[Finale] Ray's Tech Tip

2012-06-24 Thread Raymond Horton
My son took back a keyboard controller that I had borrowed for quite a while. I thought I might have to buy a new one, since the keyboard I was left with was a small Casio I had bought at a pawn shop 20 years ago for $30 which has midi but, of course, no USB. Before springing for a new keyboard

Re: [Finale] Ray's Tech Tip

2012-06-24 Thread David H. Bailey
On 6/24/2012 3:12 AM, Raymond Horton wrote: My son took back a keyboard controller that I had borrowed for quite a while. I thought I might have to buy a new one, since the keyboard I was left with was a small Casio I had bought at a pawn shop 20 years ago for $30 which has midi but, of

Re: [Finale] Ray's Tech Tip

2012-06-24 Thread Lawrence David Eden
So, what do I owe you for the lesson? Larry Here is MY tech tip for the day - just ignore it if it is too technical: When you are installing a midi keyboard onto your computer, everything will work much better if you do not - I repeat, do not, accidentally, and without noticing, disconnect your

[Finale] autosave

2012-06-24 Thread Linda Worsley
Mac - Finale 2010 - I can't find autosave (by any name) in the menu bars. Recently lost 4 hours of work when I neglected to save manually. Dumb dumb dumb! That said, I'll probably do it again when I get too involved. Need autosave, which I used to use all the time on big scores. Help! and

Re: [Finale] autosave

2012-06-24 Thread Ryan Beard
It's in program options, I think. On Jun 24, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com wrote: Mac - Finale 2010 - I can't find autosave (by any name) in the menu bars. Recently lost 4 hours of work when I neglected to save manually. Dumb dumb dumb! That said, I'll probably do

Re: [Finale] autosave

2012-06-24 Thread Haroldo Mauro
Yes. Preferences/Program options/Save and Print Harold On 24/06/2012, at 13:05, Ryan Beard wrote: It's in program options, I think. On Jun 24, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com wrote: Mac - Finale 2010 - I can't find autosave (by any name) in the menu bars.

Re: [Finale] Ray's Tech Tip

2012-06-24 Thread Haroldo Mauro
Mac or PC? On 24/06/2012, at 04:12, Raymond Horton wrote: My son took back a keyboard controller that I had borrowed for quite a while. I thought I might have to buy a new one, since the keyboard I was left with was a small Casio I had bought at a pawn shop 20 years ago for $30 which has

Re: [Finale] independent time signatures

2012-06-24 Thread Aaron Rabushka
This will help save some keystrokes, although it isn't what I had in mind. If I go into mass edit and select the copy time signatures option and then try to copy the time signatures from a non-independnt time signature staff into one of the independent time signature staves, nothing happens. Is

Re: [Finale] autosave

2012-06-24 Thread Linda Worsley
Right you are. Thanks! Lw ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] independent time signatures

2012-06-24 Thread Christopher Smith
Time signatures only copy when you copy measure STACKS (all staves, for a designated number of measures.) If you are mostly keeping the same time signatures for most of the piece, and only need the independent time sigs for a relatively short passage, I would suggest turning off independent

Re: [Finale] Ray's Tech Tip

2012-06-24 Thread Raymond Horton
(Assuming that Harold is asking a serious question, directed at the first half of my post) PC. I was surprised that I could get a midi to USB cable that works well (I'll post the link if anyone wants it), that it would cost almost nothing, and that it would work with this old little Casio

[Finale] Number of accidentals in non-standard key signatures

2012-06-24 Thread Andrea La Rose
Dear Collective Wisdom, I am reviving an old project using 72-edo. I have almost successfully set up Finale 2012 (Mac OS Lion) with appropriate accidentals, that is, I have 11 accidentals programmed and ready to go, but only can access the first 7 in both directions. Is this a featureof Finale or