[Finale] Insert w/time sigs in 2008

2008-03-21 Thread Brian Williams
In Finale 2008, how do I insert a group of measures into a file and include the time signature changes? I used to be able to do this easily in 2007 and before, but can't seem to figure out how to do it using the improved mass edit-selection tool in 2008. Here's the situation: I get a MIDI file

[Finale] Forgotten how to stop Blue and to use GPO

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Sorry to trouble you all with this but I'm lost. I have just bought a new computer and have installed Winfin 2006 on it. Could someone please remind me how to: a) get rid of the blue triangle at the left hand side of the screen b) tell Fiale where to look for GPO (it isn't shown as an

[Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Does anyone know the phone number to register Finale in the UK - the system won't let me register online and the phone number provided by the Registration Wizard is un-obtainable. Thanks again, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale

RE: [Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread George Galway
Hi Lawrence, As far as I know, Finale has to be registered through their headquarters in the US. Contact MakeMusic at www.finalemusic.com/support I have had to contact them (by phone) and found them to be quick and helpful. Although it required a long distance call, it was quite cheap after 6pm.

[Finale] beaming composite time signatures

2008-03-21 Thread Mark McCarron
Mac 2008 tiger I'm writing a piece which uses groupings of 3+2+3 eight notes. I've created a composite time signature and got finale to display it as 4/4. However when I enter eighth notes using speedy entry there are no beams ,unless of course I use the forward slash. I've tried the rebeam

Re: [Finale] beaming composite time signatures

2008-03-21 Thread Barbara Touburg
Mark McCarron wrote: Mac 2008 tiger I'm writing a piece which uses groupings of 3+2+3 eight notes. I've created a composite time signature and got finale to display it as 4/4. However when I enter eighth notes using speedy entry there are no beams ,unless of course I use the forward slash. I've

RE: [Finale] beaming composite time signatures

2008-03-21 Thread Richard Yates
In the composite time sig boxes check 'use EDUs' and enter 1/1536, 1/1024, 1/1536 Richard Yates I'm writing a piece which uses groupings of 3+2+3 eight notes. I've created a composite time signature and got finale to display it as 4/4. However when I enter eighth notes using speedy entry

[Finale] 2 note heads

2008-03-21 Thread A-NO-NE Music
I need a quick help. I totally forgot how to place 2 same-pitched note heads on the both sides of a stem. I hope I don't need to place a note head as an expression/articulation object. I remember there was a way but can't remember. Any help would be appreciated. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku,

Re: [Finale] 2 note heads

2008-03-21 Thread Barbara Touburg
Enter any interval, drag one of the noteheads up (or down), it will flip to the other side of the stem. A-NO-NE Music wrote: I need a quick help. I totally forgot how to place 2 same-pitched note heads on the both sides of a stem. I hope I don't need to place a note head as an

Re: [Finale] beaming composite time signatures

2008-03-21 Thread Barbara Touburg
Correction: I should have said: 1.5 + 1 + 1.5. Sorry! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] 2 note heads

2008-03-21 Thread John Blane
Hiro - If you enter a note a 2nd above/below the existing pitch, you can then drag it into place and have 2 noteheads on the unison. On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:10 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: I need a quick help. I totally forgot how to place 2 same-pitched note heads on the both sides of a stem.

Re: [Finale] 2 note heads

2008-03-21 Thread Jari Williamsson
A-NO-NE Music wrote: I need a quick help. I totally forgot how to place 2 same-pitched note heads on the both sides of a stem. I hope I don't need to place a note head as an expression/articulation object. I remember there was a way but can't remember. Any help would be appreciated. Use the

Re: [Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread Ron Shillingford
Not sure where you bought your software, but I had the same problem and called MusicRoom and they did it over the phone. The person did say there was a dedicted line for registering but I just called their main number. +44 (0)1284 725 725 09:00 – 17:00 GMT Monday – Friday Hope that helps

[Finale] really slow in simple entry?

2008-03-21 Thread Adam Golding
I'm relatively new to finale here--simple actions such as pressing the left/right arrows to change which note is selected exhibit a major delay (1-2 seconds). So, if i press 'right' five times to move five notes over i then sit and wait for awhile while the selection makes the journey... Are

Re: [Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks very much - that sounds more attractive than phoning America. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] beaming composite time signatures

2008-03-21 Thread Jari Williamsson
Bernard Nussbaumer wrote: What did you enter in the composite time signature? In older versions, you had to enter EDU values. In your example, you should have entered: 1 11 + + 15361024 1536 (and

[Finale] display facing pages?

2008-03-21 Thread Adam Golding
is there a way to view two pages at once in page view, or to have a single page have two columns of music? (i'm using page view with forced system breaks every 4 measures to help me think about the phrase structure of a melody i'm writing, but i'd like to see 2 pages of it at once on my

[Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale

2008-03-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Inspired by this post by Kyle Gann: http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2008/03/dont_blame_me_it_was_henry_cow.html I set out to recreate the brief example from Michael Gordon's Trance (great piece, BTW) in Finale -- with correct playback -- and quickly hit a brick wall. The rhythm is

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale

2008-03-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey all, Never mind, I figured it out. For the curious: First enter the figure as regular quarter notes and eighth notes. Next, for the bars with partial tuplets, create a 4 quarters in the space of 6 quarters tuplet over the entire bar. This turns all quarter notes in the measures into

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On 20-Mar-08, at 11:46 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 20 Mar 2008 at 10:32, Christopher Smith wrote: If you need frame-accurate timing, there is some voodoo to be done with Human Playback to make sure it always plays back with the exact amount of rit or rubato, but I can't remember it right

Re: [Finale] display facing pages?

2008-03-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 21, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Adam Golding wrote: is there a way to view two pages at once in page view, or to have a single page have two columns of music? (i'm using page view with forced system breaks every 4 measures to help me think about the phrase structure of a melody i'm

Re: [Finale] Insert w/time sigs in 2008

2008-03-21 Thread Brian Williams
Thanks, Michael. In Finale 2007 and before, you can open a source file, select any single staff with the mass mover, copy it to the clipboard, open a destination file, select a single measure on any staff, choose Insert from the Edit menu, and Finale will insert the entire measure stack - time