Re: [Finale] Recording the singing of lyrics on the Finale Audio Tract as the score is playing

2012-02-06 Thread Darcy James Argue
It is completely practical to export audio from Finale. It is also completely practical to add a single audio track (such as a vocal track) to Finale, provided the tempos match exactly. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 6 Feb 2012, at 6:59 AM, Nigel Hanley wrote:

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Context would seem to suggest the most vulnerable part. I think my own inclination would be to aim squarely for the bridge, at least for the first note. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 4 Feb 2012, at 4:06 PM, Whittall, Geoff wrote: Regardless of the direction

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 3 Feb 2012, at 1:41 PM, Whittall, Geoff wrote: I think a key question to answer, before you worry about the notated duration of the note, is what is the bat hitting (or, what is hitting the bat)? Did no one read the score Jef sent? It's in French, but he helpfully provided a translation.

Re: [Finale] Changing patches in the new Finale 2012 world

2012-01-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, I'm not quite understanding what you mean by spacebar playback. You can start and stop playback using the spacebar whenever the Playback Controls window is open, and Human Playback works fine. (If screen clutter is an issue for you, you can drag all but the edge of the window

Re: [Finale] Changing patches in the new Finale 2012 world

2012-01-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Aaron, I never knew this feature existed! I agree it would be sensible to at least allow the option for spacebar-click playback to use Human Playback. Meanwhile, Robert, you can use the Apply Human Playback plugin to write the HP data into the file, so that playback with HP off sounds the

Re: [Finale] Changing patches in the new Finale 2012 world

2012-01-30 Thread Darcy James Argue
I have always used the Playback Region: From: Leftmost Measure setting. I never knew there was another option! But with a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad, horizontal scrolling is so easy that I think I'd still prefer that method to spacebar-clicking a particular measure. The ability to instantly

[Finale] Mute None and Solo Note gone in Finale 2012

2012-01-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, The Score Manager in Finale 2012 appears to have eliminated the Mute Note, Mute All, Solo None, and Solo All buttons that used to be in the Instrument List in previous versions. Is there another way to get this functionality, or are we now stuck manually muting and un-muting individual

Re: [Finale] Mute None and Solo Note gone in Finale 2012

2012-01-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
, Lawrence wrote: You can do it in the mixer Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jan 2012, at 08:45 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi all, The Score Manager in Finale 2012 appears to have eliminated the Mute Note, Mute All, Solo None, and Solo All buttons that used

Re: [Finale] Sound Map Priority?

2012-01-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
of the article. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jan 2012, at 10:57 PM, Rudolf van Berkum wrote: On 29/01/2012, at 2:00 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@mac.com wrote: In Finale 2012a, does anyone know where Finale stores the list of which sound maps show up

[Finale] Sound Map Priority?

2012-01-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi there, In Finale 2012a, does anyone know where Finale stores the list of which sound maps show up in the Sound Map Priority dialog? The Garritan Jazz and Big Band and Garritan Personal Orchestra libraries aren't showing up in that list. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] mid-measure clef

2012-01-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Select a partial measure using the clef tool, then choose Select Clef. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Jan 2012, at 1:51 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: I seem to have lost the way to make a midmeasure clef change. Mac, Fin.2010. I can't find it anywhere in the

[Finale] Too Many Notes - Error 177

2012-01-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Anyone else having crashing problems with Mac Finale 2012 when (deliberately) entering measures with too many notes (like real whole rests in a 3/4 measure)? Finale warns of too many notes, I click ignore as usual, but then I get Finale Error 177, usually followed by a crash shortly

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Aaron, I saw your original question but I can't help because I never use the computer-keyboard Speedy method. This method has also been deprecated by MakeMusic so it's possibly it's not compatible with the new percussion entry method. This is the kind of thing you really need to talk to

Re: [Finale] Parts have different page size than score (Mac)

2012-01-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
I haven't actually tried this, so I don't know whether it works, but isn't this problem theoretically solved by selecting the Use Finale's Page Orientation instead of printer's Page Orientation option? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 21 Jan 2012, at 3:01 PM,

Re: [Finale] Changing patches in the new Finale 2012 world

2012-01-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, Human Playback catches and interprets pizz. and arco expressions automatically, provided they are NOT defined for playback (which overrides HP). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 20 Jan 2012, at 12:21 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: Anyway, can someone

Re: [Finale] Changing patches in the new Finale 2012 world

2012-01-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
document, and you have customized expressions and/or instrument selections. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 20 Jan 2012, at 1:18 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: Is there any way to control what Human Playback does? On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Darcy James Argue

Re: [Finale] 2012 downloader update

2012-01-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
That's a UI bug in the installer, related to the size of the Garritan instruments. You can safely ignore the percentage progress bar -- I think a standard install tops out at something like 8200%? But if you leave it alone, it does eventually complete. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] augmented jazz ensemble

2012-01-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi there, As Chuck said, NO you should NOT use landscape orientation for bigband scores, let alone bigband scores with extra instruments added. Scores using a significant number of instruments should always use portrait orientation, to maximize visibility. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] smart page turns

2012-01-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Lawrence, It doesn't work -- don't bother. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 3 Jan 2012, at 3:11 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: Has anybody had any luck getting smart page turns to work. If so, could you give me a clue on how to do it. I've found nothing in the

Re: [Finale] measure width for whole rest (empty) bars

2011-12-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Ryan, You want to make the minimum width larger, not smaller. Try making the minimum width 150 points or similar. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 29 Dec 2011, at 4:56 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: I've tried that. Even with a minimum width of 1 space the empty

Re: [Finale] measure width for whole rest (empty) bars

2011-12-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
default measure width for a single measure of rest. That value has to be somewhere, right? You can specify how wide you want a multi-measure rest, so I think you should be able to specify how wide you want single measure rest. On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Darcy James Argue djar

Re: [Finale] measure width for whole rest (empty) bars

2011-12-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.netwrote: Hi Ryan, Your maximum width is set artificially low (which you did not mention). You should make it as big as Finale will allow. This setting doesn't seem to have any bearing on Finale's default measure width for a single measure of rest

Re: [Finale] Questions about microtonal accidentals

2011-12-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jari, * Does anyone use the accidentals with arrows up/down? Yes, and that's always been my preferred style of quarter-tone notation. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Dec 2011, at 3:49 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! In the plug-in JW Change

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic acquires Garritan

2011-12-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jari, That is all good news! Thanks for sharing. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 20 Dec 2011, at 1:20 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Quite a lot seem to have happened the last month at MM. About a month ago, they acquired Recordare and the MusicXML

Re: [Finale] Beginner's woes

2011-12-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Actually you can add in C to a text box that is set to be hidden in all part(s) except the one(s) you specify. You can also add staves that are linked to additional parts, but are not visible in the score, then just copy everything over from e.g., the in C staff to the in Bb staff. Lawrence, I

Re: [Finale] courtesy accidentals

2011-12-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Linda, I'll reiterate Chris's observation that using the articulation tool to create courtesy accidentals is not the optimal solution. The existing shortcuts in Speedy/Simple are much faster and more reliable in a greater variety of situations (transposing instruments, transposed passages),

Re: [Finale] beams across staves

2011-12-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, Actually, it's easier (and you get better beaming results) to use the new shortcut, which is (on Mac) opt-shift-down arrow/opt-shift-up arrow with notes selected in the Selection Tool: http://blog.finalemusic.com/post/2011/06/28/Finale-QuickTips-Cross-Staff-Beaming.aspx Cheers, -

Re: [Finale] (OT) ... I Pod question

2011-11-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Dean, All batteries wear out over time. If you live near an Apple Store, you can probably take your iPod in for a battery replacement, but you are almost certainly better off buying a new device. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 10 Nov 2011, at 5:05 PM,

[Finale] David Fenton RIP

2011-11-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello all, Just saw the news... I'm deeply saddened by David Fenton's passing, and I regret that I never had the opportunity to meet him in person. My condolences to his family and loved ones. Sincerely, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] A More Basic Bill Duncan Font Question

2011-10-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
Use the OpenType (.OTF) versions, not TrueType. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 23 Oct 2011, at 8:57 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Thanks, Eric… Now the follow up. Opened Font Book, clicked on Add Fonts, chose the True Type ones, and got this message from

Re: [Finale] A More Basic Bill Duncan Font Question

2011-10-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
:08 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Use the OpenType (.OTF) versions, not TrueType. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 23 Oct 2011, at 8:57 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: Thanks, Eric… Now the follow up. Opened Font Book, clicked

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 - space hog

2011-10-15 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 15 Oct 2011, at 6:29 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: On 10/14/2011 7:24 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: That's not actually correct. In recent versions of Finale, the Aria player also plays back the SmartMusic SoftSynth sounds. Thanks for that knowledge -- I was wrong. Interesting, since I

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 - space hog

2011-10-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, I don't believe you can drop the Aria player from Finale 2012 if you still want playback. And Giz could easily get a portable bus-powered HD. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 14 Oct 2011, at 12:17 PM, christopher.sm...@videotron.ca

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 - space hog

2011-10-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
That's not actually correct. In recent versions of Finale, the Aria player also plays back the SmartMusic SoftSynth sounds. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 14 Oct 2011, at 3:47 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: On 10/14/2011 12:49 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Giz:

Re: [Finale] copy to drum part

2011-10-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Plug-ins - Notes and Rests - Single Pitch Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 13 Oct 2011, at 11:32 PM, dershem wrote: I have a fairly (ridiculously) complex soli section where I'd like to copy the rhythmic patterns of the trumpet 1 line to the drum part - all

Re: [Finale] problem in Finale 2012

2011-10-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Rather than make new templates, you should make yourself a brand-new Document Style. You can then select that style when creating new documents via the Setup Wizard. Otherwise, you will not get many of the new benefits of the Score Manager system. Having a bunch of templates for

Re: [Finale] problem in Finale 2012

2011-10-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
: On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Rather than make new templates, you should make yourself a brand-new Document Style. You can then select that style when creating new documents via the Setup Wizard. Otherwise, you will not get many of the new benefits of the Score Manager

Re: [Finale] problem in Finale 2012

2011-10-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
), the file manager reports an error and it doesn't import. Ideas on that one? The usual thanks, Chuck On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, Rather than make new templates, you should make yourself a brand-new Document Style. You can then select that style when

Re: [Finale] change instrument

2011-10-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Mark, It is possible to edit your Human Playback settings to get the Garritan JABB instruments to recognize mute changes by triggering keyswitches, but I agree that Finale should support this out of the box without users having to manually adjust their settings. Please register your

Re: [Finale] change instrument

2011-10-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
as an instrument change? Is that easier than configuring HP (which I once got working right but then lost the way to do it)? Chuck On Oct 8, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Mark, It is possible to edit your Human Playback settings to get the Garritan JABB

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012 released

2011-10-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 7 Oct 2011, at 10:54 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Wouldn't it be cool if they perhaps redid the playback system so if you have the expression solo it will automatically bring up the volume of the instrument and bring down the others? Human playback already does this -- and has done this

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-10-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Unfortunately, Pages doesn't support this. If you need an image to be exactly 75% of its original size, you have to calculate the dimensions manually and enter them into the size boxes. It hasn't been an issue for me -- most often I know the specific dimensions I want and I don't

Re: [Finale] midi keyboard noise question

2011-10-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Do you have the Audio MIDI Setup window open, by any chance? Does it go away if you close it or deselect Test Setup? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 5 Oct 2011, at 7:58 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Experts: I just had to trash and rebuild my

Re: [Finale] midi keyboard noise question

2011-10-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
, but I don't know what. Chuck On Oct 5, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, Do you have the Audio MIDI Setup window open, by any chance? Does it go away if you close it or deselect Test Setup? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] Augmented 6th chords as jazz chords

2011-10-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert: In the key of C: Ger 6th: Ab7 Fr 6th: Ab7 (#11) or Ab7 (#4) It 6th: Ab7 (omit 5) In jazz theory, these would all be considered tritone substitutions for the applied dominant of V (V7 of V). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Oct 2011, at 4:16 PM,

[Finale] Finale 2012 tweets

2011-10-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Just a heads-up that if you take a look at the official Finale Music Twitter stream, they've been posting variations on Finale 2012 coming soon since yesterday: https://twitter.com/#!/finale_music Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] Drum Parts

2011-09-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
My experience is that drummers like *everything* in their part written the same layer -- hihat/cymbal, snare, toms, bass drum, etc -- all with stems up. It's much easier to see how things line up that way. Most drumers do not like having the part separated into multiple layers. However, if you

Re: [Finale] Drum Parts

2011-09-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
this isn't gospel truth. I can see both arguments, so I'm pleased to hear both sides. cheers, Nigel Hanley On 28/09/2011, at 2:25 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: My experience is that drummers like *everything* in their part written the same layer -- hihat/cymbal, snare, toms, bass

Re: [Finale] Drum Parts

2011-09-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Brian, Actually, my argument is for everything all in the same layer. This way, any drums or cymbals that are played simultaneously share the same stem. It's definitely preferred by every drummer I've talked to. Chris mentioned Modern Drummer -- this is how they do it. Here's an example:

Re: [Finale] OT: Selling your CDs and Sales Tax

2011-09-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello David, I sell my CDs at shows in New York and elsewhere. My advice to you is to listen to what Mark Lew said, as he has given you extremely sound and accurate advice. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Sep 2011, at 8:18 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 27

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-09-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, What version of Word are you using? I remember Office 2004 for Mac being particularly bad about image quality. Anyway, Apple's Pages application will import your existing Word file (and even save in Word format, if that's important), and also allow you to place PDFs without any image

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-09-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Pages is a really excellent app. I use it exclusively and the Word import/export does the trick (for my purposes, at least). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 Sep 2011, at 8:31 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: What version of Word are you using? I

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-09-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
. Christopher On Sat Sep 17, at SaturdaySep 17 12:40 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Jef, Pages is a really excellent app. I use it exclusively and the Word import/export does the trick (for my purposes, at least). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-09-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, You can just buy it from the App Store, or download it from Apple's website. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 Sep 2011, at 2:01 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: ok, will look into it, am convinced to take the time now. just need to find the damn iWork

Re: [Finale] EPS export from F2010 is black in MS word

2011-09-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, My suggestion is to not EPS from Finale. Instead, make a PDF, crop as needed, and insert the PDF graphics into the Word file. Or you could use a graphics program to convert the existing EPS files to PDF. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 16 Sep 2011, at

Re: [Finale] orchestration, clefs, etc. (was Clefs for Tenors in Choir)

2011-09-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, This is actually an excellent point -- my own take on this would be that bigband flute parts within the staff often sound better on alto flute, whereas flute parts above the staff often sound better on piccolo (especially when doubling lead tpt, either at pitch or 8va). Good piccolo

Re: [Finale] Clefs for Tenors in Choir (2nd thought)

2011-09-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Yes. Also because solo music for tenor voice is frequently written in Treble 8vb instead of bass clef. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 14 Sep 2011, at 10:53 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Is it because of ledger lines in bass clef running into the lyrics on the

Re: [Finale] Copying System Margins

2011-09-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Modify - Transfer - Layout Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 9 Sep 2011, at 2:00 AM, Giovanni Andreani wrote: I tried to look trough all the TGTools features but can't find the one you mentioned... Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu

Re: [Finale] Notation Question

2011-09-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Yes. It's worth taking a close look at the Leslie in person next time you see a Hammond player using one -- watching the rotating speaker go round and round is hypnotic and fascinating. As for whether the Leslie speaker is a defining part of the Hammond sound, the only possible

Re: [Finale] keeping old manuals

2011-09-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 31 Aug 2011, at 4:51 PM, Ryan wrote: Hi List, Doing some cleaning. I don't see any reason why I'd need to keep my old Finale 3.7 manuals around anymore. But, I'm hesitant to toss them. Is there any reason I should keep these around? No. I haven't used them in MANY years. Will I be

[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] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 9 Aug 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michael L Meyer wrote: 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

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 9 Aug 2011, at 7:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: 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

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] non-standard key signatures

2011-08-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Adam, It hardly sounds like a piece that uses just four accidentals will be anything remotely like a mess of sharps and flats -- and regardless, writing the accidentals out will be *much* more performer-friendly than insisting on a nonstandard key signature. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009c and GPO4

2011-08-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
/2011 8:37 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Adam, The definition of middle C has nothing to do with it. HP works by triggering MIDI note numbers, which are the same across the board. Open playing is always MIDI note #0 and muted is MIDI note #2 on all Garritan KS wind instruments. HP

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009c and GPO4

2011-08-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Adam, First -- you may have realized this already, so apologies if I'm stating the obvious, but it's important you to know that it's not enough to use the Notation version of the instruments, you need to use the ones with KS in their name, e.g., n-Trumpet 1 KS. Second, your version of GPO

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009c and GPO4

2011-08-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Adam, The definition of middle C has nothing to do with it. HP works by triggering MIDI note numbers, which are the same across the board. Open playing is always MIDI note #0 and muted is MIDI note #2 on all Garritan KS wind instruments. HP will call those notes C-2 and D-2 in the HP Prefs

[Finale] Groups chaos

2011-08-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, FinMac2011c. In an important orchestral score I'm currently working on, Finale has slowed to a crawl. The cause, it appears, is the INSANE multiplication of groups -- the file contains literally THOUSANDS of groups. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there any quick way of

Re: [Finale] Groups chaos

2011-08-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
wouldn't be an issue anymore. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@mac.com wrote: Hi all, FinMac2011c. In an important orchestral score I'm currently working on, Finale has slowed to a crawl. The cause, it appears, is the INSANE multiplication of groups

[Finale] Groups chaos

2011-08-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, FinMac2011c. In an important orchestral score I'm currently working on, Finale has slowed to a crawl. The cause, it appears, is the INSANE multiplication of groups -- the file now contains literally THOUSANDS of duplicated groups. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there any quick

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, If you are using *voiced* linked parts (multiple parts/staff), grace note spacing cannot be adjusted in the parts. That is the longstanding bug we are complaining about. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jul 2011, at 5:16 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote:

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Adjust it how? Special tools and Speedy are disabled in *voiced* linked parts. Try it and see. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jul 2011, at 9:46 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: you can in fact adjust it in the PT

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Jef, You are still not understanding. I think it's likely that you've never tried the specific thing we are talking about. I'm assuming it must not come up in your work. We aren't talking about voices. Or layers. We are talking about *voiced* linked parts -- i.e., 1 staff, two parts. For

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 7 has been announced, to ship on August 11th.

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, This is huge. The three fundamental UI problems I had with Sibelius (lack of scroll view, no pitch-before-rhythm entry, and those awful modal tool palettes) have now all been implemented. I can't see myself switching entirely unless my hand was forced, but it's encouraging that

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 7 has been announced, to ship on August 11th.

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Or, rather: FIXES TO the three fundamental UI problems... Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Jul 2011, at 3:00 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: The three fundamental UI problems I had with Sibelius (lack of scroll view, no pitch-before-rhythm entry, and those

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 7 has been announced, to ship on August 11th.

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi John, I meant an equivalent to Finale's Scroll View, i.e. Panorama. I'm aware that feature was introduced in an earlier version. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Jul 2011, at 8:25 PM, John Howell wrote: At 3:00 PM -0400 7/27/11, Darcy James Argue wrote

Re: [Finale] Small Finlae bug in Lion?

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Ouch. I can confirm that the opt-ctrl-click for copying multiple times horizontally/vertically is broken under OS X10.7. Justin, hopefully there is a fix forthcoming! But meanwhile please add that to the MM info page on Lion. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 7 has been announced, to ship on August 11th.

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Matthew, Really? WOW. You mean 5 = quarter note instead of the longstanding Sib standard of 4 = quarter note? I'm actually not even sure how I feel about that. Seems like it could be a bit confusing for new Sibelius users who might want to experiment with both rhythm-then-pitch vs.

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Neal, Grace notes do not space correctly with linked voiced parts (i.e. multiple parts per staff). This is a problem going back to the very beginning of linked parts. Please file a bug report with Finale. Meanwhile, you will need to either (A) extract out the staff into individual parts,

Re: [Finale] OS X Lion

2011-07-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
] On Behalf Of Darcy James Argue Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:55 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] OS X Lion Hi all, So, anyone try installing the new OS yet? Obviously I'd be interested to hear about any issues with Finale -- especially considering that only Intel

Re: [Finale] Last screen image and now - a font problem in Lion

2011-07-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 26 Jul 2011, at 6:46 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: And this feature works for me. It seems pretty convenient. To be clear -- this Resume feature does not work (yet) in Finale, or any other application that has not been updated to take advantage of it. One helpful tip I found to temporarily

Re: [Finale] OS X Lion

2011-07-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Darcy James Argue Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:55 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] OS X Lion Hi all, So, anyone try installing the new OS yet? Obviously I'd be interested to hear about any issues with Finale

Re: [Finale] beaming issue

2011-07-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Eric, Beaming eighth notes in groups of four is of course completely correct in 4/4. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 14 Jul 2011, at 3:21 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: M ... Can anyone on the list confirm this beaming issue? (FinMac 2011, OS 10.6.8) Enter

Re: [Finale] grab and drag hot key

2011-06-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
The Esc key is already a shortcut for the Selection tool. Double-clicking a handle in the Selection tool is already a shortcut to take you to the relevant tool. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 Jun 2011, at 12:10 PM, Doug Walter wrote: Sounds like a great

Re: [Finale] grab and drag hot key

2011-06-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
useful getting to and from tools. Doug, your comment led me to believe you may not be aware of those either. Don Hart On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.netwrote: The Esc key is already a shortcut for the Selection tool. Double-clicking a handle

Re: [Finale] Perfect bug storm

2011-06-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, Is there a reason why you can't cut the paper first, then print? Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 9 Jun 2011, at 11:34 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: So I've known for some time that Fin08 Mac has a bug that it prints blank pages under certain

Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen

2011-06-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
I'm afraid not. It's a known problem, and connecting an external monitor will not help. You need to rebuild your prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 31 May 2011, at 11:30 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without

Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen

2011-06-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at

Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen

2011-06-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
, then the box will appear. It then can be dragged to the home screen. Klaus From: Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen Klaus, Ryan, Guys

Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen

2011-06-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
. Is there a way to avoid this problem? On May 31, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels

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

2011-05-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Turn Human Playback on and use pizz. and arco expressions that are NOT defined for playback. HP will catch your pizz. and arco expressions and interpret accordingly. Keep in mind that pizz. volume for GPO strings is absurdly loud, so you will have to use hidden dynamics if you want realistic

Re: [Finale] Playback of chord symbols

2011-05-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Just turn off chord playback. It's completely useless since it doesn't know about voice-leading. If you really need chord playback for some reason, input properly voice-led chords in a hidden layer. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 May 2011, at 10:08 AM, Don

Re: [Finale] Positioning expressions

2011-05-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
It's probably easier to just lower the expression baselines globally (they are set far too high by default). The Entry Offset will take care of collisions with high notes if it's set correctly. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 16 May 2011, at 3:21 PM,

Re: [Finale] Playback of Cues

2011-04-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Turn off playback for whatever layer your cues are in (I use Layer 4 or Layer 3). Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 17 Apr 2011, at 12:37 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I used to remember this, but (no surprise here) I have forgotten. How do I get a cued part to

Re: [Finale] ARIA Player Ignoring Pan Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Darcy James Argue
Use the Instrument List to set pan settings. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 15 Apr 2011, at 8:19 PM, Leigh Daniels wrote: Hi All, Here's my setup: FinMac2010b, Mac OS X 10.6.7, ARIA Player 1.111. With both GPO 4 and JABB, the ARIA Player (both

Re: [Finale] duple in 9/8

2011-04-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, On 13 Apr 2011, at 9:04 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: And Darcy, you wouldn't have preferred dotted-quarter tied to dotted-eighth, then dotted-eighth tied to dotted-quarter? That makes the beat placement more clear. I offered that as an option in Ryan's subsequent replies. If

Re: [Finale] duple in 9/8

2011-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Ryan, That works, but I'd be inclined to use a half-tied-to-sixteenth + sixteenth-tied-to-half if it's important that the second note be placed accurately. BTW, I have never seen (and would never use) two half notes with a duple bracket in 3/4. That seems like a totally obtuse way to

Re: [Finale] duple in 9/8

2011-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Ryan, Since Finale doesn't offer an option of putting X Dotted half notes in the space of X Dotted half notes in the tuplet dialogue box, I ended up using a dotted quarter tied to the first of an eighth note duple, and the second duple tied to a dotted quarter on beat three. That works,

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