When we start talking about the good ol' days and our musical equivalents of "walking 5 miles to school in a blizzard", I can't help but think of Finale 1.0!
Don on 2/2/05 11:06 AM, Carl Donsbach at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes. And then there's the semi-transparent "vellum", and razor blades. > -Carl > > --On Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:11 AM -0800 "Dean M. Estabrook" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can't believe I copied out my entire Master's Thesis (87 pages of a >> wind ensemble score) by hand, using india ink and Cameo paper. I did >> have the advantage of a hi-tech electric eraser, which sometimes left >> holes in the paper when pressed too hard. Talk about another century! >> >> Dean >> >> On Feb 2, 2005, at 6:18 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 05:28:28 -0800, Richard Yates >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> if you ever thought finale was a notational pain in the arse, check >>>>> this >>>>> out: >>>>> http://www.accordionpage.com/hownotation.html >>>>> maybe someone on the list living in sweden could get on a dogsled and >>>>> visit this guy to invite him into our century? >>>> >>>> I note that the last line on the page says " I then print to a (EPS) >>>> file >>>> from the notation program, using the Postscript printer driver." >>>> >>>> Maybe Finale should move up to HIS century. >>> >>> Ah! MusicTime! That's what I used in high school (albeit the "Deluxe" >>> version) to scribble out my compositions.I thought it was so cool that >>> I could hook my keyboard up to my old Windows 3.1 machine and get what >>> I thought was professional output. >>> >>> Nowadays, of course, that program isn't worth the CD it's burned to, >>> but G-VOX is still trying to sell it. It's somewhat of an "Encore >>> Lite." >>> >>> I find it interesting (as Richard mentioned) that he mentions no >>> problems printing to EPS from such an antiquated notation program. >>> MusicTime still "dumbs down" Windows, even XP, to run in a >>> Win3.1-style 16-bit architecture! >>> >>> -- >>> Brad Beyenhof >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com >>> FinaleIRC (come chat!): http://finaleirc.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >> I know what public school music has done for me. I have witnessed the >> journey it has provided my daughter and hundreds of other students I >> have been fortunate enough to teach. I am both amazed and outraged that >> there are those who would knowingly disenfranchise generations of humans >> by excising the practice and inculcation of an entire heritage from our >> children’s curricula. >> >> Dean M. Estabrook >> >> Retired Church Musician >> Composer, Arranger >> Adjudicator >> Amateur Golfer >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
