I think Notation Composer is underpriced undersold

[Sherry C]

Hi George,

Originally Posted by mswlogo

As far Muted staffs just make it an option next to "Write out repeats..."

"Write out muted staffs..." and default it on.

Excellent suggestion! Might I poke you (or anyone else) for a thought on the following?

Background info: A user can have different staves muted for different parts, so what they hear can potentially vary depending on what Part they are viewing.

For example, if the user creates a Piano Reduction from an orchestral file (ie., lots o' instruments) using Part/Prepare Piano Reduction, then when they view that Part, all other instruments are muted except the piano. The other instruments are still present in the file, and can all be heard in the Conductor's Score Part.

Currently if you are viewing the Piano Reduction Part, then use File/Export MIDI to export a .mid file, all the staves in the file get exported - not just the Piano staves. This is true when viewing any Part. For example, if you have a big band file and are just viewing the bass Part (that would be me ), and use File/Export MIDI, all the instruments get exported.

This is where things can get a bit complicated, because different people use the software for different things

What does the user expect when they are viewing a Part, and then go to File/Export MIDI? I'm asking this as an honest "what do users do in real life?" question, because we want to make things as intuitive as possible. Here are some possible option scenarios that come to mind for the option.

New option(s) in the export dialog to

• "Include all muted staves (exports all staves in this file)"

• "Include only staves in this Part"

• Select specific staves to include in the exported MIDI file (this would open a dialog with a list of all staves in the file).

Thoughts, comments, suggestions?


Thanks!
Sherry