Hi!
has anybody seen a software that will enable me to program my middle
mouse button as a double-click on Mac OS X?
Stupid Logitech is still not offering anything for OS X. I hate these
slow hardware manufacturers. My ForMac SCSI adapter isn't working
either.
Cheers,
Tobias
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no
. I'd be infinitely grateful for
any steps that always reliably lead to a crash, because that would make
it possible for me to repair it.
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Hi,
forget EPS, it seems that Engraver Slurs have a bug there.
And I need a possibility to make booklets from
the extracted parts.
I do that completely without EPS (on Windows) using www.fineprint.com.
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Javier:
Staff List Manager save my life almost every
day. Never crashed my system.
Thanks, that's good to know. I think there may be an occasional
instability with it and Finale 2002 on Mac, perhaps even under specific
MacOS versions. I think I know where to look already and I will report
Robert:
Furthermore, I suspect the problem is related
to the way in which plugins are forced to
determine the active window on the Mac.
Hmmm ... I currently believe it's related to the way in which plug-ins
are forced to determine the current visible page or measure on Mac.
Cheers,
Tobias
I just received my e-mail to you back! It says
you are blacklisted!
Please complain to your email provider. Some overly protective providers
have blocked the entire kundenserver.de mail system with hundreds of
thousands of users, just because one or two of them did some spamming.
I have an
David Fenton:
No, you need to complain to kundenserver.de
and tell them to close the open mail relay
that has allowed spammers to hijack their mail server.
I don't know that this is the reason. It could also be actual customers
of kundenserver.de abusing their legal email account.
Hi David,
thanks for the details.
I checked this link which seems to indicate that kundenserver.de isn't
listed on (most?) black hole lists (if I interpret this correctly):
http://relays.osirusoft.com/cgi-bin/rbcheck.cgi?addr=kundenserver.de
However, near the bottom it says Number of sites
Hello,
Barbara originally said:
I just received my e-mail to you back!
It says you are blacklisted!
I've now seen the original rejection message, and it turns out that it's
actually her mail server which is blacklisted, not mine. It's my ISP's
server which refused to receive messages from
Hello,
that went to the wrong list. Everybody please ignore my previous
message! My god, I have to be more careful. In any case, this particular
message was probably no big deal ...
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The trombone chord at the beginning of Pennsylvania
6-5000 ...
I think it's Eb, F, Ab, Bb over a Db in the bass.
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Finale runs (slowly) in classic mode
already
That seems to depend on the power (and RAM?) of your Mac. I don't see
any difference in speed on mine.
The OS X-related announcement does sound like they fixed some problems
with Finale in Classic mode under OS X, although no details are given.
When may we expect to see Finale for Mac OSX?
Officially announced for summer 2003. But who knows, I'm still hoping
for an earlier release date.
Cheers,
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Hello,
the PDKTools that are included with TGTools do not issue this warning.
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Hi,
can you send me a file that has these problems?
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... a Full Copy and Paste
That would be a good thing ...
Perhaps this could even include clef
changes?
Yes, I will probably add them soon.
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Dennis:
PayPal gives me the heebie jeebies and I want
nothing to do with anything associated with eBay.
That's fine, even if you're missing out ...
I, at least, am willing to pay the extra cost that
Kagi charges for their service just to have the peace
of mind that comes from knowing
Mike:
And PayPal would not accept my credit card (VISA)
although it is perfectly legit.
Other people have had that happen with Kagi. Such things do happen, but
rarely. In what way did they not accept it? Did you try to go through
the usual procedure of having an international credit card
Hello,
... but that's exactly the kind of things that the WordX PI is supposed
to handle automatically!!
There have been numerous fixes to the WordX Plug-In, so I suggest trying
the latest version first. That would be either TGTools 2.08 or the WordX
plug-in that comes with Finale 2003. I think
...every once in a while, the plug in
skips a couple of spots throughout
the score where a word extension should
Can you send me a file where this happens?
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Hi,
you're right, I confused page measure numbers.
If you're positive that your measure number regions don't overlap, I
guess that's just slightly erratic behavior of Finale.
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sorry I spoke too soon, you were talking about smart shapes ... if you
want I can implement that too.
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Hi,
using TGTools-Modify-Expressions, you can multiply the positions with
0.5.
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specialized features
have been added since V2.0. Some recent improvements/additions concern
Fit Measures, Convert Slurs To Ties, Calculate Duration, Word Extensions
and many others (see the version history for details).
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TGTools has this, in Modify | Special
Modifications | Alter Smart Shapes.
Yes indeed, and in the TGTools INDEX you will find it listed
under slurs (the replace item):
Slurs
* convert measure-attached to note-attached: ModifySlurs
* convert to ties: ModifySlurs
* increase slur height by a
The limitation is in Fin2k2, not in the plugin.
Well, but you could offer an alternative Copy Paste method like
Settings Scrapbook. It's entirely your choice whether to limit plug-ins
to Finale 2003 or not.
Cheers,
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Hello Aaron,
this is a known issue and it will be fixed in the maintenance release.
Best wishes,
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Hello,
the doubling itself is done using Finale's transpose function (PRESERVE
ORIGINAL NOTES).
If you want to make the upper notes smaller, you can do that using
TGTools-Modify-Special Modifications. The options would be:
SEARCH CRITERIA
- Nth note in chord (from top): 1
ACTIONS
- Resize
What I need to do is actually ADD a note to the
existing note,
Now take another good look at Finale's Transpose
dialog box.
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Could you please tell me if I'll have some
problems when sending my files to my editor
or not ?
He will not be able to open or print the files
using his Finale version. He must download the
free Finale Notepad 2003 from
http://www.codamusic.com/coda . That way he will
be able to open and
move them to a different staff ...
say a left hand part to a right hand
part.
Wouldn't you normally do that with the mass mover tool? You can select
many measures as well as partial measures with it.
Cheers,
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Hello,
was anybody aware of this Finale plug-in?!
http://www.eternalcrafts.com/tsfp.htm
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Andrew Stiller wrote:
I tried that. The plugin tells me it cannot positively identify at
least one group, then does nothing.
Hmm. Yes, that can be a problem. I will have to find a way to make the
plug-in rebuild groups from scratch.
Best wishes,
Tobias
But what is going on here? Why does it now
behave the way it does, and what can it
actually do in its current state?
It tries to find which groups are already there and
update only certain properties. If it can't match
scroll view against optimized groups, and it can't
even detect whether a
Parts-Explode To Layers
Smart Explosion
Modify-Transfer
Modify-Playback
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Is there any way, after optimization, to
change all the bracket settings (distance
from left edge of staff, etc.) at once,
rather than going over them one by one?
TGTools-Layout-Update Groups should do it.
May want to try latest version 2.13c because of recent
improvements.
Cheers,
Hi,
this can be done with TGTools-Modify-Shift (with default options). If
the double whole option is not there, please download the latest
version.
Current version is 2.13e for Windows and 2.13c for Mac.
The latest Windows version solves compatibility problems between Finale
2003a and Smart
Is it possible to simply use a serial to
USB converter to connect the studio 3 to
the PC
I would guess: only if it is explicitly a converter for serial Midi
interfaces, and if USB drivers for such interfaces are provided (IOW: not).
any way that we can use the studio 3 on his
computer.
Hi,
I guess you need an additional page as a temporary buffer to hold one piece
while copying the other. You can copy optimization from one system to
another using TGTools. The optimization of one piece of the two will need
use the buffer too.
Cheers,
Tobias
Hi,
OK I know now that Jari's fine but he isn't reading email for a while (I
guess he needs a break or something like that).
Cheers,
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a certain risk of loosing complete recordings ...
Obviously any serious recording endeavor will use a backup system, i.e. DAT
+ MiniDisk or Hard Disk + DAT or whatever. No medium is safe.
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the option Recalculate contour for note-attached slurs uses the Slur
Contour settings from the file that you are currently working on. It does
not look into your default file.
In recent TGTools versions, you have the option to use Finale 2003's
Engraver Slurs which means that TGTools
TGTools-Music-Accidentals maybe?
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I have a large file
Hi Marc,
a great many versions of that plug-in exist. Even if you're not using Finale
2003, try that latest version. It works with some earlier versions of Finale
too. Also try TGTools-Lyrics-Word Extensions.
Let me know about your results!
Cheers,
Tobias
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Hi,
actually, the Bells Used thing is currently under testing and it's in
TGTools 2.18i, the command is Parts-Pitches Used, Handbells, ...
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Hi,
the last time this happened a few years ago, they were switching the
Internet Service Provider. It took a couple of days back then. This time it
might just be a breakdown - their email addresses still work.
Cheers,
Tobias
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Sibelius apparently manages the transfer of licenses
from one machine to another via floppies, which
strikes me as not such a great idea. (What do Mac users do?)
I would say that finally, after 20 years of IBM PC compatible
floppies, we have a successor to the floppy which fits into
ALL
Hi,
well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and
installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru
registration (challenge/response).
I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to
somebody at MakeMusic and explain what
Hi,
a) Win98 does not need activation codes, so Microsoft
can phase it out and not worry about it any more.
b) as Benjamin pointed out, making your product unusable
by refusing activation codes at some point in the future
is illegal in the States as well as in Europe.
It is therefore
Hi,
the release dates are not on every page, but they are on many, right below
the Pre-Order button. For example, on:
http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/f2k4/ftr-smsenhancements.asp
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Several months may mean the end of your business.
Not at all. All ya gotta do is reinstall Windows and Finale once a month. If
your business depends on it, you will probably be able to have a separate
machine for this. But not even that is necessary. There are lots of ways to
abbreviate it, so
If we switch to Fin04, *we can't go back*!!!
The technology to go back can and will be developed (if needed) as a
plug-in, even if Finale dies. In fact, MusicXML already provides backwards
compatibility to an amazing extent.
Cheers,
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... a clause which removes all liability from the
publisher of the product ...
In addition, if software activation is stopped after
a few years, then that is purposeful sabotage on the part
of the publisher, and no license agreement in the world
can make that legal. They are liable, sure they
Robert:
The statement is correct so long as you keep
your current computer (actually optionally 2
of em) running as long as you live. But most
people upgrade computers periodically, or have
hard drive crashes, etc. When that happens, you'll
have to get a new reg code, and that means MM
I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific
challenge/response and not a computer/specific system.
I see, like measuring nose and ears?
Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system
No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will
print and
This action depended on Gadget Labs' essential integrity. I think
Makemusic damaged that integrity by their dissembling description
of 'no copy protection' on the website. That means I don't trust
them to do what Gadget Labs did.
Just because the *marketing* guys found euphemisms for
At 12:50 PM 8/8/03 +0200, I wrote:
I know many people are against such things but they are starting to be
a fact of the new decade.
Dennis:
Not yet in my experience. I'll do without.
...
I stopped at Win98SE for the same reason --
no Big Brother in my pockets.
See, you're still in last
but most end-user licenses I have ever read contain
a clause which removes all liability from the
publisher of the product.
Yeah but those clauses aren't valid, they are void. At
least in Europe, but it should be similar in the States.
Cheers,
Tobias
Dennis:
I'm not a tech junkie, and my tools are not obsolete.
Forgive me, but Windows 98 IS obsolete. It's a piece of you-know-what.
Admittedly, it's not your fault that it took Microsoft until Windows XP to
get it right.
... if you can show me one thing that I need to
do on XP that I can't
You cannot use your own sounds and samples together
with Human Playback except by replacing soundfonts
in the new synth/sampler engine.
YES YOU CAN!!
Human Playback just processes Midi messages, so it's totally
independent of the new software synthesizer. It may prepare some
Midi messages
Hello there,
please keep in mind that Coda does offer great things in order to appease
their critics:
- they allow two installations and make them definitely
legal and approved! That's pretty cool I think, and
fairly unique. Both installations are fully functional.
- second platform disk
Hi,
well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and
installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru
registration (challenge/response).
I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to
somebody at MakeMusic and explain what
David:
I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific
challenge/response and not a computer/specific system.
I see, like measuring nose and ears?
Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system
No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will
print
Hi,
the escrow idea is great. Doesn't even have to be a universal key. They
could alternatively escrow the activation code generator (not its source
code).
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In laymans terms- then what?
What IS challenge/response?
You won't even notice it. It feels like a simple online registration, but
what's really happening is that your specific computer is registered and
activated using a most likely globally unique ID.
You will only notice it when trying to
I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific
challenge/response and not a computer/specific system.
I see, like measuring nose and ears?
Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system
No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will
print and
Hi,
well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and
installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru
registration (challenge/response).
I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to
somebody at MakeMusic and explain what
MAC OS-X is a variant of UNIX
Well, one half is. The kernel (Darwin) is a Unix system. But anything you
see - the whole GUI - has nothing to do with Unix. MacOS X has a huge API
with thousands of functions etc., none of which are related to Unix. Finale
uses those extensively.
Linux users
Hi,
the command is TGTools-Modify-Playback. It does trills, string tremolos,
glissandi (pitch bend or fingered), and hairpins (Midi volume only).
Cheers,
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Every request must have some proof
I doubt that. It seems to depend on where you order.
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Hi,
I don't think you need any special soundcard. All you need to do is select
the new Midi device that Finale installs - the SmartMusic SoftSynth.
Aaron, did you do that?
And if you don't like the sound, just download a different one from one of
those free soundfont sites and replace the file
Can this feature be disabled? Can you select your
own midi device to produce sounds? I understand that
software synths are resource hogs...
Of course.
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Has anyone seen this: when multiple page view/page
view is enabled, using Speedy Entry causes the 2nd
page to disappear.
This doesn't happen on my machine. What view percentage and screen and color
resolution are you using?
This WAS beta tested, right?
Yes. Some things might still be
Hi,
Klemm usually sells the English updates shortly after MakeMusic does.
Cheers,
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Hi,
well that's a shocker!
One thing to know is that Finale does not have a paste command. You may
want to check the EDIT menu where it says that Ctrl-V = Replace Entries.
The problem is that replacing entries doesn't make exact copies at all: it
just replaces entries along with anything else it
Hi Brad,
normally this behavior only occurs when no Finale document is open.
Also, I have just uploaded an updated, newer beta3 version. You may also
want to try that one. When installing TGTools, make sure you don't have any
duplicate TGToolsPPC files in any subfolder within the Plug-Ins tree.
Hi,
the other possibility is to delete the PDKTools Prefs from your Preferences
folder. If that doesn't help, you can also delete the TGTools Prefs. But I
really think it's the PDKTools Prefs.
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Hi,
I would probably use copy/insert or clip files. After inserting a new part
after the end of the score, use drag drop to move it back were it belongs
(i.e. Ctrl-Shift-Click).
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Hi Aaron,
on Windows, PDKTools stores its few settings in the registry. But there is
no known situation where deleting these settings can be of any advantage.
I'm sure it isn't related to the order in which Finale displays plug-ins.
Finale probably just uses the on-disk order, which you can't
Finale probably just uses the on-disk order, which you
can't see in Windows explorer, but which you can see
using the DIR command.
Yes! That's it! Now if I can just get Makemusic to fix this...
Well, unless you want to take advantage of it! It's not like you have no
influence on the on-disk
Hi,
the command is TGTools-Modify-Playback. It does trills, string tremolos,
glissandi (pitch bend or fingered), and hairpins (Midi volume only).
Cheers,
Tobias
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This seems to be a disappointingly small list of
fixes.
I think these were just the most urgent ones, and a bigger maintenance
release including the ability to transfer registration from one PC to
another will follow later.
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Is there any way I can reset the alignment and
justification of lyrics already entered to the
default.
The TGTools plug-in for that was formerly called Lyrics-Reset.
Today it's TGTools-Lyrics-Adjustments, Baselines, Assignments.
On the first tab sheet, you can reset lyrics alignment and
Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
Actually, TGTools Options lets you turn Update Layout off for
TGTools-specific changes, which lets you leave the Finale option Automatic
Update Layout on. Both methods yield the same quicker speed.
Hi,
that's intriguing. Because the TGTools option doesn't have an
it.
I'm not sure whether this is the problem in your case, but an update can't do
any harm ...
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a worm inside Yahoo?
No, it's just another kind of spam.
Click here for a great dating service
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it would
be to write 6/4 with a line through it, not 3/4. But then it's not quite the
same either since the commonly used accent pattern in 6/4 is different from 3/2,
while 4/4 is similar to 2/2.
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system,
whether on one or several hard disks.
This is not that cause ...
What does disk checking say about your old hard disk?
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It says: Double-click any listed measure to display it.
I think I fixed that recently!
The current version of TGTools ist 2.25b!
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it should be the same
mode it was on the old computer.
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to (or near) the first measure in the region. But apparently this
particular feature doesn't work on all systems, I'll have to install Windows
2000 tonight in order to test it ...
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unfortunately, handles are totally inaccessible to plug-ins.
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ram.
No, there is no relation. And I doubt that Finale 2004 actually does require 128
MB, especially when it's not running ;=))
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Hi,
when you have the full TGTools set installed (from www.tgtools.com), then the
Tremolo plug-in provides all kinds of options that will allow to create
non-standard tremolos too.
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the tab that says 'Beams'
Actually, I think Mark needs these options on the first tabsheet:
Number of beams: 3
For half notes: connect how many outer beams to stem: 1
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actually want an eighth note.
To create eighth note tremolos, enter sixteenth notes first, then use the
plug-in.
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Anything so I can use my Graphics menu with my keyboard.
Hi,
I agree this is a bit unfortunate, but of course you can use the menu?
For example, on my Windows, I hit Alt-G, Enter, and now I am in the Graphics
menu.
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- choose TGTools-Options
- add your keyboard shortcut.
On my system, the Graphics menu is now full available.
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://www.tgtools.com/TGTools.sit
http://www.tgtools.com/PDKTools.sit
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