Re: [Finale] Glyph issues with Aruvarb

2018-08-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
3. Preference>Edit - "Substitute Font for Missing Unicode Characters" UnCheck. > > These three things are the biggest problem with collaboration. If it doesn't > help, let me know. I'm pretty good with resolving these conflicts. > > Good luck, > Steve Fiskum > ___

[Finale] Glyph issues with Aruvarb

2018-08-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello list, Am I right that that there are others on this list who are using Aruvarb (Jan Angermüller’s adaptation of Bravura for Finale) as their music font? If so, could I ask about a strange problem I have encountered? I’m sharing files using Aruvarb with a collaborator. I’m using the most

Re: [Finale] fade out

2018-04-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
I recommend you do the fade out in audio software, not Finale. Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On 24 Mar 2018, at 8:49 PM, Haroldo Mauro wrote: > > Thanks. How do you manage to have a fade-out over 12 measures with "Scale > to…” ? > > Haroldo > > >

[Finale] Glissando (tab slide) smart line playback in HP

2018-01-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Is there any way to get Human Playback to correctly play back glissandos (straight gliss line using “tab slide” smart shape) when there are notes that are both the endpoint of one gliss and the beginning of another? The results are fine when the tab slide just connects two pitches, but

Re: [Finale] Darcy James Argue's "Transit" in performance!

2017-04-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
ra concert I attended this morning, and all of a sudden > the Orchestra formed in a big band formation and conductor Teddy Abrams > started talking about our good list friend Darcy James Argue, and his piece > "Transit" that we were about to hear. > > Very good piece, very wel

Re: [Finale] Finale 25 Octaves

2017-04-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
Turn off “Respect Instrument Ranges When Copying or Changing Instruments” in Preferences > Edit, and write a sternly-worded email to MakeMusic asking them why on Earth they ever decided to make this box checked by default. Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Apr 10, 2017,

Re: [Finale] Fermata and tuplet

2017-04-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
Exactly correct. Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Apr 9, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre > wrote: > > The fermata changes the pulse and hence has the most profound effect, so the > fermate must always be on top of anything else. >

[Finale] Keyboard Maestro shortcuts and Finale checkboxes

2017-01-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Has anyone had any success getting Keyboard Maestro to: A) recognize the current state of Finale checkboxes using "If/Then/Else”? B) getting Keyboard Maestro the click checkboxes using “Press A Button” (rather than a simulated mouse click)? Cheers, — DJA -

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Semi-stressed bears aren’t subtle either, but (lest anyone be concerned) that was a typo for “beat.” Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Dec 13, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > > The difference between a barline accent

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
in stress. > What makings are there to do this? > > tim > >> On Dec 12, 2016, at 6:23 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> >> And to answer your question: >> >> With a expression above the measure that says "2+2+2” (as I believe >> Chris Smith als

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
And to answer your question: With a expression above the measure that says "2+2+2” (as I believe Chris Smith also suggested). Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:06 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > > So how would you indicate

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
The discussion seemed to have moved beyond the specifics of the original question — people were making broad normative claims about 6/4 versus 3/2. Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Dec 10, 2016, at 5:06 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > > > > On

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The conventional answer is 3/2, because as you say, traditionally 6/4 is > compound meter. > > I personally ignore this convent

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, The conventional answer is 3/2, because as you say, traditionally 6/4 is compound meter. I personally ignore this convention for exactly the reason you describe — that it suggests that the underlying X/4 pulse changes, and that is unintentional. In a mixed-meter piece, going from 4/4

Re: [Finale] Hairpins: cresc. dal niente; dim. al niente

2016-11-15 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jan, Amazing! Can’t wait for this to be released! Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Nov 15, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Jan Angermüller wrote: > > Here is a demo video of what my Perfect Layout plugin does to create > niente hairpins in Finale. >

Re: [Finale] Install Finale 2010 on Mac OS Siera 10.12

2016-11-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Mike, All new Macs come with macOS Sierra and it’s not possible to install an older OS. Finale 2010 is definitely not supported on Sierra. If you buy a new Mac you will also need to upgrade to Finale v25. Cheers, – DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org From: Michael Dutka

[Finale] iKey/yKey replacement — must have simulated mouse clicks

2016-10-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, It seems that simulated mouse clicks no longer work in yKey (formerly iKey) as of OS X 10.11 — at least, I have not been able to get them to work. Is there a replacement Mac macro app that does simulated mouse clicks that works correctly under El Capitan and Sierra? I know Keyboard

Re: [Finale] Printing 8.5"x11" PDF 2-up to 12"x18" paper

2016-10-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
t 2:12 AM, Ryan Beard <ry.squa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can you print to PDF each page first to 9"x12", then impose those two 9x12 > pages on 12"x18"? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:27 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.c

[Finale] Printing 8.5"x11" PDF 2-up to 12"x18" paper

2016-10-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello,  Does anyone have a good solution for printing 8.5”x11” PDFs 2-up onto 12”x18” paper that both enlarges the image the correct amount and preserves equidistant margins? The app Bookbinder’s Collator does this perfectly when making booklets, but it is not able to do regular 2-up. And

Re: [Finale] Wrapping a System

2016-09-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
There is a plugin to remove vertical collisions but it doesn’t actually work. Cheers, — DJA - http://secretsocietymusic.org > On Sep 29, 2016, at 3:44 AM, Giovanni Andreani > wrote: > > Is there anyway to automate the process of system wrapping? I have a

Re: [Finale] yKey (iKey) "Move To" shortcuts no longer work in 10.11

2016-09-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
Haven’t tried it recently, but it’s > worth a look. It uses the directional arrow keys to accomplish this. > > >> On Sep 24, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I know Apple just released macOS 1

[Finale] yKey (iKey) "Move To" shortcuts no longer work in 10.11

2016-09-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, I know Apple just released macOS 10.12 but I just recently upgraded to OS X 10.11.6 and am still trying to work out all the kinks. One major kink is that yKey (formerly iKey) shortcuts that involve simulating mouse movements (“Move To”) no longer seem to work. I’m not sure if any yKey

Re: [Finale] MacFin v25 Programming tool set causes fatal Preferences corruption?

2016-09-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
gt;> >>> >>>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Darcy, >>>> >>>> Yes, I have reproduced this behavior. Glad I saved extra preference files! >>>> >>&

Re: [Finale] MacFin v25 Programming tool set causes fatal Preferences corruption?

2016-09-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
n design? They always say, “It’s complicated, but we’ll > get to it.” > > Chuck > > >> On Sep 18, 2016, at 11:31 PM, Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Can anyone else confirm this? (MacFin v25 on OS X 10.11.6) >&g

[Finale] MacFin v25 Programming tool set causes fatal Preferences corruption?

2016-09-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Can anyone else confirm this? (MacFin v25 on OS X 10.11.6) Steps: 1) Launch Finale with a known good set of preferences. 2) Hold down option and go View > Program Tool Set 1 3) File > Save Preferences 4) Quit Finale 5) Re-launch Finale. Finale will crash on quit. Can anyone

[Finale] Shortening the Tool Palette in MacFin25

2016-09-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Getting set up with Mac Finale v25 for the first time, and it seems that there isn’t any way to shorten the Tool Palette? I believe ever since I began using Finale (3.0), it has been possible to eliminate tools from the tool set by resizing it. I keep mine in a single horizontal

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
Linked parts is the big one. Cheers, – DJA - http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On July 12, 2016 at 1:16:37 PM, Johannes Gebauer (li...@musikmanufaktur.com) wrote: I am wondering whether I should upgrade my ancient version of Finale (2k9) to the current. Can someone outline in some brief

Re: [Finale] Getting JABB and GPO to work in Finale 2014.5 Mac + ARIA

2016-05-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
player) ARIA Player v1.872 An absolute nightmare that took untold hours, but at least I’ve got the GPO and JABB instruments back. In future, it would be nice to know if there were a less brute-force method. Cheers, – DJA - http://www.secretsocietymusic.org From: Darcy James Argue <d

Re: [Finale] Getting JABB and GPO to work in Finale 2014.5 Mac + ARIA

2016-05-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
Argue <djar...@icloud.com> Reply: Darcy James Argue <djar...@icloud.com> Date: May 3, 2016 at 5:22:29 PM To: finale@shsu.edu <finale@shsu.edu> Subject:  Getting JABB and GPO to work in Finale 2014.5 Mac + ARIA Hi all, Can someone explain what the trick is to get the latest vers

[Finale] Getting JABB and GPO to work in Finale 2014.5 Mac + ARIA

2016-05-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Can someone explain what the trick is to get the latest version of ARIA Player to recognize GPO4 and JABB3? I’ve followed the instructions here: http://makemusic.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5381/~/setting-up-garritan-sound-libraries-in-finale-and-printmusic The result is that

Re: [Finale] grace notes in voiced linked parts

2016-03-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
Rather than extract the parts, you could add new hidden staves to the score and copy/explode the instruments to separate staves — plugins make this easier. That way you can at least keep all of the parts in the same file, which makes updating and printing them much, much easier. Cheers, -

Re: [Finale] Finale failings

2016-02-15 Thread Darcy James Argue
Craig, When the two chords are stacked vertically, with a horizontal line separating them, they are played as a polychord, e.g. F# — C Chord inversions and chords with an alternate bass are both displayed with a diagonal slash, e.g., F#/C (Sometimes the alternate bass is subscript but the

Re: [Finale] Finale failings

2016-02-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
F#/C#min7 isn't directly supported by the Chord Tool but there are several simple workarounds, including entering either the slash or the chord suffix as an expression. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Feb 14, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Martin Nickless

Re: [Finale] Finale failings

2016-02-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
"Hi had it confirmed yesterday by finale that they do not support poly chords" I have no idea what you are talking about. "• Alternate Bass: Type a slash (/), an underscore (SHIFT+hyphen), or a bar symbol (|) to indicate whether an alternate bass note should appear next to, below, or slightly

Re: [Finale] Export To Audio

2015-11-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Glen, Often I find the first "Export to Audio" command in FinMac2014d does nothing. The file only appears after a second invocation. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Nov 5, 2015, at 12:45 AM, Glen Daum wrote: > I need to export a Finale

Re: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

2015-08-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
always add blank pages at the end. On Aug 28, 2015 7:24 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks, much obliged. (I already own that Swingline stapler.) One question — what do you enter in the page range when the total length of the part isn't a multiple of 4 pages

Re: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

2015-08-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
recommend the Swingline saddle stapler. You can find them on eBay. Hope this helps, Greg From: Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com Subject: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow Date: August 26, 2015 at 10:05:40 PM PDT To: finale@shsu.edu Hi all, So after a year and a half of owning

Re: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

2015-08-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
trimmer to straighten that out. Even still, this is the method of printing with which I am happiest. David Froom On 28 Aug 2015, at 1:00 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: From: Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com Subject: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow Date: August

Re: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

2015-08-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, So after a year and a half of owning a Ricoh AP6330N, I have — somewhat sheepishly — just today discovered it can actually handle 12x18 paper. (I had until now just assumed that it had the same size limitations as its predecessor, the Ricoh

[Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

2015-08-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, So after a year and a half of owning a Ricoh AP6330N, I have — somewhat sheepishly — just today discovered it can actually handle 12x18 paper. (I had until now just assumed that it had the same size limitations as its predecessor, the Ricoh AP2610, which maxed out at 11x17. In

Re: [Finale] disable human playback

2015-08-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jan, Are you positive that this text expression has the result you describe? That is definitely not what happens on my system (FinMac 2014d). As far as I know, it is not possible to turn off HP on a staff-by-staff basis. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Aug

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
. Klaus Aired by iPad Sendt fra min iPad Den 23/08/2015 kl. 19.54 skrev Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com: So this is a very annoying bug with no workaround that I can think of… I am trying to show a 12-tone series on a part for an improvising soloist. I also want to show a cued bass

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Finale computer, so I can’t check that. Christopher On Aug 23, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: So this is a very annoying bug with no workaround that I can think of… I am trying to show a 12-tone series on a part for an improvising soloist. I also want

Re: [Finale] disable human playback

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
The Apply Human Playback plugin in its current form is a disaster. It's utterly unusable. The MIDI data it writes is completely different from the data HP actually employs during live playback. I don't know why this is — it used to work much better than it does. The only current solution for

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
wrote: I'm not able confirm your issue but most of the annoying coping problems are resolved by using Robert Patterson's Mass Copy. More powerful and reliable than the built-in copying IMO. Good luck. Steve On Aug 23, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote

[Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
So this is a very annoying bug with no workaround that I can think of… I am trying to show a 12-tone series on a part for an improvising soloist. I also want to show a cued bass line in the same measure. The part is in 4/4 so the 12-tone row is in eighth-note triplets in layer 3. I want those

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

2015-08-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
the built-in copying IMO. Good luck. Steve On Aug 23, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: So this is a very annoying bug with no workaround that I can think of… I am trying to show a 12-tone series on a part for an improvising soloist. I also want to show

[Finale] HP Processing Glissandi Bends with HP Style Jazz

2015-08-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Has anyone observed the following behavior? With HP set to Standard, HP pre-playback processing takes a normal amount of time. With HP set to Jazz, HP seems to stall on Processing Glissandi Bends, taking up to 30 seconds to complete this step of the pre-playback processing, even on

Re: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
- Original Message - From: Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 8:26 PM Subject: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing Hi all, Is there a way to prevent notes and/or rests hidden with the Blank Notation staff style from

Re: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: On 2015-08-21 22:26, Darcy James Argue wrote: It is already unchecked. Unfortunately, this option does not work entirely as advertised… Hidden notes are note entries that are hidden, not hidden layers through staff styles. Hidden layers through

Re: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi David, It is already unchecked. Unfortunately, this option does not work entirely as advertised… Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:41 PM, David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net wrote: On 8/21/2015 3:26 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all

[Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Is there a way to prevent notes and/or rests hidden with the Blank Notation staff style from affecting music spacing? I have some fairly dense notation in Layer 1, hidden with a staff style, and it's affecting the spacing of Layer 4 (the visible layer). Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Active Layer Only and space in Layer 4. Layer 1 won't affect spacing, but then neither will Layers 2 3. So this may not help. JR On 8/21/15 3:26 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to prevent notes and/or rests hidden with the Blank Notation staff style from affecting

Re: [Finale] Windows Surface Pro 3/StaffPad Update

2015-08-15 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, Thanks for the frank update. Your impressions match up with those of a colleague of mine, who had been quite enthusiastic about migrating from Mac OS X to a Windows-based machine, but ultimately ended up really regretting the move. Should you opt for the repair and continue to use

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, In case you're taking requests — is there any way the plugin could automatically tighten the space between ledger lines on reduced-note size passages, like cues? Currently, Finale spaces cues as if they have full-sized ledger lines, which is obviously extremely tedious to correct

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, In case you're taking requests — is there any way the plugin could automatically tighten the space between ledger lines on reduced-note size passages, like cues? Currently, Finale spaces cues as if they have full-sized ledger lines, which is obviously extremely tedious to correct

Re: [Finale] entering chords quickly !!

2015-07-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
I believe Martin is talking about entering chord symbols (not entering the notes themselves). Here are some helpful shortcuts for that: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2014win/Content/Finale/Chord_entry_tips.htm Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jul

Re: [Finale] pizzicato chords

2015-07-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
Human Playback style - choose Custom from the drop-down menu and un-check Strum Plucked String Chords. Or just use an HP style that does not have this box checked by default (like Standard). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jul 26, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Kenneth Moore

Re: [Finale] F2014 shape expression designer more instable than ever?

2015-07-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Jul 10, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.com wrote: I use both. Finale 2014 I don’t think has crashed at all on me in months….if ever. I deeply envy you. On my setup, it crashes 100% of the time on quit and also at least 3 times per day. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] improving speed in F2014 (mac)?

2015-07-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, In my experience, Finale is very unstable with MIDI Thru set to off. I set it to a Fixed channel that is not in use (like, channel 99, for example). Probably won't help with performance but might help with stability. Finale also seems to do best with a minimum of 30 GB of free HD

Re: [Finale] improving speed in F2014 (mac)?

2015-07-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
drives of most machines made in the last 5 years or so. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Jef, In my experience, Finale is very unstable with MIDI Thru set to off. I set it to a Fixed channel that is not in use (like, channel 99, for example

Re: [Finale] OT: Low end Surface Pro 3 with StaffPad

2015-07-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
Keep in mind the Surface 3 is actually a much newer machine than the Surface 3 Pro — the Surface 3 Pro was released over a year ago, while the Surface 3 came out in May of this year. While the Pro machine has more raw power, the Surface 3 has the benefit of an additional year's worth of RD,

Re: [Finale] Line

2015-07-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
The only rubato indication that's needed is listen to the original recording. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jul 3, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Michael launay-c...@gmx.net wrote: That is a very strange way to transcribe the rhythm. I can’t see any logical reason for the

Re: [Finale] Line

2015-07-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
This is a dismayingly wrong-headed, over-literal transcription. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jul 2, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Barbara Touburg btoub...@online.nl wrote: On 2-7-2015 22:26, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Barbara, Can you send me a photo of the score -

[Finale] Audio tracks and tempo alterations

2015-07-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello, It seems that when you add an audio track to Finale and then attempt to change the tempo by using or modifying a tempo change expression, no change occurs. You have to delete the audio track and then re-load it for the tempo changes to take effect. Am I doing something wrong, or is this

Re: [Finale] Hide ties

2015-06-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com j...@blanemusic.com On Jun 27, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: What's the easiest way to hide a tie? (Other than

Re: [Finale] Hide ties

2015-06-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Long glissandos — especially those that pass through stems without noteheads — often require ties for playback so that the note doesn't reattack. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jun 27, 2015, at 7:00 PM, Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@gmail.com wrote: I imply no

Re: [Finale] Hide ties

2015-06-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
the tie - not sure if that's the easiest way… JB John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com j...@blanemusic.com On Jun 27, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote

[Finale] Hide ties

2015-06-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
What's the easiest way to hide a tie? (Other than duplicating the notation without ties in another layer and hiding the playback layer, which is what I normally have to resort to.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org ___

Re: [Finale] Bb7b4

2015-06-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Bb7b4 is not a standard chord symbol. A flatted fourth would be identical to a major third, which is already in the chord. Did you mean Bb7#4? If so, that would more typically be written with the alteration bracketed by parentheses: Bb7(#4). Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Bb7b4

2015-06-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jim, #4 or #11 is the standard way of writing this harmony. In jazz, 7(#11) chords often include a natural fifth, so b5 is not accurate. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jun 18, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Williams, Jim jwilli...@franklincollege.edu wrote: Maybe it

Re: [Finale] Playback in Speedy

2015-06-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
MIDI Thru - Fixed Channel - [the channel your piano sound is on] Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Jun 16, 2015, at 6:12 PM, GERALD BERG gj.b...@rogers.com wrote: Hi all Sometimes I prefer a piano sound while in Speedy entry mode and 'written' instrument only

[Finale] Disable fp's in Human Playback

2015-06-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, As many of you know, the fp expression is broken in Finale 2014 Human Playback — it essentially results in the note being all but silenced. Does anyone know if there is any way to edit the HP dictionary so that fp is removed, or otherwise preventing the expression from having any HP

Re: [Finale] Disable fp's in Human Playback

2015-06-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
staves/instruments differently. The sound of one instrument sometimes comes back a little after the silencing effect. Anyway, I’d gladly turn it off, if anyone does know a way. Chuck On Jun 6, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, As many of you

Re: [Finale] Disable fp's in Human Playback

2015-06-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
? If it’s not too fussy, I’d like to get that to work. Thanks, Chuck On Jun 6, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Chuck, I just realized, after asking the question, that if I change the Playback Effect from None to something defined but harmless — like

Re: [Finale] Piano concert May 30

2015-05-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Congrats, good sir! Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On May 21, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com wrote: Hi all, Finale-related only because all the scores are now in that format! A concert celebrating my 50th year as a composer is

Re: [Finale] Dynamic changes

2015-05-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Jan, I have never gotten this feature to work. Is there some additional trick? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On May 16, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Jan Angermüller j...@angermueller.com wrote: When you switch to the Playback tab In the Expression Designer, you can set

Re: [Finale] playback transposition

2015-05-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Ryan, If your keyboard has a pitch bend wheel, move it all the way up or down and then let it return to zero. (Not sure what causes this glitch, but when it happens to me, this is a quick enough solution.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On May 17, 2015, at 4:37

Re: [Finale] Dynamic changes

2015-05-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Make a separate file for playback. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On May 16, 2015, at 6:03 PM, dershem ders...@cox.net wrote: OK - here's one I haven't run across before. Doing a piece where on the first time through a repeated section, the dynamic is P and the

Re: [Finale] StaffPad has released a great update! (lengthy update to my previous review)

2015-05-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Craig, I think you will find a lot of people on this list who disagree with you about the desirability of capturing that last 1% of engraving sophistication. (Starting with whether it is actually 1% or more like 10% or more.) To give but one example, having an application that could apply

Re: [Finale] 8vab

2015-05-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Scroll view. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On May 5, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Barbara Touburg btoub...@online.nl wrote: Next question: how do I create an 8vab-line that spans more than two pages? Finale keeps snapping the endpoint to a spot where I dont't want it. I

Re: [Finale] Copying extra space settings within a part?

2015-05-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
. Once you add it to the beginning/end of a measure in one part, it will be in all parts and the score. Steve On 5/5/15 1:42 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, Is there a plugin that allows you to copy the extra space at beginning/end settings from one measure

[Finale] Copying extra space settings within a part?

2015-05-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Is there a plugin that allows you to copy the extra space at beginning/end settings from one measure of a part to another? Finale's filter doesn't work on linked parts, and the Mass Copy plugin does not appear to allow this either (unless I'm missing something)? Cheers, - DJA -

Re: [Finale] Copy problem

2015-04-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Stephen, Thanks! Great, great tip. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 29, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Stephen Lamb jstephenl...@jslweb.com wrote: Hi Barbara, I've come across this bug before. Finale doesn't like copying hidden tuplets, for some reason. The

[Finale] Pop at end of audio file

2015-04-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, FinMac2014 —when placing an audio track in Finale, the clip always pops at the end of the audio, even when the audio is nicely faded out. Anyone seeing this? Anyone have a solution? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] Darcy Argue 2015 Guggenheim Fellow

2015-04-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello all, Thank you so much everyone for your very kind words! It's an unbelievable honor, obviously, and I will endeavor to be worthy of it. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Craig Parmerlee cr...@parmerlee.com wrote: It is a great

Re: [Finale] StaffPad (for Windows Surface Pro 3)

2015-04-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, It's true I am a lifelong Mac user (since the 1984 Macintosh!) but I'll admit that the idea that I could take a tablet that's as powerful as my current laptop, plunk it on the music stand of any piano, write music directly on-screen with a pen, and then easily bounce that output to

Re: [Finale] StaffPad (for Windows Surface Pro 3)

2015-04-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:20 PM, timothy price timothy.pr...@valley.net wrote: Aren't the files produced with Staffpad compatible with Finale on a Mac. Am sure they are. Of course, but that would require a separate device. The whole appeal of this (for me at least) is that everything lives in

Re: [Finale] StaffPad (for Windows Surface Pro 3)

2015-04-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:35 PM, David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net wrote: I don't see any reason for anybody to run out and buy a SurfacePro3 simply to run this software -- once you buy the SurfacePro3, install Finale or Sibelius and use that since they run just fine on the SurfacePro3. But

[Finale] Fin2014 — custom smart lines attach to beats?

2015-04-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, As of Finale 2014, newly created custom smart lines default to attaching to noteheads. Is there a way to force them to attach to beats instead? It seems that only the pre-defined smart shapes are capable of being beat-attached? Also (perhaps related): custom smart lines do not seem to

Re: [Finale] Fin2014 — custom smart lines attach to beats?

2015-04-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
6, 2015, at 10:19 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: If there were a way to have custom lines be note-attached, I'd want to know about it! But I'm glad you figured it out. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Robert

Re: [Finale] Fin2014 — custom smart lines attach to beats?

2015-04-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
wrote: I'm not able to reproduce this behavior in MacFin14d. What I did: 1. New a default doc 2. Open the Custom Line Dialog. 3. Hit Create 4. Hit Okay. When I assign the new shape it is beat attached, not note attached. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Darcy James Argue djar

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument in FinMac2014?

2015-04-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
. On 4/5/2015 12:27 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I should clarify that I mean use the Change Instrument feature to create an instrument change mid-piece, rather than selecting the entire staff and changing the instrument for the entire duration. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http

[Finale] Change Instrument in FinMac2014?

2015-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Can anyone else confirm that if you use the Change Instrument feature in Finale 2014 to switch to an instrument double, the new instrument does not respond to any dynamics or hairpins? (N.B. I have Human Playback on and am using Garritan instruments.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument in FinMac2014?

2015-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all, Can anyone else confirm that if you use the Change Instrument feature in Finale 2014 to switch to an instrument double, the new instrument does not respond to any dynamics or hairpins? (N.B. I have Human Playback on and am using Garritan

Re: [Finale] WinFin on Surface Pro 3

2015-04-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
/staffpad-is-a-music-handwriting-app/ Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 1, 2015, at 5:33 AM, David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net wrote: On 4/1/2015 12:21 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hello all, Has anyone been running Finale for Windows on the Surface Pro 3

Re: [Finale] WinFin on Surface Pro 3

2015-04-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
dhbaile...@comcast.net wrote: On 4/1/2015 12:21 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hello all, Has anyone been running Finale for Windows on the Surface Pro 3 tablet, and if so… how's that been going for you? Also, any prognostication on how Fin2014 would perform on the just-announced Surface 3

[Finale] WinFin on Surface Pro 3

2015-03-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello all, Has anyone been running Finale for Windows on the Surface Pro 3 tablet, and if so… how's that been going for you? Also, any prognostication on how Fin2014 would perform on the just-announced Surface 3 (non-pro)? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] Does anybody think MM will ever fix the F2014 HP problems?

2015-03-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, I'm actually wondering whether anyone has any solutions to the fp problem in Fin2014, which is actually becoming a real problem for me. The Set Rhythmic Feel to 0% workaround is okay for the note-cutout problem, but the only solution I know to the almost-silent fp's is to put the

Re: [Finale] Copying independent time signatures

2015-03-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
selection. I just tried this and it seemed to work. I don't know if there are caveats. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hello, If you have a staff that is set to use Independent Time Signatures (via a Staff Style), is there any way to copy those

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