dhbailey écrit:
And inexplicable after all these years, all these versions and all these
development dollars.
Quite amazing, actually, that this has never been taken care of. How does
Sibelius behave?
I entered the same snippet into Sibelius (I've been learning Sibelius so am
very
Executable shapes? Or are there smart ones now that are different?
Either way:
a) never
Actually, I tinkered with it a little a long time ago, before human playback
and automatic interpretation of rits and ralls, but don't find much of a use
for it now.
I don't bother trying to get very
On Apr 12, 2010, at 1:09 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Respace Staves goes back at least to v3.0 (early 90s).
It was in the first version of Finale I ever used, 2.01, back in
1991. My guess is that it's a near-original feature, and I'm glad to
hear it's been enhanced.
What I'd like,
When was the Respace Staves option introduced? I seem to recall having to
enter the staff positions in Staff Usage a while ago, or dragging every staff
individually, but it's tedious just thinking about that now.
Rich
On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Lee Actor wrote:
Alternatively, you can
I don't remember if it was the same in 10.4, but in 10.5 and 10.6, you can use
the Character Viewer in most apps. If you don't see the menu bar icon in the
upper right (to the left of the date/time), you can turn the icon on in System
PrefsKeyboard in the Keyboard tab and check Show Keyboard
Thanks for all the input. It's interesting hearing the different viewpoints.
It's been awhile since I've looked at lots of new music scores, and I must not
have paid attention or noticed the credits.
I think in this case, I'll put my name and work e-mail on the last page, nice
and small, but
The composer of a piece I'm currently working on said I should put my name on
the last page of the score to credit myself as the engraver. My first reaction
was that engravers don't normally do this, but I might be assuming incorrectly.
After all, if I'm wrong, I could lose out on future work,
Can someone tell me the exact steps to get Finale to properly export a PDF or
PS file with embedded EPS graphics?
I'm still trying to figure out whether I should save the EPS (from InDesign)
with a preview or not — or which kind of preview — but it seems I can't win
with any settings.
I've
The large orchestral piece I'm working on now calls for this effect through
most of it, in all of the brass and woodwinds (w/o mouthpieces or reeds
depending on instrument), mostly p or mp. He notated this in his manuscript
with a clef (since it's large sections, not just a note here and
and diamonds for half and whole
notes, with cresc. and dim. wedges. No need for a special clef, and it
usually happens on the middle line of whatever clef we already happen to be
in (trombones!)
Christopher
On 12-Mar-10, at 12-Mar-10 5:56 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote:
The large orchestral piece
(MacFin 2009)
Has anyone else seen Finale add blank expression categories that can't be
deleted to a file?
This morning, I discovered two new unnamed categories, each containing 2 or 3
expressions. Those expressions were duplicates of ones in the Misc. category,
and I deleted and replaced
You go to Edit Categories (aka Category Designer), select the category, and
edit a Score List at the bottom. They chose to default to only the top staff
for this category as that's more often how it's used.
On Mar 3, 2010, at 5:08 AM, Marcello Noia wrote:
Hi, I just switched to Finale 2010 and
Here's what I would do:
I often enter grace notes as real notes to avoid Finale's graceless spacing
disasters. Doing that will be even more useful here.
So… make the grace note a real one, and make the existing triplet as 3 in the
space of 1 *eighth*. Break the beam between the grace and the
I'm working on a large orchestral score that has a lot of rit. and accel. with
a dashed line to the next tempo. There are dozens in this piece of over 40
staves (it's big).
I can't use a shape expression, as I'd need to reshape every one of them in the
parts (which would then have to be
that wouldn't be
terrible, but that will remove any other smart shapes in those staves.
I fear I'm going to be embarrassed when I hear the answer to this.
On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Mon, February 22, 2010 10:38 am, Rich Caldwell wrote:
I can't use a shape expression
Thanks. That's what I've done in the past I suppose, but I've never had a
project with nearly this many.
Can anyone think of any pitfalls to rigging a dummy empty staff for tempo
markings and including it in the parts? It seems that would be a hell of a lot
easier, especially with this many
I'd like to hide the bar line on one staff in a group in a large orchestral
score. In other words, the instrument's staff will break the barline. I can't
hide it using a staff style because I believe the group line overrides it.
A couple methods I can think of:
1) Use an expression to white
staff with
Draw Barlines set to Through Staves.
3. Add an unnamed group for the staves below the special staff with
Draw Barlines set to Through Staves.
Done.
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Rich Caldwell caldw...@shypuppy.net wrote:
I'd like to hide the bar line on one staff in a group
there might be a simpler way, but this is
where I would start.
On Feb 13, 2010, at 6:46 AM, Rich Caldwell caldw...@shypuppy.net wrote:
I'd like to hide the bar line on one staff in a group in a large orchestral
score. In other words, the instrument's staff will break the barline. I
can't
Thanks everyone for the advice and I agree with most of what was written. They
actually want the hymn for insertion into their printed bulletins, for which
they separate the systems into separate TIFF files so they can break to a new
page as needed. I suppose I can just provide them with both 6
To those with experience in setting hymns:
I'm setting a hymn with 6 verses. I'm not terribly familiar with the
conventions — what would be a good limit to the number of verses between the
treble bass clefs in a system? They want all the verses to be in the music,
not separate as is sometimes
I know in the full version of Photoshop you can go to SelectColor
Range, eyedrop colors directly in the image you want to add to the
selection, close the tool, and then delete what's selected. It's
fairly self-explanatory.
Alternatively, ImageAdjustmentsReplace Color will allow you to
On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote:
On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I have never seen a PDF created on my Mac that didn't print
correctly (except when printing from Windows 98), but I would
suspect a font issue. For a while I had a font that displayed
Has anyone noticed this bug before and know of a fix?
FinMac2k7c, a score originally created in 2k7a(?) probably, using
linked parts:
At the beginning of two (and sometimes three) of the movements, the
clefs and time signatures are grayed out on the PDF print-out of the
full score (using
On Jul 8, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I have never seen a PDF created on my Mac that didn't print
correctly (except when printing from Windows 98), but I would
suspect a font issue. For a while I had a font that displayed
correctly but printed different characters!? Changing
I don't know if someone else has suggested this, as I haven't been
following the discussion closely. What I've done is create a new clef
designed to transpose an octave. Go to Doc Ops Clefs and click on
Clef Designer. Choose a slot containing a clef you won't be using for
anything else,
On Jun 21, 2007, at 1:21 PM, timothy.key.price wrote:
After optimizing a score, is there a simple global default way to
put slash marks near the margins to separate each of the staff
systems for printing? I have not found it yet
nor do I see anything about it in the index. Where should I
On Jun 16, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote:
Apologies if this has been covered before. Sometimes the * key,
show/hide accidental, doesn't work. I had to get in the Edit Frame
dialog box to force an accidental to show. Any solutions?
This sounds like the abysmal enharmonic flip bug
On Jun 3, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jun 3, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote:
I mentioned a similar problem on MM's forum a couple months ago,
but got no response from other users - perhaps my issue is really
a feature. If a staff is reduced using the resize tool
On Jun 3, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Gerry Kirk wrote:
Anyone else experiencing the following aberration when using the
Expression Tool in Mac-07? I create an expression (such as a
rehearsal number, or cresc.) and place it in my score, and it
jumps to a location other than where I have pointed. It
I've been able to export as EPS and edit in Illustrator. I just tried
again and it works with 2k7 and AI CS2.
What might be happening to you is that the stem is placed behind the
notehead character, which takes up almost the entire vertical real
estate of the stem.
Try any of the
to
normal), right-click on the expression and choose Relink in All Parts.
Rich Caldwell
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On Feb 8, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
On 8-Feb-07, at 2:19 PM, Derek Kane wrote:
Greetings,
I have been playing with Finale 2007b on my PC, and I have noticed
that when
I put a retard or a tempo in the score, the HP generally ignores
it. I like
how HP interprets music
I was skeptical at first, and downright irate because of the issues
linked parts. I never thought I'd want to use it as it currently
exists. However, I recently did my first score (large orchestral)
using linked parts via a parts score and found it a huge time
saver. True, it's another
On Jan 21, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/graupner/repeats2.jpg
I have one remaining issue.
I have barlines that go through staves (brass as one group, timpani
alone, then the strings). As you can see though for the two last
measures, the
This is the main reason I cannot use the linked parts feature except
for very simple music. The ability to adjust hairpins and smart
lines is essential for me. I've tried to understand why MM didn't
change smart shapes so that they could be horizontally unlinked.
But... how do
On Dec 15, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Oh, yes, that happened yesterday, but it affects not only the * but
also +
and - (in Speedy). The cursor has to be in the note's original
position to
work. So if it was A-flat enharmonically changed (Speedy 9) to G-
sharp,
the * key
Does anyone have any idea why the opaque background behind text in
expressions would be printing as a light gray rectangle on some
printers? I'm on MacFin2k7, printing as PDF, then this PDF is being
printed at Kinko's. I've never seen this happen before. I don't
have this problem when
I found that adding a bar, deleting it, and restarting the program
seemed to fixed whatever offended Finale with that file.
I still see doClip: empty path messages in the console. Does
anyone else have those in their system logs?
Rich C
On Nov 7, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote
Suddenly today when working on a particular file, I'm only able to
zoom using the zoom tool once before the cursor gets stuck on the
arrow allowing no more zooms. Switching out of and back to the zoom
tool 'refreshes' it, for one zoom only again. The same holds true if
I change the zoom
that FileBuddy could change bundle bits, which is
much easier. I haven't used that program in ages.
-Rich Caldwell
On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
Attention Mac users, especially those who have the latest system
(10.4.8). Sometimes downloading a plugin like TGTools or JW Systems
I've had similar problems not charging enough for my work and being
shy about the money issue. Perhaps I don't consider myself
experienced enough for the pro rates, even though I've been working
in Finale for over 10 years. My problem is a lack of clients and the
connections to find
I just noticed something else. This feature only occurs when I've
enharmonically switched the previous note. If I'm entering without a
MIDI keyboard, I enter 'C' then sharp it - so it's not enharmonically
flipping. If 'favor sharps' is on, then it won't either.
Do this: Enter 'Db-D',
I never really thought of how Finale thinks of the notes. I just
know that I more often work in atonal work, where I'd be clicking and
dragging notes all over the place if that were the only solution. I
prefer to keep my hands on the keyboards - a lot quicker.
For now, I'll enter the
(and put up with more problems, I hear).
Oddly, this is the bug that's bothered me the most in 10 years of
using Finale.
(bug has been reported to MM, by the way)
On Sep 23, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Rich Caldwell wrote:
I never really thought of how Finale thinks of the notes. I just
know that I more
while in Speedy Entry.
Could someone please tell me what program or document setting I am
neglecting to notice in 2007, and then show me where Allen Funt is
hiding??? This can't possibly be a bug.
Thanks,
Rich Caldwell
MacFin2k7
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And yet another... This is what I would do, actually, because it
seems like the fewest clicks:
Put the handclaps into layer 3 or 4
Instrument List -- Mute that layer for that staff
You can assign it to an instrument of its own (MIDI woodblocks?) if
the mood grabs you.
Rich
On Sep 18,
I thought I remember hearing that this was a known issue - a feature
that was added, but not finished in the Mac version, or something to
that effect. Maybe I assumed this. For me, the Line Spacing menu
item is there, but nothing happens when I select it.
Nothing other than FinGPO is
I always enter notes in scroll view (speedy entry), then sometimes
add the articulations there, but do almost everything else in page
view, so this isn't a huge issue... just a minor annoyance that seems
rather unnecessary to me. I don't run into often, as I don't usually
need to go that
I know this annoyed me as well in the past, but of course checking
just now with 2006 back to 2004, it works just as Darcy describes.
Maybe there is an option somewhere that at some point I fixed? In
any case, the thing that I never bothered to figure out, is how to
hand-drag the staves
of the changes were incorporated. Are they supposed
to be?
Dean
On Aug 1, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Rich Caldwell wrote:
After I got used to it, I found TempoTap works fairly well, and
was something I've wanted for a long time.
Rich
On Jul 31, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Ah, I
This is covered in the manual. Click on the Hyperscribe tool, click
in a bar on the top, and start tapping away. I was playing with it
last night and at first wasn't entirely impressed.
Trying to tap while the music is played back is a bit awkward, so it
takes some getting used to. This
I'm a little late on this one. Good thing that opensubscriber
archive is up, so I can read the previous posts (shsu.edu is down at
the moment)!
I was curious about the issue Andrew had, so a few days ago I
installed Flash 7, but didn't see any problems... until tonight, when
repairing
I've been lightly following this Sibelius font discussion, and felt I
should chime in that a year or so ago I was playing around with the
Opus font to get it to work in Finale (Mac) and got a threat from the
Sibelius lurker in the MM Finale Forums. I gave up on the idea - not
because I
I had this problem when HP was introduced, and reported it, but it
remains an issue in 2005 (Mac). I have found no consistent way to
get it to play. I think it's merely chance, so I just keep hitting
the play button until I get a pass that will play. It'll happen, but
it might take a
I've had mixed success with accel. rit. markings. Sometimes it
works fairly well. Other times, it does nothing. Most of the time,
it doesn't make a smooth transition from one tempo to the new
tempo. Perhaps it doesn't work well over short distances (2
measures or less?), with changes
Shouldn't DocOptsBeamsUse Straight Flags do this? I tried it, but
Maestro and Engraver don't seem to have straight flags.
-Rich
At 07:48 AM 5/15/05 -0400, John Howell wrote:
I played a concert Saturday night, and ran into something I've never
seen before. I'm wondering whether it's something
, but it's nothing I've ever
seen or would want to see.
-Rich
On May 15, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 10:54 AM 05/15/2005, Rich Caldwell wrote:
Shouldn't DocOptsBeamsUse Straight Flags do this? I tried it, but
Maestro and Engraver don't seem to have straight flags.
Where do you see
Or one could have lots of fun - for about 15-20 minutes - by putting
on speech recognition and speaking the menus. Finale and easy
compatibility with speech is long overdue. Time for a petition!
grin
Rich
p.s. Thanks for mentioning that tip! I never saw those prefs before.
At 6:21 PM -0400
I recently upgraded to Panther (from Jaguar) by wiping the drive
clean and starting from scratch, and I didn't have to get another
code or call MM. What I had done was clone the drive first, then
copy most of the apps and prefs - including those for Finale (2004b)
- onto the fresh system. If
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