A suggestion for step-time entry for music engravers. Graphire Music Press used to have an incredibly fast step-time entry system. A little over an octave at the left end of the midi keyboard was customised by the user for specifying rhythms/rests and other common user options, such as resetting the octave. The remainder of the keyboard was used for inputting pitch. (Any occasional overlap was accounted for by changing the octave). Using this method, with both hands on the midi keyboard, step-time entry was almost as fast as real-time entry, but more accurate (unless you are a perfect sight reader first time). It felt like you were "playing" the music. Being able to customise the midi keys also made it feel very intuitive, as you could do whatever felt logical to you. My personal setup was (white keys): C - add dot to rhythm just specified D - semiquaver E - quaver F - crotchet G - minim A - semibreve B - full bar rest C - change voice D - move cursor back (Black keys): C#: add flat D#: add sharp F#: convert to rest G#: stem up A#: stem down C#: keyboard octave setting up D#: keyboard octave setting down But the beauty of it was that you could put whatever options you want - for example, adding a tie, courtesy accidental etc. Even a few more customisable keys might be handy. I've since been using Sibelius for many years, and it has loads of other great features and advantages, but the step-time entry in Sibelius never seemed to "flow" like the Graphire Music Press system did.