Re: [Finale] musicRAIN 2.0 - a digital sheet music player for Finale files

2005-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Simon Troup wrote: Brad Beyenhof écrit: I get an Error loading the file. Please try again later. when trying to use the musicRAIN link on this page. Works over here, but the playback is rather choppy... Dennis I have the same choppy playback. How does this rate next to Scorch and the

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
Le 05-11-19 à 00:50, Adriel a écrit : Is this on 2006? Has anyone had any issues with iBook lap top installs on 2006? Yes it is 2006a. I'm on Mac. PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8 GHz 1 GB Ram Eric Dussault ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
Le 05-11-19 à 00:26, A-NO-NE Music a écrit : What 'bout a restart count? Did you restart app or host CPU between retries? When I see this bug, I always power-cycle, and it doesn't comeback for long while. In fact, I haven't seen it for quite sometime now, mainly because I restart Finale

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dussault wrote: Le 05-11-19 à 00:26, A-NO-NE Music a écrit : What 'bout a restart count? Did you restart app or host CPU between retries? When I see this bug, I always power-cycle, and it doesn't comeback for long while. In fact, I haven't seen it for quite sometime now, mainly

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
Le 05-11-19 à 08:37, dhbailey a écrit : I do hope you have posted this complaint to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- please let us know what sort of reply you have gotten. I'll do it later today, for sure. As ever I'll be anxious to see the corporate response I get for this. Eric Dussault

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Taylor
- Original Message - From: Eric Dussault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 2:25 AM Subject: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! That's it, I've been bitten by the data-destroying bug today at work. You know, this sounds suspiciously

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: - Original Message - From: Eric Dussault [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's it, I've been bitten by the data-destroying bug today at work. You know, this sounds suspiciously like the unpredictable and unfathomable problems caused by

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Taylor
- Original Message - From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: - Original Message - From: Eric

[Finale] Hyperscribe Problem

2005-11-19 Thread Jacki B.
Hi, Everyone... I'm trying hyperscribe for the first time in Finale 2005b for Mac and it's not working right or I have something set wrong! If I use the SmartMusic voices, I hear nothing when recording. If I use Quicktime Instruments, then I do hear what I'm recording, but it's playing the sax

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 19, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: I would be able to tell you if I COULD see them. They aren't called .tmp on the Mac, but what ARE they called? I know they must be somewhere, but I can't find them. Anybody Mac-oriented who can point me? Christopher Christopher - sorry

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Taylor
- Original Message - From: Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! Question is: was the lesson quit and restart Finale often, empty temp file folder often, or both? In

Re: [Finale] independant time signature woes

2005-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
I decided to take my own advice and use tuplets to keep Finale happy about independent time sigs. For me it was fairly painless, but one step requires fairly deep Finale knowledge. So here is the setup. The global meter is 6/16, while 2 staves overlay 2/8 in the same time. Originally, I had

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Peter Taylor wrote: - Original Message - From: Eric Dussault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 2:25 AM Subject: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! That's it, I've been bitten by the data-destroying bug today at work. You know,

[Finale] Printing Bug

2005-11-19 Thread John Bell
I seem to have fixed this problem by deleting this file: com.apple.print.custompresets.plist (in the preferences folder), then rebuilding the presets. Whether it's a permanent cure remains to be seen. John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: [snip] In any case, this seems unusually buggy 2006 behavior, and MM should address it (among other things), but if the cure is this simple, at least we can control it. There is no doubt about it in my mind: Since the program knows where to STORE the darned temp

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Peter Taylor wrote: [snip] Yes, if you can get them to acknowledge it. Unlike the users, I don't think they as developers use the program for long enough periods to generate an appreciable accumulation of temp files. Sometimes I get the impression they don't use it longer than to make

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Simon Troup
What I have noticed, when I haven't cleared out my TEMP directory manually in a long time, is that the program foolishly reuses the old names, as if the programmers have decided on a finite number of temp file names and the program simply recycles them as needed. Sounds like a pretty

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Taylor
- Original Message - From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! What I have noticed, when I haven't cleared out my TEMP directory manually in a long time, is that the

[Finale] Re: musicRAIN 2.0 - a digital sheet music player for Finale files

2005-11-19 Thread Michael Good
Thanks for all the feedback about the musicRAIN player. I will be forwarding this on to the folks at mediaRAIN. Keeping everything within Flash so there are no extra downloads can cause issues with playback. I have especially noticed it on my older and slower Macintosh. A MIDI playback add-on

[Finale] Preventing clash of accidentals?

2005-11-19 Thread BillSincl
Hi Finale; I have found that when I have a key signature involving many sharps or flats (e.g. G flat), those can clash with accidentals on the first note or chord of the measure, making it very hard to read. Is the a way to FORCE a little more space so that the clash could be avoided? Say,

[Finale] Showing Chords with Staff Styles

2005-11-19 Thread Gerry Kirk
In a Big Band chart using Finale 2006, I have entered notes on a guitar and bass part, then entered various staff styles, which hides the note values. Next I copy/pasted chord progressions from the piano part, using only chords in Mass Edit's items to copy. Here's my problem: chords only

Re: [Finale] Showing Chords with Staff Styles

2005-11-19 Thread Carl Dershem
Gerry Kirk wrote: In a Big Band chart using Finale 2006, I have entered notes on a guitar and bass part, then entered various staff styles, which hides the note values. Next I copy/pasted chord progressions from the piano part, using only chords in Mass Edit's items to copy. Here's my

Re: [Finale] Preventing clash of accidentals?

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
Are you sure that you've applied music spacing after entering the notes? Le 05-11-19 à 16:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi Finale; I have found that when I have a key signature involving many sharps or flats (e.g. G flat), those can clash with accidentals on the first note or chord of

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2005 at 12:53, dhbailey wrote: What I have noticed, when I haven't cleared out my TEMP directory manually in a long time, is that the program foolishly reuses the old names, as if the programmers have decided on a finite number of temp file names and the program simply recycles them

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2005 at 13:03, dhbailey wrote: Chuck Israels wrote: [snip] In any case, this seems unusually buggy 2006 behavior, and MM should address it (among other things), but if the cure is this simple, at least we can control it. There is no doubt about it in my mind: Since

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2005 at 19:02, Peter Taylor wrote: I had assumed the different filedates and times reflected all my various Finale sessions - I would never have guessed that files are being overwritten. The issue of deleting files on closing is another matter - if Finale overwrites it's own temp

Re: [Finale] Showing Chords with Staff Styles

2005-11-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 19, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Gerry Kirk wrote: In a Big Band chart using Finale 2006, I have entered notes on a guitar and bass part, then entered various staff styles, which hides the note values. Next I copy/pasted chord progressions from the piano part, using only chords in Mass Edit's

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On 19 Nov 2005 at 15:57, Peter Taylor wrote: Christopher - sorry I can't help with Mac. In WinFin 2005 I click on Options Program Options and choose the Folders item. At the bottom of the Folder lists is the location of Temporary Files. I just went looking, and the default path for

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 19, 2005, at 4:52 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Well, I don't know for certain what the upper limit on Finale's temp file naming routine is, but just by opening and closing Finale several times (with or without opening a file -- didn't change anything), it seems that the temp file naming

[Finale] Anyone using Ghent-Percussion with OSX?

2005-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
I used to have a font called Ghent Percussion, but I can't seem to get it to work in OSX. It is TrueType only, and I can no longer recall what the ramification of that are w/ respect to OSX. I did ominously note that the developer's last date on it was 2001. The main thing I have ever used it

[Finale] Anyone using Ghent-Percussion with OSX?

2005-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
I used to have a font called Ghent Percussion, but I can't seem to get it to work in OSX. It is TrueType only, and I can no longer recall what the ramification of that are w/ respect to OSX. I did ominously note that the developer's last date on it was 2001. The main thing I have ever used it

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Peter Taylor
- Original Message - From: David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten! On 19 Nov 2005 at 19:02, Peter Taylor wrote: I had assumed the different filedates and times

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Simon Troup
David W. Fenton If it were as simple as we all seem to think, it would be fixed, right? Well, clearly, it's just not as simple as we, on the outside looking in, *think* it is. So, we should register our bug reports with MakeMusic and leave it at that. I'm sure no one is more aware of the

Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
Le 05-11-19 à 17:39, Christopher Smith a écrit : Just for interest's sake, the Mac versions of these files were named starting at EnigmaTemp25342145 Same for me here. But it creates 5 different temp files for the same document (I tried with 4 staves and 1 staff file and it is the same).

Re: [Finale] Anyone using Ghent-Percussion with OSX?

2005-11-19 Thread Eric Dussault
I've had problem with Ghent on OSX also. I wrote to Ronald Caltabiano about this and he told me that it hasn't been reported, as if he didn't know of this issue. I though it was something related to my system but it seem it is not. There is something in Bayard-Nizet's Ars Nova font that look

Re: [Finale] Anyone using Ghent-Percussion with OSX?

2005-11-19 Thread Jim Gardner
Robert You're not alone; I had this *precise* problem back in January and asked for help on the list, but no-one replied. Here's the original posting, in case anyone can shed any light... [this on FinMac2004b/OS X 10.3.7] I've been using Ronald Catalbiano's 'Ghent' font successfully since

[Finale] FinMac2006a TEMP

2005-11-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
It seems FinMac does clear temp directory successfully on my 5 tries. * Initial launch/Launch Pad: AlBook-1-5GHz:/private/var/tmp/folders.501/TemporaryItems/Finale Temp Files hiro$ ls -la total 32 drwxr-xr-x 8 hiro wheel 272 Nov 20 00:05 . drwxr-xr-x 4 hiro wheel 136 Nov 20 00:05 ..