Re: [Finale] smart shapes in linked parts
On Apr 4, 2008, at 2:07 AM, dc wrote: Thanks, Christopher! I followed your recipe. Dennis Phew! Glad I could help. Actually, Darcy had helped me with this originally, so I am just passing it on... Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: carbon copy cloner
On 04.04.2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my mac techie suggested doing this, because in 4yrs i have never de-fragged because i never was able to do complete backups, so the system is running really slow. he is convinced this and deleting massive amounts of files clogging up the available space that OSX uses as memory will resolve essentially all of the problems i have been experiencing. I wonder which problems that would be. Personally I would not feel comfortable backing up and then actually erasing the original. And whatever you do, I really think you should have at least two working backup clones before you even think about erasing anything. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: carbon copy cloner
On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 04.04.2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my mac techie suggested doing this, because in 4yrs i have never de-fragged because i never was able to do complete backups, so the system is running really slow. he is convinced this and deleting massive amounts of files clogging up the available space that OSX uses as memory will resolve essentially all of the problems i have been experiencing. I wonder which problems that would be. Personally I would not feel comfortable backing up and then actually erasing the original. And whatever you do, I really think you should have at least two working backup clones before you even think about erasing anything. It may have been pilot error (probably was, in fact) but I screwed up my system in a major fashion on my last computer with CCCloner. I still come across documents that I have to manually change the permissions on from time to time, dating from that disaster. I haven't used it since. Nothing lost, though. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram
There's a big analysis of this piece by Richard Toop (a well-known musicologist) on Contrchamps 8, but in french. I guess you can find an english version of it as well, but I don't know where. By the way, the brasilian pianist Heloísa Amaral who plays that recording (and close friend of mine) was around ~22 years old when she first performed that piece - after studying it for several months inputting herself passages in the computer to get them metrically right as possible. If someone that young can do it, why not you as well? João Pais I happen to really enjoy and admire Brian Ferneyhough's work--and I happened to find this entire piece online,though I would also have loved to find some complete movements of his String Quartets. http://asamisimasa.com/sound.htm Direct Download link: http://asamisimasa.com/music/s005.wma Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram, solo piano This piece is from 1981--this recording has a REALLY long pause in the beginning before starting( about 20 seconds!)--and on a Mac I had to control click and save link as to d/l it. -- Friedenstr. 58 10249 Berlin Deutschland Tel +49 30 42020091 Mob +49 162 6843570 [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jmmmpjmmmp http://www.puredata.org/Members/jmmmp IBM Thinkpad R51, XP, Pd-Ext-0.39-2-t5, Pd Van 0.40-t2attachment: freunden_3.jpg___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8
Dear Steven, I'm not sure how to help you proceed. I have an M-Audio keyboard (Keystation 61) that I believe is electronically similar to the Oxygen 8, and it operates well with M-Audio's updated drivers. I have nothing helpful to add, but didn't want you to think your situation was being ignored. Sorry, Chuck On Apr 3, 2008, at 10:34 PM, Steven Sandiford wrote: Having been away from the List for a couple of years, I find myself asking for help in desperation! Recently finally upgraded my Mac from G3 iMac to funky new Intel 20 iMac. Installed Finale 2006 for Mac (having been using Finale 2004 on my G3 because 2005+2006 wouldn't run properly). All's well except program keeps crashing on exit! Discover from Finale website that this is nothing to worry about. Install up to date driver for M-Audio Oxygen 8 keyboard. Audio Midi Setup lists it as Keystation but that seems right according to M-Audio website. Discover that Finale 2006 isn't registering the Oxygen 8. Discover that this is a glitch with Finale and only solution is to upgrade to 2008. Have done so. (Will refrain from pointing out that the UK Distributor charges UK£119 (approx US$66 more than official upgrade price) oops just did.) Received DVD in post today and installed. Ran update to Finale 2008b. I now have all the right software installed with the most up to date drivers etc. However, I still cannot register any MIDI input from the Oxygen 8 in Finale (nor in GarageBand or Logic Pro). I have had to upgrade the program with a deadline fast approaching and a half dozen musical numbers to re-arrange for an upcoming show, the exact opposite of what I want to be doing. I can't go back to my G3 iMac because it is dead on its little legs (reason for getting the new iMac in the first place!) If anyone can help me with a magic bullet to solve this infuriating problem - I have been up all night trying to sort this out! - I will be eternally grateful. If this has been discussed before, please forgive me not searching the archives, but tiredness and general panic have pushed me straight to asking the wisdom of the List. With thanks. Steve Sandiford (Finale user since v2.0) __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8
Steven Sandiford wrote: First ,because I am not on a MAC, my assistance is probably of limited value. The most obvious question in response to your narrative that I see, is to ask if you are certain you have the most recent MAC drivers for the Oxygen 8. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re(2): [Finale] Copying width between docs
For me it comes down to, How much is my time worth?. TG Tools saves me so much time that I think it's quite a bargain. And just when I want to do something I've never done before and ask here, someone says TGToolsTheTool and now I am saving even more time. **Leigh On Wed, Apr 2, 2008, Fiskum, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could ask the same questions regarding Photoshop, InDesign, Word, iTunes, etc... (almost every application) plug-ins. I don't purchase TGTools to support Tobias. I purchase it because it saves me a LOT of time. It really depends on whether you want to work efficiently or not. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how is that that P. T. Barnum had it? No one ever went broke understimating the taste of the American people? That of course supposes there is some level of taste which is some sort of threshold, implying that there is higher taste and lower taste which would be some sort of universally agreed upon delineator. I think Barnum's quote would be better had he said (and it would more accurately reflect his own success): No one ever went broke estimating the taste of the American people accurately. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] muting playback
Good morning, I have a friend on Finale 2008 who is trying to define playback for repeated sections and wants certain parts to play back either the first time only or the secind time only. Can this be done without having to manually write out the repeats in a separate playback copy of the file? Thanks, Scott Jones Atlanta, Ga __ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Trumpet Player-Teacher/Music Engraver ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics
Darcy James Argue wrote: Sul tasto would obviously be a very different sound from harmonics. The passage I have in mind (for string quartet) would not be nearly as effective played sul tasto, but that's still IMO the least worst alternative in this specific case, if the harmonics solution had proved impractical. Since it's a string quartet, you should talk to the player in question. Please keep in mind that violas don't are in standard sizes like violins. Some of them are huge, some small (and the instrument sizes are not proportional to the player's hands!). Artificial harmonics produced by stopping the string a 5th above the pressed finger is a really big stretch on most violas. So make sure to test it on the player! Also, keep in mind that sul tasto on a viola (played by a good player) is much more efficient than on a violin. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics
Hi Jari, Thanks -- very helpful. I will definitely be consulting with the players on this, I just wanted to get a general sense of the difficulty before I went to them. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote: Sul tasto would obviously be a very different sound from harmonics. The passage I have in mind (for string quartet) would not be nearly as effective played sul tasto, but that's still IMO the least worst alternative in this specific case, if the harmonics solution had proved impractical. Since it's a string quartet, you should talk to the player in question. Please keep in mind that violas don't are in standard sizes like violins. Some of them are huge, some small (and the instrument sizes are not proportional to the player's hands!). Artificial harmonics produced by stopping the string a 5th above the pressed finger is a really big stretch on most violas. So make sure to test it on the player! Also, keep in mind that sul tasto on a viola (played by a good player) is much more efficient than on a violin. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics
On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Please keep in mind that violas don't are in standard sizes like violins. Some of them are huge, some small (and the instrument sizes are not proportional to the player's hands!). Artificial harmonics produced by stopping the string a 5th above the pressed finger is a really big stretch on most violas. So make sure to test it on the player! Jari is, of course, exactly right. BUT, all things being equal, a player will not usually play a very large viola (17 up to 20) unless that player is a large person and has relatively large hands and long arms. Plenty of exceptions, I'm sure, but plenty of folks who are in pain if their instruments doesn't fit them, too. But of course yes, since you're writing for a specific player, try it out. It's when you're writing generic parts for the average player that you can get into trouble! John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music College of Liberal Arts Human Sciences Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8
If the problem persists outside Finale, then it isn't a Finale problem. (also, I doubt the conclusion about Finale 2006 not seeing the O8. That shouldn't matter, as USB to MIDI conversion takes place outside Finale.) Most obvious things first. Are you sure it's on? (sorry, I had to ask. You'd be surprised how many times I check other things first and THIS is the problem!) Is the O8 set to send MIDI through USB? There are some menu settings, I believe. Also try plugging it into another computer to make sure the O8 itself isn't broken. If MIDI can be sent through USB to another computer, then you can eliminate that as the problem. Is the cable good? (check with a known good cable) Is the computer port good? (check by plugging in a different USB device.) Check in About This Mac to see if the Mac sees the O8 under USB devices. Are you SURE all the drivers are up to date, as drivers may be different for different systems? Check again on the website. All this would be a good start. If you REALLY can't get the O8 to send MIDI through USB, it will also send MIDI out the regular MIDI port, where you could beg, borrow, or buy a cheap 1x1 MIDI to USB interface and do it that way. I know, I know, that's not the point of USB ports from MIDI keyboards! Christopher On Apr 4, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Steven Sandiford wrote: Having been away from the List for a couple of years, I find myself asking for help in desperation! Recently finally upgraded my Mac from G3 iMac to funky new Intel 20 iMac. Installed Finale 2006 for Mac (having been using Finale 2004 on my G3 because 2005+2006 wouldn't run properly). All's well except program keeps crashing on exit! Discover from Finale website that this is nothing to worry about. Install up to date driver for M-Audio Oxygen 8 keyboard. Audio Midi Setup lists it as Keystation but that seems right according to M-Audio website. Discover that Finale 2006 isn't registering the Oxygen 8. Discover that this is a glitch with Finale and only solution is to upgrade to 2008. Have done so. (Will refrain from pointing out that the UK Distributor charges UK£119 (approx US$66 more than official upgrade price) oops just did.) Received DVD in post today and installed. Ran update to Finale 2008b. I now have all the right software installed with the most up to date drivers etc. However, I still cannot register any MIDI input from the Oxygen 8 in Finale (nor in GarageBand or Logic Pro). I have had to upgrade the program with a deadline fast approaching and a half dozen musical numbers to re-arrange for an upcoming show, the exact opposite of what I want to be doing. I can't go back to my G3 iMac because it is dead on its little legs (reason for getting the new iMac in the first place!) If anyone can help me with a magic bullet to solve this infuriating problem - I have been up all night trying to sort this out! - I will be eternally grateful. If this has been discussed before, please forgive me not searching the archives, but tiredness and general panic have pushed me straight to asking the wisdom of the List. With thanks. Steve Sandiford (Finale user since v2.0) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin
Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin
Wondered about that myself. Don't know the answer. Dean On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Dean M. Estabrook http://deanestabrook.googlepages.com/home When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. R. Buckminster Fuller ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)
On 3 Apr 2008 at 13:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: My generation views songs as analogous to movies, which are released in a fixed, immutable form. When you watch the late Jules Dassin's brilliant film _Rififi_ at an repetory cinema, or on DVD, it's the same movie audiences saw when it was originally released. (Allowing for digital remastering, etc.) I think this is a dangerous point of view. When you make the artifact the work of art then you're setting it up as something dead, not living. Musical performances don't seem to me to be *anything* like a movie -- a movie is complete in itself in regards to what is on film. But a recording is anything but complete, in comparison to the live performance. Of course, I betray my bias towards music-making as a social activity with live performers and live listeners. Secondly, even Rififi is *not* the same. You know the old saying you can't enter the same river twice, and given all the things that have happened since the release of that great film, no one can experience it the same way it was originally experienced at its release. This is the old authenticity problem -- how can you have authentic performances of music without authentic audiences? _Rififi_ is a very influential film. Many, many filmmakers have borrowed or adapted elements from it, especially the spectacular and innovative 28-minute heist sequence. But nobody's made a modern remake of it -- and if they did, it would probably be much inferior. And nobody expects to measure the quality of a movie by how many times it's been remade by other directors. And that's precisely why, even though it's in an immutable form, it has changed, nonetheless -- because the audience has seen and absorbed what's come after, thus changing the meaning and impact of Rififi. Surely you've read Borges? -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)
On 3 Apr 2008 at 16:42, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 3 Apr 2008, at 3:46 PM, dhbailey wrote: I agree that a person's personality can definitely affect the way a group plays. But the music lives on even when that person has left or died, even though the interpretation changes. Or it lives on in recorded form, where the original interpretation is preserved. Well, the small slice of the performance that is preserved in any recording. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin
Depending on what you want to transfer over, you can transfer via midi, or MusicXML. I'm sure that guy who does the MusicXML will do an ad for his thing sortly. I find it's easier to just transfer things via midi. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Kim Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)
On 3 Apr 2008, at 6:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 3 Apr 2008 at 13:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: My generation views songs as analogous to movies, which are released in a fixed, immutable form. When you watch the late Jules Dassin's brilliant film _Rififi_ at an repetory cinema, or on DVD, it's the same movie audiences saw when it was originally released. (Allowing for digital remastering, etc.) I think this is a dangerous point of view. When you make the artifact the work of art then you're setting it up as something dead, not living. Musical performances don't seem to me to be *anything* like a movie -- a movie is complete in itself in regards to what is on film. But a recording is anything but complete, in comparison to the live performance. This is precisely the attitude that is at the root of the misunderstanding here. A modern pop record is not merely artifact of the real art, an imperfect duplicate of a live performance. The recording is, as you say, complete in itself and, like a film, it is pieced together from of many different components, recorded at many different times, using many different techniques, and manipulated in many different ways. Often, it is not intended to even plausibly imitate the sounds you might hear in a live performance. Film is a completely different art than theatre, and making a pop record is a completely different art than performing live. _Sgt. Pepper's_ isn't an imperfect replica of songs the Beatles played live -- it's a studio creation, a work in itself. Very much like a film. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin
Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. Not directly, except through MIDI. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Angled crescendo
For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle changes pointer to horizontal stretch only. Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I feel I am in Finale 2.x. This piece has a lot of graphic instructions, and Finale crashes/SWOD so often, not to mention I already produced 2 damaged files of the same piece. Arrh! -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:00:25 -0400 From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Interesting bit of spam this morning... To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I got a music typesetting spam from India, and decided to have a look at the document: http://printclassicalmusic.com/files/sample.pdf The document properties show no music fonts, and it being done in Adobe Illustrator. A big magnification shows that the symbols like sharps and flats are individually built. They have probably been converted to outline first in Illustrator. Anybody ever try this program? It's command line, like Score. Anyway, there are no rates on the spammer's webpage. I wonder... are we endangered? :) I wouldn't say so from the quality of the output at its present stage. However I have wondered why there aren't more Indians teaching themselves Finale and Sibelius and offering their services. Matthew ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Re: TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram
From: Jo?o Pais [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 There's a big analysis of this piece by Richard Toop (a well-known musicologist) on Contrchamps 8, but in french. I guess you can find an english version of it as well, but I don't know where. I work with Richard. I'm sure he can provide the English version if anyone wants it i.e. if you can't find it on JSTOR or whatever. Matthew ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin
Music XML is best but you will have to buy the Dolet for Sibelius (about $120). Printing the Sib file and then scanning might be a better solution than MIDI. Richard Smith http://www.rgsmithmusic.com Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. Not directly, except through MIDI. ns ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)
On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I don't love all of the music that comes out of the local indie rock scene. In fact, I think, oh, say, about 90% of it is pretty bad. But 10% of it is brilliant. Nice post. But there is one thing I realised fairly early on in my own case. While I know that not all jazz is great, I still enjoy listening to jazz that isn't in the top 10%. I can't say that about any other kind of music. I can't really say why this is, but it is. Maybe there are people here on this list that say the same thing about Renaissance, or Baroque, or some other kind of music. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Randolph Peters / 08.4.4 / 0:08 AM wrote: Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately this option is still off. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. This one doesn't work either. I trashed FinMac2008 pref file just in case but to no avail. This is the last thing preventing me to finish this piece :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Hiro wrote: For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle changes pointer to horizontal stretch only. It is possible that your program options have changed. Go to Program Options (Command-,) and under the Edit settings, look at the Moveable Items section of the dialogue box. Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. I like this setting, but it might not be what you are used to. I used to hold down the Shift key for all my horizontal shapes and lines, but when Robert Patterson told me many years ago that he used the automatic constraints, I realized that most of the time that is also what I wanted. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Hiro, Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 5 Apr 2008, at 1:09 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Randolph Peters / 08.4.4 / 0:08 AM wrote: Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately this option is still off. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. This one doesn't work either. I trashed FinMac2008 pref file just in case but to no avail. This is the last thing preventing me to finish this piece :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
I just checked with both G5 and MBP2.4, both trashed pref, and I found no way to create angled decrescendo under FinMac2008b under OS X 10.5.2. Can anyone confirm this or it's happening only in my house? I am loosing! :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Darcy James Argue / 08.4.5 / 1:16 AM wrote: Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Once again, you are da man! I am curious, where in the manual shows this? I still can't find this. Man, I really miss printed manual. I used to sleep with it so I can memorize everything. Remember these 3 huge Finale v1 manuals? When Finale manual went to PDF, I used to pay for printed manual on each versions but they weren't the same so I stop buying them. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
