You say by "hitting enter" but in my setup that does nothing. Could you elaborate the procedure in detail? When I hold down a chord on the midi keyboard, I have to hit a number for anything to happen.
Also, please confirm you are using Fin2012. On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Christopher Smith < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I meant turn the chord into a different one by holding it down on the MIDI > keyboard and hitting Enter. If you have any notes that have been > enharmonically flipped in the original chord, then the spelling can act > weird in the new chord. Obviously, this will show better if there ARE > altered notes in the new chord. It happens regardless if the staff is > transposing or not. Chromatic transposition brings a whole new level of > crazy in as well, but the problems I outline happen on concert staves. If > you are having trouble getting it to show, try diminished 7th chords, flip > a few notes (more than once on the same chord) and then try to enter a > different diminished chord by hitting Enter. Are all the spellings correct > according to the settings you use? > > This may behave differently if Enharmonic Spelling options are set to Use > Spelling Tables or Use Default Spelling. I haven't really explored it, > because I consider the 9 key to be broken now. I only need to be bitten > once to dismiss the whole thing. I don't want to have to keep going back > and verifying spellings in my pieces because one (or more!) may have > flipped when I wasn't looking. > > Christopher > > > On Fri Oct 12, at FridayOct 12 10:09 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > > > That simple procedure (in Fin2012) presents no problems for me. Does the > > staff need to be a transposing staff? I don't really understand what you > > mean by "repitch it by holding down a new chord on the MIDI keyboard and > > hitting Enter." When I do what I read you to be saying, nothing happens, > so > > there must be a step I'm missing. > > > > To confirm once again, we are talking about Fin2012, right? > > > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Christopher Smith < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Try hitting 9 twice or more while on a chord. Then repitch it by holding > >> down a new chord on the MIDI keyboard and hitting Enter. Are the note > >> spelled as expected? Try exploding it. Are the notes still spelled > >> correctly? About quarter to half the time the bug shows in my > experience. I > >> don't use chromatic transposition all that often, but I still see > problems > >> in normally-transposed and concert staves. > >> > >> Usually in a single note part, hitting 9 once on a note is okay. But do > >> you remember EVERY note you have invoked the 9 key on? Going back and > >> changing pitches in parts (which I do with depressing regularity) > causes me > >> to see this bug all the time. > >> > >> Christopher > >> > >> > >> On Fri Oct 12, at FridayOct 12 9:03 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Chuck, > >>> > >>> I believe you always work with key signatures, though, correct? As far > >> as I know, the problem affects only staves set to chromatic > transposition. > >>> > >>> If there is anyone on the list who: > >>> > >>> (A) routinely uses scores where instruments are set to use chromatic > >> (not key signature) transposition... > >>> > >>> ... and... > >>> > >>> (B) *used* to experience problems using the 9 key to flip enharmonics > >> under previous versions of Finale... > >>> > >>> ... and... > >>> > >>> (C) no longer experiences that problem with Fin2012... > >>> > >>> ... I'd really love to hear from them! > >>> > >>> Like Christopher and Robert, I was badly burned by the 9-key bug when > it > >> was first introduced and quickly adopted workarounds so that I could > avoid > >> the 9 key entirely. > >>> > >>> Once bitten, twice shy, so I've always been incredibly reluctant to go > >> back to my old habits and see if the problem has been fixed. But the > >> workarounds *are* a pain, so like Robert, I am curious whether anyone > else > >> in a similar situation can report back one way or the other. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> - DJA > >>> ----- > >>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> I too, am puzzled. It seems to work for me. > >>>> > >>>> Chuck > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Steve Parker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> But I never hit the 9 key any more. It's broken beyond use. > >>>>> > >>>>> Don't understand this? I hit it hundreds of times a day on F2011. > >>>>> Never had a problem. > >>>>> > >>>>> Steve P. > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Finale mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >>>> > >>>> Chuck Israels > >>>> 8831 SE 12th Ave. > >>>> Portland, OR 97202-7097 > >>>> > >>>> land line: (503) 954-2107 > >>>> cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > >>>> > >>>> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
