Scrubbing Tool & Improved Speedy
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:52 pm
1) It will be absolutely great if a certain key can be pressed and the music plays (chord by chord) as the mouse is moved throught the score.
So often I wish to audition the harmonies in my score so by keeping my mouse over a beat in the bar, Sibelius must sustain that chord until I move the mouse to the next one. In Finale one presses Ctrl + Space and hover over the score to audition the harmonies (the whole line) Or, pressing Shift + Ctrl + Space only the current staff auditions on which the mouse hovers. This is VERY useful.
2) The new 'Speedy' note entry method is not complete yet. Rather, it's more like Finale's 'Simple Entry Tool'. In 'Speedy', we can use a MIDI keyboard, but the idea of 'Speedy' is to enter notes WITHOUT the keyboard. So, one can enter notes through a MIDI keyboard but 'Speedy' is mainly used by moving the cursor up or down with the arrow keys and then hitting a note value between 2 and 8 adding a note at the corsors' pitch. After the note is added, the cursor moves on. SO, the arrow keys positions the cursor at a certain pitch and a note is entered by hitting a number key. THIS is the real power of 'Speedy Entry'.
Thanks
So often I wish to audition the harmonies in my score so by keeping my mouse over a beat in the bar, Sibelius must sustain that chord until I move the mouse to the next one. In Finale one presses Ctrl + Space and hover over the score to audition the harmonies (the whole line) Or, pressing Shift + Ctrl + Space only the current staff auditions on which the mouse hovers. This is VERY useful.
2) The new 'Speedy' note entry method is not complete yet. Rather, it's more like Finale's 'Simple Entry Tool'. In 'Speedy', we can use a MIDI keyboard, but the idea of 'Speedy' is to enter notes WITHOUT the keyboard. So, one can enter notes through a MIDI keyboard but 'Speedy' is mainly used by moving the cursor up or down with the arrow keys and then hitting a note value between 2 and 8 adding a note at the corsors' pitch. After the note is added, the cursor moves on. SO, the arrow keys positions the cursor at a certain pitch and a note is entered by hitting a number key. THIS is the real power of 'Speedy Entry'.
Thanks