I may be the only human being who really, really likes Speedy Entry. I can't stand the entry methods where you type in the note names, because the mechanical action of typing "A" and "C" (for example) doesn't feel as musical as pressing the up arrow twice to make a third.
I'd like to use 'Speedy', but I can't wrap my head around seeing all the squished-up notes in the bar-window if I actually use Finale instead of pencil/paper for some composing.
So, I'm used to playing a MIDI keyboard for any notating/composing I do. Have tried to punch in notes QWERTY style, but it's not for my way of thinking.
'Speedy' actually slows me down! (... the beauty of Sibelius' version of 'Speedy Entry / Finale emulation' is that it automatically spaces the notes out as you compose.
How's Dorico for this? Does Dorico do 'Speedy-style' or 'Simple Entry style (duration before pitch) ?
Also...anyone familiar with Finale/Sibelius/Dorico.... some questions to rock the boat here:
I'm not a big film composer, but have done some smaller (but quality clients) documentaries and independent short films. So, I could actually care less about the development of notation software and the way they in which they can try to load in huge sound libraries and templates and try to replace actual dedicated DAW's...I'm just not that interested. I'd rather use my DAW for playing in sketches or scores that I've sketched out by hand in the first place.
Some big Dorico (or Finale!) thoughts and questions:
- will Dorico/Finale/Sibelius be around years from now and be available for us 'simple' users? You know...those of us that just want to notate and print out parts for real musicians? Or will you always have to upgrade to the 'latest-greatest-most-powerful' computers just to get some nice notation program?
- will these notation programs stay compatible with Windows 10 or Mac OSX 10.11.6 for many, many years to come?
- or, will the developers keep thinking that creating a DAW/notation program is their future?
- notation programs don't need to be 'bloated'....do they?
It's all enough to make me just get another electric pencil sharpener and print out reams of score paper! (....that, really, is still the fastest way to compose)
Any thoughts welcome!