I must concur with Aaron. The fonts for Windows are hardly legible.
--Brennon Bortz
On 27 Jul 2005 at 17:45, Aaron Sherber wrote:
Most disappointing so far, because there seems to be no good reason
for it, is that the mixer and studio controls, which look so nice in
the screen shots on the
I run XP on three computers at home and on the eight computers in my
classroom for weeks, sometimes months at a time and have never
experienced what you describe. I hope I never do.
Rick Neal
Carl Dershem wrote:
Well, XP is NT based, with some alterations, but even out of the box
I've
Rich Caldwell wrote:
I've been lightly following this Sibelius font discussion, and felt I
should chime in that a year or so ago I was playing around with the
Opus font to get it to work in Finale (Mac) and got a threat from the
Sibelius lurker in the MM Finale Forums. I gave up on the
I've been reading lots of stuff in the list about MakeMusic! totally missing
the mark with this upgrade - and having tried out the Finale GPO implementation
I've got to say I think this is one of the most significant releases for years.
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
At 7/27/2005 11:39 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:
David W. Fenton wrote:
Well, Win98 is based on technology developed in the mid-90s (it's a
minor upgrade to the original Win95, which was a major new version of
Windows). Lots and lots of important things have been introduced to
the NT versions of
I have been using WinXP for 2 years and it has never bluescreened.
It is the most stable OS I have ever used.
Sorry, can we move this to [TAN] OS Stability or something.
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
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Hi, all.
One of my Mac-using pals emailed me about his recent Tiger and Fin2006
upgrade issue. Has anyone else had problems with this, or do you think
his problem is completely unrelated (as is my first guess?)
I remember a thread recently (Hiro?) talking about older versions of
the VISE
As I've said many times, I do not monitor this list in any official
capacity. I've been a list member for about 6 years, a makemusic employee
for 7, and a Finale user for 10. I'm simply here as a fellow Finale user.
Andrew Levin wrote:
One moment Aaron Sherber said:
WinFin2006 seems to be
Oh crap. I just installed Finale 2006 and I noticed that I had lost
my Firefox preferences, bookmarks, addons and other settings. (And my
Snitch settings are also gone.) I just checked my address book now
and noticed that it was empty too except for an Apple listing.
I thought it might be
I only started blue-screening when I installed a Delta AudioPhile 192 that
didn't play well with my OEM soundcard. Once I removed every trace of the
offending card from the system I haven't bluescreened.
On 7/28/05 7:15 AM, Dan Carno [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this:
At 07:35 AM 7/28/2005, you
Christopher Smith / 2005/07/28 / 09:36 AM wrote:
I remember a thread recently (Hiro?) talking about older versions of
the VISE installer. This couldn't cause his problem, could it?
Very unlikely...
But without having Fin2006 in my hand (yup, I received the confirmation
too), I won't be able to
Randolph Peters / 2005/07/28 / 10:30 AM wrote:
There are some serious problems with the Finale install. Warning!
This is almost unheard of!
I take my word most unlikely back now.
Two people is enough to prove something is wrong in this magnitude. So,
FinMac2006 installer seems to be overwriting
There is a long file called Installer Log File that the Finale 2006
left behind where you said. I'm going through it now to see if there
are any possible conflicts.
-Randolph Peters
At 10:59 AM -0400 7/28/05, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Randolph Peters / 2005/07/28 / 10:30 AM wrote:
There are
I couldn't see any problems in the installer log file. Everything
listed is installed where I told it to install. (Nothing listed as
being installed in ~/Library at all.) There is also the Finale GPO
installer and the new Font Installer which should be looked at as
well.
I would like to get
By the way, since we were talking about how VISEX installer could screw
your OSX permission bit just yesterday, did you run Repair Permission
before and after FinMac2006 install?
Just curious :-)
--
- Hiro
Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA
http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com
On 28 Jul 2005, at 6:19 AM, Simon Troup wrote:
I've been reading lots of stuff in the list about MakeMusic! totally
missing the mark with this upgrade - and having tried out the Finale
GPO implementation I've got to say I think this is one of the most
significant releases for years.
Fin2k6
On 28 Jul 2005, at 10:30 AM, Randolph Peters wrote:
Oh crap. I just installed Finale 2006 and I noticed that I had lost my
Firefox preferences, bookmarks, addons and other settings. (And my
Snitch settings are also gone.) I just checked my address book now and
noticed that it was empty too
At 12:02 PM 7/28/2005, you wrote:
Of course, if you don't care about playback, then these features may not
be of interest, but most users do care about playback
Hi all,
I have never cared much about playback, aside from a preliminary proof-read
for simple engraving projects. Are there
On 28 Jul 2005, at 12:23 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Moving these folders means that I have now moved several thousand
pre-OSX files into an OSX folder some five levels down. Hope I can
find them when I reboot in System 9--wh. I still have to do every day.
Andrew,
Aliases created in OS X also
Andrew Stiller / 2005/07/28 / 12:23 PM wrote:
Moving these folders means that I have now moved several thousand
pre-OSX files into an OSX folder some five levels down. Hope I can find
them when I reboot in System 9--wh. I still have to do every day.
This is most likely the source of your
Aaron Sherber wrote:
[snip]
Winsupport says their screen shots are actually from the Mac version,
and that they knew the Win versions displays this way. Isn't that nice.
No, but it is typical.
--
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OK, I've got enough data points to make the claim that the Finale
2006 installer will erase important files from your Library folder.
This is from another user on the official Finale forum (my apologies
for quoting him in a different place, but I thought time was of the
essence.):
Well, it
On 28/07/05, Randolph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I've got enough data points to make the claim that the Finale
2006 installer will erase important files from your Library folder.
Is this Tiger-only, or will it clear out your ~/Library/Application
Support folder in Panther as well?
--
At 10:08 AM -0700 7/28/05, Brad Beyenhof wrote:
On 28/07/05, Randolph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I've got enough data points to make the claim that the Finale
2006 installer will erase important files from your Library folder.
Is this Tiger-only, or will it clear out your
This is interesting as Sibelius 3 has built-in support for changing the
music font to Petrucci or Maestro.
So it's OK for Sibelius users to use Makemusic fonts but not the other way
around?
Ronald M. Krentzman
RM Music Preparation
On Behalf Of Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Not this time,
I hear you guys. But, God, the thought of dealing with a new computer
is such a hassle, aside from any monetary burdens. With my limited
knowledge of technology, it takes me forever to get everything hooked
up and running every time I change. One other issue, if I do load the
MacFin 06 on
On 28 Jul 2005, at 1:17 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I just got off the line with tech support at MakeMusic and they
confirmed that there is indeed a problem with the installer erasing
the ~/Library/Application Support folder. They just became aware of it
1 hour ago (it is now noon, July 28)
Dean,
When you start up a new Mac for the first time, it will ask you if you
want to transfer all your data and settings from an existing Mac. If
so, all you need is a FireWire cable to hook up the two computers.
It's extremely easy and reliable.
You can have two simultaneous installation
One tip for better font rendering in XP is as follows.
Right-click the desktop, and select Properties. (Or
go to Control Panel / Display.) On the Appearance
tab, click the Effects button. In the Effects window,
select, Use the following method to smooth edges of
screen fonts (checkmark in
I bought Finale, many years ago, to engrave. The playback was useful to
me almost entirely for checking notes.
However, the improvement in playback in the last three versions, with HP
and GPO, has been amazing. The improved playback is now extremely
useful to me. I can now make
I run OS 10.3.9 ... is that Tiger or Panther, or House Cat, or which
animal? I can't remember which?
Dean
On Jul 28, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I couldn't see any problems in the installer log file. Everything
listed is installed where I told it to install. (Nothing listed as
Ok, thanks. Sounds as if there are some significant probs going on
with installation at present ... perhaps I should wait a while anyway
before installing on any machine.
Dean
On Jul 28, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Dean,
When you start up a new Mac for the first time, it
I also lost Address Book contacts and iCal entries after installing Fin2006. My .Mac account came in handy for restoring the lost data!HaroldOn Jul 28, 2005, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:At 12:07 PM -0400 7/28/05, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 28 Jul 2005, at 10:30 AM, Randolph Peters
How long does it typically take Make Music to Debug something like this?
Dean
On Jul 28, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Harold Steinhardt wrote:
I also lost Address Book contacts and iCal entries after installing
Fin2006. My .Mac account came in handy for restoring the lost data!
Harold
On Jul 28,
Randolph Peters wrote:
At 10:08 AM -0700 7/28/05, Brad Beyenhof wrote:
On 28/07/05, Randolph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I've got enough data points to make the claim that the Finale
2006 installer will erase important files from your Library folder.
Is this Tiger-only, or will
Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 28 Jul 2005, at 1:17 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I just got off the line with tech support at MakeMusic and they
confirmed that there is indeed a problem with the installer erasing
the ~/Library/Application Support folder. They just became aware of it
1 hour ago
I wonder if anyone can help me solve this problem.
When I try to access the manual, instead of Adobe Reader opening up Notepad
opens up which means that everything is garbled. I have tried everyway I can
think of to correct it and am now completely out of ideas. Until I get this
fixed I will
I can't speak to their in-house testing, but installers often get short
shrift. (They shouldn't, because then stuff like this happens!)
Beta testers were given an installer to test, but it did not have this
problem.
- Darcy
-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brooklyn, NY
On 28 Jul 2005, at 2:41 PM,
On 28/07/05, Randolph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:08 AM -0700 7/28/05, Brad Beyenhof wrote:
On 28/07/05, Randolph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I've got enough data points to make the claim that the Finale
2006 installer will erase important files from your Library folder.
Raymond Horton wrote:
I bought Finale, many years ago, to engrave. The playback was useful to me
almost entirely for checking notes.
However, the improvement in playback in the last three versions, with HP
and GPO, has been amazing. The improved playback is now extremely useful
to me. I
I would be surprised if this were a Tiger-only bug.
- Darcy
-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brooklyn, NY
On 28 Jul 2005, at 3:10 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jul 28, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I run OS 10.3.9 ... is that Tiger or Panther, or House Cat, or which
animal? I can't
At 11:33 AM 7/28/05 -0700, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
How long does it typically take Make Music to Debug something like this?
I wanted to reply something like say along with me: E P S,
but I restrained myself.
Oh, wait, guess not. :)
Seriously, I can't imagine they'd leave themselves
Why didn't the MAC beta testers discover this
On Jul 28, 2005, at 2:41 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 28 Jul 2005, at 1:17 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I just got off the line with tech support at MakeMusic and they
confirmed that there is indeed a problem with the
Options/Program Options/Folders/User Manual:
BF
John Hughes wrote:
I wonder if anyone can help me solve this problem.
When I try to access the manual, instead of Adobe Reader opening up
Notepad opens up which means that everything is garbled. I have tried
everyway I can think of to correct it
On 28/07/05, Scott Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why didn't the MAC beta testers discover this
Having tested software before, I know that the installer used on beta
vrsions is not the same installer that is put on the final product.
The product itself is the main focus of testing, and then
Dennis has explained it very well. Since Sonar can have an audio track,
and a midi track, you can move the audio track to align it with a midi
measure.
Using the audio track time base, and selecting a suitable from and
to you can audition the audio track and insert notation (manually);
Ok, thanks.
Dean
On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 11:33 AM 7/28/05 -0700, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
How long does it typically take Make Music to Debug something like
this?
I wanted to reply something like say along with me: E P
S,
but I restrained
Why did I not think of that?
Sorry,
Dean
On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:59 PM, Simon Troup wrote:
I run OS 10.3.9 ... is that Tiger or Panther, or House Cat, or which
animal? I can't remember which?
That's googleable in less than 3 seconds ...
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
That's googleable in less than 3 seconds ...
Why did I not think of that?
Sorry,
Dean
Well, it's nice to think that you think the answer would be faster on here,
that's kind of a compliment for everyone I suppose. :)
Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
I don't think you don't need to apologize. Asking for help gives people a
chance to help you (and vice-versa) and you give them a chance to feel
useful. This is a good thing, and very civilized. Google is great, but I
fear the way the Internet isolates us sometimes.
Ken
At 03:35 PM
Hi all,
Under VST Setup in Fin2006 is a checkbox called Ambience Reverb, with
an Edit button that pops up a console. The console has all kinds of
inscrutable dials that I don't have time to monkey with right now.
The Fin manual reproduced a paragraph from the GPO docs that says
that
At 08:25 PM 07/28/2005, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Here is the message from Coda (although all registered Mac users should
have already received it):
Seems they really should send this message (and the new discs) to
everyone who has already ordered 2006, regardless of whether they're
currently
Aaron,
For all I know, they have done so.
Any Windows users who preordered 2k6 get this email?
- Darcy
-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brooklyn, NY
On 28 Jul 2005, at 8:44 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 08:25 PM 07/28/2005, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Here is the message from Coda (although all
At 08:54 PM 07/28/2005, Darcy James Argue wrote:
For all I know, they have done so.
Any Windows users who preordered 2k6 get this email?
Sorry, I wasn't clear -- that was sort of my point. I'm a registered
Win user, and my discs arrived yesterday. But I didn't get that email.
(I'm also not
Could someone check these MP3s:
http://www.dfenton.com/Collegium/Tenebrae/
to tell me if there are problems with them? I know there's a little
distortion on them (they are only 192KB MP3s), but it's not
obtrusive. I'm only concerned to make sure there are no glitches in
the playback.
I
Excuse me. Am I the only one who got a DVD of Fin2k6 who DOESN'T have
a DVD player in the machine? When did they stop sending out CD-ROMs?
Horace Brock
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Hey Aaron,
You (and others concerned about this) should write WinSupport and let
them know.
As far as I'm concerned, they should email _everyone_, automatically
send new discs to the registered Mac users, and allow PC users the
option to receive the replacement discs free of charge. (In
At 5:48 PM -0400 7/28/05, David W. Fenton wrote:
I can understand exactly how an error like this could be missed. The
test machines they use are problem machines dedicated to this kind of
testing, and they probably image them to a particular state before
running the installer. But since they
On 28 Jul 2005 at 18:25, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
It did say on the update page that it was on DVD. You can get it on
CDRoms for a little extra $$$.
But, you know, you could get a DVD drive for about $20, so, why not
just go get one?
Well, for one, DVD drive support on Windows, especially
On 28 Jul 2005 at 21:38, John Howell wrote:
At 5:48 PM -0400 7/28/05, David W. Fenton wrote:
I can understand exactly how an error like this could be missed. The
test machines they use are problem machines dedicated to this kind of
testing, and they probably image them to a particular state
On 28 Jul 2005, at 11:07 PM, Gerald Berg wrote:
Lower right corner -- pull down -- should read Ballroom or something
Jerry,
Nope. That's in GPO Studio. Aaron was asking about the VST version of
Ambience.
On Mac, it's pretty clear -- there's a Factory Preset pull-down menu
at the top of
[quoting me, unattributed:]
And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays -- that's
what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use ClearType for
anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display.
Not so. I had not heard of ClearType in XP Display options until
Once you've adjusted lyrics positioning vertically, is there some way
to clear that positioning? I just realized that I could fix the
problem by reversing the stem direction and not have to nudge the
lyrics up vertically, and now want to put them back where they were,
but don't remember how
On 28 Jul 2005 at 20:27, Richard Yates wrote:
[quoting me, unattributed:]
And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays --
that's what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use
ClearType for anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display.
Not so. I had
Hello.
I have just received Finale 2006 for
Windows.
I installed the program and have run it, trying to
export a file as MusicXML
When I tried to export the file I got the following
message
"Files cannot be imported or exported through
MusicXML because the necessary file "MusicXML.dll"
Sorry to use the list for personal contact!
Ken Durling.- please contact me off list!
Re; Info on harpist friend.
Cheers K
Keith Helgesen.
Director of Music, Canberra City Band.
Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0439-620587
Private Mob 0417-042171
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Has anyone gotten Finale 2006 to work with Forza? I keep getting an
error saying that Forza 18 beta 4 is not supported in this version of
Finale, please obtain a newer version from vendor. I wonder if it's
because I am using the beta version instead of 17c or if an updated
Pdktools is
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