Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Stiller
Andrew Stiller écrit: It's not my descendants I'm concerned about (I have none), but posterity in general. I flatter myself that some of the work I've done is of permanent, if specialized, value, and I am concerned that the dissemination of my Heinrich and Hiller publications (at the very le

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread Richard Smith
Message - From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Traffic Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:00 PM, dhbailey wrote: Take the time to create PDF files now -- they're easy to print, are likel

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread dhbailey
Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:00 PM, dhbailey wrote: Take the time to create PDF files now -- they're easy to print, are likely to be a file format that will survive for quite a long while, and you can control how they're setup (password protection or not, page layout, whate

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Stiller
Then prepare a clear step-by-step process for anybody to follow who may want to print them out. -- David H. Bailey I've done that, sort of, but the problem is that any such instructions will be highly printer-dependent. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:00 PM, dhbailey wrote: Take the time to create PDF files now -- they're easy to print, are likely to be a file format that will survive for quite a long while, and you can control how they're setup (password protection or not, page layout, whatever.) A good idea--b

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-26 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 25, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/25/2006 12:33 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: > >This is an issue for me for a totally different reason--I have been >trying to figure out how to keep the files of my publications alive >after my own death. It is good that you want to provide for

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Indeed, I've heard this as well. However, I had a bunch of CDRs that had archived stuff from 1997 up till 2003. In 2003 I bought a DVD recorder, and transferred all the CDRs to DVD. I remember only 2 discs having problems, and one was rather scratched up. But then again, I had 2 copies of each

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Karen
So this is done in pencil (or pen!) and you get the physical pieces of paper marked up from the composer? This is how I've always done it, too, but it sure would be great to have a way of marking up electronically, as Microsoft Word does, so that the proofs could just be sent back over th

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 25.01.2006 dhbailey wrote: Take the time to create PDF files now -- they're easy to print, are likely to be a file format that will survive for quite a long while, and you can control how they're setup (password protection or not, page layout, whatever.) I very much agree, and it looks li

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread dhbailey
Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:17 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I also use several custom fonts (eg I use my own font for the numbers in first and second endings), so I warn anyone when I hand out the files that it is unlikely that they will be able to use them without problems

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread dhbailey
Phil Daley wrote: At 1/25/2006 12:33 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:17 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > >> I also use several custom fonts (eg I use my own font for the numbers >> in first and second endings), so I warn anyone when I hand out the >> files that it is unlikel

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/25/2006 12:33 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:17 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > >> I also use several custom fonts (eg I use my own font for the numbers >> in first and second endings), so I warn anyone when I hand out the >> files that it is unlikely that they will be able

Giving away original files, was: Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi all, I'm very much appreciating the responses on this topic so far. I am off for a week without internet access. Read you in February! Dennis -- My latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/365-2007.html ___ Finale mailing list Fi

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:17 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I also use several custom fonts (eg I use my own font for the numbers in first and second endings), so I warn anyone when I hand out the files that it is unlikely that they will be able to use them without problems This is an issue for m

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 1/25/06, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So this is done in pencil (or pen!) and you get the physical pieces of > paper marked up from the composer? This is how I've always done it, > too, but it sure would be great to have a way of marking up > electronically, as Microsoft Word

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread John Roberts
I don't have it myself but I believe the full Acrobat program will allow you to do this. I sent pdf proofs to one client and got them emailed back marked in red - even cross-platform, he's on PC and I'm on Mac. JR On 1/25/06 7:50 AM, "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> So

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jan 25, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Karen wrote: Hi Dennis, I don't let my original files go to anyone. Not because I don't want to let any of my "secrets" out (I'm happy to help when I can if I have the time) but because ultimately I'm responsible for the end product. There's just too much that

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-25 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 24.01.2006 Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: What do folks normally do? Because I do exclusively new music, it's not like I'm a jealous guardian of the original files. I feel like they belong with the composer. On the other hand, I'm not enthused about offering ongoing help in this way, even though

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Karen
Hi Dennis, I don't let my original files go to anyone. Not because I don't want to let any of my "secrets" out (I'm happy to help when I can if I have the time) but because ultimately I'm responsible for the end product. There's just too much that can go wrong when the original files ar

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Simon Troup
>In observance of the joke thread, this reminds me of a somewhat >off-color joke that was told to me several years ago when I was >(briefly) dating a horn player. She was a great kisser ... if only she >didn't keep trying to put her fist up my ass. Took me a while to realise this was a joke, I

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 24, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: What do folks normally do? Because I do exclusively new music, it's not like I'm a jealous guardian of the original files. I feel like they belong with the composer. On the other hand, I'm not enthused about offering ongoing help in this

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 24, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: We euphonium players are lovers, not fighters. In observance of the joke thread, this reminds me of a somewhat off-color joke that was told to me several years ago when I was (briefly) dating a horn player. She was a great kisser ... if only

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 24, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of Finale postings. Did something occur of which I'm not aware, e.g., a nuclear winter, or hopefully, a slightly less severe phenomenon? I've been behind on reading this Li

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Richard Yates
Thank you, Raymond. > Can't reproduce that problem in FinWin 2006c. > > RBH > > Richard Yates wrote: > > >In FinWin2006 has the staff percentage bug been fixed? > > > >This occurs when a staff is reduced from 100%. When expressions are dragged > >they do not stay with the cursor but lag behind in

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Raymond Horton
Can't reproduce that problem in FinWin 2006c. RBH Richard Yates wrote: In FinWin2006 has the staff percentage bug been fixed? This occurs when a staff is reduced from 100%. When expressions are dragged they do not stay with the cursor but lag behind in proportion to the amount of reduction.

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Richard Yates
>>For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of >>Finale postings. >Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. Well, I am (if that's what it takes to have someone respond to my twice posted question): In FinWin2006 has the staff percentage bug been fixed? Th

Re Finale file distribution [was Re: [Finale] Traffic]

2006-01-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: This won't start one, but I do have a general question. :) I've almost never been asked for Finale files, but tend to provide them anyway, just so there's a record in more than one place. .. What do folks normally do? Because I do exclusively new music, it'

RE: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Williams, Jim
;-) ;-) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Raymond Horton Sent: Tue 24-Jan-06 16:00 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Traffic Williams, Jim wrote: >Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. > If you'd just rea

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jan 24, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I've almost never been asked for Finale files, but tend to provide them anyway, just so there's a record in more than one place. But last week, I was asked for the files by a composer who wanted to tweak the results. I thought nothing o

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 01:06 PM 1/24/06 -0800, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >Well, I'm grateful that I wasn't yelling into an empty forest, and >that life goes on, even if it's sans issues. I'm sure a major >conflagration will out in due time. This won't start one, but I do have a general question. :) I've almost ne

RE: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Williams, Jim
Allen, We euphonium players are lovers, not fighters. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Eric Dannewitz Sent: Tue 24-Jan-06 15:10 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Traffic Fisher, Allen wrote: > You wanna fi

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Well, I'm grateful that I wasn't yelling into an empty forest, and that life goes on, even if it's sans issues. I'm sure a major conflagration will out in due time. Dean On Jan 24, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Don Hart wrote: Of course, when I saw "Musical Emergency" I was licking my chops, and the

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah ... story of my life. Dean On Jan 24, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Don Hart wrote: I think it was Raymond's joke. You were the first to blink. DH on 1/24/06 11:44 AM, Dean M. Estabrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of Finale post

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Raymond Horton
Williams, Jim wrote: Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. If you'd just read the manual you wouldn't have to say that. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No no, you need to go back to the Finale Labs and conjure up some new Finale wonders Fisher, Allen wrote: You wanna fight? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Don Hart
Of course, when I saw "Musical Emergency" I was licking my chops, and then got a joke! It' not like the nfc and afc championships were worth a darn that day. But I was amused. Don on 1/24/06 12:39 PM, Christopher Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BHAA! Yes, it was not unlike that stunned si

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Fisher, Allen
You wanna fight? On 1/24/06 12:10 PM, "Williams, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said this: > Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dean M. Estabrook > Sent: Tue 24-Jan-06 12:44 > To: Finale@shsu.e

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Christopher Smith
BHAA! Yes, it was not unlike that stunned silence that follows a really bad joke. 8-) But that wasn't a BAD joke, not at all! Christopher On Jan 24, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Don Hart wrote: I think it was Raymond's joke. You were the first to blink. DH on 1/24/06 11:44 AM, Dean M. Estabrook at

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread richard.bartkus
Everybody went to Sibelius and forgot to tell you Actually, a friend of mine suggested that I take another look at Sibelius v4. I don't know that I want to start that thread all over again, but Richard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu h

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Now that is funny! Williams, Jim wrote: Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dean M. Estabrook Sent: Tue 24-Jan-06 12:44 To: Finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Traffic For whatever reason,

Re: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Don Hart
I think it was Raymond's joke. You were the first to blink. DH on 1/24/06 11:44 AM, Dean M. Estabrook at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of > Finale postings. Did something occur of which I'm not aware, e.g., a > nuclear winter, or

RE: [Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Williams, Jim
Nobody's been mad at anyone else for the past few days. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dean M. Estabrook Sent: Tue 24-Jan-06 12:44 To: Finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Traffic For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of F

[Finale] Traffic

2006-01-24 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
For whatever reason, I am experiencing a dearth, if not total lack of Finale postings. Did something occur of which I'm not aware, e.g., a nuclear winter, or hopefully, a slightly less severe phenomenon? Dean ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.ed