[Finale] FinWin 2k5b - how to get chord symbol-slash-bass with Bill Duncan's chord package

2007-05-09 Thread Marcello Noia
Time ago I bought Bill Duncan's chord symbol pack but I'm having problems making symbols like Bb/C or something like that. If I write Bb_C I get Bb-big space-underscore-big space-bass, if I write Bb/C I get BbC attached. Any hints to get a Bb/C example as a final result? Thanks

Re: [Finale] PDF creator on Windows

2007-05-09 Thread Bruce K H Kau
I would also recommend PDF Creator (link in email below). It's easy to install, and easy to use. The documentation also states it can create .eps files, although I haven't tried this feature. Sometimes, when I need to send the PDF and make sure that the PDF I send is not dependent on fonts, I

Re: [Finale] Smart Hyphens Bug

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 9, 2007, at 4:47 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: There is a bug in Fin2007a. When I have Smart Hyphens checked many of the hyphens don't show even after music spacing and update (manually) smart word extensions and hypens are applied. If I leave this unckecked and space the music the

[Finale] helvetica at 50

2007-05-09 Thread shirling neueweise
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6638423.stm a film about a typeface... a number of screenings already sold out http://www.helveticafilm.com/screenings.html -- shirling neueweise ... new music publishers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :.../ http://newmusicnotation.com

Re: [Finale] helvetica at 50

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On 9-May-07, at 9:17 AM, shirling neueweise wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6638423.stm a film about a typeface... a number of screenings already sold out http://www.helveticafilm.com/screenings.html Oh crap! It was screened four days ago in Montreal, and I missed it!

Re: [Finale] Smart Hyphens Bug

2007-05-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.05.2007 dc wrote: - From 2006b to 2007 (inclusive) all hyphens show, but hyphens between closely-spaced syllables are too far right. - In 2007a and 2007b, many (too many) hyphens disappear and a hyphen at the end of the system is too near to the syllable before it. - In 2007c, too

Re: [Finale] PDF creator on Windows

2007-05-09 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I use PDF995 (free version) and have had no problems so far. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-09 Thread Randolph Peters
For the fun of it, I gave the quiz to my 15 year old. He is a serious violinist, but is not that familiar with electronic instruments. He got it right as well. I was curious as to what gave it away for him and he said the attacks of each note, especially in the strings, was too uniform. He

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-09 Thread John Howell
At 11:43 PM -0400 5/6/07, Aaron Rabushka wrote: Hmm--I wonder if Respighi's nightengale (sp?) record caused the same furor. (Not to mention that it may take a period-instrument mindset to bring it off with a 78-rpm turntable rather than a laptop computer nowadays!) Don't be silly, Aaron. A

[Finale] Permission to arrange

2007-05-09 Thread John Howell
Is this the list on which there was a discussion on making a jazz arrangement of Copland's Fanfare led to questions about whether marching band arrangements are made with permission of the copyright owners? If not, my apologies. Nobody ever changes the subject lines even when the subject

[Finale] Rod Levitt

2007-05-09 Thread Chuck Israels
I just got word that trombonist-composer-arranger-bandleader Rod Levitt died peacefully last night in his sleep. He was 77. Rod had been living in Vermont in recent years and had been suffering with Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his wife Jean in Wardsboro, Vermont and son Barry

Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
When did I say you were? Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 09 May 2007, at 7:56 PM, John Howell wrote: So I'm sorry Darcy: while I insist that there are good uses for sound reinforcement, and even for amplification, I also insist that there are times when only a

Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-09 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote: I wlll never understand the anti-amplification fundamentalists. John Howell wrote: That does NOT make me an anti-amplification fundamentalist, whatever you think that means. John It seems to me that Darcy's comment came after my lament, so I will willingly

Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-09 Thread Carl Dershem
Raymond Horton wrote: That's the great thing about a symphony job. You just put up a bunch of mics, turn 'em on, and it sounds like a symphony! How can you argue with logic like that? Slap 'em upside the head with a rubber chicken? (It always seemed to work for Monty Python). cd --

Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 9, 2007, at 10:02 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Once, many years ago, a rock sound guy (perhaps not the tightest cable tie in the bunch, if you get my drift) was setting up mics for a pops concert of ours. I mentioned to him how we had a problem at the rehearsal getting a solo

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-09 Thread Aaron Rabushka
Yes--my experience with Czech, Polish, and Slovak engineers (my recordings were produced in Moravia) was astounding--I can honestly say that I never thought of recording engineers in terms of musicianship before, but I cannot split the two now. Turns out that they had to GRADUATE the conservatory

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 May 2007 at 22:29, John Howell wrote: Kodály had it right when he said, Only the best musicians should be PERMITTED to teach children. Many people confuse the best musicians with the best performers, the determiment of the students involved. [] Back a number of years a colleague in

Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-09 Thread Raymond Horton
Christopher Smith wrote: On May 9, 2007, at 10:02 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Once, many years ago, a rock sound guy (perhaps not the tightest cable tie in the bunch, if you get my drift) was setting up mics for a pops concert of ours. I mentioned to him how we had a problem at the