I just conferred with a few of the elders (there are only a few people who have survived longer than I have anymore), and we suspect FAD stands for Finale Action Diagram. I have one more source to consult, but it will be an arduous journey through the misty mountains, firey volcanoes and brutal snowstorms to the Temple of Stokes.
--Allen | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randolph Peters | Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:03 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [Finale] FAD Map | | I have been purging years of accumulated junk in our house | and I came across some early Finale materials from Coda Music | Software. I saw a stack of FAD Maps for things like Custom | Noteheads; Executable Drum Roll, Ritard, Trill, Repeat and | Fermata; and Arbitrary Music (whatever that is). | | I can't remember what FAD means anymore (Farrand Action | Diagram?) but here is an example of one from 1988: | | FAD Map for a Fermata with Finale | | read: This map steps you through setting up a fermata on a half note | click: StafExpr Tool | click: On half note to which you will assign the fermata | click: Create | type: Shift-u for the notational fermata sign | click: Set Font | do: Set the font to Petrucci 71 | click: OK | click: Playback | click: Tempo | click: Execute Shape | click: Create | do: Set level scale to 4:1 (leave time scale at 1:1) | click: *Shape ID* | click: Create | click: Grid | do: Set lines to every 36 EVPUS, which equals an eighth note | click: Show Grid | read: We will draw a diagonal line which will decrease the | tempo (y axis) 32 | (8 x 4) beats per minute over a time frame (x axis) of | four notes. | click: At the point four grid marks to the right and eight down | click: RelaLineTo Tool (second tool from top of pallette) | do: Drag the bounding box until it encloses the shape | type: Return eight times | do: Play back your example | | The interesting thing is that these FADS probably still work | and many of the shapes in the Expression Tool are related to | these executable playback items which eventually were | included with Finale. | | So, can anyone remember what a FAD stands for? | | -Randolph Peters | | _______________________________________________ | Finale mailing list | [email protected] | http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale | _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
