Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I doubt that. The problem was only apparent when the measure in question was in a particular layout situation. Moving measures arround from system to system would make the problem go away, while the beat chart shouldn't change. The problem only shows in page view. For what it's worth I

RE: [Finale] Re: Condensed Lyric Font

2005-03-07 Thread Michael Withers
Apologies for the late response to this. I've also had difficulties relating font names to the 'proper' font name, and found this web site useful: http://fontinfo.net/Font_Analog.html Michael Withers -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noel

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Aaron, If you have a file where this is reproducable, you could send it to me and I'll check whether it still happens in 2k5 (I haven't seen the problem for a while, but I don't have a bug file of it at hand). Johannes Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, Every now and then I come upon a measure that

[Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread Keith Helgesen
Just watched a pay-TV programme of a concert called Bocelli Statue of Liberty Concert, from NJ Liberty State Park, featuring Bocelli (obviously), two sopranos-, one of whom (long hair) had the most grating portamente ever, and the New Jersey Symph. No date was given, but I suspect about

[Finale] OT Low B on bass

2005-03-07 Thread Ken Moore
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christopher Smith writes: Huh? As far as I know, a LOWER fifth string is overwhelmingly tuned to B – it's usually the 4th string that goes to low C with an extension or alternate tuning. A HIGHER 5th string is usually tuned to high C (written middle C). Did I

Re: [Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Keith, There is such a thing as a contrabass trombone. One of the players in Maria Schneider's band plays it on her new record, so I suspect that's what you saw. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 07 Mar 2005, at 3:44 AM, Keith Helgesen wrote: Just watched a pay-TV programme of

[Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Bonnie Harris
Help! I just completed archive and install of Mac OS 10.3.2 and my new blank document in Finale has completely unrecognizable fonts, expressions, etc. I think the preference files must have been trashed? I thought the whole point of archive and install was to save preferences (which I did

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Only an idea, but perhaps the fonts aren't installed? Johannes Bonnie Harris wrote: Help! I just completed archive and install of Mac OS 10.3.2 and my new blank document in Finale has completely unrecognizable fonts, expressions, etc. I think the preference files must have been trashed? I

Re: [Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
There are a few varieties of contrabass trombone that I know of. One is pitched in BBb, has a double slide (four tubes instead of two), a single F trigger, and is played with a mouthpiece close to the size of a tuba mouthpiece (makes sense, as the tessitura is so similar. The model I am

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:43 AM 03/07/2005, Johannes Gebauer wrote: If you have a file where this is reproducable, you could send it to me and I'll check whether it still happens in 2k5 (I haven't seen the problem for a while, but I don't have a bug file of it at hand). Thanks, Johnannes. I haven't got anything at

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:14 AM 03/07/2005, Jari Williamsson wrote: Aaron Sherber wrote: Sometimes I have two identical measures in a row, and Finale spaces one correctly and not the other. If it's not caused by missing a layout update or some other basic thing, you should easily see what's going on by comparing

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:28 AM 03/07/2005, Johannes Gebauer wrote: The problem only shows in page view. Believe it or not, I've had the problem in scroll view as well. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:39 AM 03/07/2005, Harold Owen wrote: Sometimes spacing has become jumbled for some reason or other. If Incorporate is set, the jumble is likely to persist after a spacing command. Then it's a good idea to change to Clear and apply spacing to the measures again. This only works if the problem

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 07:40 AM 3/7/05 -0500, Aaron Sherber wrote: Believe it or not, I've had the problem in scroll view as well. Just for anecdotal uses... I have had this problem several times in the past years, usually attributable to incomplete measures, too many grace notes, or measures with large time

[Finale] grace notes left align

2005-03-07 Thread Marius Schebella
Hi, I would like to align several beamed grace notes in the way, that the first appears exactly on the beat (together with a main note) and the others follow after the beat (on the right side). I tried some different hacking, but still not satisfied. Any help appreciated! marius. (win/finale

Re: [Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread Daniel Wolf
Keith Helgesen wrote: Just watched a pay-TV programme of a concert called Bocelli Statue of Liberty Concert, from NJ Liberty State Park, featuring Bocelli (obviously), two sopranos-, one of whom (long hair) had the most grating portamente ever, and the New Jersey Symph. No date was given, but

Re: [Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 6:06 AM -0500 3/7/05, Christopher Smith wrote: There are a few varieties of contrabass trombone that I know of. One is pitched in BBb, has a double slide (four tubes instead of two), a single F trigger, and is played with a mouthpiece close to the size of a tuba mouthpiece (makes sense, as

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Guy Hayden
All this talk about the cimbasso has made me bold to ask about another rare instrument. The swing band I play with (The Peninsula Retired Mens Club Band) has a 'band tie' on which is an image of a Sarrusophone. Often people ask about the instrument. After the initial questions about is there

RE: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Williams, Jim
Many community bands have acquired such instruments or they borrow from the local large conservatory/university band. Many questions can be answered about all these instruments, and much diversion can be enjoyed, by looking at the www.contrabass.com site, where you can learn about curiosities

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 02:56 PM 3/7/05 +0100, Johannes Gebauer wrote: However, are you sure you didn't have the max measure width set to a value which simply doesn't allow larger measures? They're set to 0 and 99, but I might have done that after the problem last occurred. Thanks for the reminder! Dennis

Re: [Finale] grace notes left align

2005-03-07 Thread Michael Cook
This is difficult with the grace note function in Finale, which is geared to putting grace notes before a main note. I would suggest using normal notes. Create a tuplet with the number of grace notes you need, filling the space you need, with no bracket and no number showing. Change the size

Re: [Finale] Bad spacing fixed by TGTools

2005-03-07 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 05:07 PM 3/7/05 +0100, Johannes Gebauer wrote: 0-99 what? (Inches I assume.) Yes, inches. I do everything in inches unless I can't avoid EVPUs. :) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Notation/Engraving books

2005-03-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
Hello! I just started a new thread on the tips site's forum, focusing on notation/engraving books. I put a mini-review of Gardner Read there. It would be really great if others would join and add their opinions on other notation and/or engraving books (both on essential books and books to

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Bonnie Harris / 05.3.7 / 06:04 AM wrote: Help! I just completed archive and install of Mac OS 10.3.2 and my new blank document in Finale has completely unrecognizable fonts, expressions, etc. I think the preference files must have been trashed? The old non-native pref are archived. You can

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.3.6 / 10:35 PM wrote: Glad I could help -- however, I would advise you to get more RAM for GPO regardless. I'm barely squeaking by with 1 GB (the maximum amount of RAM my Mac mini will take). I would go for 2 GB RAM in a flash, if it were possible on my machine. The 1

RE: [Finale] Bass Trom

2005-03-07 Thread Keith Helgesen
As I said- I only got a brief glimpse, but the pictured cimbasso appears to fit the bill! Thanks for all interest. Years ago, (early 60's?)in North Germany I went for a late walk one evening and was amazed to see, coming down a mountain road, a huge- 100 plus, marching band of ALL trombones. From

Re: [Finale] OT Bass low B

2005-03-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.3.4 / 08:36 PM wrote: I put the low A for the tenor in parentheses so the player knows what the contour of the line is, even if he can't play that note. I occasionally write low A with a note thigh next to it :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA

[Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-07 Thread Joe Laird
Hi Folks, All this talk about bass trombones has got me wondering why the bass trombone is the only non-transposing brass instrument in the traditional British brass band. As I understand it, the practice of transposing all the instruments in a brass band into either Eb or Bb and writing them

Re: [Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 7, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Joe Laird wrote: Hi Folks, All this talk about bass trombones has got me wondering why the bass trombone is the only non-transposing brass instrument in the traditional British brass band. As I understand it, the practice of transposing all the instruments in a

[Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Hi, after a lot of frustration with iKey I have decided to testdrive Quickeys (and buy it if I like it). I have run into my first problem: I am programming a shortcut to go one page forward. This works with a button click, but I want to make the mouse cursor go back to where it was before, and

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Bonnie Harris
Archived directory being the previous system file? I see a lot of stuff like my midi driver and firmware in there that did not make it into the new system file; do I just drag or copy them into the same places in the new system file? Finale fonts appear to be in place in the Finale 2004

RE: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Monday, March 7, 2005 3:05 PM I have run into my first problem: I am programming a shortcut to go one page forward. This works with a button click, but I want to make the mouse

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
GPO is RAM-based. There's a DFD (direct-from-disk) option, but that only makes things worse. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 07 Mar 2005, at 2:38 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darcy James Argue / 05.3.6 / 10:35 PM wrote: Glad I could help -- however, I would advise you to get more

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Bonnie, Unless you kept your Finale preferences in the Finale application folder (which is actually the best place to keep them), your old prefs should be in (something like) Previous System/Users/Bonnie/Library/Preferences. You can also just search for Finale 2005 Preferences. When you

Re: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Johannes, You don't need to program a mouse click to move one page forward. There is already a keyboard shortcut for that, cmd-page down -- and of course, you can use QuicKeys to map that to a more convenient key combo, if you like. But the macro executes much faster if it's simulating

Re: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/7/05 3:04:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have run into my first problem: I am programming a shortcut to go one page forward. This works with a button click, but I want to make the mouse cursor go back to where it was before, and not on top of the button. Does anyone

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I think there is some serious confusion going on here. Finale fonts should definitely not be in the Finale folder. However, before you start moving things around please make sure you know what you are doing. That also applies to other things. Fonts should be inside the fonts folders, which are

Re: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I think you may be talking about the click item, I am not using this. I am using the button item, which otherwise works much more reliably than the click item. At least I cannot find such an option in the button item. (For what is is worth, I realized now that Finale actually has built-in key

Re: [Finale] Notation/Engraving books

2005-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 7:22 PM +0100 3/7/05, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! I just started a new thread on the tips site's forum, focusing on notation/engraving books. I put a mini-review of Gardner Read there. It would be really great if others would join and add their opinions on other notation and/or engraving

Re: [Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-07 Thread Klaus Bjerre
From: Joe Laird [EMAIL PROTECTED] All this talk about bass trombones has got me wondering why the bass trombone is the only non-transposing brass instrument in the traditional British brass band. As I understand it, the practice of transposing all the instruments in a brass band into either

Re: [Finale] Notation/Engraving books

2005-03-07 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:10:42 -0500, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 7:22 PM +0100 3/7/05, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! I just started a new thread on the tips site's forum, focusing on notation/engraving books. I put a mini-review of Gardner Read there. It would be really great

Re: [Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 11:13 PM +0100 3/7/05, Klaus Bjerre wrote: Trombones were the-odd-men-out. Some say they often were recruited among ex-service-bandsmen. And the bassbone was even more odd. It was pitched in G like the Brit orchestral bassbone was up to somewhere between 1955 and 1970. After that the one valve

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 7, 2005, at 1:37 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: GPO is RAM-based. There's a DFD (direct-from-disk) option, but that only makes things worse. Funny. In my world, DFD means Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 10:15 AM -0500 3/7/05, Guy Hayden wrote: All this talk about the cimbasso has made me bold to ask about another rare instrument. The swing band I play with (The Peninsula Retired Mens Club Band) has a 'band tie' on which is an image of a Sarrusophone. Often people ask about the instrument.

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Bonnie Harris
Johannes, thanks for reply. Newly installed Mac OS 10.3.2. Finale 2004, Mac G5. Panther install scrambled my Finale fonts. I used to run Finale on both Classic and 10.2., and I also have an old version FinMac2002 installed. Not sure if problem is preferences related or not. When I search

Re: [Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-07 Thread John Bell
Timpani, if present, are also non-transposing. John On 7 Mar 2005, at 20:28, Joe Laird wrote: Hi Folks, All this talk about bass trombones has got me wondering why the bass trombone is the only non-transposing brass instrument in the traditional British brass band. As I understand it, the

Re: [Finale] help! preferences trashed?

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Bonnie, As Johannes said, your Finale fonts definitely don't belong in your Finale folder. Once again, I really recommend that you just reinstall Finale completely (but don't forget to update to the latest version, which for you I think is Fin2004c). It will save you much time and

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Carl Dershem
John Howell wrote: No, there's an international lute society, and probably a lot more of them around than sarusaphones. Where's John Philip Sarusa when we need him!? Go to your room. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Reminds me of what Woody Allen used to say when his children misbehaved ...Go to my room. Dean On Mar 7, 2005, at 6:15 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: John Howell wrote: No, there's an international lute society, and probably a lot more of them around than sarusaphones. Where's John Philip Sarusa when

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.3.7 / 04:37 PM wrote: GPO is RAM-based. There's a DFD (direct-from-disk) option, but that only makes things worse. You mean Kontakt is, because GPO is just a set of samples :-) Anyway, I was wondering where you stored GPO? If it is on your boot volume, streaming won't

[Finale] Duplicate Hairpins

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Okay, I think I actually tracked down the problem of the flutter I've been getting on some chords using Human Playback. I'm not 100% certain, but I think it might be caused by duplicate crescendo/diminuendo hairpins applied to the same staff. I've noticed that many of my scores have somehow

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 08 Mar 2005, at 1:15 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darcy James Argue / 05.3.7 / 04:37 PM wrote: GPO is RAM-based. There's a DFD (direct-from-disk) option, but that only makes things worse. You mean Kontakt is, because GPO is just a set of samples :-) No, I meant what I said: GPO is RAM-based. GPO

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-07 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.3.8 / 01:27 AM wrote: DFD mode theoretically works better if you have lots of processing power but limited RAM. Not true. RAM based sampler is extremely cpu intensive since cpu have to work hard to i/o memory address, and current OSX API limits one application instance

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread RegoR
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:10:19 -0500, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sarrusophone Boehm did try to mess with the bassoon and create a more 'logical' group of fingerings for the instrument which we bassoonists never accepted because of the inherent weight of his monster. Already the