On Feb 26, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
While I am still a hard-core Speedy person, I am forced to use Simple on my laptop when I am away from my desktop computer (MIDI-less Speedy without a numeric keypad is rather clumsy, IMHO) and I am suitably impressed with it. I know Linda Worsley, among others, is a complete Simple Enterer, though she was long before the overhaul, and many of my students who lack MIDI keyboards use this too. Perhaps rather than converting people, it makes Finale easier and more attractive to people w
Responding to Don Hart and Chris:
The last couple of times I've seen Tom Johnson at the IAJE Convention, he has shown me how fast Simple w/MIDI keyboard is - especially when adding dynamics and articulations with metatools. Each time I have come home and tried it, and I find that it "simply" (sorry!) takes me more time to learn the new order of things than it does to go back to Speedy and get on with my work. I am not convinced I am right - just that I am an old dog.
Chuck
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