I work in a similar setup to yours, and I've been living with entered notes sounding untransposed for years. Thankfully I don't have perfect pitch, or it might be crippling instead of an annoyance. No way to fix that I know of; switching to untransposed score to enter notes has its own set of problems.
-Lee Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > Hello all, > > I have a question related to the discussion about transposed scores > (scores with or without key signatures, but where instruments are > notated as the players see them, so if Bb clarinet has a written C, it > sounds as Bb). > > I routinely write and think in transposed scores, and write music > without key signatures. So, I use the chromatic transposition setting > in the staff setting, as many have been discussing. It looks right > and it plays back right. No issues. If I'm copying something that > has key signatures, I let the setup wizard take care of it, and once > again, it looks and plays back fine. > > But ... here is what really bothers me. As I'm entering the notes in > speedy, Finale plays them for me in "C." For example, I'm writing a > piece right now for alto saxophone. If I want to write a C, which > sounds as an Eb, I play the C on my midi keyboard, and I hear a C as > I'm entering the note. If I exit speedy and play back, I hear the > Eb. This is annoying, especially while editing and changing things > directly in Finale, to hear the "untransposed" note while entering > it. It also slows me down, as I have to transpose twice (from what I > hear and play to what I want to hear, and then from what I see to what > I want to hear). > > Does anyone know if this is fixable? I want to hear what the player > will produce, not only during playback, but as I'm entering the > pitch. Is there a setting for that? > > Thanks, > > David _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
