Re: [Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-10-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
You need to remove optimization, *then* change the group attributes, *then* optimize. After optimization, any change to group attributes only affects a single system. Another, perhaps easier solution -- use TGTools Staff List Manager. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 31 O

Re: [Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-10-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, special part extraction? Richard Huggins wrote: What am I not thinking of? Solo, Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass staves, part of a grouping. There are 6 bars of rest, then only the men sing for awhile. So there are plenty of empty staves. Nothing I've tried will cause them to optimize. * made sure

[Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-10-30 Thread Richard Huggins
What am I not thinking of? Solo, Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass staves, part of a grouping. There are 6 bars of rest, then only the men sing for awhile. So there are plenty of empty staves. Nothing I've tried will cause them to optimize. * made sure all whole rests were default * checked the group a

[Finale] O.T. Landi Opera at Lincoln Center

2007-10-30 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Hi all: Last week a friend of mine had to relocate to Florence, and wasn't able to attend some concerts here in New York City, and offered me his ticket to see Landi's opera "Il Sant'Alessio," performed by Les Arts Florisants at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater. I must confess, as much as I love earl

Re: AW: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions

2007-10-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I, so far, find Sibelius extremely backwards. Like putting articulations on notes after I enter them. Still can't figure that out. Nor if you decide you want to change an instrument on a score. So far, I've tried to do two trios with Sibelius, but ended up going back to Finale cause it was jus

Re: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Richard, My response was sent quite soon after the question was posted, but it took some hours to show up on the list. Chuck On Oct 30, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Richard Yates wrote: The recent question about quarter-eighth tuplets received five responses (all with the same answer, by the way

Re: AW: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions

2007-10-30 Thread John Howell
At 10:25 PM +0100 10/30/07, Kurt Gnos wrote: David, John, thanks for the quick and competent answers. Well, apart from the crashes, I get a quite good impression. And I am glad you two are here to answer all my future Sibelius questions. I must say, generally the user interface it quite nice an

RE: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Tue, October 30, 2007 8:02 pm, Richard Yates wrote: > Mine > arrived very soon after I sent it and the others could not have been > unduly > delayed. However, this one you sent time-stamped 8:02pm arrived at 10:08pm (I check mail every 5-7 minutes). Doesn't look like a time-zone issue, since it

RE: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Richard Yates
The recent question about quarter-eighth tuplets received five responses (all with the same answer, by the way! Go team!) within a short time. Mine arrived very soon after I sent it and the others could not have been unduly delayed. >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EM

[Finale] re: Tuplets

2007-10-30 Thread Ted Horman
Thanks to all that helped. For some reason I did not get the list so I went to the archives and saw all of the contributions. Thanks again, Ted __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Yeah, I've had tons of probs. Dean On Oct 30, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: I had a message rejected the other day. I don't remember what it was. I just remember getting the bounce message and concluding it wasn't important enough to resend. mdl

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread John Howell
At 2:03 PM -0400 10/30/07, Martin Banner wrote: I presently run Finale 2003a on my Mac Powerbook G4 Laptop, which runs both OS9(Classic) and OSX (10.3.9). Does anyone know if it's possible to keep OS9 on my laptop while upgrading OSX to a newer version? I don't think so. I got caught in the

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread Christopher Smith
If you don't mind rebooting to OS9 to use 2003, then it is possible to install a later system. Classic is, of course, gone by 10.5. Modern computers don't even boot in OS9, so you would have to keep your current computer, which would probably not run very quickly with a modern version of OS

AW: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions

2007-10-30 Thread Kurt Gnos
David, John, thanks for the quick and competent answers. Well, apart from the crashes, I get a quite good impression. And I am glad you two are here to answer all my future Sibelius questions. I must say, generally the user interface it quite nice and much more modern than Finale, and the output

Re: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Mark D Lew
I had a message rejected the other day. I don't remember what it was. I just remember getting the bounce message and concluding it wasn't important enough to resend. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fi

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread Martin Banner
Well, yes, I would like to be able to keep using Finale 2003a (needs Classic) and also the newest versions of Finale on the same computer. On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:20 PM, Fisher, Allen wrote: You'd have to upgrade to no later than OS 10.4. The new version, 10.5 ditches classic support entirely,

RE: [Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread Fisher, Allen
You'd have to upgrade to no later than OS 10.4. The new version, 10.5 ditches classic support entirely, unless you didn't want to run classic and dual boot. --Allen | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Banner | Sent: Tuesday, Octo

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Martin, The Mac OS up to 10.4.10 (Tiger) still can run Classic. Leopard (OS 10.5) cannot. Maybe you could partition your hard drive if you really need OS 9 capability. Or upgrade just to Tiger. But if everything is working well, I'd stay with 10.3.9 (I have it on my Powerbook G4 too). Eric

Re: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread David W. Fenton
On 30 Oct 2007 at 13:48, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > Anyone noticing significant delays in posting to this list and others? I'm > seeing messages arrive from hours and sometimes days ago. Just curious, > because it breaks up some of the threads. The post on retrograde tools > just arrived a litt

RE: [Finale] Finale for windows and Mac

2007-10-30 Thread George Brooke
Bruce, I started with Finale and a Mac (and still prefer that a little). In my current job (church) I have a Windows machine for the office and my Mac at home. I use Finale on both pretty much interchangeably. A couple of people have already pointed out some minor differences, but basically I swit

Re: [Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Chuck Israels
I replied almost immediately to a tuplet question the other day, and it didn't appear for hours. I thought it might have been a problem with my server delaying outgoing mail, but your experience indicates a problem elsewhere. The list server? Chuck On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Dennis B

[Finale] OT: Mac OS's and Finale versions

2007-10-30 Thread Martin Banner
I presently run Finale 2003a on my Mac Powerbook G4 Laptop, which runs both OS9(Classic) and OSX (10.3.9). Does anyone know if it's possible to keep OS9 on my laptop while upgrading OSX to a newer version? Thanks, Martin Martin Banner [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [Finale] Finale for windows and Mac

2007-10-30 Thread Christopher Smith
On 30-Oct-07, at 1:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I currently use Finale 2004 for windows and have been using Finale for several years. I am in the process of converting over to a MAC for almost everything else I use a computer for. Does Finale work well for MAC or would I be bet

[Finale] Posting delays

2007-10-30 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Anyone noticing significant delays in posting to this list and others? I'm seeing messages arrive from hours and sometimes days ago. Just curious, because it breaks up some of the threads. The post on retrograde tools just arrived a little while ago, about eight hours late. On another list, posts f

Re: [Finale] Finale for windows and Mac

2007-10-30 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I currently use Finale 2004 for windows and have been using Finale for several years. I am in the process of converting over to a MAC for almost everything else I use a computer for. Does Finale work well for MAC or would I be better off using Finale for

Re: [Finale] Finale for windows and Mac

2007-10-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Bruce, Finale was originally a Mac-only app, which is the main reason I bought a Mac in 1986. There has been a Windows version since (I think) about version 2.0 and to judge by the postings of fellow list members there seems to be virtually no difference between the versions; at least we'

Re: [Finale] Retrograde Tools

2007-10-30 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Tue, October 30, 2007 1:15 pm, Aaron Sherber wrote: > Select the passage with Mass Edit. Open the Canonic Utilities plugin. > Check the box that says 'Retrograde'. Click Apply. > Want an inversion? Select the passage. Uncheck Retrograde. Select the > type of inversion you want from the first dro

Re: [Finale] Retrograde Tools

2007-10-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 04:42 AM 10/30/2007, M LAWLOR wrote: >[FINALE 2002, Windows XP] >Are there any easy ways to create a retrograde (or inverted) copy of a >passage? I have looked at the canonic utilities but cannot make any sense >of how they work or whether they will do what I want. Select the passage with Ma

Re: [Finale] re: Harp Question

2007-10-30 Thread Barbara Touburg
A-NO-NE Music wrote: dhbailey / 07.10.30 / 6:33 AM wrote: B-dur would be our Bb-major. What's the confusion? I know. A moment of stupidness. How come it's not Hes-Dur? :-) Or maybe Bas-Dur? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://li

[Finale] Finale for windows and Mac

2007-10-30 Thread Eisenbeil
Hello, I currently use Finale 2004 for windows and have been using Finale for several years. I am in the process of converting over to a MAC for almost everything else I use a computer for. Does Finale work well for MAC or would I be better off using Finale for windows? If I use Finale

Re: [Finale] re: Harp Question

2007-10-30 Thread Barbara Touburg
A-NO-NE Music wrote: dhbailey / 07.10.30 / 6:33 AM wrote: B-dur would be our Bb-major. What's the confusion? I know. A moment of stupidness. How come it's not Hes-Dur? :-) Gas-Dur? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.

[Finale] Retrograde Tools

2007-10-30 Thread M LAWLOR
[FINALE 2002, Windows XP] Are there any easy ways to create a retrograde (or inverted) copy of a passage? I have looked at the canonic utilities but cannot make any sense of how they work or whether they will do what I want. Regards, Michael Lawlor

Re: [Finale] re: Harp Question

2007-10-30 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 07.10.30 / 6:33 AM wrote: >B-dur would be our Bb-major. What's the confusion? I know. A moment of stupidness. How come it's not Hes-Dur? :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA _

Re: [Finale] Beaming 6 8th notes

2007-10-30 Thread Mark D Lew
On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:31 AM, dhbailey wrote: Indeed -- it is amazing that they can spend time on importing audio and allowing us to work with video but they can't institute this simple beaming rule. Finale's beaming feels neglected to me. It does a lot, but there's still some very basic

[Finale] (no subject)

2007-10-30 Thread Oliver Pospiech
Dear list-members, does anybody now anybody, who ever transcribed anything from Charlie Parker with strings? You might contact me offlist. Thanks, Oliver ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fi

Re: [Finale] re: Harp Question

2007-10-30 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 07.10.29 / 11:27 PM wrote: the name of a major scale--e.g., B-dur, D-dur. You mean H-dur? Or this is something I don't know about? Just curious. B-dur would be our Bb-major. What's the confusion? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Beaming 6 8th notes

2007-10-30 Thread Christopher Smith
On Oct 30, 2007, at 6:31 AM, dhbailey wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] I still am annoyed that Finale is not smart enough to beam correctly, as the rules are pretty cut-and-dried (beam 3/4 in 6 8ths, but break 16ths and all smaller values on the quarter). And as you say it is cut-and

Re: [Finale] Beaming 6 8th notes

2007-10-30 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] I still am annoyed that Finale is not smart enough to beam correctly, as the rules are pretty cut-and-dried (beam 3/4 in 6 8ths, but break 16ths and all smaller values on the quarter). Indeed -- it is amazing that they can spend time on importing audio and a

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions

2007-10-30 Thread John Howell
At 5:27 PM -0400 10/29/07, dhbailey wrote: Kurt Gnos wrote: I now have entered the music and lyrics. I wanted to shift the lyrics a little lower because they are too near to the staff symstem. I've checked all the menus and fiddled around for half an hour but I could not find a way to adjust th