Unless it's one of those "we almost had it in time for the
initial release but missed it by that much" (insert Maxwell
Smart hand gesture) and they'll bring it out in the amazing
Finale2011a or b release, soon to be announced. :-)
David H. Bailey
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Since Finale 2011 was just released and does not support Unicode, it would
appear the earliest conceivable version of Finale that could possibly offer
that support would be Finale 2012.
Cheers,
- DJA
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On 27 Jul 2010, at 4:18 PM, <jclev...@aol.com> <jclev...@aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 7/27/2010 10:00:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
_jphill...@makemusic.com_ (mailto:jphill...@makemusic.com) writes:
That was a change for easier full staff selection when dragging staves...
Speaking of which (smile), can anybody here, or a MakeMusic rep monitoring
this list, let me know (privately if you prefer) when or if Finale will
make the big (and, I understand, difficult) leap to Unicode? Unless that
happens soon, we'll have to change over production for our forthcoming college
music theory textbook, Understanding Tonal Music, to Sibelius, which
accommodates Unicode now. The TrueType versions of our ChordSymbol and JazzSymbol
fonts afford distinct improvements over existing options in Finale, but
with the native Unicode fonts, usable only in Sibelius, the time savings are
enormous. This will greatly disadvantage Finale, since tens of thousands of
music students a year will use Sibelius instead of Finale to complete
their nightly homework assignments.
Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings, established by my colleague Benjamin
Ayotte with my help, will also be forced to switch over to Sibelius. We'd both
rather stay with Finale, but Unicode entry for chord symbols using our
fonts is so hugely advantageous that we'll have little choice.
For lead sheets, by the way, Benjamin will help me develop a handwritten
version of JazzSymbol, which I understand many jazzers want. So that will be
forthcoming sooner rather than later (probably sometime this fall), based
on scans of chord symbol calligraphy we will, most likely, commission.
JazzHand, or whatever we'll call it, will feature the same mapping as
JazzSymbol, representing a decided improvement over the existing handwritten chord
symbol fonts.
MakeMusic, if you're listening, we'd rather work with you than
Avid/Sibelius. If you can accommodate our fonts specifically in your Unicode-based
chord symbol engineering, Finale will have a clear edge in ChordSymbol entry,
even beating out your newest competitor, Noteflight, in that regard. We'd
be delighted to help; just let us know.
Thanks much.
Best, jrc
Dr. John R. Clevenger, Manager
The Virtual Conservatory
50 S. Patterson Ave., #203
Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Phone and fax: (805) 964-7988 (for fax, ignore answering machine)
Email: _jclev...@aol.com_ (mailto:jclev...@aol.com)
Web site: _www.virtualconservatory.com_
(http://www.virtualconservatory.com/)
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