Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: I think it's funny when old people get upset. You are like what, 60, and you are using childish references, Glenn beck pictures, and O'Reily references that maybe two other people get? And ass references? Really? I

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Sent from my iSomething On May 23, 2011, at 11:26 PM, Kim Patrick Clow telem...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote:. No, it's based on web analytics, not sales. Unlike determining market share by units sold, Qauntcast measures OS share

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Michael Lawlor
I have made sure the expressions are not defined for playback and that HP is on but the problem is still there (ppp even if I specify ). How does HP determine what to do when it encounters an expression? Regards, Michael - Original Message - Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 15:47:43 -0400

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: Sigh.that doesn't mean anything. That simply means How many things are on the net that are visiting sites that report the traffic to quantcast. It doesn't distinguish between say a computer used in a

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 May 2011 at 17:14, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: iBut you're not getting the same thing for $300 that you would if you pad $800 for a Mac -- if you configured a Windows PC with comparable specifications as the $800 Mac, it will cost about $800, too (and in many cases, it will cost MORE)./i

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 May 2011 at 14:57, Eric Dannewitz wrote: You do know that windows generally needs to be reinstalled if you switch hardware. I don't know what this is intended to mean. It doesn't sound correct at all. If you get a new PC, yes, you'll have a new copy of Windows (pre- installed). If you

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 May 2011 at 15:03, Eric Dannewitz wrote: If not RAID 1 (mirroring for those who don't know what it is), then at least an external drive to backup Daily to and/or a subscription to something like crashplan. In this digital age you really can't afford to NOT to have a backup plan.

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 May 2011 at 18:14, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Old link, but still pertinent: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6511774-10.html?tag=rb_content;rb _mtx And that Acer was significantly cheaper than the Apple product. Name the Apple product model so that a real side-by-side comparison

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 May 2011 at 18:14, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Old link, but still pertinent: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6511774-10.html?tag=rb_content;rb _mtx And that Acer was significantly cheaper than the Apple product. I don't have time for this (I have to go to work), but just glancing

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread timothy . price
On May 24, 2011, at 8:17 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: But that's no different from a Mac (for which you don't have the choice of building your own, BTW). FYI, here is one of my long time favorite Mac stores, and their build your own page. http://www.powermax.com/bto/ best, timothy.price

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Actually, what is meant is that you can simply take the hard drive out of one Mac, say an iMac, and have use it on a macpro. It boots up just fine. Windows can't do that as far as I know. So the system disk on my 2006 iMac, which has smart music registered on it, I can take home and boot my macpro

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:15 AM, David W. Fenton lists.fin...@dfenton.com wrote: Prove it! I am certain that if I compared your $300 PC laptop to the cheapest Mac laptop, your cheapo PC will come up way short on important features/components. Those may not matter to you (i.e., you may not

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Michael, After some further investigation, I found that if you want to use GPO, the GPO sample set contains separate samples for violins played arco, and for violins played pizzicato. What I don't yet see in the time I've had available, is how to change GPO samples with an expression. Until I

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Couldn't you define the expression to send the note that switches the patch to pizz? And then define an expression to send the note to change them back to arco? The way the GPO works in Kontkat is that there are some really low notes below the range of the instruments that will switch them

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Eric, Regarding the comments you wrote: Couldn't you define the expression to send the note that switches the patch to pizz? And then define an expression to send the note to change them back to arco? Yes, one could, and that seems to be the way to do it. In the documentation, under the

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Raymond Horton
You can do that in a simpler fashion than the overlapping staves, which can give you trouble if you forget they are there and try to edit. Use different layers for pizz and arco, or have the expression change patches. OR use the GPO samples labels KS for keystroke and the expressions themselves

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
Use the keyswitched GPO instruments (the ones with KS in the name) and HP switches automatically from arco to pizz. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 24 May 2011, at 12:13 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Michael, After some further investigation, I found that if

Re: [Finale] Playback Problem after Pizzicato

2011-05-24 Thread Michael Lawlor
I have fixed it! I created a brand new expression, for which I have only entered the text,arco. No setting of key switches or any other parameters. It is surprising the defaults do not work! Thanks for all the help. Michael ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 94, Issue 21

2011-05-24 Thread Michael Lawlor
I have followed these instructions, but the volume still gets over-ridden and will not revert to normal or use the specified dynamic. I have used the default expressions and created my own, checking the values for GPO in the documentation, but neither method will work. Regards, Michael

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 94, Issue 21(test)

2011-05-24 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Please forgive this test, but I have had problems posting to the list for some time now. Klaus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] New desktop computer suggestions?

2011-05-24 Thread John Howell
At 9:31 PM -0700 5/23/11, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Man, you are a moron huh? Children, children, let's just chill out, OK? No one is going to change anyone's mind about platforms or peripherals or software unless they are ready and willing to change their minds, so how about scaling back the

[Finale] Question on screen parameters for our Mac wizards

2011-05-24 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
In short the background is about increasing vision problems leading me to mess with the screen parameters of my 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Mac currently running OSX 10.6.7 and driving 4 monitors via two NVIDIA GeForce 730 GT video cards.   Since surgery 18 and 16 months ago my vision now

[Finale] Mozart: same music for wind and for strings

2011-05-24 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
We had a thread some time ago, where my posting didn’t make it to the list. Apparently things work better now, so I post a hint and a question. An old memory from the preface of an Eulenburg pocket score said, that the Serenade #10, KV361, shared some movements with a string quintet. I am not