Thanks for your comments. I'm sure many of the issues I've seen have to do with auto-spacing being on. Still, the concept that I can make an admittedly stupid error in one place, and not catch it for some time because the effect is another place entirely, makes me queasy.
I have no doubt that one can, with enough workarounds and tiptoeing about, make linked parts work. My question remains, what compelling reasons are there for doing so? It still seems to me that using linked parts is more work, not less. -Lee -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SN jef chippewa Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Linked parts >if something goes wrong, EVERYTHING goes wrong. despite my well known dissastisfaction with linked parts, i have to say this is a gross exaggeration. >inability to have different music spacing factors in score and parts). this is indeed stupid, but i have resolved the problem simply by doing EVERYTHING in the score layout first before spacing parts. also used JW plugin space empty rests recently that was great help in the parts once i found my ideal settings for it. i have a sheet on the wall in front of me with my settings for the SC / PTs spacing so can change back and forth quickly if needed. and another sheet nearby with the H pos. settings for individual measures / notes where running music spacing will change them (so after i run spacing in the PTs i can "correct" what has been undone in the SC). using linked parts is all about deciding how much compromise you can accept -- in the output and/or workflow -- and where you can accept compromises are not terribly compromising. in any case, you mention having a seperate score for editing of the parts, you are in effect not really using linked parts as they are "meant". so none of the stupidities of the current disastrous implementation of finale's linked parts should be of any both to you anyways...? >easy to inadvertently mess up a carefully laid-out part while >working on another part of the score (mostly while adding and >adjusting cues). not clear what problems you are running into, but if you make sure many of the auto features are off you might avoid many problems: - auto-update MM rests - auto-spacing - etc. >inadvertently mess up the flute part while you're editing the oboe part. this should not normally happen, unless you forget to uncheck certain instruments in the "select parts to affect" dialogue when doing certain operations (layout: systems or freeze measures in x systems. -- if you can point out some specific things that are getting "messed up", there could possibly be some simple solutions to at least some of them. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
