I have used this system myself, but I am unclear why System Text (with an appropriate font/paragraph style) cannot serve just as well.
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I donât think you should apologize. Doricoâs âlibrariesâ have potential, but at this point are less efficient than Finaleâs. Create any symbol you want, place it in a category and style of your own creation and group it as you wish with others in the category. Assign it a single key stroke and input it with one click. What could be more efficient than that?
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That is not a panacea. You will soon run out of available keystrokes and/or run out brain-space to remember them all.
It was (and actually is) for me. The number of possibilities is quite large since the same stoke can mean different things in different categories: Articulations, Expressions, Smart Shapes, Clefs etc. The number of frequently-used markings is surprisingly small and with clever assignment even someone with as bad a memory as me can remember them.
That doesnât include the keys to switch to the expression tool itself, for which there was no standard/default. Finale required more âmode changesâ just to get the notation in.
True, but nevertheless I think John has a point.
And as the metatools were usable also in simple entry (no mode changing necessary) it got even more efficient.
My solution was a stream deck. 32 additional single button presses and 32 less key combos I had to memorize, at which Iâm not very good⌠
Yes I guess that is the only way to have single keypresses â or programming your own macros.
I have to confess that I have a bunch of those, still mimicking the finale ones to a certain extent⌠4 for forte and 7 for piano for instance.
I use Keyboard Maestro for tool switches in Finale. But that is just a convenience since I generally try to stay within a single tool while inputting articulations and dynamics in Finale. No stream deck necessary.