I agree!
It is high time that MAKE MUSIC sorted this bug. It is the only thing
that really holds up the linked parts facility, which I think is a
huge time saver. I just couldn't imagine going back to the old slog
of extracting parts in every score! You've only got to get you head
around the section in the manual and just learn how it all works,
after that it's a breeze.
With small scores one can afford separate staves for each instrument,
so the grace note bug is not so much of a problem (but still a bug
all the same), but with orchestral, orch & choir, wind orchestras
etc., having individual staves for each instrument means a reduction
in the overall layout percentages making the score too small to read
comfortably unless you blow it up onto A3 size. It is also much
easier for conductors when similar instrument parts are grouped onto
one stave (Horns, Clts, Tpts, etc.) - as was traditionally engraved.
If anyone knows of a work around for the grace note bug I'd be very
grateful to know. I have tried all kinds of things - altering the
grace note parameters under Doc. options, dragging notes, changing
spacing defaults, even inserting hidden notes between the grace note
and the main note, although this can work to a degree, but it plays
havoc with spacing in other parts and the playback will never be the
same.
I'm still on 2009 so I can't speak for any improvement they might
have made in the upgrades, if any.
Jonathan
Yes, using voicing rules.
Unless you have any grace notes. (There is an annoying bug with
voiced linked parts + grace notes.)
Cheers,
- DJA
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