RE: [Finale] Sola Tutte

2006-03-03 Thread Lee Actor
I tried all-English a few years ago, but I've reverted to a hybrid that includes the common Italian terms. For example, I use mute on and mute off as advance warnings, but con sord. and senza sord. at the points where actual playing begins. Not standard, but makes sense to me. Lee Actor

Re: [Finale] Instrument names

2006-03-03 Thread dhbailey
It certainly would, and NOW is the time to make such a feature request to MakeMusic so it might actually get into Fin2007, although it might be too late for that and would have to wait until Fin2008. But do make your request to them. And ask the plug-in writers to write a plug-in to do it. I

Re: [Finale] Sola Tutte

2006-03-03 Thread dhbailey
Lee Actor wrote: I tried all-English a few years ago, but I've reverted to a hybrid that includes the common Italian terms. For example, I use mute on and mute off as advance warnings, but con sord. and senza sord. at the points where actual playing begins. Not standard, but makes sense to

Re: [Finale] Instrument names

2006-03-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
Once again, Robert Patterson's Copyists Helper already does this perfectly well. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 03 Mar 2006, at 5:57 AM, dhbailey wrote: It certainly would, and NOW is the time to make such a feature request to MakeMusic

Re: [Finale] Sola Tutte

2006-03-03 Thread Robert Patterson
Lee Actor wrote: I've reverted to a hybrid that includes the common Italian terms. For example, I use mute on and mute off as advance warnings, but con sord. and senza sord. at the points where actual playing begins. Interesting. My English language dictionary (hardly definitive but

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread John Howell
At 11:47 AM -0500 3/1/06, Lora Crighton wrote: A friend is trying to decide which to get - she will be using her computer for inputting her own music using Finale and for teaching - mostly theory composition. Any thoughts on what type of computer would be best? She came to me because I'm

Re: [Finale] Sola Tutte?

2006-03-03 Thread John Howell
At 6:08 PM -0500 3/1/06, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hello all, Is it still standard to write sola and tutte for feminine instruments, like the viola? Or has regularization taken over (as in cellos, concertos, etc). In English instruments do not have gender, so it would be a bit overkill.

Re: [Finale] New registration

2006-03-03 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: I got an error message launching Finale 2004 telling me I had to reinstall. The only change I made on my system was repairing registry errors reported by Fix-It. I lost my registration, of course, doing so. Where does one apply for a new code by e-mail, now that the support is

[Finale] PDF mac pc

2006-03-03 Thread bbarros
Hi, I have Finale on a PC, and I want to print a page (I don't have a printer at home) in another computer without Finale installed. And it is not possible to print as PDF like in a mac. What can I do? best, Bernardo ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] PDF mac pc

2006-03-03 Thread dhbailey
bbarros wrote: Hi, I have Finale on a PC, and I want to print a page (I don't have a printer at home) in another computer without Finale installed. And it is not possible to print as PDF like in a mac. What can I do? install a free pdf-creator such as PDF995 (it costs $9.95US if you don't

Re: [Finale] PDF mac pc

2006-03-03 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:14 AM 3/3/2006, bbarros wrote: I have Finale on a PC, and I want to print a page (I don't have a printer at home) in another computer without Finale installed. And it is not possible to print as PDF like in a mac. What can I do? Well, it *is* possible to print to a PDF -- but it's not

Re: [Finale] Sola Tutte

2006-03-03 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:01 AM, dhbailey wrote: that's what Percy Grainger did (well, not necessarily your example specifically, but generally mixing Italian and English terms). Actually, Grainger eschewed Italian terms altogether, and also avoided, wherever possible, genuine English words of

[Finale] Instrument Names

2006-03-03 Thread Gerry Kirk
I’m so glad someone brought of the clunky way Finale does Instrument Names during part extraction. I have put up with it and worked around it since Finale 3a. After extracting parts, I open the page numeral for page 2ff, and add the instrument, such as: “Flute 1, pg.” then the #. Finale

Re: [Finale] Instrument Names

2006-03-03 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:41 PM 3/3/2006, Gerry Kirk wrote: Additionally, I discovered that when my score is set up to print on 8-1/2x14 paper, parts extract to 8-1/2x11 paper with an even-numbered page number on the left and in the center of the page, while odd- numbered pages default as right-side headers.

Re: [Finale] PDF mac pc

2006-03-03 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 3, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: [answering an earlier query] Well, it *is* possible to print to a PDF -- but it's not built into the operating system the way it is on a Mac. There are plenty of third-party printer drivers that let you print to a PDF. [...] I'm way out of

Re: [Finale] PDF mac pc

2006-03-03 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:31 PM 3/3/2006, Mark D Lew wrote: I'm way out of date on Finale vesions, but doesn't current WinFin have the create PostScript file function? Compile PostScript listing, yes. You can make a PS file on the PC, send that to the Mac, then convert the PS to PDF in Preview. I don't think the

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread Lora Crighton
Thanks for your input,everyone. Our music department at schoolis Mac, and and so is the creative deptment where I work.I've tried them out - it would take some getting used to, especially the mouse, but I could learn it without too much trouble. I'm just wondering if it is worth it. Why is it so

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I suppose one can drive their 68 VW Bug to work as well as it can pretty much do the same thing as a new one. Having used both at home, I'd say I'm less frustrated with OS X and Mac than Windows. You have all these Virus protection programs to run. Plus spyware scanners, plus...it goes on

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 04:28 PM 3/3/06 -0800, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I suppose one can drive their 68 VW Bug to work as well as it can pretty much do the same thing as a new one. Please, not a Mac/PC war. Look, I've only used Windows since I switched from a series of various microcomputer brands in 1992. I used to

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 3, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Please, not a Mac/PC war. I think we can offer personal input without making it a war. I use PCs a lot at my day job, but I've always preferred Macs for home. A significant part of that is because Macs are what I'm used to. If I

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-03 Thread Carl Dershem
Mark D Lew wrote: On Mar 3, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Please, not a Mac/PC war. Agreed. It benefits no one. I think we can offer personal input without making it a war. I use PCs a lot at my day job, but I've always preferred Macs for home. A significant part of