Hi Aaron, I said from the outset that I agree it should be an option! And certainly in a setup without a MIDI keyboard, turning on that option makes tremendous sense. However, I personally find it impossible to use Finale without a MIDI keyboard and I suspect that the majority of Finale users do use one.
When I'm inputting from another composer's transposed score, I tend to skirt the issue by turning off the volume on both the computer and the MIDI keyboard. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 7 Jan 2011, at 9:31 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: > On 1/7/2011 8:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> If your preferred behavior were the default, many people would also not >> understand why, when they play a "C" on their MIDI keyboard when inputting >> into an alto sax staff, Finale instead sounds an "A." And, if they have the >> volume turned up on their keyboard, the keyboard still sounds a "C." > > Darcy, think about another variation on this. I always use Speedy with my > computer keyboard, not a MIDI keyboard. When I'm entering notes into a > transposed French horn staff, Finale continues to play them back as though > the staff were not transposed, or as though I'd entered a concert pitch on > the keyboard. That is, if I enter a C on the treble staff, which should sound > first-space F, Finale plays back that concert C. > > Now, you could say that this is just being consistent with the behavior with > a MIDI keyboard, but I haven't at all given a MIDI instruction -- I've given > a positioning instruction, using the letter keys or maybe even the arrow > keys. I've told Finale I'm going to place a note in the third space of the > staff, and Finale responds by drawing the note there but playing a note which > is a fifth higher. > >> I understand why you want the feature you do and I think Finale should >> support it, but it should definitely not be the default, and the current >> behavior is not a bug. > > I think you could make a reasonable case for either one being the default, > but I absolutely think that Finale should support both behaviors > >> Meanwhile, it doesn't really seem like that big a deal to me to enter the >> music with "Display Score in Concert Pitch" turned on, then flip to >> transposed pitch after the note entry is finished. > > Well, it's kind of a big deal if what you're doing (like most of my work) is > copying from a composer's transposed score. > > Aaron. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
