FW: [sibelius-list] Microtonal accidentals

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From: Daniel Spreadbury <dspreadbury@...>
Reply-To: sibelius-list@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:55:50 +0100
To: sibelius-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sibelius-list] Microtonal accidentals

Hi Dave,

> 1. When you choose a different symbol for any of the accidentals (say
> different kinds of quartertone symbol instead of the standard
> Tartini-Couper ones) the keypad/palette continues to display the
> standard symbol. That seems like something that would be easy to fix.

The Keypad buttons are bitmaps, so it's not as easy as all that, but
yes, if there was enough demand for it, we could change it.

> 2. There doesn't seem to be any way to go beyond the 9 kinds of
> accidental. Since one needs sharp, flat and natural anyway, and their
> combinations with whatever microtonal accidentals you add, that
> essentially means we can only have up and down versions of a single
> microtonal accidental. That isn't enough to to anything much in just
> intonation beyond 5-limit or in equal temperaments beyond 31.

That's right, I'm afraid.

> Am I missing something?

Not at the moment, no. If we're inundated with requests to add more
comprehensive support for microtones from users and prospective users,
I'm certain we could add more features in this area in future versions.

All the best,

Daniel Spreadbury
Feature & Documentation Manager

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