My Note Spacing plugin already allows you to have different spacing options for parts and score (with saved settings). It doesn't do allotment tables, though, so either part or score would have to use the reference duration settings.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Skjalg Bjørstad < trekkspillman...@icloud.com> wrote: > Your 2) and 3) are not correct. Music spacing is not linked between score > and parts. You can also change clef in parts with staff styles > (transposition>set to clef) in part only. 1) and 4) are valid, though. > > Skjalg - for anledningen på nett med iPhone. > > > 22. apr. 2018 kl. 20:34 skrev Lee Actor <l...@leeactor.com>: > > > > I'm not a regular user of linked parts -- yes, I still make a copy of the > > score and extract from there -- but I did make a reasonable effort > several > > years ago to incorporate them into my normal work flow. I gave up after > a > > month or so due to encountering too many situations that required special > > workarounds, and decided linked parts were costing me more time than they > > were saving. > > > > So given my admittedly limited knowledge, here are some items that I > found > > to be more trouble in linked parts than it's worth: > > 1) Cues are a mess, esp. in orchestral scores with 2 wind parts on a > staff. > > 2) Can't have different music spacing in score and parts. I like my > parts > > closer spaced than the score. > > 3) Can't have different clefs in score and part (e.g., a high bassoon 1 > part > > might mean tenor clef for bassoon 2 in the score, but should be bass > clef in > > the part). > > 4) Grace note spacing. > > > > I encountered other issues which can be fairly attributed to pilot error, > > and some of the above problems may have already been addressed. I'm > ready > > to embrace linked parts, as soon as the pain of special cases and > > workarounds is exceeded by the benefits. Obviously this is a subjective > > judgement. > > > > -Lee > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On > Behalf Of > > Robert Patterson > > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:32 AM > > To: finale > > Subject: [Finale] Finale Linked Parts: what's missing? > > > > I am starting a new thread because my comments seem to be buried in the > > recent Dorico thread. I would like to poll this list about what features > > are missing from Linked Parts. I am doing so with an eye towards a > possible > > plugin to address what can be addressed. > > > > Things that cannot be addressed by a plugin are > > * allowing special tools in voiced parts > > * unlinking items that Finale currently can't unlink manually > > > > The kinds of things that are likely to be addressable are in the area of > > page layout. In fact I already have a plugin that can copy a page layout > > from one part to another. And Jari has made one that copies everything > down > > to the note spacing. But maybe there are things we've missed or U.I. > issues. > > > > What prompts this request is the discussion of Dorico "layouts" which > seem > > very similar to linked parts in Finale. I'm curious if there is > > functionality there that a plugin could bring to Finale. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
