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  • in reply to: orchestral sampling, glissando, and more #1883
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      Overture 5 is Don’s other app. I recommend downloading the demo and reading the User manual. It can do what you want with glissando. There is also an available add-on VI library, Amadeus. You should also check out the Tuplet tool.

      I have no idea how much of this will be included in Encore 6 but, since this functionality exists already, we know that it should show up in Overture 6 which is expected to be able to open Encore 5 files.

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      in reply to: Will we ever see Encore 6? #1882
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        Although I like Encore for many reasons, I refuse to lose work. Fortunately, 5.0.7 for Mac almost never crashes. Problem is that I must shut down and boot from a different drive or run it from my laptop with a 27” external monitor. Often the time so set it up outweighs the savings I see by using Encore. Then there are the terrible slurs.

        I like Encore for the quick charts I need to knock out but I can use Overture/Finale/Dorico if I need to and the layout looks better when I’m done—takes longer, however. I am not a fan of Notion and strongly dislike MuseScore & Sibelius.

        Encore has never been a practical choice for heavy lifting or publication. For praise band charts, church choir rehearsal, lead sheets etc. Encore is perfect which is why I want version 6. It’s not the only game in town and I refuse to let it get in my way.

        in reply to: Encore 6 launch #1881
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          It’s a safe assumption that Encore 6 will open anything that could be opened by Encore 5. This should include the last version of MTD files as these can be opened by E5.

          As to older files, it unknown how far back E6 will be able to reach. We won’t know till it ships.

          in reply to: Encore 6 launch #1867
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            Yea… I’m not holding my breath. I want it when it becomes available but am not letting this keep me from getting my work done.

            Encore is a tool. If I must, I’ll use another. If I need to open an old file, there are ways. Everything I’ve ever done has been exported to MIDI, MusicXML and pdf. Nothing will be lost when I get a new Mac; it will just be a bit inconvenient to convert these files to something else.

            in reply to: Feature Request: To be able to select default font #1866
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              “Times New Roman is typically a default font for many Windows programs…”

              Then change it.

              Minion Pro is a popular lyric font because of its readability. You can get it free from Adobe by installing Adobe Reader. Although it saves as an Application font, it’s easy to install as a System Font available to all users. The instructions differ for Mac and Windows but it’s pretty easy to do.

              Again, you can be save any available font in a template.

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                “With the graphic panel I actually don’t use the Lyric tool [L] just the Text tool [T], particularly to have more specific control of text placement.”

                Your request makes no sense. Using the Lyric tool, one is able to position words and syllables precisely by dragging horizontally with the mouse. The entire line can be repositioned vertically by dragging the arrow on the left—for each line up to 8. You can also replace, resize and restyle the lyrics for the entire document with a few clicks. If the new placement isn’t to your liking, re-drag as you like.

                This is not possible with the Text tool without creating a new field for each word, a task that is cumbersome and time consuming to say the least.

                in reply to: VST in Encore #1861
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                  There’s a good idea.

                  For the Mac, the IAC Driver might work. I have no interest in trying it out as I use Finale and Overture when I need this but here’s the Apple Support doc for those willing to give it a try.

                  https://support.apple.com/guide/audio-midi-setup/transfer-midi-information-between-apps-ams1013/mac

                  in reply to: Saving Scores #1860
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                    Windows does not have a native pdf engine. There are many commercial and free apps you can use to add this functionality. CUTE PDF is very popular.

                    Print to PDF is part of the Print menu on any Mac. 3rd party apps from Adobe and others do exist but are not necessary for basic functionality.

                    in reply to: Encore 6 for Mac #1850
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                      Not yet. It will be announced here when it is.

                      in reply to: Where to purchase Encore 5? #1848
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                        Encore 5 is not offered for sale anywhere. I’ve seen some shady sites that claim to offer 5.0.4 for Windows and 5.0.7 for Mac. “Trusted” will not be part of that equation.

                        in reply to: Encore Issues I’d Like Sorted In 6 #1846
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                          “ I know about adjusting measures per page after a delete or add measure.”

                          I wasn’t talking abut that. Reread my post. Ask questions if you don’t understand. It’s too bad we can’t add graphics or screen shots here.

                          in reply to: Where is Encore 6.0? #1842
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                            “I bought Sonic Writer 5 for only $69.00 and it does everything Encore 5.0.4.875 did …”

                            Oh not everything. I downloaded Score Writer just to see. If you do what I do, there are a few absolute deal killers for me, especially this one:

                            “Lyric Verses — Overture: 8; Score Writer: 4”

                            I often need more than 4 verses in my church work. Encore has up to 8. Score Writer would be useless in my Christmas book, also. I’d like to do it in Encore but the slurs are so bad (at least on the Mac) that terrible doesn’t even begin to describe it so I’m doing my book in Overture (don’t need Finale or Dorico for this). BTW, Finale slurs didn’t really look good till 2009 and Encore 5 was released in 2008.

                            The cross-grade to Ov5 is $129 and it does have all of Encore’s functionality + a lot more – glad I spent the extra $60. I still want Encore 6, however. Overture and Score Writer take me longer to use. There are other functions doable in Encore, not possible in Score Writer but that’s the big one for me.

                            I couldn’t get the Score Writer Installer to work on my iMac Pro over Ventura (Overture works fine) so I had to fire up my old MacBook Pro. Here’s the feature comparison between Overture and Score Writer:

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                            in reply to: Will we ever see Encore 6? #1841
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                              How many other apps out there that haven’t had a paid upgrade in 15 years or an incremental update in 9 years have users waiting for a new version?

                              Me too, BTW. I just hope it retains the easy of use that keeps me using it (or most of it, at least).

                              in reply to: Encore 6 #1839
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                                Until Don lets us know, we are all in the dark.

                                in reply to: Encore Issues I’d Like Sorted In 6 #1837
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                                  “ Be able to delete measures without the entire score shuffling back those measures”

                                  Encore has always been able to do that. After you delete the measure(s), correct the number of measures per system. Say you had 5, you delete 1. To maintain the spacing on the rest of the page, change that one system to 4 and reflow (Adjust Measure Spacing) if necessary.

                                  The layout tools in Encore are quite simple compared to everything else. It’s the feature I like best and hope that doesn’’t get changed (much?).

                                  I’ll find the tutorial that I wrote nine years ago based on Richard’s email to me for removing all traces of older versions of Encore for Mac, especially those horrible early beta versions of 5. The 5.0.7 installer doesn’t do this. I’ll create a new thread for that.

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