Touch�! Yeah, things weren't really that bad, I guess. I was receiving much more from Finale than I was needing from it. Of course that didn't keep us all from poking, prodding and dreaming, not necessarily in that order, toward a new and improved Finale (still doesn't).
Many, many slowwwwwww, slowwwwwwwwwww screen redraws and the overnight part extraction process both stick out in my mind, though. And how about shape expression hairpins *before* the era of meta tools? Don on 2/2/05 3:03 PM, Gerald Berg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nah. That was sophisticated. A cloned Apple II+ with Mountain > Computer sound cards and a partially built Syntauri keyboard -- pre > midi of course. 20 seconds of music at a time then recorded and > spliced together -- that was when work was work! > > Jerry > > On 2-Feb-05, at 2:47 PM, Don Hart wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
