One of the things I've always been able to do when using the old C-Lab
Notator, Emagic Logic and Apple Logic Express software for
notation/composition, is to time ****ft short (or longer) passages of
music to the left or to the right *in time* by simply dragging the notes
to the left or right.
With Logic, you first set an overall increment of 1/4s, 1/8s, 1/16s or
whatever, then select the note content with the mouse and drag
the notes to their new location in the time flow.
I've got an old copy of Sibelius 3 running on my Mac and I've been
mucking about with it lately trying to see if something similar is
possible, and it doesn't look like it is. Dragging a note or notes
simply moves its placement on the page but not its metrical position.
In order to move the notes' metrical position I have to use Cut and Paste.
Am I missing something?
Is there a simpler way to do what I need to in Sibelius?
Is Sibelius 5 any better for this type of thing than Sibelius 3?
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Joey Goldstein
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