Re: [Finale] error message on TIFF insert-- any way to work around?

MB wrote: I did a lot of troubleshooting on this issue after several people replied --special thanks to Christopher Smith, Cecil Rigby, and  Dennis Bathory-Kitsz.  Thanks also for offering to take my graphic and see if it works for you, but I thought I ought to do more homework first.      I made

Re: [Finale] 2009 rumors

dc wrote: Phil Daley écrit: Also, the question about where I bought it didn't have the correct answer: "I got it free for doing a music review." I wrote a review of one of the very early versions of Finale for a French magazine (version 2? late 80s or early 90s, I don't even remember). But

Re: [Finale] mezzo voce

Robert Patterson wrote: You said, "You had me until here -- words have to begin somewhere, so in some language, each word has been original at some point. :-)" So I'm happy to amend my statement to "nearly" every word in every language comes from a prior language. The only exceptions are the re

Re: [Finale] mezzo voce

Call me dense (you won't be the first), but I don't understand your reply. David Robert Patterson wrote: If the weasel word "nearly" makes you happy, by all means include it. :-P On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:44 PM, dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert Patt

Re: [Finale] mezzo voce

Robert Patterson wrote: [snip]> every language came into the language from some other language, and musical terms in English are no exception. [snip] You had me until here -- words have to begin somewhere, so in some language, each word has been original at some point. :-) I agree with you

Re: [Finale] 2009 rumors

Christopher Smith wrote: Thanks, man! I took the survey. Anything to save the cost of upgrading yet again. One of the questions asked, "Where do you go for technical support?" One of the possible answers was "the user manual" (snicker), but notably missing was "The Finale Listserve." Don't th

Re: [Finale] turn page arrow

Mark McCarron wrote: sometimes I want a title page with a big arrow to turn the page. What font will give me the arrow? Mark McCarron ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Christopher Smith has offere

Re: [Finale] midi input

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone---I'm using Finale 2007 and have had good midi input using my Fatar Studiologic SL-990. I was working on a project, closed Finale, then came back to it later and had no midi input at all. When opening the midi setup dialog box, under midi in device, it says

Re: [Finale] Fin/Mac 2003a time signature question

John Blane wrote: HI Martin - I think you just have it reversed. You should set it to show courtesy time sig changes globally (like you need in this spot) but on the last measure of each movement, uncheck the show courtesy time sig and key sig in the measure attributes. (hitting myself on

Re: [Finale] Fin/Mac 2003a time signature question

mystrom1 wrote: I am working on a multi-movement work for chorus and orchestra. In the documents section, I set it NOT to display courtesy time signatures between movements (I'm doing this multi-movement piece as one long file). I have a movement that, in the middle of the movement, changes time

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

Ryan Beard wrote: Thanks for the help guys. I changed the quantization settings to allow dotted rests. Now my complaint is that Finale doesn't doesn't handle rests in 9/8 correctly. Try this: Enter a single eighth note at the beginning of the measure, exit out of Speedy and let Finale fill with

Re: [Finale] older versions

Lawrence David Eden wrote: Listers, I have an opportunity to buy a used copy of Finale (FinMac 2K6). If I move on this, will MakeMusic allow me to register the new software? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/list

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

Christopher Smith wrote: [snip] Kind of a strange place for that option, just the same... [snip] With each of the most recent versions, I find that options are more and more placed in less logical places (at least they're less logical to me!) but this has always been the way with the dotted

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 (Bailey's reply part II)

Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to fi

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to fi

Re: [Finale] Insert Measure Stack causes crash

Christopher Smith wrote: FinMac 2008b. I have a file of 90 measures I created in 2008b (so no old file issues possible here!) that I need to add 9 measures to at the beginning. When I select the first bar with the Selection Tool (same if I choose bar 2) then choose Insert Measure Stack, it c

Re: [Finale] Help--Can't Change Tempo

mac 2006, so I'm not absolutely sure this solution still applies. On 5/15/08 5:02 PM, "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Leigh Daniels wrote: Hello all, FinMac 2008b.r1 I have a score created in FinMac 2007. I cannot adjust the playback tempo. I have tempo marking (8th =

Re: [Finale] Help--Can't Change Tempo

Leigh Daniels wrote: Hello all, FinMac 2008b.r1 I have a score created in FinMac 2007. I cannot adjust the playback tempo. I have tempo marking (8th = 80) with its playback set to None. Using the Playback Window, I cannot get a different tempo and of course it's for a rehearsal tonight. Any su

Re: [Finale] Pizzicato volume problem

dr.a.s. weinstangel wrote: I currently have only Fin2005 on my system (WinXP). Playing back one of my scores (which is to be presented to an artist interested in a European premiere performance), I am running into the situation were all pizzicato passages are 10 times as loud as the surroundin

Re: [Finale] Re: Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

Brian Williams wrote: David H. Bailey wrote: Enabling staff lists for measure numbers would be a good thing, but I don't think it would solve the desire to number measures differently between score and parts. Such a thing would be possible if MakeMusic would simply make the measure numbers UN

Re: [Finale] Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

Brian Williams wrote: [snip] In large orchestral scores, I typically have large boxed measure numbers only displayed between the woodwinds and the brass and between the percussion and the strings. What I would need is the ability to create a large-font boxed measure number region that only displ

Re: [Finale] OT: Recorders

Christopher Smith wrote: I have to agree with Chuck. What were they thinking? Any tiny flaws in the mics or A/D conversion is completely obliterated by the mp3 encoding, which introduces WAY more audio skewing than any of these machines ever originally showed. Are you talking about the high

Re: [Finale] OT - Recorder

Darcy James Argue wrote: What microphones are you using? My experience is that all of these units sound very similar when using the same mics at the same quality settings. And I'm sorry, but the idea that "there is no way something this small could sound great" is absurd. It's the microphones

Re: [Finale] having problems creating PDF in 2006c

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently tried creating a PDF file in Finale 2006c to send a non-Finale user, but?for some reason I was unable to switch the printer to the Acrobat Distiller; it was not listed as an option.? I recently had a system failure which caused me to do a system repair, the

Re: [Finale] OT - Recorder

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Hi David many thanks for the good info. We have seen the ZOOM in a catalog, and were intrigued ... however, I had no idea as to its quality, so your words are good to hear. I'm on a MAC, if I connected the ZOOM via the USB cable, would the file automatically plac

Re: [Finale] OT - Recorder

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Before I spend hours "googling" this topic, I thought I'd ask for your opinions on the matter. My wife, a music educator, has a need for a digital recorder (and maybe playback machine) for use in her job. I think she's thinking in the $1k range (since CA got some specia

Re: [Finale] copying only voice 2

Don Hart wrote: Don't think so. With layers, you can choose 'Show active layer only' in the options menu and if it shows, it copies. Nothing I know of like that for voices, though. I feel silly now, having replied with the way to copy layers -- guess I've been using Sibelius a bit too much,

Re: [Finale] copying only voice 2

dc wrote: Is there any way to copy only voice 2 from one measure to another? Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Turn "Show Active Layer Only" on wherever they have moved it to in the menu

Re: [Finale] Finale to GarageBand

Jón Kristinn Cortez wrote: Hi all. How do I get a Finale 2007c-file into GarageBand? Cortez ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Can't GarageBand import midi files? If it can, save the Finale file

Re: [Finale] OT: recorders for the 4th Brandenburg

Bruce Hunter wrote: Sorry, I'm the one who was not clear. Actually I hadn't meant to suggest anything, just reporting what a reproduction of the original score indicated. Andrew Stiller has reminded me that recorders aren't transposing instruments. I guess, like the bass clef instruments that

Re: [Finale] I'm back!

Andrew Stiller wrote: This is to let everybody know I'm back on the list. I had a hearttransplant on 11/14/07, and recovery has been long and difficult. Kallisti Music Press reopened for business a few days ago, including online. Welcome back, Andrew! Your presence has been sorel

Re: [Finale] I'm back!

Randolph Peters wrote: Andrew Stiller wrote: This is to let everybody know I'm back on the list. I had a hearttransplant on 11/14/07, and recovery has been long and difficult. Kallisti Music Press reopened for business a few days ago, including online. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music P

Re: [Finale] Hard Copy of the Manual

Daniel Wolf wrote: As long as we're on the subject of a hard copy of the manual: I've assumed that neither Finale nor Sibelius offers a hard copy simply because it is too much trouble to produce. But given the fact that the manuals exist in printable forms, it's somewhat puzzling that neither

Re: [Finale] OT

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Yeah, turns out it is $30 plus shipping, and they say they don't offer a printed version ... so I guess they are talking a CD. It is the printed version they're talking about, isn't it? the manual installed with the program as an on-line documentation file. -- Da

Re: [Finale] OT

You may have to log in first, I can't remember, but you could check under "Upgrade" or simply click on "Contact Us" or whatever similar link they have and ask there about ordering the manual. You'll most likely have to give them your serial number at the time of the order. Sibelius is very vi

Re: [Finale] OT

Aaron Sherber wrote: At 01:46 PM 4/22/2008, John Howell wrote: >Please forgive the Latin challenged, but what does that sentence mean? He's looking for a hard copy of the Sibelius manual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vade_mecum Aaron. ___ Finale ma

Re: [Finale] OT

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I noted in a recent post that someone mentioned one could obtain a hard copy of the Sib 5 vade mecum for no charge. If true, where does one access it? What do you mean by "Sib 5 vade mecum?" -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

To further discuss Doug's frustration -- My problem has been the fact that for so many versions, Finale's changes have been more evolutionary, minor changes from one version to the next so that anybody who had upgraded regularly was never hit with a large re-learning curve. Even when they intr

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Doug, On Mac, the command key is the override key for linked parts. When you perform an action with the command key held down (like, for instance, dragging an expression), you are telling Finale to override the default behavior w/r/t linked parts and do the opposit

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

Doug Walter wrote: I thought I'd bring up something that I haven't seen mentioned (it may have come up before and I didn't notice) in hopes of saving others some time and potential frustration. In working on a score in 2008, I found myself using Command-F to flip tuplets from above to below o

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

dc wrote: Charpentier, in his manuscript, uses the following notation for the end of a vocal melisma: http://www.philomela.net/ex/charpentier.jpg With the quarter note at the end of the second measure shifted one 16th of the beat. How would you render this measure in a performing edition?

Re: [Finale] word extensions over rests

dc wrote: David W. Fenton écrit: Have you tried using the selection tool with them? I don't recall if this gets handles, or just allows you to move/delete a word extension continued on a new system, but it's worth a try maybe? There's no way I can find to get them to move down to the next syst

Re: [Finale] receiving email problem

A-NO-NE Music wrote: Martin Banner / 08.4.17 / 10:11 AM wrote: When I called Roadrunner and explained the situation, they told me that someone administratively at Finale list needs to go to the following URL: Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. There is no reason for your ISP listing shs

Re: [Finale] adding measures

Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:39 AM, dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: Why we can "add measures" at the end without ever knowing what a "measure stack" is yet we can't insert "measures" we have to know that we really want to insert a "m

Re: [Finale] adding measures

dc wrote: Trying to add measures in a piece in Fin2008. So I select a measure, go to "Add measures" in the Edit menu, enter "5", OK, and nothing happens! Tried several times, including with only 1, and still no new measures. So, what am I doing wrong? I don't know -- I just tried it on a de

Re: [Finale] note attached to measure

John Hinchey wrote: Hi all, Am I missing something? Is there a plugin that will convert note attached expressions to measure attached expressions? TGTools has the option to move them from measure-attached to staff-attached or note-attached, but it doesn't seem to have the option to move th

Re: [Finale] Like Magic!

Neal Gittleman wrote: Not looking a gift horse here, mind you... I'm working on a project in FinMac2k8b. It has some crescendos and diminuendos that are written out ("cresc." or "dim." as measure expressions). When I play the file back to "proofread", it's making crescendos and diminuendos

Re: [Finale] DISK space

Kim Richmond wrote: I am having a disk space issue. It might not be a Finale issue, but I think it is. I recently updated from MacFin2007 to 2008. I installed the program along with the Garriton Sounds that came along with it. Before this I had 50 GB hard drive space available. After instal

Re: [Finale] tie end missing

dc wrote: Darcy James Argue écrit: Are the ties the same note, or are you trying to tie an enharmonic equivalent (C# to Db, for instance)? That's it! I just checked, and realize that the accidental was missing on the second note! Many thanks, Darcy. And sorry for the stupid question! Wh

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Christopher Smith wrote: [snip]> Wow, six days late! I just got this now after posting on March 29th! Makes me sound like I never check my email, or are always commenting on something someone said before but now the conversation has moved on... Christopher Yeah, I've noticed some delaye

Re: [Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...

dc wrote: Matthew Hindson fastmail acct écrit: However I have wondered why there aren't more Indians teaching themselves Finale and Sibelius and offering their services. Not sure they'd be willing to work for the low wages offered ;-( And there is a whole lot more knowledge required beyond

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R You need to buy the Dolet plugin for Sibelius. This allows you to export a Sibelius file to MusicXML which Finale can import without purchasing the full Dolet for

Re: [Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...

Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote: [snip]> However I have wondered why there aren't more Indians teaching themselves Finale and Sibelius and offering their services. Because there's not much of a market for our services. Face it, people aren't beating down many of our doors, demanding our

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how is that that P. T. Barnum had it? "No one ever went broke understimating the taste of the American people"? That of course supposes there is some level of taste which is some sort of threshold, implying that there is higher taste and lower taste which would b

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 6:32 AM, dhbailey wrote: Then it's a pretty poor piece of music, if it depends more on the personality of the performer than the quality of the music. Can I offer a different example in jazz? The Charles Mingus band, even when he was sick a

Re: [Finale] Interesting bit of spam this morning...

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I got a "music typesetting" spam from India, and decided to have a look at the document: The document properties show no music fonts, and it being done in Adobe Illustrator. A big magnification shows that the symbo

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Well, I would hate to make a sweeping generalization such as "those that have tried have all failed very badly, in my estimation" based on a single person's interpretation. Only when you've heard a significant number, could such a statement have any validity. I personally think any of Coltran

Re: [Finale] how to write "let vibrate" overlapping ties for piano

Of the three examples, I find the bottom one the clearest, with the top one next in clarity. The middle one is confusing to me, seeing cue-sized notes in place of the final chord. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Fi

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: All I am saying is that a works suitability for reinterpretation (whether its arranging, covering, remixing, making mashups, or something else entirely) bears absolutely no relation to its quality. Few people have

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

Neal Gittleman wrote: Pace those who think differently, Beethoven doesn't seem to have much problem with either formulation... dottted-quarter plus three eighths is all over the first movement of the Eroica (well, strictly speaking, not, since he always writes it as quarter, eighth-rest, thre

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008

David McKay wrote: I'm interested to know if it is worth upgrading to Finale 2008. I'm using Winfin 2004, and am interested in features which might make inputting the music easier or which improve the look of what is produced. I mainly do simple stuff like inputting a part to transpose simply or

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

Darcy James Argue wrote: Context is everything, but as a general rule, my own preference is: On 31 Mar 2008, at 3:45 PM, dc wrote: Can or should one beam together three 8ths after a dotted quarter in 3/4? No. And 4 8ths after a quarter? Yes. Cheers, - Darcy Hesitating to merely echo

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

David W. Fenton wrote: [snip]> Nobody eats bubble gum for nutrition, but it's quite fun for entertainment. I guess I'm saying that even crap has its place. You get no argument from me on that point. But then would something that shines at being crap be the worst of American Pop or the best

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Michael Greensill wrote: > That's the weird thing about him. He was a hip guy. All the stuff did did for Alec Wilder. But then he made Rosie Clooney sing "Come on-a My House". Here's a quote from Will Friedwald..

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Michael Greensill wrote: [snip]> Of course there's both sides to a story - the professionals in the 1950's, like Mitch Miller brought us amazing crap that probably ushered in the excesses of the rock era. How dare you throw such an insult at the man with the guts to take a couple of oboe solos

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 12:53, Chuck Israels wrote: This was an unusual period of sophisticated "common practice" in the world of American popular music and jazz, and I believe that there was a considerably higher percentage of good quality, durable music than Sturgeon's L

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

A-NO-NE Music wrote: I believe my compositions are much better than most of whatever I hear commercially, yet I have this strong feeling my compositions will die when I die :-( I would hope you would feel that way about your own creations (that they're better than others', not that they'll d

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Chuck Israels wrote: On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:28 AM, dhbailey wrote: Most music appreciation classes leave the class members with the impression that the historical music history periods all produced only masterworks by superior composers and fail to address the fact that much of what was

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 6:28, dhbailey wrote: I think I would begin such a class with the statement "90% of anything is crap. That includes the Baroque Era of music history, which we will be studying in this class. You're lucky in that we will be studying t

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do recall Raymond Lewenthal's "Romantic Revival" that went through at least three record labels before sputtering out. An Indiana-based pianist named Frank Cooper did find some good stuff--IIRC he recorded the Ignaz Brüll 2nd piano concert. But as a whole, the 19th cent

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT

David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 0:12, John Howell wrote: At 5:18 PM -0500 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cut time in 3? Is that the Zeffiro Torna meter? Not in the Malipiero edition, if my memory is anywhere close to accurate. But 3/2 is fairly common in later Baroque music where

Re: [Finale] TO BUY or not to buy

David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 22:25, Christopher Smith wrote: Major new features in 2008 include linked parts Linked parts were added in 2007, no? Yes, but the question was about upgrading from 2005, so the option of upgrading to 2007 isn't available. Thus to a 2005 user, lin

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 8:18, Chuck Israels wrote: Joe Schwantner writes gorgeous music that I find difficult to read (my limitation - not the notation's) because he makes a point of choosing small note values; It seems to me that this statement of yours show that you agre

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 6:39, dhbailey wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: (Why notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) This kind of comment makes me crazy. You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PL

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

Christopher Smith wrote: [snip]> (An interesting exception to the jazz swing convention: the tune All Blues, which for some odd reason is usually notated in 6/8 with swing 16ths, rather than the more conventional 6/4 with swung 8ths (like two bars of jazz waltz). Nutty.) But demonstrating tha

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

David W. Fenton wrote: On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: (Why notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) This kind of comment makes me crazy. You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PLAY IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PLAY 2/4. Certain styles of music make more sense i

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

shirling & neueweise wrote: But at the heart of any music, new or old, complicated or simple, lies John's question. For some, the music of Ferneyhough is just such a music that makes them say "Wow, that's a challenge and I love a challenge and I'm going to master this and show the old farts

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darcy James Argue / 08.3.25 / 0:44 AM wrote: But respectfully -- reading "Desifinado" written in 2/4 versus 4/4, not so much. If someone isn't familiar with the authentic bossa groove, handing them a chart in 2/4 isn't magically going to make them sound more convincing

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale

Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Owain, On 23 Mar 2008, at 10:36 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: incompleteness of tuplets, using the names for note durations that actually tell you how long the notes are. What struck me immediately is Owain

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

John Howell wrote: [snip]> I can agree with that, certainly, but it isn't really the right starting point. That starting point has to be the simple question, "what is there about this music that will make it worth the time and effort to learn to play it?" (Or sing it, which is an order of mag

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale

Wow, Darcy. My hat is off to you for spending the time to figure out how to do that. Your ability to get this program to sit up and spit nickels never fails to amaze me, as it always highlights hidden depths and abilities of the program which counter some of the frustrations that the more mu

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 20/03/2008 08:37:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a mass-edit tool in Fin2008? Where? Erm..sorry. Yet another case of "half read a message on my way out to work" syndrome. I didn't read the "2008" bit. Sorry if I

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

Ray Horton wrote: Am I nuts? In 2008a, where has the command to tell how long the piece, or section of the piece, gone? I can't find it anywhere, and the manual is no help. Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Select Mass Edit Tool - press 5. this will give the total for the entire piece. If you select a section it will give the timing of the section. There's a mass-edit tool in Fin2008? Where? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Inches in the ruler

Darcy James Argue wrote: On Mac, Program Options are not in the Edit menu -- they are in Finale 2008 -> Preferences. And for some reason, they figure Windows users don't have "preferences" so we don't even get that menu. :-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Finale] Inches in the ruler

Jari Williamsson wrote: David Froom wrote: I have FinMac 2007. For the life of me, I cannot find how to change the ruler display from epvu units into inches. I searched the OL manual, and found something through the shape designer box (which doesn't apply), and it seems to not to have a set

Re: [Finale] Strange REBAR behavior WinFin 2008a

Henry E. Howey wrote: I use SHARPEYE a lot for my work in editions. One of my techniques is to use the REBAR command to return measures to "empty" after converted by MUSICXML. The odd behavior is the removal of all dotted notes to their replacement by their components - a dotted 8th-16th becomes

Re: [Finale] Converting Notes In A Region Into Rests

Leigh Daniels wrote: Is there a way to select a region containing notes and have Finale convert the notes to rests of the same durations? Highlight the notes you want converted and hit the backspace key. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Fina

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

Richard Smith wrote: John Howell wrote: "I do hate the automatic justification "feature," but I seem to be the only one who does. [snip] But, I suggest working with the auto justification for a while first. Once you get a feel for what it's doing, you'll feel like you are in control aga

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Just another passing question on Sib. 5 (OS 10.4.11), I want to change (edit) note heads from normal to diamonds for a Handbell score. I followed the instructions (in the Edit Note heads dialog box), I think, but so far, can not get them to change. Anyone else with the

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, Yes, I know I should actually join the Sibelius list and ask it over there, but I haven't gotten around to doing so yet, and the Sib users here are, so far, very knowledgeable and helpful, so... I am having a recurring problem with Sibelius where it will peri

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting how much confidence a group of musicians is putting in record company executives to know and deliver "what's good." Who here has not had the experience of having music thrown in the trash without being considered by some executive type or other gatekeeper? Cer

Re: [Finale] A question about accidentals

Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Dennis Collins asked a question a while back on accidentals, and I have my own this time: http://www.bytenet.net/kpclow/music/accidentals.JPG The questioned notes are highlighted in pink. The bottom stave in pink represents what the manuscript source has. I added a ( #)

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Some even suggest that the concept of the album is pretty much dead. Oh, I forgot to add: In the case of jazz albums, some of the most accurate and well-written jazz scholarship appears (appeared?) on album cove

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

Kim Patrick Clow wrote: [snip] But wouldn't you say that is true for what the big boys did as well? Big boys meaning large media outlets, such a record labels, book publishers, etc. There were a few things that sold really well, that allowed those businesses to work, while the other 90 percent d

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Personally I have thought about and would love to see something like an independent music publishers co-operative which, if large enough, might actually give the big guys a run for their money.  In my conversations with music teachers (much of my music is geared

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

Kim Patrick Clow wrote: [snip]> I think it's very exciting to be able to do all this, and while I'm not sure where the dust will settle on all this (distribution seems to be a big issue still for independent publishers), I'm very curious for other thoughts on this entire process. I know many her

Re: AW: [Finale] No scrolling playback 2008 Vista

ving a problem with scrolling playback on Vista. Just a thought . . . David H. Bailey Kurt Gnos wrote: Yep, have it checked, and it's quite a fast notebook, Duo 2.0 GigaHz, 2 GB RAM. Kurt -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag v

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Inre Sib 5, I still have not been able, no matter what I adjust, to make the Sib 5 playback sounds (Sound Essentials) even remotely sound as good as Fin. bundled GPO samples. At best, they sound tinny, pretty much like Fin non-GPO sounds. I'm really disappointed with t

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

as of Finale 2008 you can easily combine Garritan sounds and MM SmartMusic SoftSynth sounds in the same document. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 5 Mar 2008, at 12:52 PM, dhbailey wrote: With Finale, one has to make a choice -- it's all or nothing. Either use the h

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