On Sun, December 27, 2009 4:26 pm, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > I can't answer whether you're missing anything or not, but for what it's > worth, the way I'd approach the task at hand is to fake it. I'd create a > blank staff at the bottom of the system for Orchestra I, and a blank > staff at the top of the sytem for Orchestra II, spaced so that the blank > staff at the bottom of Orchestra I would overprint the top staff of > orchestra II, and so that the blank staff at the top of orchestra II > overprints the bottom staff of Orchestra I. Then I'd hide everything in > the blank staves, including the staff lines. Based upon previous > experience, this should leave you a system with the left bar line of > each system extending up (or down) from the sytem. Determine the proper > placement of each system on the page, and run each page of the score > through the printer twice, the first time printing Orchestra I, the > second time orchestra II. > The obvious disadvantage is that you have to fiddle with the paper. The > advantage is that you don't have to worry about the internals of copying.
Noel, thanks very much for the suggestion. Unfortunately, these are all being created as PDFs for them to print. They'll never touch paper until the musicians are playing from them and the conductor is reading the score. I've done the overprinting trick for myself occasionally, but gave it up when I started working exclusively with digital files for download. Plus, since this will undoubtedly come in for editing after the performance, it's too risky. Thanks again for the idea, though -- I'd forgotten this paper-based option! Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
