as an aural spellcheck.
So what can safely go?: Garritan instruments? Aria player?
Thanks for any help - bear in mind I am pretty ignorant concerning
MIDI sound issues, if you hadn't already figured that out!
Giz Bowe
Richmond VA
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Or is it possible to install Finale on my portable HD, or does it
need to exist on an OS of some sort?
Thanks to all who've responded so far.
Giz
At 10:46 AM 10/14/2011, you wrote:
I'm trying to make room on my hard drive until such time as I can
upgrade my computer - probably next year. I was
The description says mini keys - the feel will be significantly
different than full-sized keys. You'll have to decide if you can deal
with 'em. I've found keyboards with mini-keys to be too clunky for me
to use comfortably - and piano is not my first instrument.
Giz
At 06:36 PM 9/19/2011, you
Specifically, creating a chord library using John Clevenger's
JazzSymbol. I've saved the TrueType fonts to the font folder, and
used document options to use the font, but that doesn't work.
So, I deleted the existing chord library from the document, created a
small library by manually
At 08:42 AM 12/29/2010, you wrote:
Robert Patterson's Settings Scrapbook will do this for you very
nicely, all in one go. You just go through and select all the
settings you want transferred, then pick up the settings from an old
doc and put them into your new template.
FinaleScript also has
At 06:26 PM 12/28/2010, you wrote:
Thanks Jari for your latest plugins - I look forward to using them
when they get to OS X. It's very generous of you.
In case you are looking for any further ideas:
Is it possible to have a plug-in which would give you a report of ALL
your settings for a
At 07:59 AM 11/10/2010, you wrote:
I switched from version 6 to version 10 and notice that in this last
version, being in speedyentry and inserting a chord then striking the
TAB key takes me to the next measure, while in version 6 the same
key took me to the next note or rest in the same
I'm copying a measure stack with ties on both the first last notes
of the measure (to the preceeding following measures). When I
paste, one set of slurs is missing. It's a repeating pattern, so I
tried including more measures in the copy to get the ties - of
course, these have ties to the
At 10:39 PM 8/12/2010, you wrote:
It's a bug with copying ties over barlines, introduced several years
back. Complain, please.
Cheers,
- DJA
Done! And congratulations on your notoriety!
Giz
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My Edirol PC-50 keyboard is fading out - I could deal with the
occasional missing note, but it's gotten to be too much. I only use
this keyboard for MIDI input for Finale, so I don't care about bells
whistles (or helicopters or recorders). I do want a 49-key device.
I also like the compact
Thanks Chuck, Ryan Michael - thanks for your suggestions comments.
I definitely am not concerned with action - Dammit, Jim - I'm a
trumpeteer, not a pianist! Also, 49-key controllers fit just right
on my desk - I won't have to move my shortwave radios printer station.
It appears the
, and I would gladly
pay $50 for a chord font which improved the current Jazz Text font
used for chords, but to my eye, Arial Narrow doesn't really fill the
bill. Even something similar to Dom Casual would be an improvement.
Giz Bowe
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At 12:52 PM 12/6/2009, you wrote:
Also, as part of the experience, try to keep a polite but urgent tone
as you write in to Tech Support telling them how much this prevents
you from getting important work done. Try to ignore the condescension
in the reply when they tell you where the Document
Is there any value or interest in old Finale resources? I have the
Finale 3.0 4-book set; Advanced Guide to Finale (2003); printed
on-line documentation for Finale 97; Installation Tutorials
(Windows - 97 2000).
It seems a shame to throw 'em away, and they're too obscure for used
At 03:48 PM 6/9/2009, you wrote:
I signed in today to check on the upgrade (from Finale 2009) and the price
offered to me was $119.95.
I just got a Finale 2010 notice in the mail 2 days ago with a
discount code good until Sept 18, 2009.
Giz
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Is there any way to globally adjust augmentation dots for eighth
rests? There's way too much space between the eighth rest and its
dot. The global dot adjustment only seems to work for notes, not
rests. I'm using FinWin 2009, although it's been happening since at least 2008.
Thanks!
Giz
At 06:53 PM 11/20/2008, you wrote:
On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Giz Bowe wrote:
Is there any way to globally adjust augmentation dots for eighth
rests? There's way too much space between the eighth rest and its
dot. The global dot adjustment only seems to work for notes, not
rests. I'm using
Anyone else experiencing difficulty with this plugin? Once selecting
the region and using the plugin, the repeat numbers are at different
heights on different staves; they're positioned to the right of the
measure instead of centered; and if I use a one-measure repeat staff
style, they don't
At 11:14 AM 8/25/2008, you wrote:
I encourage any comments you have, but especially appreciate a
description of your most negative experiences with the Finale help
resources and perhaps any ideas regarding its improvement.
I don't like having to use Internet Explorer to access help. In fact,
I'm assuming it's the Garritan/VST add-ons. What can I safely remove
yet still be able to hear playback? I don't need anything
sophisticated - I use playback mainly for spell-check. Or is it the
tutorials? What should I NOT load when I install Finale 2009 to speed
up the opening process?
At 08:16 PM 7/16/2008, you wrote:
Anyone else with ideas?
Have you tried rebooting? Have you tried reloading the MIDI drivers
through the MIDI menu? Or switching from VST to MIDI and back? (Don't
ask me how I know!)
Giz
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You might try selecting the measures, BREAK the Multimeasure rest (I
know, just humor me), then try to create it again. Won't hurt to try,
and I've had success with this in some instances.
Giz
At 01:40 PM 9/10/2007, you wrote:
Jim, I should have been more clear. I'm attempting to create MM
I like being able to specify particular view percentages, but why
won't the keyboard shortcuts work using the number keypad? Is this a
bother for anyone else?
Giz
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At 03:35 PM 6/26/2007, you wrote:
Bbsus(add2) or Bbsus4/2 (without the slash and with the 4/2
stacked vertically, like 6/9) is pretty widely used and understood
in pop music. But I'm not sure if that's the chord that's actually
intended here. Bb(add9, sus4) is a bit ambiguous -- it's possible
At 02:57 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
First click on the Playback Settings icon.
The Playback Settings is the little speaker icon next to the
playback controls. Click on that and in the dialog which opens up,
in the lower right (for Fin2007) is the button Playback Options. Click that.
In the
At 03:56 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
What happens if you don't play the file through native
instruments? If you play it through your computer's soundcard, does
it still cut those notes short?
No, but the sound of the synth instruments is dreadful. . . .
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Anybody tried this plug-in yet? The Horizonal Space before Coda box
is grayed out, and my system isn't indented. This would be very handy
if it worked as advertised!
Giz
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Why is top-posting an abomination? People who send unedited replies
should be [insert favorite torture here]. There's nothing worse than
scrolling through 4 or 5 or more levels of reply only to see a Me
too. At least with top-posting, I can immediately delete. You imply
that top-posting by
At 04:21 PM 10/17/2006 +0100, you wrote:
A Spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants or
vowels are switched (see metathesis), named after the Reverend William
Archibald Spooner (18441930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was
notoriously prone to this tendency.
I had a similar problem when updating an older file. Selecting the measures
with the measure tool, then Breaking then Creating MM rests made it right.
A possible workaround if the other suggestions don't help.
At 11:41 AM 8/26/2006 -0700, you wrote:
First big band score in 2007 - linked parts.
At 07:36 AM 8/15/2006 -0400, you wrote:
I see that the ToolBar is still screwed - I can't seem to get rid of the
quantization button in the Options toolbar.
The issue, if I remember correctly, is that Finale will not remember the
settings for a toolbar if the toolbar contains only one button.
I opened a score from WinFin2005 in my newly installed WinFin2k7. I
generated parts from Manage Parts, and then extracted. The part appears
with the staff spacing terribly squashed, even though I took care to
specify the spacing in Page Formats for Parts (in Part Creation Preferences).
Also,
from IMBDb for Duck Soup:
Rufus T. Firefly: And now, members of the cabinet...
[pounds gavel]
Rufus T. Firefly: we'll take up old business.
Cabinet Member: I wish to discuss the tariff.
Rufus T. Firefly: Sit down, that's new business. No old business? Very well...
[pounds gavel]
Rufus T.
Thought someone here might have a clue: A friend has a Hager clarinet, and
is curious about its value and resale possibilities. I can't find any
references on the web to this brand. He's been told that it has oboe style
keys, whatever that means, and seems to be old - maybe turn of the century
There seems to be an inordinate amount of space between my eighth rests
the dot. Changing the dot positions via Document Options moves the dot too
close to notes, though the eighth note dot looks OK. Manually changing the
dot via Special Tools from 0 to -8 gets the result, but I have to do
At 06:00 AM 12/29/05, you wrote:
The reason I'm asking is that if you're really just wanting to begin a new
section of music, you can do what you want in page layout by having one
system/line be short and move that line's right end way over to the
left. Then move the next system/line up and
At 08:45 PM 12/13/05, you wrote:
And Jim Bruce, head of customer support, told me in a phone conversation a
couple of weeks ago, that the 2007 version will concentrate on the
notation issues. Since those are the issues that are of primary interest
to most of us on the list, this is the time
At 04:52 PM 10/24/05, you wrote:
Anyway, I'll get on it in late November after my ballet gig is over. In the
meantime, any more input is always welcome.
Hi, Bill - are you planning on doing the articulation library, the chord
library, or a new hand-written jazz-like font?
As you've
. . . or who put the triplets in the quadrotriticale?!
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You can save yourself a bit of trouble by doing this: after you delete the
content, save the file as a template file (*.ftm). Just open this file
anytime you start a new piece. If you're making the same adjustments when
you do your new piece, make the changes to your .ftm file, where they will
importantly) I make a great steak a mean margarita.
Thanks for asking, Bob -- Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Season's
Greetings to all! Praise Mithra pass the eggnog.
Giz Bowe
Richmond VA
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At 04:09 AM 12/15/04, you wrote:
I want to drag music from one staff onto the next. If the first
bar of the selected music has a double bar on it's left, Finale will not
let me copy it. It drags OK, but when I lay it on top of the other staff,
the outline never becomes BOLD and it will
At 05:43 PM 11/22/04, you wrote:
Personally, I create extracted parts files, and then I go through each
part to neaten things up, make sure page turns are in the right place,
etc. When I need to correct a mistake, I change it both in the source
score and in the part. If I have to make
1) Is there a way to use circled letters in a text box or measure
expression; and
2) Is there a way to force a text box to appear on the last page,
regardless of what page number that is?
I want to add an instruction to the end of a score which says Play C as
interlude between solos. Play A2
Not a bad idea. How many tricks have we discovered, and thought everybody
was using them? Some things we do so often, we take for granted it's common
knowledge.
At 11:37 PM 11/7/04, you wrote:
Just glad a solution was found. Hope someone out there is keeping a
record of all these - it could
The splash screen is displayed for about 20-30 seconds - a seeming eternity
compared to Fin2004. I'm still in Win98. I was wondering if Finale would
load faster if it didn't have certain elements, such as videos, or
background displays. If so, is it better to re-install Finale without these
At 05:03 PM 8/23/04, you wrote:
On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote:
One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse
Wait until the batteries start to run out.
Which should be about two hours after you hook it up.
More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse
for
Interesting -- I just had the same problem today -- my Finale files
looked like they were done in Cyrillic characters. I re-installed 2004
and thank goodness, that seemed to work. I assumed mine were messed up
somehow because I just deleted old versions of Finale: 2001, 2002
2003.
At 03:35 PM
At 06:26 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
On 28.07.2004 23:50 Uhr, Giz Bowe wrote
At 05:00 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
You mean you use invisible measures to indent a staff? That's the first time
I have heard anyone doing this. Can you not use the layout tool to indent?
Perhaps I am not understanding
At 06:37 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
Why not get rid of the invisible measure and simply force the measure in
question onto a new system and indent it.
I'm trying to adjust this in the score so I don't have to do it for each
individual part, which is what I have to do if I indent the system using
I want to display a clef on a particular measure, which is not the first in
the staff. I can't find anything in the documentation about forcing a
display without a previous clef change. There's a reference in an old post
about 2001 allowing a clef to be displayed on each measure, but no
At 05:00 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
Now I don't understand. I thought you said it wasn't the first measure in
the staff. Why is there a key sig? Did you click Display clef after
barline? Switch it off.
I wrote that this measure follows an invisible measure, which I'm using to
indent the staff, making
At 05:21 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
Which version of Finale are you using? I'm on 2k4, and it works just fine.
Here's a copy of my original post - the measure I'm working with is the
second measure in the staff, after an invisible measure which has been
forced to begin a new staff system. I'm
I'm trying to adjust this in the score so I don't have to do it for each
individual part, which is what I have to do if I indent the system using
the Layout tool.
At 05:58 PM 7/28/04, you wrote:
Why not get rid of the invisible measure and simply force the measure in
question onto a new system
Try putting the second verse notes in a different layer, then use
MassEdit to change the note size.
At 01:06 PM 7/25/04, you wrote:
Hi
all
I'm in the midst of a PVG project which
requires the additional notes found in the second verse (written in the
second layer) be sized smaller. When I use the
I can't get Finale to accept my offsets for coda or dal segno signs (sorry
for the redundancy!). Using the Repeat tool, I click on a measure, select
the sign or instruction, set the horizontal vertical offsets, then click
Select, only to find that Finale has placed the figure where I clicked,
Why not a password-protected file feature for the whole document? MS Excel
has something similar -- you can protect the entire document, or designate
certain cells as protected or not.
At 07:21 AM 7/11/04, you wrote:
Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
...[No, not a typo] WIN 2k6...
Friends, in thinking
I'm not sure how I stumbled on it (maybe here?), but I found that
specifying the bari sax staff to be displayed in bass clef makes it far
easier to read when I'm looking at the untransposed score -- the low A is
only 2 leger lines below bass clef, instead of 8 (!!) in treble. When it's
At 11:09 PM 6/22/04, you wrote:
At 6:52 PM -0700 6/22/04, Chuck Israels wrote:
List members:
A couple of months ago, I bought Bill Duncan's Finale productivity
package mostly out of interest in his chord font, which is far more
sophisticated than anything I have been able to do with Finale's
He does make some good stuff, but the JazzFont is in serious need of
tweaking. Let's start with the number set and the letter Z. . . . I've
started using Dom Casual for my numbers.
Giz
At 07:04 PM 6/10/04, you wrote:
Pity cause he makes good stuff. Great way to support your customers...not
At 08:27 AM 6/11/04, Christopher BJ Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 11:09 PM -0400 6/10/04, Giz Bowe wrote:
He does make some good stuff, but the JazzFont is in serious need of
tweaking. Let's start with the number set and the letter Z. . . . I've
started using Dom Casual for my numbers.
Ha! I
This solution would work nicely for what I'm doing. I know that it's not
hard to add an expression, but aren't we all looking for a way to minimize
keystrokes? :)
Giz
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At 09:13 AM 6/1/04, you wrote:
What might be nicer/easier would be
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