Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet

2006-04-28 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 28.04.2006 John Bell wrote: In this particular instance, it would seem that Finalescript doesn't work for me. I can only assume that my printer is in some way incompatible with the script. It does everything right except that it doesn't print double-sided. I don't resent the time I've

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet

2006-04-28 Thread John Bell
On 28 Apr 2006, at 07:21, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 28.04.2006 John Bell wrote: In this particular instance, it would seem that Finalescript doesn't work for me. I can only assume that my printer is in some way incompatible with the script. It does everything right except that it doesn't

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet

2006-04-28 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 28.04.2006 John Bell wrote: The print dialog remembers (a) which printer was last used and (b) whatever Preset was last used. The default Preset (Standard) is non-duplex. So if I have a number of documents that need to be printed double-sided, I set an appropriate Preset for the first one,

[Finale] Respace Staves problem [Finale 2002]

2006-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have tried respacing the staves using the set distance between staves to. This works for about the first 30 pages, but has no effect on the rest of the file. Is there a problem with long scores (it's not that long) or is there something else that could be causing this? Michael Lawlor

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Scot Hanna-Weir
Title: Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs. Have you checked to see if adding a page size to the pagesizes.txt file has any bearing on that drop down? My guess is that is not going to change anything, but its probably worth a shot. You can learn more about pagesizes.txt in the appendix of

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:46 AM 4/28/06 -0500, you wrote: Have you checked to see if adding a page size to the pagesizes.txt file has any bearing on that drop down? My guess is that is not going to change anything, but it#8217;s probably worth a shot. You can learn more about pagesizes.txt in the appendix of the

Re: [Finale] Respace Staves problem [Finale 2002]

2006-04-28 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried respacing the staves using the set distance between staves to. This works for about the first 30 pages, but has no effect on the rest of the file. Is there a problem with long scores (it's not that long) or is there something else that could be causing

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet

2006-04-28 Thread John Bell
On 28 Apr 2006, at 14:10, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 28.04.2006 John Bell wrote: The print dialog remembers (a) which printer was last used and (b) whatever Preset was last used. The default Preset (Standard) is non-duplex. So if I have a number of documents that need to be printed

RE: [Finale] Converting Midi Files to Wav files to be burned on audiocds.

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
You can also convert it using iTunes. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur CraigSent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:08 PMTo: finale@shsu.eduSubject: [Finale] Converting Midi Files to Wav files to be burned on audiocds. I learned of this

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet

2006-04-28 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 28.04.2006 John Bell wrote: Yes, but. As far as I remember FinaleScript always uses the default settings, regardless of what you used before. I had this same problem with my LZR2080, which by default printed at 400dpi, and with FS there was no way to get it to print in 800dpi. I ended up

RE: [Finale] Converting Midi Files to Wav files to be burned on audiocds.

2006-04-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Apr 2006 at 9:32, Fisher, Allen wrote: You can also convert it using iTunes. But on Windows, it will use the QuickTime musical instruments to do the conversion, rather than any better synthesized sounds that you might have available on your PC. I don't consider the QT instruments to be

RE: [Finale] Drum kit wizard file notation and sounds

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
Actually, YES it does use things in your default file. Peter doesn't mention what version of Finale he's using, but the last few can grab percussion maps from the default file and apply them to percussion staves. There are two forms of mapping via the wizard. The first is a single percussion

[Finale] Clearing the Recent Files List

2006-04-28 Thread Leigh Daniels
Hello Group, How do I clear the FileRecent Files list? I can't find anything about doing this in the manual or on the FinaleMusic website. Thanks. **Leigh ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
We fixed that in 2k6b for windows, I believe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dc Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:38 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs. Dennis Bathory-Kitsz écrit: I

Re: [Finale] Clearing the Recent Files List

2006-04-28 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 28.04.2006 Leigh Daniels wrote: How do I clear the FileRecent Files list? I can't find anything about doing this in the manual or on the FinaleMusic website. Apparently you can't other than deleting your Finale preferences. Annoying, especially as the recent files list is not sorted

RE: [Finale] That magical SPEED LOSS folder

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
I'm assuming windows... sysdrive:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Local Settings\Temp Local Settings is a hidden folder so you either need to get at it from the command line or enabling hidden files and folders in Folder Options -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] That magical SPEED LOSS folder

2006-04-28 Thread Liudas
Thanks. And you just empty everything from there? This should never be done mid-work, I'm assuming. Only at the end of a work session, when Finale is closed and finished with? Liudas - Original Message - From: Fisher, Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Friday, April 28,

RE: [Finale] That magical SPEED LOSS folder

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
Correct. It actually will not let you remove files that are in use, but the safest thing to do is exit finale before emptying your temp directory. I typically recommend doing this on a fresh reboot of your system, with no programs running. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re(2): [Finale] Clearing the Recent Files List

2006-04-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Apr 2006 at 11:43, Leigh Daniels wrote: On Fri, Apr 28, 2006, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently you can't other than deleting your Finale preferences. Annoying, especially as the recent files list is not sorted properly, the last file that was used does not always

RE: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 06:12 PM 4/28/06 +0200, dc wrote: Fisher, Allen écrit: We fixed that in 2k6b for windows, I believe. I'm told it doesn't work in 2k6c, where the distilling of PS compiled by Finale with Include fonts in listing ticked gives an error message for all the fonts: Maestro PS, and the different OT

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Johannes Gebauer
How did Liudas get his sample files (on his web page) so clear and crisp? I see they are done on Windows, and orriginate in Fin2k1. Liudas, how did you do it? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Amort
dc wrote: Thanks, Allen, but I'm told it doesn't work in 2k6c, where the distilling of PS compiled by Finale with Include fonts in listing ticked gives an error message for all the fonts: Maestro PS, and the different OT text fonts. They are ALL replaced with Courier. Exporting EPS is no

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 01:42 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Scott Amort wrote: I can confirm that using Fin2K6c, on WinXP with *only* the PS version of Maestro installed generates a Postscript listing with invalid Type 1 font information. Not here. Works fine with Maestro Type 1 installed (and TTF uninstalled). I've tried

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
http://www.verypdf.com/artprint/document-printer/eps-to-ps.html (the only) Kim :) On 4/28/06, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:42 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Scott Amort wrote:I can confirm that using Fin2K6c, on WinXP with *only* the PS version of Maestro installed generates a

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Amort
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 01:42 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Scott Amort wrote: I can confirm that using Fin2K6c, on WinXP with *only* the PS version of Maestro installed generates a Postscript listing with invalid Type 1 font information. Not here. Works fine with Maestro Type 1 installed (and

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 02:40 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: http://www.verypdf.com/artprint/document-printer/eps-to-ps.html Back to step #1. Just like Finale, it doesn't respect the page size in the EPS. There are no custom options in the setup, so no way to set the correct page size. :( Dennis

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Amort
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 02:44 PM 4/28/06 -0400, you wrote: If you don't mind, could you send me a one-page ps or eps that works for you so I can test to see if it is a distillation problem instead of a generation one? Attached PS/PDF, EPS/PDF. Hi Dennis ( the other one :-) ), I

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:55 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Scott Amort wrote: I think what is happening here is that you created your postscript listing/eps while you had the TrueType version of Maestro installed. Did you remove the TrueType version before or after you compiled the listing? I removed it before. Moved it

[Finale] How big is exactly too big?

2006-04-28 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
I've done some testing with 8.5 X 11.0 paper and A4 paper for creating booklets. The music just seems awfully crampt at those sizes of paper. Especially when you have two systems on a page. I know there are different sizes for different tasks, and there is a reason why Barenreiter has their

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Amort
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I removed it before. Moved it completely off the machine for the duration. I think I have solved the problem. Do you have a PostScript printer as your default? I do not. Finale seems to rely on the default printer driver to compile the PS listing. Once I

Re: [Finale] Clearing the Recent Files List

2006-04-28 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 28.04.2006 Leigh Daniels wrote: How do I clear the FileRecent Files list? I can't find anything about doing this in the manual or on the FinaleMusic website. Apparently you can't other than deleting your Finale preferences. Annoying, especially as the recent files

RE: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
Scott is correct. EPS/PS listings require a PS printer driver. I'm surprised you didn't get warned. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Amort Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:33 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale:

Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 05:32 PM 4/28/06 -0400, Scott Amort wrote: I think I have solved the problem. Do you have a PostScript printer as your default? I do not. Finale seems to rely on the default printer driver to compile the PS listing. Once I switched mine to a PS driver, both the PS listing and EPS output

[Finale] Chord Symbol Question

2006-04-28 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hi, Everyone - I have a song with lots of jazz chords that I've never used before and need some help in how to display them properly! For example, a G7 (#5, #9) - how can I make it display with the #5 then the #9 underneath? Like this: G7(#5 #9) (except with only 1 set of

[Finale] Another Chord Question

2006-04-28 Thread Jacki Barineau
I knew I'd have another question as soon as I sent the last note! It's been 23 years since I took music theory in college, and though I remember a lot, this song interpretation is really challenging my old brain here!! What I did is have the piano player play the song into a midi file so

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

2006-04-28 Thread ThomaStudios
Always put the highest altered extension on top, and go down in order. IOW: #9 #5 in one ( ) *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR 97068 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thomastudios.com *** On Apr 28, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote:

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

2006-04-28 Thread Jacki Barineau
On Apr 28, 2006, at 7:28 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: Always put the highest altered extension on top, and go down in order. IOW: #9 #5 in one ( ) Thanks a bunch for the clarification! Now the question is - how do I DO this in Finale?! I mean - how do I make it put these 2 intervals in

RE: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.

2006-04-28 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 05:19 PM 4/28/06 -0500, Fisher, Allen wrote: Scott is correct. EPS/PS listings require a PS printer driver. I'm surprised you didn't get warned. I always use a Postscript driver because of my special paper sizes, which requires me to print to file and distill to PDF. The discussion was about

Re: [Finale] Clearing the Recent Files List

2006-04-28 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Leigh Daniels wrote: How do I clear the FileRecent Files list? I use the dialog box found at Options Program Options Other options where I set the number of recent files to zero, back out of the menus, and then repeat the process to set the number back to the desired value. It is not

Re: [Finale] How big is exactly too big?

2006-04-28 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Unfortunately in the US, most copy shops only have 11 X 17 inch paper, which rules out doing a bi-fold. I'd have to rely on some sort of spiral bounding, which can look kind of tacky. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated. There is a type of establishment I know

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

2006-04-28 Thread ThomaStudios
You will have to go into the chord suffix library and set it up. It's a bit tedious and convoluted in Finale, but the good news is, you only have to do it once. Just save your library when finished. HTH. J.D. Thomas ThomaStudios On Apr 28, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Jacki Barineau wrote: On

Re: [Finale] Chord Symbol Question

2006-04-28 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Jacki, It's been a while since I used Finale's chord suffix editor, since I use a special chord font, but here's what I think will work: Click on the note to which you want to attach the chord (with the chord tool and manual input selected). A window will open with a place to