[Finale] Finale 2012 Release?

2011-08-09 Thread Colin Broom
I'm on Finale 2009 and am finally considering an upgrade, but I'm wondering if anyone knows any further information about a Finale 2012 release? Searching around I found a post on the forum stating that Finale 2012 will be released sometime this fall. This is later than we normally release to

Re: [Finale] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 9 Aug 2011, at 01:18, Christopher Smith wrote: On Mon Aug 8, at MondayAug 8 7:51 PM, Steve Parker wrote: On 8 Aug 2011, at 23:21, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: One scale inherent in the first 13 partials of brasses is the overtone scale, also known as the Lydian dominant scale.

Re: [Finale] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 9 Aug 2011, at 01:31, John Howell wrote: Or else they played it out of tune. Or for big band screaming, play it exactly as an 11/8.. ;-) Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 Release?

2011-08-09 Thread David H. Bailey
On 8/9/2011 6:11 AM, Colin Broom wrote: I'm on Finale 2009 and am finally considering an upgrade, but I'm wondering if anyone knows any further information about a Finale 2012 release? Searching around I found a post on the forum stating that Finale 2012 will be released sometime this fall.

[Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, I thought that some might be interested to have a heads-up that apparently MakeMusic customer support have been instructed to be more... inquisitive, I'll say... when you call up and ask to deauthorize all versions of Finale associated with your serial number. This has never been a

Re: [Finale] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-09 Thread John Howell
At 11:37 AM +0100 8/9/11, Steve Parker wrote: It's marginally closer to the #4 than to the P4. It's not anywhere near what we call in tune these days, but it's enough to be interpreted by our ears as the #4. Very marginally (1 cent). I don't hear it as an augmented fourth. No, it

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Michael L Meyer
On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, I thought that some might be interested to have a heads-up that apparently MakeMusic customer support have been instructed to be more... inquisitive, I'll say... when you call up and ask to deauthorize all versions of Finale

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Michael, To be fair, it did not get to the point where I felt I needed to mention that. But it's obviously frustrating when you have defend yourself to customer support as legitimate user who just wants access to your own software. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 8/9/2011 12:11 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: But it's obviously frustrating when you have defend yourself to customer support as legitimate user who just wants access to your own software. Agreed. If you can sufficiently identify yourself to them, their job should be just to do as you ask

Re: [Finale] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 9 Aug 2011, at 16:57, John Howell wrote: No, it fits perfectly into the natural harmonic series as a small whole-number multiple of the fundamental frequency. It does NOT fit into the artificial equal-tempered scale, nor is there any reason to expect it to. I write in Ben

Re: [Finale] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On Tue Aug 9, at TuesdayAug 9 6:37 AM, Steve Parker wrote: On 9 Aug 2011, at 01:18, Christopher Smith wrote: On Mon Aug 8, at MondayAug 8 7:51 PM, Steve Parker wrote: On 8 Aug 2011, at 23:21, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: One scale inherent in the first 13 partials of brasses is

[Finale] Sib7 arrives

2011-08-09 Thread Howey, Henry
It'll be loaded in another hour or so. I hope Finale goes 64-bit soon. That's the main upgrade I need. Henry Howey Sent from my iPod ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Aug 2011 at 12:11, Darcy James Argue wrote: But it's obviously frustrating when you have defend yourself to customer support as legitimate user who just wants access to your own software. Darcy, you've surely read the EULAs for all commercial software -- you don't own any of it. You've

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Brian Williams
Maybe MM is just trying to make sure that unscrupulous people who have surreptitiously obtained serial numbers aren't trying to illegitimately deauthorize them. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi David, Yes, of course we don't really own software, but it's tiresome to have to deploy the phrase own a license to use -- I take it as a given that everyone knows when I talk about owning software, I'm talking about owning a user license. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Brian, MM has a database with the name and contact information of each registered owner and their associated serial. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 9 Aug 2011, at 7:13 PM, Brian Williams wrote: Maybe MM is just trying to make sure that unscrupulous people

Re: [Finale] Certain artics smart shapes out of place

2011-08-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 8 Aug 2011 at 20:27, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Any other ideas? A corrupted file wouldn't self-fix on another nearly identical machine (save OS version, same Finale version). Interaction between printer and video drivers would be the most likely cause, seems to me. Remember that in order

Re: [Finale] Certain artics smart shapes out of place

2011-08-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
David, Excellent thought. It would have occurred to me in the Bad Old Days, but I think those days are still with us with Finale (such as Finale 2010 and 2011 taking 5-10 seconds per character in expression creation as it checks the whole font list, something it did in the Win98 days). Thanks.

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Richard Yates
I think it was a joke, Darcy. Hi Brian, MM has a database with the name and contact information of each registered owner and their associated serial. Cheers, DJA On 9 Aug 2011, at 7:13 PM, Brian Williams wrote: Maybe MM is just trying to make sure that unscrupulous people who have