I echo David's method almost to the letter. Cheers,
Lawrence On 17 February 2016 at 19:26, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > > As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of > > people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to > > input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper > > sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the > > project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi > > keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop > > manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are > > essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin > > > > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a > midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using > Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is > unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get > are rests. > > I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. > > I don't find plug-ins to be helpful for entering the notation -- they're > great for things after the initial music entry but I find they get in > the way when I'm in the music entry phase of a project. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
