I use it for dealing with wishy-washy clients in pieces with repeated material. I enter, say, a verse and a chorus, then mirror them through the piece. If, no WHEN, the client says, "This is wrong, every time it should be F and not G" I change it once and all the other iterations pick it up. I can always convert it if I need to (and I usually do.)
I haven't noticed any problems in the things I use it for, but I am not a power user of mirrors, by any means. Christopher On 15-Sep-12, at 15-Sep-12 8:29 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > >> Has the mirror tool ever not misbehaved? It seems that it is the >> least-discussed tool in Finale because nobody can get it to work >> very well. > > i use it regularly :-) and it works fine for what i use it for. for > example, 14-12-10-8-6 individually notated strings in the piece i am > working on. usually there are only slight differences across the > voices in the rhythm, microtonal inflections or pitches. then > suddenly a tutti for 2 measures, where i set up only the 1st vln I > and mirror downwards. > > if any changes are needed to the articulations, stem/beam length or > positioning etc., i edit once and the changes are reflected in the > other voices. kind of like linked parts inside the SC. however, now > that expressions are no longer note-attached, you have to update all > voices to change a dynamic or technique text (ditto smart shapes). > > if you know the quirks it has it can still be a useful tool: copy > smart shapes and expressions first, then mirror. the other way > around and the mirror erases the smart shapes and expressions. which > is, of course, very dumb. > > -- > > the tool it has also helped me get around anothger problem in finale, > that note-attached smart shapes ending on a stemless note (e.g. end > of gliss) are not copied in a mass paste (support has it documented). > i set up the 1st example *perfectly* (the key to successful use of > the mirror tool) and mirror down, convert mirrors and transpose as > needed. this is much faster than copying with the stems and removing > stems manually afterwards in all voices > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
