I can't argue with the fact that people seem to want it the way it is! I still don't understand why. If you want the pitch to line up with midi entry then a C score seems the way to go, rather than audio a tone or a fifth etc. wrong. I also mostly don't use a midi keyboard for entry, just the laptop. I think we are agreed that an option would be nice. Steve P.
On 8 Jan 2011, at 06:01, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like that as an option too. I'd probably use that mode as my default. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 8 Jan 2011, at 12:43 AM, James Cooper wrote: > >> It would make more sense and be more useful to me if I could play (and >> hear) the sounding pitch on the MIDI keyboard, and have the transposed >> pitch appear on the staff. >> >> --JMC >> >> On Friday, January 7, 2011, Aaron Sherber <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 1/7/2011 10:05 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >>> >>> I said from the outset that I agree it should be an option! >>> >>> >>> Yes, I didn't mean for my post to sound like I was disagreeing with you -- >>> I was just giving more reasons to agree. >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> Well, of course, one of the great strengths of Finale is the multitude of >>> working habits it supports. I don't play piano well and don't own a MIDI >>> keyboard, but the old Speedy idea of the three letter rows as three octaves >>> made immediate sense to me and I've used it forever and with great speed. >>> I've even dragged the [SpeedyKeys] section of my ini file through >>> successive versions so that I could be untroubled by the remapping of the >>> Speedy keys that MM imposed a few years back. (Hey, there's something else >>> that would be great as an option: Let the user decide which Speedy behavior >>> he wants.) >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> Yes, but then you lose the advantage of using your ears to proofread as you >>> go. Even with my horn parts sounding up a fifth from where they should be, >>> I find this extra tool very useful. >>> >>> Aaron. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> James Cooper >> Composer, classical guitarist, songwriter >> www.ModeZ.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
