Re: [Finale] TAN: MAC 10.3 QuicKeys

2005-04-08 Thread Gerald Berg
Thanx for all the replies -- it's the manual that's so bad. It looks like there's lots of goodies but telling us what they are and how to use them is another matter. For instance -- changing layers -- I can't get QK to pull down the menu to move layer 1 to layer 4. It tells me maybe I should

Re: [Finale] TAN: MAC 10.3 QuicKeys

2005-04-08 Thread Simon Troup
For instance -- changing layers -- I can't get QK to pull down the menu to move layer 1 to layer 4. Day from hell, but if it lets up I'll try and figure it out for you. -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread John Howell
At 4:49 PM -0400 4/7/05, Guy Hayden wrote: Look at Barber's Adagio for Strings. Try to work the page turns so that one player is available for the turn. This is often difficult to manage but can be done. In well-copied Broadway show books, the copyist sometimes leaves a blank page or has only

Re: [Finale] OT: 10.4 Tiger coupon

2005-04-08 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.4.8 / 01:53 AM wrote: For those of you who *are* early adopters, Amazon has a $35 mail-in rebate if you pre-order Mac OS X 10.4, which is due out by the end of the month. But, but, but, You ain't get the goodies by making the line on the release date. You don't want it?

Re: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread Guy Hayden
Unfortunately Holiday for Strings requires a substantial wind section. When the strings go arco the winds have buttons. Perhaps those chords could be done pizz. but I think the effect would be greatly diminished. In the middle section there is even a very exposed English Horn solo! I think

[Finale] Chord symbols with jazz font

2005-04-08 Thread BillSincl
Using the maestro font, I use the lower case "B" for the root if it has a flat, for example AbMaj7. However, this does not work with a jazz font. The lower case "B" does not look like a flat symbol. How do I get around this? Yours; Bill S. ___

Re: [Finale] Chord symbols with jazz font

2005-04-08 Thread Marvin Rosenthal
Bill... What OS are you using, Windows or Mac, what version of Finale, what do you get when you select the lower case b??? I just click on the next note or bar or any bar and the B changes to the b flat --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using the maestro font, I use the lower case B for the

Re: [Finale] Chord symbols with jazz font

2005-04-08 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 8, 2005, at 1:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using the maestro font, I use the lower case B for the root if it has a flat, for example AbMaj7. However, this does not work with a jazz font. The lower case B does not look like a flat symbol.   How do I get around this?   Yours; Bill S.

Re: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Apr 7, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Lee Actor wrote: I'm discussing with another composer the advisability of combining multiple instruments on a single orchestral part, Others have thrashed out the pros and cons w. admirable thoroughness. I would simply add that here at Kallisti Music Press, combined

Re: [Finale] Letter shortcuts.

2005-04-08 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Apr 7, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 07 Apr 2005, at 2:29 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Brad Beyenhof schrieb: Well, we Mackers ... Oh dear, I never thought I would consider myself a Macker, which in German means something in between having a screw loose and being an a$%hole.

Re: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread RegoR
I don't think it's coincidental that the countries where such parts are commonplace (France is not the only one) are also notorious for bad engraving and flimsy, acid-laden paper. I think that you will notice that most contemporary scores and re-engraved scores of French publishers are one

Re: [Finale] Letter shortcuts.

2005-04-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Andrew Stiller schrieb: RE German Macker--cf, perhaps, British wanker? Can't think of an appropriate Americanism... No, a wanker is definitely worse. A common usage is this: Das ist ihr Macker, that's her (a girl's) Macker, for the guy she sleeps with, who is a bit of an idiot. Johannes --

Re: [Finale] Letter shortcuts.

2005-04-08 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 8, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Apr 7, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 07 Apr 2005, at 2:29 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Brad Beyenhof schrieb: Well, we Mackers ... Oh dear, I never thought I would consider myself a Macker, which in German means something in

[Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Sorry for this rant. I just need to vent. I bought AlBook1.5GHz to replace TiBook800 on my mobile rig. MakeMusic won't give me an extra install. I have been exchanging emails with them for a week, and I see we are not going anywhere. In my studio, I need every available CPUs to distribute

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I am afraid I don't quite agree with you. What you are asking for is a site license. Go and talk to them about it. It will cost you something extra, no doubt. Quite honestly I don't see how 4 installs can be justified with one license, even if you own all four computers. Johannes A-NO-NE

RE: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Actor
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Beard In answer to your question of whether to combine wind parts, I would give a definite it depends. Yes, French publishers, particularly Durand et Cie. follow this style. As a performer, I

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Johannes Gebauer / 05.4.9 / 06:19 PM wrote: I am afraid I don't quite agree with you. What you are asking for is a site license. Go and talk to them about it. It will cost you something extra, no doubt. If I have anyone else using Finale besides me at my location, I will gladly pay for site

RE: [Finale] Orchestral parts

2005-04-08 Thread Lee Actor
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Howell We're currently preparing the Saint-Saens A minor Cello Concerto. ALL of the wind parts are combined, 1st and 2nd on the same part, on two separate staves, except for unison passages that are

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
When you write, A-No-Ne, We pay for license to use the software, not to own the product. I am not asking to use more than one copy of Finale simultaneously. To me, their license policy is the one hard to be justified. I would note that when you purchased the most recent upgrade, the license

[Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread John Bell
Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: MAC 10.3 QuicKeys

2005-04-08 Thread Simon Troup
For instance -- changing layers -- I can't get QK to pull down the menu to move layer 1 to layer 4. It tells me maybe I should use 'menu clicks' instead. I had no problem at all doing this. I would add this bit of advice, which I've found invaluable. When you click on something, hold it

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Apr 2005 at 3:01, John Bell wrote: Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Tools | Options, General, click CHECK NOW in the default browser area of the dialog. At least, that's what my older version of FireFox has. The Mozilla project has always believed

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread Simon Troup
Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Strange but ... Default browser is set in safari.app preferences. Default email is set in mail.app preferences. ... I would have thought they'd be better placed in the system preferences. -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Apr 8, 2005 8:36 PM, Simon Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Strange but ... Default browser is set in safari.app preferences. Default email is set in mail.app preferences. ... I would have thought they'd be better

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread John Bell
Thanks Simon That did it. As you say, strange, and yes system preferences seems more obvious. Regards John On 9 Apr 2005, at 04:36, Simon Troup wrote: Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Strange but ... Default browser is set in safari.app preferences. Default

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread John Bell
Thanks Brad As it turned out Simon Troup's advice was enough. Regards John On 9 Apr 2005, at 04:47, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Apr 8, 2005 8:36 PM, Simon Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Strange but ... Default browser is set in

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Noel Stoutenburg / 05.4.8 / 09:24 PM wrote: I would note that when you purchased the most recent upgrade, the license you purchased specifically stated that you could install the software on two computers, as long as you used only one at a time. You cannot install on more than two computers

Re: [Finale] TAN: Firefox

2005-04-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 08 Apr 2005, at 11:36 PM, Simon Troup wrote: Mac OS X: does anyone know how to make Firefox the default browser? Strange but ... Default browser is set in safari.app preferences. Default email is set in mail.app preferences. ... I would have thought they'd be better placed in the system

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread John Bell
On 9 Apr 2005, at 05:05, A-NO-NE Music wrote: I was rather shocked to find I am totally alone on this. I guess I will shut up now. No, you are not totally alone, we have sympathy with you. But maybe you might reconsider MakeMusic's offers. It seems to me that for your requirements their

Re: [Finale] Finale Auth Rant

2005-04-08 Thread A-NO-NE Music
John Bell / 05.4.9 / 00:30 AM wrote: No, you are not totally alone, we have sympathy with you. But maybe you might reconsider MakeMusic's offers. It seems to me that for your requirements their options are not unreasonable. Thanks for your response. Actually they have not offered me anything,

Re: [Finale] Creating PDFs

2005-04-08 Thread Bruce K H Kau
By the way, if you are on the PC platform, there is a very easy way to install Ghostscript as a printer driver. Go to the site http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index.htm (available in Deutsch and English) and download PDF Creator. It's a very easy install compared to setting up