Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Baileyreply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Bill
Eric, Engraver Time ships with Finale. My version of it, Big Time, is exactly the same but with Cut and Common time added (and the + glyph added). My version of big time signatures for scores is a bit smaller than Karen's (to save horizontal space, but quite readable for any conductor as

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Baileyreply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oops, yeah, you're right. Duh.I just assumed..oh nevermind. Back in lurk mode. Bill wrote: Eric, Engraver Time ships with Finale. My version of it, Big Time, is exactly the same but with Cut and Common time added (and the + glyph added). My version of big time signatures for

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: On 05 May 2006, at 9:11 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: In playback, being able to select a subset of parts for playback (the sax section, the violins, the [fill-in-the-blank] section. Again, already possible (and very easy) with mute/solo, mute/unmute all, etc. While

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Bruce Hunter
dc wrote: And what happens if you have a time sig and a key sig you also want to show? This is the problem, because the clef is in the wrong place. Aha! The plot thickens! Yup, looks like no easy fix for this one. Sorry. Bruce ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Bruce Hunter
dhbailey wrote: But it would be so much easier to simply click the measure tool, click the measure where you want to force a clef to apear and set the attribute just as we do now for time signature and key signature, and have it appear at the same size as it does at the start of the system.

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 05.05.2006 Éric Dussault wrote: Tell me your trick to get a tapered dotted slur As I said in another post: I don't like them, I don't want them, I don't need them (tapered dotted slurs). Sorry, no help from me on that. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 05.05.2006 Éric Dussault wrote: That's one of the problem I don't like with technology. Because the software doesn't do something, then a bad standard is establised because of that limitation. I believe Doblinger is using Finale. I am almost sure to have seen these slurs in Schott somewhere,

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 05.05.2006 Scot Hanna-Weir wrote: You saying that about staff styles reminded me of how many times I've wished that the select partial measures option would let you actually apply something to just that part of the measure. There are so many things, (staff styles, measure attributes,

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 05.05.2006 dc wrote: - in the measure attributes, the possibility to show the clef, as one can show the time or the key signature. The amount of fiddling this now requires is incredible. Clef tool, always show. No fiddling as far as I can see. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 05.05.2006 dc wrote: And what happens if you have a time sig and a key sig you also want to show? This is the problem, because the clef is in the wrong place. Ah, now I see what you want, for this you will need an extra invisible measure. Possible, with some fiddling, though not really

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-05-06 à 12:30, Johannes Gebauer a écrit : As I said in another post: I don't like them, I don't want them, I don't need them (tapered dotted slurs). Sorry, no help from me on that. That's ok with me. I don't expect anyone to absolutely need them. I just feel that from an engraving

RE: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Lee Actor
On 05 May 2006, at 9:11 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: In playback, being able to select a subset of parts for playback (the sax section, the violins, the [fill-in-the-blank] section. Again, already possible (and very easy) with mute/solo, mute/unmute all, etc. While possible, it isn't

[Finale] Tie ends where Finale doesn't allow them, a workaround

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I just needed a tie end at the beginning of a system, where Finale doesn't want to show one (as the tie gos from layer 1 to layer 2). A trick to force Finale to show it is to create an extra note in voice 2 (in this case in layer 2 also), tie it, and hide it. Only works at the beginning of a

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 06.05.2006 Éric Dussault wrote: That's ok with me. I don't expect anyone to absolutely need them. I just feel that from an engraving point it is wrong, and a limitation of Finale (or that the programmer was too lazy to get it right from the beginning). If it had always been correct (tapered

[Finale] Keychange within a repeat

2006-05-06 Thread Wolf Wrobel
Hi there!I am trying to get "warning" accidentals in the first ending of my repeat. The repeat is in D and the measure one is supposed to jump to, is in F. The second ending (so the one right after the first ending) is also in D. How do I do that. The manual is not very helpful there. Dummy

[Finale] Beam issue: Patterson's plug in : what is the correct setting?

2006-05-06 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/private/finale/2006-April/081023.html On that post I was mentioning my concern about the quality of the PDF. It was mentioned that: I did notice that the stems on flagged eighths seem to have alignment issues with the flag, and you have not corrected Finale's

[Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

2006-05-06 Thread Leigh Daniels
Hello Group, In FinMac2006d, I'm trying to enter some chord symbols for polychords such as a B major triad over an A major triad. If I enter B_A, I get the correct horizontal line between B and A. The problem is that the lower letter is about 3 times too far below the horizontal line. Where do

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 05.05.2006 dc wrote: - in the measure attributes, the possibility to show the clef, as one can show the time or the key signature. The amount of fiddling this now requires is incredible. Clef tool, always show. No fiddling as far as I can see. Johannes Cool!

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread dhbailey
Lee Actor wrote: On 05 May 2006, at 9:11 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: In playback, being able to select a subset of parts for playback (the sax section, the violins, the [fill-in-the-blank] section. Again, already possible (and very easy) with mute/solo, mute/unmute all, etc. While possible,

RE: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Lee Actor
This feature has been available for quite some time with one of Jari's free plug-ins, JW Playback, still available at http://www.jwmusic.nu/freeplugins/index.html. I use it a great deal when I'm composing (mostly big orchestra stuff) and can't imagine doing without it. I just

RE: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread keith helgesen
Am I being over-simplistic in suggesting the ideal 'improvement' on selected playback; Highlight (or check-box staff) required staves- select; playback. Listen! That way one could hear- e.g. 2nd Trumpet, viola, 3rd Trom and tambourine if one wished! (Bizarre thought!) Or any other combo.

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Carl Dershem
keith helgesen wrote: Am I being over-simplistic in suggesting the ideal 'improvement' on selected playback; Highlight (or check-box staff) required staves- select; playback. Listen! That way one could hear- e.g. 2nd Trumpet, viola, 3rd Trom and tambourine if one wished! (Bizarre thought!)

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

2006-05-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
Consult Bill's excellent PDF documentation on the use of ChordSuf, ChordSym, and ChordSymSubtext -- it's all explained therein. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 06 May 2006, at 4:43 PM, Leigh Daniels wrote: Hello Group, In FinMac2006d, I'm

Re(2): [Finale] Chord Symbol Polychord Spacing Question

2006-05-06 Thread Leigh Daniels
Thanks, Darcy! It's right there on p. 53. I'd forgotten there was a special way to do them. I'm happy now! **Leigh On Sat, May 6, 2006, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consult Bill's excellent PDF documentation on the use of ChordSuf, ChordSym, and ChordSymSubtext -- it's all

[Finale] Looking for zero

2006-05-06 Thread D. Keneth Fowler
I think I did not acknowledge replies when I told the list I could not find a zero in Arial Narrow. Well, yes, Noel and Aaron, there is a zero in Arial Narrow. When I typed a zero from the keyboard into a text box and opened it in Arial Narrow Bold 8 point I saw exactly what I was looking for.

Re: [Finale] Keychange within a repeat

2006-05-06 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Wolf Wrobel wrote: Hi there! I am trying to get warning accidentals in the first ending of my repeat. The repeat is in D and the measure one is supposed to jump to, is in F. The second ending (so the one right after the first ending) is also in D. How do I do that. The manual is not very

[Finale] Merging Notes

2006-05-06 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hi, Everyone... Is there some easy way to merge notes together... For example, I have a section of single notes and I want to merge another section of single notes by copying them and pasting onto the other section but add to those notes instead of replacing them like normal pasting

Re: [Finale] Merging Notes

2006-05-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Have you perhaps checked the Manual under MERGING MUSIC? Jacki Barineau wrote: Hi, Everyone... Is there some easy way to merge notes together... For example, I have a section of single notes and I want to merge another section of single notes by copying them and pasting onto the other

Re: [Finale] Merging Notes

2006-05-06 Thread Jacki Barineau
On May 6, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Have you perhaps checked the Manual under MERGING MUSIC? I did a search on merge and nothing came up... Sorry. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Merging Notes

2006-05-06 Thread Jacki Barineau
On May 6, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Have you perhaps checked the Manual under MERGING MUSIC? Okay - now I did a search on merging music and nothing came up either! I did find merging music in the index, but when I click on it, it takes me to something called imploding

Re: [Finale] Merging Notes

2006-05-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
It's in the index under Merging Music. Jacki Barineau wrote: On May 6, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Have you perhaps checked the Manual under MERGING MUSIC? I did a search on merge and nothing came up... Sorry. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] The Finale little improvements thread

2006-05-06 Thread Don Hart
Now that expressions, particularly dynamics, can be properly positioned automatically, I'd really like to be able to apply by dragging around the destination note(s) or measures. Seems like this couldn't be too hard to implement since it's very similar to the way articulations already work. Don