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From: ramsiri@blake.u.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
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Subject: FINALE and its notorious redraws
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Date: 3 Jan 91 00:54:12 GMT
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Well, i finally got the FINALE demo in the mail.

Loaded it up on my Atari ST using the GCR mac emulator.
The program loads faster on the ST than on a ci... the 
performace, of course, is NOT as good.

Anyway, i successfully and very easily converted NOTATOR midi
files over to FINALE.  The files look fine.  I began to 
work on the enharmonics of my files.. I used the SEARCH 
and REPLACE feature.  Seems like endless windows and menus
just to flip enharmonics over an entire score.  

That's not the issue, however.  Watching the screen REDRAW 
every stinking measure was nothing short of ridiculous..
i both laughed and sneered.   Looks like i will need
an 80MHZ 68090 in order to be productive.        

Anybody know if CODA is working on more intelligent screen
updates?  $750 is a lot of money for a piece of software that
earns you $1/hr.

-kevin