteentry.aspx
Under "Entering Notes," they list:
- Simple note entry
- Hyperscribe
- MicNotator
- Scanning
Is this an oversight, or did they really remove speedy entry?
Stephen
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