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Ralph L. Bowers Jr.
Polymathist
      
Date Joined May 2012
Total Posts : 883
| Posted 3/17/2016 11:40 AM (GMT -6) |   | I have my scroll wheel set to click to zoom, and Ctrl +Click wheel to zoom out.
Finale 2010b, 2011b, 2012c, 2014d, 2014.5 TGTools Pro, Patterson plugins, JW plugins (current for each Finale Instalation)
Sibelius 6.2, 7.1.3, 7.5.1, 8.1.1, Write Score Sound Sets, TMT Publisher Bundle Plugins, Bob Zawalich plugins, Dolet 6.5
Print Music 2004, 2010a, 2011a, 2014a
Progression, Progression 2, Progression 3, Notion 4, [Notion 5, (bought but not installed)update finally installed]
Pro Tools 9.5, Reaper
Kontakt 5
GPO4, World Instruments
SmartScore X Pro, SmartScore X2 Pro, PhotoScore Ultimate 6 & 7 & 8.04 ( 7 has some utility----best of those available, 8 has some issues that need fixing)
M-Audio "Oxygen 25" Midi input keyboard (recent addition 2014)
Systems (5) // Windows XP Pro (32bit), 2@ Windows 7 Pro, 8.1 Pro, Windows 10 64 bit, 4GB - 16GB RAM
Paper & Pencil
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Flint
silly bear
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 3151
| Posted 3/17/2016 11:55 AM (GMT -6) | | |
Tools I never use:
HAND GRABBER: Can be done without using the tool.
TEMPO: Easier to use Expressions.
MIRROR: Too many issues, generally inappropriate for my work, dubious programming.
Tools I have used but don't plan on doing so again:
OSSIA: Easier to use Staff Styles.
HYPERSCRIBE. Useless to me, even with my piano skills. I go much faster in Speedy Entry and there's no associated clean-up.
LYRICS: Can't be bothered with vocal music.
CHORD: Total mess of a tool, and generally I don't rely on musicians to improvise.
Tools I use once in a Blue Moon:
MIDI: Just for Clearing MIDI data (and now Applying HP.)
SIMPLE ENTRY: I use the rest palette occasionally to move rests in layers. No use for the note palette.
woodwind specialist and doubler - Finale 2014d using Speedy Entry - no capslock, GPO 4 Full, Garritan Jazz & Big Band 3, Garritan Concert and Marching Band 2, Windows 10, 12GB RAM, frequently RTFM.If the composer says in effect to the performer: "I do not care whether you perform my music or not," we cannot argue the matter. But if he indicates: "I want you to perform and respond to this music," then his fundamental duty is to write his music so that it is accessible to interpretation. When the performer cannot approach the composer's meaning because of capriciously obscure notation, he may in effect say to the composer: "Why should I bother to puzzle out your music?" - Gardner Read
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
Total Posts : 29077
| Posted 3/17/2016 12:27 PM (GMT -6) | | Hyperscribe is quite valuable. Even better if one uses a manual tap. Tuplet Tool also valuable. Tempo Tool is used in conjunction with the MIDI Tool, which is also indispensable. I use the MIDI Tool extensively, as it is what HP uses. Once one applies HP via the utility for that, you can use the MIDI Tool to check on what was done, and fine tune the results. Most necessary.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Win 7 64bit, 2011b, 2012c, 2014d, 2014.5
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Dr. Wiggy
Early music: modern methods
Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 12628
| Posted 3/18/2016 2:11 AM (GMT -6) | | Motet said...
The Zoom tool would be more useful if right-clicking zoomed out, and if shift-drag used the region you outlined rather than presenting choices. I mainly use Ctrl-Plus and -Minus (Windows)..
I use the three custom Zooms of Command 1, 2 and 3, plus the keyboard shortcuts for Fit to Height and Fit to Width. Those five, combined with Command - and = to zoom in and out mean the Tool is totally unnecessary. (Except when you're in a tool that uses those shortcuts for other things...)
On OS X you can also zoom in and out by performing the standard squeeze or spread gestures on a trackpad.
Also, now that Measure Attributes is now accessible from the Selection Tool, I rarely use the Measure Tool, except in very special circumstances when I need to adjust the measure widths or beat chart.
I dare say that the Tuplet Tool has some uses for complex tuplets. Though I'm surprised that Zuill finds HyperScribe "valuable"!
I'm just wondering: might it be possible for Finale to dispense with so many different Tool modes, while still maintaining the same functions? Judicious use of the Selection Tool minimizes much of the tool switching, as you can select a new key, time sig, clef, staff style or repeat from the right-click.
"This is me helping."
Finale 2014.5, 2012 MacMini; 2012 MacBook Pro (10.11.3)
Edirol FA-66; Roland A-49, HP Laserjet 5200 DTN
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Charles Lawrence
Registered Member
Date Joined Dec 2009
Total Posts : 3638
| Posted 3/19/2016 11:31 AM (GMT -6) | |
John Ruggero said...I would actually like another "tool": a screen to create custom tool palettes that might include any of the tools from any of the palettes. Then one could exclude all the tools one never uses and organize what remains in a more efficient way.
Windows already can do this using "Window->Customize Palettes->...", except that the selection of icons is fixed for a given palette, i.e. you can't mix icons from MM's preselection of palette icons.
The shift drag feature that Wiggy sites is only on Macs.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586)
3.50 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5930K, Multi-core (6 total), Hyper-threaded (12 total)
32638 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory, 17514.37 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 4GB [Display adapter]
ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Realtek HD Audio
Finale 2014.5.6359
Garritan GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3 - (X3e build 244) - x64, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, Audacity 2.1.0
Sharpeye 2.68, PhotoScore Ultimate 7.0.2, SmartScore X2 Pro 10.5.8
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John Maxwell
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Charles Lawrence
Registered Member
Date Joined Dec 2009
Total Posts : 3638
| Posted 3/19/2016 3:34 PM (GMT -6) | |
Erik Hagner said...You can program three different tool sets. Rearrange them as Wiggy says and go to View>Tool Sets. Hold down alt-key and program the tool sets ...
An interesting feature, but again only implemented on Macs.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586)
3.50 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5930K, Multi-core (6 total), Hyper-threaded (12 total)
32638 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory, 17514.37 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 4GB [Display adapter]
ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Realtek HD Audio
Finale 2014.5.6359
Garritan GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3 - (X3e build 244) - x64, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, Audacity 2.1.0
Sharpeye 2.68, PhotoScore Ultimate 7.0.2, SmartScore X2 Pro 10.5.8
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John Maxwell
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