Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-02 Thread Raymond Horton
I'll try to do a speed comparison, when I have the patience. That is in short supply, ever since my stroke. Thanks Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 On Jul 1, 2016 3:29 PM, "Aaron

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
>> the >> bullet and upgrading, it seems I inevitably come across a comment on >> Fin2014 >> that makes me think it's not worth it. >> >> -Lee >> >> -Original Message- >> From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu]

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-02 Thread Robert Patterson
worth it. > > -Lee > > -Original Message- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf > Of > Raymond Horton > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 1:43 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011 > > 2014 .5

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-02 Thread Lee Actor
riginal Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 1:43 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011 2014 .5 is good. 2012 is faster for very large files. Ymmv . Windows Raymond Horton Com

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Once of the great improvements in 2014 and higher is beat-attachment of smarts shapes (rather than measure attachment). Not only can you get more precise endpoints, you can unlink the endpoints in parts and edit them separately. Another great improvement (with 2014) is that most of the special too

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-01 Thread Raymond Horton
2014 .5 is good. 2012 is faster for very large files. Ymmv . Windows Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 On Jul 1, 2016 3:29 PM, "Aaron Sherber" wrote: > Hi all, > > I've kept wor

Re: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-01 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Pages (former career ended by disability): http://tinyurl.com/ygpj7og Mariposa Symphony Orchestra: http://tinyurl.com/MariposaSO From: Aaron Sherber Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 12:29 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011 Hi all, I've kept working in Fin201

[Finale] Upgrading from Fin2011

2016-07-01 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I've kept working in Fin2011 for several years, because it has met my needs and because I haven't been working in Finale enough lately to figure out a new version. But I've been having a few minor compatibility issues with Windows 10, so I think it's time to move on. I have both Fin2012 a

Re: [Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-05 Thread David H. Bailey
On 8/4/2014 10:15 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: > I've had fair results with the 2014 "save to 2012" feature - seems to > work pretty well. Kim could ask her student to do so. Not sure about > the 2012-2011 transfer, though. > > I am trying to figure out what 2014 does better (many things), do them >

Re: [Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-04 Thread Raymond Horton
I've had fair results with the 2014 "save to 2012" feature - seems to work pretty well. Kim could ask her student to do so. Not sure about the 2012-2011 transfer, though. I am trying to figure out what 2014 does better (many things), do them on this large project, and maybe save back to 2012 for

Re: [Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-04 Thread John Blane
Kim - I think you can upgrade for $139. Keep in mind that your Mac OS must be 10.7 or higher for Finale 2014. JB Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker On Aug 4, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Kim Richmond wrote: > Hey guys, >I’ve got MacFin11. One of my students (via Skype) has the

Re: [Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-04 Thread tcanomusic
Kim he can send them as XML from Finale 2014 you can open them pretty much as any Finale file 'hope this helps Terry Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone - Reply message - From: "Kim Richmond" To: "FINALE FINALE LIST" Subject: [Finale] UPGRADING Date: Mon, A

Re: [Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-04 Thread David H. Bailey
On 8/4/2014 1:22 PM, Kim Richmond wrote: > Hey guys, I’ve got MacFin11. One of my students (via Skype) has the > latest version, so I cannot open his files when he sends me > assignments. Is it going to cost me an arm and leg to upgrade, being > this far behind. I’m happy just having 2011 version,

[Finale] UPGRADING

2014-08-04 Thread Kim Richmond
Hey guys, I’ve got MacFin11. One of my students (via Skype) has the latest version, so I cannot open his files when he sends me assignments. Is it going to cost me an arm and leg to upgrade, being this far behind. I’m happy just having 2011 version, except for this. All the best, Kim R

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Scott Jones
Jim, Unfortunately I have no 12x18 paper to test to. I mainly print single sheets here. My larger prints (two sheet paper i.e. 12x18) are printed elsewhere. I have no need to keep that paper in stock. I print large formatted scores mostly. _

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Jim Gray
Scott, What size paper are you printing on? I can print on 8½ x 11 & 11 x 17 both landscape and portrait, and 9 x 12 portrait with no problem. But when I try to print on 12 x 18 landscape I am not able. As I have researched this it seems to apply across the board outside of Finale. I noticed a

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Chuck Israels
I wish I understood how this is working for you. I am not the only one with this problem. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5676471 This thread aptly describes my experience - including HP's eagerness to sell me a new printer. They simply say that they no longer support the "old" product.

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Scott Jones
That still confuses me chuck because I never once had a printing problem with my HP 5000 when I upgraded to Mavericks or now even on 10.10. Now I don’t duplex but I print booklet style and multiple sizes of paper as well. ___ J. Scott Jone

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Thurletta Brown-Gavins
Thanks to everyone who replied to my inquiry. Unfortunately, a $119 upgrade offer appeared in my inbox before I came back to check the list, and I bit the bullet. (Feeling REALLY broke now.) Sure wish I knew why Finale 2012 wasn't opening for me. Thurletta Brown-Gavins

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Robert Patterson
10.9.4 seems to be incompatible with my printer driver. (10.9.2 was for sure fine, and I'm not certain about 10.9.3.) But I am still able to print because I run Snow Leopard with VMWare Fusion. I highly recommend setting up a virtual of the oldest Mac OS you can using Fusion. It has saved many of m

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Incompatibility with an old (and still reliable) HP 5000 is the only thing that prevents me from upgrading to Mavericks. As far as I can tell (haven't checked this lately) there are no drivers that will work with this printer and Mavericks. There were some suggestions of things to try - but no

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Scott Jones
I am running 10.10 beta and can go back as far as 2009 Finale and working fine. I tried 2008 and half way through start up I get an "Unhanded exception caught" message and it closes. ___ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Tru

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Jim Gray
The only problem I had after the Mavericks upgrade was printing 2 sides up on 12x18 landscape. Seems to be a compatibility problem with Mavericks and HP. The only way I can make it work is to save as a PDF and configure each PDF part separately to 12X18 landscape. If anyone has a work around, I

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
10.9 (mavericks) didn't break finale 2012 for me. My 10.9 system still can run finale 2008 just fine. Actually, 10.9 upgrade was probably the most painless upgrade in a long time for me. I can't think of anything that stopped working. Also, in the upcoming 10.10, finale 2014 and 2012 work Sent f

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Christopher Smith
Finale 2012 is supposed to work in Mavericks. Have you tried re-installing? Often the Finale installation breaks for me when I upgrade the OS or migrate to another computer. Re-installation fixes it. Christopher On Wed Jul 16, at WednesdayJul 16 7:26 AM, Thurletta Brown-Gavins wrote: > I fina

[Finale] Upgrading to Finale Mac 2014

2014-07-16 Thread Thurletta Brown-Gavins
I finally bit the bullet yesterday and purchased a MacBook Pro running Mavericks. You guessed it: Finale 2012 is dead (along with a slew of my other apps). Anyone have any idea whether there is likely to be an upcoming upgrade-special that will make the leap to Finale 2014 cheaper than $139? Fe

Re: [Finale] Upgrading my OS

2014-04-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No Sent from my iSomething -- > On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > Listers, > > I am running Finale 2K11 on my MacBook Pro. My current OS is Snow > Leopard. (10.6.8) > > Do I need to "de-authorize" Finale before upgrading to Mavericks, or > will Finale continue to be au

[Finale] Upgrading my OS

2014-04-16 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Listers, I am running Finale 2K11 on my MacBook Pro. My current OS is Snow Leopard. (10.6.8) Do I need to "de-authorize" Finale before upgrading to Mavericks, or will Finale continue to be authorized? Larry ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu h

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Patterson
Aha. My issue is that the stop button is on a different monitor, so I am unlikely to ingrain that habit. Thanks anyway. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Glad it helped! Please let MM know, this is a nasty bug and it had me > tearing my hair out for days

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, Glad it helped! Please let MM know, this is a nasty bug and it had me tearing my hair out for days until I discovered that it was MIDI Thru related. As for the playback, I've long gotten into the habit of clicking the "Stop" button on the playback controls before hitting spacebar, wh

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, Yes -- you can assign the MIDI Thru to an empty Fixed channel that does not have an instrument associated with it. Let me know if this helps! If it does, please report it to MM, as the bug is 100% reproducible on my system, but it would be nice to have corroboration. Cheers, - DJA

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Patterson
Darcy, that seems to have fixed the problem! Thanks so much for your quick reply that saved me a bunch of work. On another topic: I am attempting to leave the playback controls up so as to get human playback. I set it to play from the left measure, but when I hit space to top playback, it always

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Patterson
Aha. I did turn off MIDI Thru because I didn't want to hear the instrument sounds on top of my kbd sounds in Speedy. Do you know another way to suppress them? On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I was getting severe crashes with Fin2012a, which I eventually

Re: [Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, I was getting severe crashes with Fin2012a, which I eventually discovered were related to my MIDI Thru setting, of all things. If your MIDI Thru is currently set to "Off," try turning it on (use "Fixed" or "Smart" or whatever, it doesn't seem to matter so long as it is on) and see if

[Finale] Upgrading to Fin12

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Patterson
I am about to retract exactly what I said about Fin12 a day or two ago. Up until now my work with Fin12 was either as a plugin developer or upgrading an old piece that needed no revisions but needed Unicode text to replace unworkable EPS graphics. But now that I have started a new piece in Fin12, I

Re: [Finale] upgrading Finale (was: Second MIDI input device)

2005-02-15 Thread Robert Patterson
I upgraded to every version of Finale from v1.0 thru Fin97. Since then I have been upgrading about every other year: Fin00, Fin02, Fin03, and recently Fin05. My reason for skipping was invariably that the benefits did not outweigh the pain. (Fin04 had substantial benefits but also even worse pai

Re: [Finale] Upgrading or not -- sending the right signal to MakeMusic

2004-06-27 Thread dhbailey
Owain Sutton wrote: Is the reverse not true, that reluctantly buying an upgrade sends the message "Keep up the good work, chaps"? Could be that's the message that gets through. But at least they'll keep on working. That's the dilemma -- do you view purchasing upgrades as rewarding bad past beh

Re: [Finale] Upgrading or not -- sending the right signal to MakeMusic

2004-06-27 Thread Owain Sutton
dhbailey wrote: Owain Sutton wrote: Harold Owen wrote: Owain Sutton writes: Even if I had the cash, I wouldn't upgrade, after the endless woes I've heard about it on this list! See, folks! You've scared away another customer and warmed the hearts of Sibelius users! I wonder if some of these p

Re: [Finale] Upgrading or not -- sending the right signal to MakeMusic

2004-06-27 Thread dhbailey
Owain Sutton wrote: Harold Owen wrote: Owain Sutton writes: Even if I had the cash, I wouldn't upgrade, after the endless woes I've heard about it on this list! See, folks! You've scared away another customer and warmed the hearts of Sibelius users! I wonder if some of these posts are from spie