Re: [Finale] those damn corrupted finale pref files again...

2012-07-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
FinMac 2012 We have noticed that, since the upgrade to 2012, Finale does definitely seem to get bogged down after several hours of use. The time it takes for a field to become selectable - in the page format dialog window for instance - has increased from nothing to 2-3 seconds, which is a

Re: [Finale] those damn corrupted finale pref files again...

2012-07-18 Thread SN jef chippewa
hi eric thanks, have you reported this? the answers i have gotten so far don't seem to be of the sort we will look into this but more the typical MakeMusic bandaid approach to trouble shooting. and of course sometimes it is clear they haven't read my message attentively and are at least

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread David H. Bailey
Holy cow (not my first choice of words)! In light of what's going on with Sibelius (Avid is closing the British office and moving the development to offices they currently have in Kiev and somewhere else that I can't remember, effectively gutting the development team that made Sibelius into

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread David H. Bailey
On 7/17/2012 10:41 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: This doesn't sound good. http://performingarts.uncg.edu/patech/?p=255 I’m emerging from my web development cave to share this, as it could be a potentially monumental event in the world of music notation software – the short version is that

Re: [Finale] Score Manager FAIL!!!!!

2012-07-18 Thread Colin Broom
On my last orchestral piece, I found the delay before playback got longer, and I found that if instead of pressing play, I used the SPACEBAR+Click method of playing it was much quicker. This wouldn't work if you had an accompanying audio file - it also wouldn't work for those using Human

[Finale] Define investor

2012-07-18 Thread Richard Huggins
No, I have no financial investment in MM. I have a sweat equity investment, hundreds and hundreds of hours learning/using the early Finale versions and then adding kernels to kernels each year. I am skeptical that there remain any artsy financial types who care about the creators in this

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-07-18 12:12, David H. Bailey wrote: I'm very confused by the LaunchEquity statement that it will have to invest $10million the next two years to recruit and retain a new CEO -- Hell, I'll move to Eden Prairie and do the job for $4million over 2 years. No, wait, I'll do it for

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread David H. Bailey
On 7/18/2012 9:45 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: On 2012-07-18 12:12, David H. Bailey wrote: I'm very confused by the LaunchEquity statement that it will have to invest $10million the next two years to recruit and retain a new CEO -- Hell, I'll move to Eden Prairie and do the job for $4million

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
$10 million seems like a drop in the bucket compared to what it would take to rewrite the entire code base from scratch and do a decent job of it. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 18 Jul 2012, at 10:59 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: On 7/18/2012 9:45 AM, Jari

Re: [Finale] Finale and an ongoing problem

2012-07-18 Thread SN jef chippewa
i have had some luck unsticking metatools by running my hands across the keyboard a few times, does this work afor anyone else? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, July 18, 2012 10:59 am, David H. Bailey wrote: I wonder who the investors in LaunchEquity Partners, LLC are. I can't find any information about them online. http://www.secinfo.com/dsVs6.v2Uc.htm http://www.secinfo.com/$/SEC/Name.asp?S=jeffrey+a.+koch

Re: [Finale] Finale and an ongoing problem

2012-07-18 Thread Lawrence Yates
A colleague thinks I am a genius because I have twice repaired her computer by doing just that. The other time I repaired it by switching on the monitor. Cheers, Lawrence On 18 July 2012 16:00, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.comwrote: i have had some luck unsticking metatools by

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Richard Ihnatowicz
On 18 Jul 2012, at 15:59, David H. Bailey wrote: I wonder who the investors in LaunchEquity Partners, LLC are. I can't find any information about them online. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com What's the betting on AVID now that they've trashed Sibelius?

[Finale] Score Manager freezing

2012-07-18 Thread Henry Howey
Thanks for the thoughts, but I've worked it out. The problem is in methodology in SM. Loading ARIA via VST libraries will not work. You must choose the player then load the instruments there. This is on a pc with 8 gb Ram. More than enough;-) Henry Howey Sent from my iWhatever

Re: [Finale] Finale and an ongoing problem

2012-07-18 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jul 18, 2012, at 8:00 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: i have had some luck unsticking metatools by running my hands across the keyboard a few times, does this work afor anyone else? The Uri Geller approach? :) Chuck ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Apeman
Seeing the Koch name in your list of links brought to mind the Koch brothers who are multi-billionaires. According to my online search Jeffery is representing the Koch Family which the Koch brothers own. This could be a very GOOD thing for Finale. You can find more at this link:  

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread David H. Bailey
On 7/18/2012 11:21 AM, Richard Ihnatowicz wrote: On 18 Jul 2012, at 15:59, David H. Bailey wrote: I wonder who the investors in LaunchEquity Partners, LLC are. I can't find any information about them online. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com What's the betting on

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Dejan Badnjar
Does this mean we all have to become tea baggers? :) No updates if you don't join... Trying to give a positive spin. :) Sent from my iPhone On 2012-07-18, at 1:20 PM, Apeman apeman...@bellsouth.net wrote: Seeing the Koch name in your list of links brought to mind the Koch brothers who are

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Phillips, Justin
That's a different Jeff Koch. Jeff from LaunchEquity previously served on our board and was our interim CEO last year. --- Justin Phillips Senior Product Manager MakeMusic, Inc. 763-772-3964 On Jul 18, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Apeman apeman...@bellsouth.net wrote: Seeing the Koch name in your

[Finale] Edit instrument definitions in Score Manager

2012-07-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Is there a way to edit the default transposition settings in the Score Manager? Jef, did you manage to figure this out? Obviously, it's REALLY tedious to have to change every instrument from Key Signature to Chromatic transposition, but I'm used to/resigned to that. What's more tedious

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Steve Gibons
List members can relax, the statement from that firm says they want to invest in mmus, and want to have a controlling interest before they do. It really does not portend a disaster. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Phillips, Justin jphill...@makemusic.comwrote: That's a different Jeff Koch.

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Robert Patterson
My experience, having worked at 2 companies that were bought out in 2 different decades, is that anything the buyer says about its plans for the company and especially its plans for the employees should be taken as about an 80% probability of being baldfaced lies. For example, in one of the

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread Eric Dannewitz
So true. When Bank of America and Nations bank merged in the late 90s, everyone was saying how it was going to be great for the San Francisco office (old hq) and great for the company and employees. And then shortly afterwards nations bank stopped pretty much all the employee training and

Re: [Finale] Edit instrument definitions in Score Manager

2012-07-18 Thread SN jef chippewa
there is a resource file named Finale.instruments hidden deep in finale (package contents) that can be opened and edited using certain types of database software. i would not suggest editing this to anyone who wasn't 100% attentive and who has made COMPLETE backups. i was not able to export

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic received a buyout offer?

2012-07-18 Thread David H. Bailey
Justin, Thank you for clarifying that -- I certainly feel better that it's an insider who wants to buy the company. In that case he probably has a good handle on what's needed and will be able to chart a clear course for the company. Great news! David H. Bailey On 7/18/2012 5:57 PM,

[Finale] moving rhythmic notation location on staff

2012-07-18 Thread Ryan
Finale 2012b. Mac. Is there a way to move the rhythmic notation slashes to be higher or lower on the staff? I'd like to move them to make room for cue notes in layer 2. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu