Re: [Finale] Pre-orders
Richard, Thanks for sharing your research. I NEVER got the email invitation to pre-order. So, I was glad to see how to get the $89.95 price at the location you found! i guess that this means there is a new computer in your future, or already on your desk. Tom Jordan On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 03:27 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: For all the messages that dealt with who would get the $89.95 upgrade price, the info was on at least one MM page all the time, in the fine print. I was looking at the upgrade pre-order page today (http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/promotions/0803/f2k4pre89.htm) and decided to read the fine print (the asterisked part), the highlights of which are: $89.95 valid for both F2K and F3K (pre-order) free T-shirt (pre-orders only) 30-day return privilege if not happy with it charges card when shipped, not when ordered ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Band Publishers and fixing parts
Whoa! This turning into a discussion between well intended, honest engravers who will get permission from the copyright owner. However, I see a serious issue with the overworked, short of time band director who fixes his/her parts to make the ensemble a highly refined music machine. Damn the torpedos (ahem, copyrights) full speed ahead. TJ On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:36 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: Two excellent resources for copyright owner determination are the databases of the performance rights organizations, ASCAP and BMI. Of course, if the composer or publisher never registered the song with either of those, you won't find it there, but most songs are registered with one or the other. ASCAP's is http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search and BMI's is http://repertoire.bmi.com/startpage.asp It can be a little puzzling if the title of the song you're looking for isa common one, i.e. there are more thn one song by that title, but if you know whonthe composer is you can narrow it down that way. Richard Huggins From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is sometimes difficult to find out who the copyright owner is. I wanted to make an arrangement of some copyright music (for a different type of ensemble from the original, but was unable to find an address to which to write to get permission. (The copy of the music I had was an arrangement but did not have details of the original copyright owner.) Is there a resource either in paper or on the web which might help in this respect? All the best, Lawrence ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Band Publishers and fixing parts
What are publishers doing to address the creation of parts to match student band personnel? This has come as a personal alarm to me. Do the publishers actually grant any license to that junior high band with 12 tenor saxes and 1 trombone to duplicate or manufacture a transposed part for these always wacky combinations in student groups? These ensembles are supposed to have original parts for contests. State MEA's have those provisions in their regulations. And at the same time, I am reading about band directors acknowledging the necessity of Finale for fixing their music! Copyright guidelines rears its ugly head once again. I want the copyrights protected. But should a publisher be granting a license, like software manufacturers do, so performance groups can legally prepare the necessary parts for performance? Tom Jordan ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] EDUs
EDUs don't do much for me, either. 'Sorta reminds me of some kind of educational units for course credit. Finale's Quarter = 1024 Q divided by 2 = 512, eighth = 512 Q divided by 3 = 341.333, 8th triplet = 341.333 Q divided by 4 = 256 Q divided by 5 = 204.8 Q divided by 6 = 170.666 MOTU uses Q = 960, or 9600, or anyvalue MOTU's Quarter = 960 Q divided by 2 = 480, eighth = 480 Q divided by 3 = 320, 8th triplet = 320 Q divided by 4 = 240, 16th = 240 Q divided by 5 = 192 Q divided by 6 = 160, 16th triplet = 160 Q divided by 7 = 137.14285 The sequencer world started off with 48 or 96 ppq, and finally graduated to 480 and 960 before computer power blew away any limitations. It looks like Finale got it's numbers from an IC spec sheet. Tom Jordan On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 01:45 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 24 Jun 2003 at 10:26, Michael Good wrote: Sorry, but my eyes glaze over whenever EDUs are involved. It makes absolutely no sense to me, and I have absolutely no understanding of what they do or how they work. An EDU is a 4096th note. . . . Which is completely meaningless. . . . There are 1024 EDUs in a quarter note. . . . It's not musical, and that's why it's confusing to me. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
