The answer seems simple enough - make it an option. I've used Finale for 14 years, and it still drives me nuts. I entered some notes wrong today because of it.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]>wrote: > I understand wanting what you want as an option, but the default > functionality is absolutely not a bug. Holding down a C on a MIDI keyboard > that generates its own sound causes that device to sound a C. Having Finale > also sound an A simultaneously is going to be very confusing for most users. > > This feature is something only advanced users (and I suspect, users who > spent years writing out transposed scores by hand) would understand and > want. I use transposed scores as well, but would never want the behavior you > suggest, and that may be a function of me having never really used pencil > and paper much (I've been using Finale since I was 19). > > I believe in Sibelius this feature is an option, but it is turned off by > default. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 7 Jan 2011, at 5:07 PM, Steve Parker wrote: > > > It makes much more sense for me to work with a transposed score. > > If I input a C into an alto sax part I should hear an A in the correct > octave as I input. > > Anything else is a bug. > > > > Steve P. > > > > On 7 Jan 2011, at 20:02, Patrick Sheehan wrote: > > > >> Working with a C score is like none other. Transposed scores screw up > my > >> eye's ear. I always work in C scores. I suggest you give it a try. > This > >> way you can see exactly where each instrumental line is being played in > real > >> pitch. > >> > >> Patrick J. M. Sheehan > >> Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy > >> P. S. Music > >> Host: "The Saturday Blues" on 89.5 WNIJ-FM, 1 pm - 4 pm (CST) & WNIJ.org > >> 1-815-973-2317 (m) > >> > >> [email protected] > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Darcy James Argue [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:38 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Finale] Playback in transposed scores while entering notes > >> > >> Hi David, > >> > >> There is no software solution. The solution for me has been to become > >> accustomed to doing all my note entry in concert pitch, then flipping to > >> transposed pitch for everything else. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> - DJA > >> ----- > >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >> > >> > >> > >> On 3 Jan 2011, at 3:36 PM, David Froom wrote: > >> > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
