Re: [Finale] Linking parts and score in a previous file

2006-08-27 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 26.08.2006 dhbailey wrote: I've printed a page range from a score in 2007 (it had been created in 2005) and there was no problem -- I printed to my 995PDF printer and selected the following pages: 1-3,18-21 and it printed exactly what I told it to. Apparently it

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread dhbailey
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which PDF creator did you use? Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Here is a link to a PDF that I created from Fin2007, printing directly to 995PDF printer driver: http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/pdf/march%20lucille%20score%20sample.pdf It

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts - One score item to multiple parts?

2006-08-27 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: Ok, I'm not sure if this can be done, but here is what I tried, unsuccessfully, to do. I have one staff in my score. And I want to create multiple parts off that ONE staff in different keys, and be able to change the range if needed as well. Can this be done with linked

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts - One score item to multiple parts?

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:05 AM 8/27/2006, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I have one staff in my score. And I want to create multiple parts off that ONE staff in different keys, and be able to change the range if needed as well. Can this be done with linked parts and Finale 2007? I don't know what you mean by change the

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: Here is a link to a PDF that I created from Fin2007, printing directly to 995PDF printer driver: http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/pdf/march%20lucille%20score%20sample.pdf It looks fine to me, but perhaps you are picking out flaws I don't see? Thanks for

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 01:54 PM 8/27/06 +0200, dc wrote: Thanks for posting this sample. It does seem not to have the major flaw of WinFin PDFs: staff lines that appear to be of different thicknesses depending on the magnification. So the question is whether this improvement comes from Fin2007 or from the PDF

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Giz Bowe
I had a similar problem when updating an older file. Selecting the measures with the measure tool, then Breaking then Creating MM rests made it right. A possible workaround if the other suggestions don't help. At 11:41 AM 8/26/2006 -0700, you wrote: First big band score in 2007 - linked parts.

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Well, that's what I meant. The MM rests were created automatically. You didn't have to do anything about them, once the part extraction system was set up. It's not such a big deal. It only takes a couple of seconds to create those rests in each part in the new system, but they were

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
The other Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. This is good, and I wasn't been able to get this directly from Finale printing since version 2.2 Yah, this is much better than any PDF I have been able to generate. Hats off to Mr.Bailey for posting these links. Much obliged ;) Kim

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:59 AM 8/27/2006, Chuck Israels wrote: for many kinds of music, and many editing circumstances, it takes much longer to format a set of parts this way, if the music you are working on is mostly concerted - where many instruments have similar entrances and exits (like conventional big band

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Sure, Aaron, I get that. But then you lose the other advantage of having the part linked to the score, if you want to make changes later. You win some That was my point. You have to choose, and the kind of music you're writing, and how many revisions you anticipate having to

[Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Does anyone know how to edit the part name header staff style that is in the 2007 big band template, (or where to find out about it it in the manual)? Finale's template is different from my old one in that the trumpets are listed in the score with one group name Trumpets in B flat, and

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Lee Actor
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which PDF creator did you use? Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Here is a link to a PDF that I created from Fin2007, printing directly to 995PDF printer driver: http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/pdf/march%20lucille%20score%

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 8/27/06, Lee Actor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found that I get much results for screen display if I produce pdfs at 300 dpi (for printing I create 1200 dpi pdfs). I don't know why this is so, I use 1200 dpi for the PDF. I can try that. What I don't understand is why Sibelius is

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Make sure you check this option in your default document and all your templates and old documents. Personally I don't quite understand why it isn't checked by default when opening older files. Does this mean that if I take an

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Tell me if I am wrong, but If you have a 2k4 file, chances are that the parts are already done (as you said), and as they are seperate files, they will likely open in 2k7 exactly as they were when you created it. Now if you want to create parts with 2k7, it is because they don't exist in

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:33 PM 8/27/2006, Chuck Israels wrote: Sure, Aaron, I get that. But then you lose the other advantage of having the part linked to the score, if you want to make changes later. Yes, of course, you're right. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list

RE: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Williams, Jim
After reading all this, I have decided that linked parts will not serve my needs, but I did order 2007. So when I load it up, what is the FIRST thing I do to turn linked parts off and ensure that it never comes on? (Windows) After reading all this, I have decided that linked parts will not

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:50 PM 8/27/2006, Éric Dussault wrote: Tell me if I am wrong, but If you have a 2k4 file, chances are that the parts are already done (as you said), and as they are seperate files, they will likely open in 2k7 exactly as they were when you created it. Yes. The discussion about MM rests is

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:12 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: The discussion about MM rests is concerning their creation with Linked Parts only I believe. If I am wrong, this would be a major problem, not being able to open an old part without losing the MM rests in whole or in part. Yes. Same

RE: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:13 PM 8/27/2006, Williams, Jim wrote: After reading all this, I have decided that linked parts will not serve my needs, but I did order 2007. So when I load it up, what is the FIRST thing I do to turn linked parts off and ensure that it never comes on? Just pretend it's not there. And if

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-08-27 à 14:11, Chuck Israels a écrit : Does anyone know how to edit the part name header staff style that is in the 2007 big band template, (or where to find out about it it in the manual)? I don't know about your particular problem, Chuck, but I just discovered that it is

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-08-27 à 15:32, Aaron Sherber a écrit : Just pretend it's not there. And if you create new scores with the Setup Wizard, be sure to unckeck the box that says 'Generate Linked Parts'. Don't you need to generate linked parts first, before extracting as we did in previous versions?

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Carolyn Bremer
Jim: There isn't an off button for parts. The preliminary step for either linked or extracted parts is the same: generate parts. At that point you can extract the parts and they will behave as before, as separate files. You will have linked parts, but you never need get into them. I found that

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:25 PM 8/27/2006, Chuck Israels wrote: Same problem in newly created parts - from a new 2007 score. Yes, okay, but now we're talking a bit in circles. Andrew Stiller was concerned that this would affect MM rests in previously extracted parts which he might open in Fin07. It will not.

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Lee Actor
Lee Actor écrit: I've found that I get much results for screen display if I produce pdfs at 300 dpi (for printing I create 1200 dpi pdfs). I don't know why this is so, but it makes me wonder at what resolution your sample pdf was created. I'm still on WinFin2004. I also use WinFin2004,

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Eric, Here's my problem: When I change the text in the Trumpet in B flat 1 header to Trumpet 1, the staff style has this header linked to the other trumpet parts in such a way that they now all say Trumpet 1. I cannot (yet) find the way to edit just that part of the insert that

[Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
My mind is tired of spinning around the linked parts issues, so another question. There is a gizmo, I think, into which one can place an iPod and have it play for all to hear (like a boom box, essentially). If it exists, what is said gizmo called, about what does it cost, and what sort

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
There are many of them, and none of them, to my knowledge, will result in a sound quality as good as you might get from simply buying a mini plug to RCA plug adapter cord at Radio Shack and plugging it in to a decent Stereo system. Single unit ones abound - made by Apple, Bose, Altec

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Ok, I think I understand now. The numbers in staves shared by many instruments are staff styles, available and editable through apply-create staff style in the staff tool. The name itself is a group name. You can click on the name when in the Staff Tool and edit full and abbrev. names from

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Checking show staff-style name may even make it more obvious to find out what happens in more complicated settings of staff styles. best, Le 06-08-27 à 16:18, Chuck Israels a écrit : BTW, when going in to the staff style definition, all you see in the staff name entry is the number. The

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Aha! Group name. Of course. Now I do feel dumb. Thanks, Eric. On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Éric Dussault wrote: Ok, I think I understand now. The numbers in staves shared by many instruments are staff styles, available and editable through apply-create staff style in the staff tool.

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hey, Chuck thanks. In this case (my wife's class room), no decent sound system does exist ... so an all in one unit may be the best bet. Thanks again, Dean On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: There are many of them, and none of them, to my knowledge, will result in a

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
There are a number of these, and depending on how much you want to spend, the quality can be quite good. Though you can simply go to Radioshack and get a Y plug and use RCA cable to connect it to your stereo Dean M. Estabrook wrote: My mind is tired of spinning around the linked parts

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: There are many of them, and none of them, to my knowledge, will result in a sound quality as good as you might get from simply buying a mini plug to RCA plug adapter cord at Radio Shack and plugging it in to a decent Stereo system.

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hey Eric, That sounded so good - a group name, so logical, but the group name is also just Trumpet (as I changed it), so I am still at a loss as to where that Trumpet in B flat text is stored. I've checked every place I can think of, looked in Staff Style definitions, staff and group

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:39 PM 8/27/2006, Éric Dussault wrote: Le 06-08-27 à 15:32, Aaron Sherber a écrit : Just pretend it's not there. And if you create new scores with the Setup Wizard, be sure to unckeck the box that says 'Generate Linked Parts'. Don't you need to generate linked parts first, before

[Finale] OT - iPod boombox

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Dean, Take a look at Altec Lansing iM7 - $200. This seems to be the leader of the pack. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list

[Finale] Optimization - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
The linked parts adventure continues. Now I've gotten to the piano part and cannot get it to optimize. I looked in the group attributes in the score, and the option for optimization was turned off, so I changed it to allow normal optimization. Staff attributes also allow optimization.

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Strangely enough, I looked at the full concert band template and located the trumpet 1-2 staff, and in this case all is written in the staff name, even the 1,2 after the name, no staff style. It displays by default Trumpet in Bb and is fully editable. Le 06-08-27 à 17:21, Chuck Israels a

[Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Apology for this OT. This list seems to be the best place I can get the best answer for this. My trio's CD is in process. The group name is Hiro Honshuku and A-NO- NE Trio. The publisher came back and asking to put THE in front of A- NO-NE Trio. I understand it sounds more natural to native

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Eric, Did you try to find this in the big band template? Si je ne suis pas deja la, ca va me rendre fou! Chuck On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Éric Dussault wrote: Strangely enough, I looked at the full concert band template and located the trumpet 1-2 staff, and in this case all is

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 27.08.2006 Andrew Stiller wrote: Does this mean that if I take an orchestral part extracted in FinMac 2K4, and update it to 2K7, that all my MM rests will go to hell if I don't go back in and check that box? No. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 27.08.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: Same problem in newly created parts - from a new 2007 score. Only if the automatic update option was not checked in your template/default file. Make sure you open the default file, check that option, and resave it as default file. Johannes --

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 28.08.2006 A-NO-NE Music wrote: Another question. What is the publisher sign, (P) next to (C) in front of the name of the publisher name on commercial CDs mean? Thanks in advance. Sound Recording Copyright. There is both a copyright for the appearance of the CD (including cover,

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Lee Actor
On 27.08.2006 Lee Actor wrote: I've found that I get much results for screen display if I produce pdfs at 300 dpi (for printing I create 1200 dpi pdfs). I don't know why this is so, but it makes me wonder at what resolution your sample pdf was created. I'm still on WinFin2004.

Re: [Finale] Optimization - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 27, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: The linked parts adventure continues. Now I've gotten to the piano part and cannot get it to optimize. I looked in the group attributes in the score, and the option for optimization was turned off, so I changed it to allow normal

Re: [Finale] part name header - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Éric Dussault
Sorry Chuck, i can't find a template called big band template in the template folders of 2007. The nearest I could find was full concert band. Le 06-08-27 à 18:03, Chuck Israels a écrit : Eric, Did you try to find this in the big band template? Si je ne suis pas deja la, ca va me rendre

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Johannes, Respectfully, I am finding all kinds of anomalies in linked parts, and checking automatic update in both the template from which I am working and in the default file does not cure them. Perhaps there is something else I have done incorrectly. There are still MM rests

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Johannes Gebauer / 2006/08/28 / 06:16 PM wrote: On 28.08.2006 A-NO-NE Music wrote: Another question. What is the publisher sign, (P) next to (C) in front of the name of the publisher name on commercial CDs mean? Thanks in advance. Sound Recording Copyright. There is both a copyright for

Re: [Finale] Optimization - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Christopher, I tried that just now. Still the same result! Thanks for trying. Chuck On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Aug 27, 2006, at 5:54 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: The linked parts adventure continues. Now I've gotten to the piano part and cannot get it to

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2007 PDF

2006-08-27 Thread Richard Yates
PDFs, if done correctly, should be vector graphics, and as such do not have any dpi setting. It is possible to create bitmap PDFs, however, this is definitely not a recommended way of doing them. Even when they are vector graphics, the dpi setting determines the precision with which the vector

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 27, 2006, at 6:01 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Apology for this OT. This list seems to be the best place I can get the best answer for this. My trio's CD is in process. The group name is Hiro Honshuku and A- NO- NE Trio. The publisher came back and asking to put THE in front of

Re: [Finale] Optimization - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Christopher Smith
Chuck, Are you CERTAIN that there are no REAL entries in any of the systems you are trying to optimise? Select them and clear them, just to be sure. Staff Styles will prevent a system from optimising, too, so make sure those are cleared as well. Try sending me the part in question

Re: [Finale] Optimization - linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Christopher, Thanks for the offer. I'll send the file, and you can look at the drum part too. Try to figure that one out! I did try what you suggest here, and I suspect that the Slash Notation staff style applied to the upper staff may be interfering with the lower staff here. Just

[Finale] MeasureNr:s in Linked Parts vs. Score

2006-08-27 Thread Karl-Johan Ankarblom
Hello!I need your wisdom.I'm starting to adjust to the way Linked Parts behave. I have two (major) concearns though:- I want measure numbers to have a completely different look/placing/size in my score than in the parts in the file. Any ideas on how to solve this in a good way (without

[Finale] MeasureNr:s in Linked Parts vs. Score

2006-08-27 Thread Karl-Johan Ankarblom
Hello!I need your wisdom.I'm starting to adjust to the way Linked Parts behave. I have two (major) concearns though:- I want measure numbers to have a completely different look/placing/size in my score than in the parts in the file. Any ideas on how to solve this in a good way (without

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:51 PM 8/27/2006, Christopher Smith wrote: stands for.) Harvard is a proper name, so would not include the,  Sorry, I couldn't resist. I agree with you that Hiro should use 'the', but: The Johns Hopkins University The Juilliard School The Peabody Conservatory The Curtis Institute

Re: [Finale] linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:58 PM 8/27/2006, Chuck Israels wrote: Now I have gotten to the drum part, and the part view bears little resemblance to what is in the score. Since it's supposed to be just another view of the same information, it dumbfounds me how this can be happening. Notes appear in measures where

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Christopher Smith / 2006/08/27 / 06:51 PM wrote: A-No-Ne may be an abbreviation of something but it isn't really an acronym like NEC is (or maybe it is, and I just don't know what it stands for.) Harvard is a proper name, so would not include the, unlike NEC, which is just an acronym.

RE: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread Owain Sutton
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber Sent: 28 August 2006 00:09 To: finale@shsu.edu; finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The? At 06:51 PM 8/27/2006, Christopher Smith wrote: stands for.) Harvard is

RE: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread keith helgesen
I know nothing of the legalities, grammar, or semantics of using The or not using it, but surely a publisher should not be able to dictate to anyone about the name of their combo. It's your outfit- your language- and I presume you are footing the bill-so put your foot down. Or have I missed

Re: [Finale] linked parts

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Aaron, What you say may well be true, but I started with a Finale 2007 template, loaded Document Options (with the attendant problem of the font settings not copying over), loaded an expressions library, an articulations library, a chord library (using Bill Duncan's fonts, as do the

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hiro, My suggestion: it doesn't affect your music, and iI don't think it will have a great affect on how the name of your group is perceived or remembered, so I'd let the publisher have his way. Chuck (Former member of The Bill Evans Trio and director of The National Jazz Ensemble and,

[Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread John Howell
At 1:49 PM -0700 8/27/06, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: My mind is tired of spinning around the linked parts issues, so another question. There is a gizmo, I think, into which one can place an iPod and have it play for all to hear (like a boom box, essentially). If it exists, what is said gizmo

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread John Howell
At 6:01 PM -0400 8/27/06, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Apology for this OT. This list seems to be the best place I can get the best answer for this. My trio's CD is in process. The group name is Hiro Honshuku and A-NO- NE Trio. The publisher came back and asking to put THE in front of A- NO-NE Trio.

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Rick Neal
I use mine in the music classes I teach by plugging a cable with a 1/8 stereo plug into the headphone jack on the iPod and the two RCA plugs into the CD in on the stereo system in my classroom. It works great and I have all the music I use for the year on the iPod. Rick John Howell wrote:

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Lon Price
I use a set of Edirol powered speakers that come in a canvas case.  They come in a variety of sizes and prices, so you have a choice.  I got fairly small ones, since I use them in a teaching studio.  For a classroom I might want bigger ones.  I also carry a dock for my iPod that allows me to keep

Re: [Finale] OT - iPod boombox

2006-08-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Chuck: Thank you for taking the time to answer my quest in the midst of your linked parts travails. I will check it out. Dean On Aug 27, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Dean, Take a look at Altec Lansing iM7 - $200. This seems to be the leader of the pack. Chuck Chuck

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Richard Yates
I use mine in the music classes I teach by plugging a cable with a 1/8 stereo plug into the headphone jack on the iPod and the two RCA plugs into the CD in on the stereo system in my classroom. Ira Glass of NPR's This American Life does a lecture tour in which he uses a couple of iPods to play

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Man, I can't keep up with technology. Dean On Aug 27, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Richard Yates wrote: I use mine in the music classes I teach by plugging a cable with a 1/8 stereo plug into the headphone jack on the iPod and the two RCA plugs into the CD in on the stereo system in my classroom.

Re: [Finale] OT: The or not The?

2006-08-27 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Chuck Israels / 2006/08/27 / 07:51 PM wrote: Hiro, My suggestion: it doesn't affect your music, and iI don't think it will have a great affect on how the name of your group is perceived or remembered, so I'd let the publisher have his way. Thanks Chuck. I will do so. In fact, I got a very