Re: [Finale] Strange spacing problem

2007-10-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.10.2007 ThomaStudios wrote: The last time I encountered no beat chart it was due to having a plugin window open, namely Robert's. When I closed the plugin window, the beat chart was visible. Could this be your situation? I don't think so. There isn't even a bottom handle in the

Re: [Finale] Strange spacing problem

2007-10-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.10.2007 Christopher Smith wrote: This has shown up several times for me in FinMac 2007 as a symptom of file corruption. Deleting the measure, then inserting a new one, often corrects the problem. Sometimes I have had to resort to copying the contents to a new file. Aha. Deleting the

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 10/14/07, Michael Greensill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just ordered Sibelius from audiomidi.com and wasn't asked for any proof of Finale ownership! At that price it's a no-brainer. Sibelius has a specially packaged version for the Finale upgrade, the DVD has an install which will allow

[Finale] Speedy Entry in 2008

2007-10-14 Thread Michael Greensill
I'm doing my first piece in 2008 and I found a small annoyance I can't seem to fix. Previously in speedy entry when I made a mistake on a note value, say I entered an 8th note but meant to enter a 16th, I could just back over that note and punch the 3 key and it would change to a 16th. Now

Re: [Finale] Speedy Entry in 2008

2007-10-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Are you in insert mode or not? Are there little triangles above and below the line? Then you need to get out of it. Michael Greensill wrote: I'm doing my first piece in 2008 and I found a small annoyance I can't seem to fix. Previously in speedy entry when I made a mistake on a note value,

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.10.2007 Richard Smith wrote: I am a long time Finale user (since v.2) currently using 2005. I am also experienced with Sibelius (since v.1) which is my preferred program. Since so many on this list are investigating Sibelius, may I draw your attention to this thread on the Sibelius list

[Finale] FinWin2003 and Vista

2007-10-14 Thread Peter Younghusband
This could be a silly question but I'm still using FinWin2003. Can anybody tell me if it will work with Windows Vista? Peter Perth, Western Australia ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: So, let me get this straight. If I purchase and load the Sibelius, I will still have total access to the Garitan library of samples and Kontakt 2, etc.? Yes -- if you want further assistance on this issue, you should consider joining the Sibelius group at

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Well, if this post gets out there, since I had no responses to my query inre what sorts of playback sounds were available in Sib 5, and after finally having found some of the info on the Sibelius product description, I went ahead the coughed up the $80 and ordered one.

Re: [Finale] Finale -- Sibelius

2007-10-14 Thread dhbailey
Randolph Peters wrote: I just paid a visit to the Yahoo/Sibelius list for the first time and I discovered that lo and behold, many of this list's contributors are also writing over there. It felt like I had discovered some clandestine dirty little secret. My impression is that the

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread dhbailey
Michael Greensill wrote: I just ordered Sibelius from audiomidi.com and wasn't asked for any proof of Finale ownership! At that price it's a no-brainer. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread dhbailey
Richard Smith wrote: Sibelius 5 comes with about 3GB of samples called Sibelius Sounds Essentials. It includes GPO, Garriton JABB, Concert and Maching Band, Virtual Drumline, and World Music. It also has VST/AU support so you can also use other sample libraries. Just to clarify -- it comes

[Finale] Re: Doppelschlag Symbol

2007-10-14 Thread Eric Fiedler
Dear List, My response just now to Johannes' question about the Doppelschlag contained an attachment. Sorry! Mea culpa! I forgot I wasn't responding directly. Will try to behave more list-correctly in the future! Eric Habsburger Verlag

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Richard Smith
Sorry. Try this one. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sibelius-list/message/33713. RGS Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 14.10.2007 Richard Smith wrote: I am a long time Finale user (since v.2) currently using 2005. I am also experienced with Sibelius (since v.1) which is my preferred program.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Tyler Turner
--- dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes there is more variety in Sibelius. Whereas Finale only includes the GPO subset and then included the DXi version of the SmartMusic soundfont, Sibelius also got some instruments from the JABB set so there are saxophones included. And it also

Re: [Finale] Finale -- Sibelius

2007-10-14 Thread João Miguel Pais
what you said about Spreadbury in the yahoo list you can say about both Finn twins in the official sibelius list - usually being the first people to reply, and sometimes replying to the list after 21h on sundays. Yes, Daniel Spreadbury's presence on that list has been one of the greatest

Re: [Finale] My posts

2007-10-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Thx, Dean. 6 weeks or so and I expect to be OK. Chuck On Oct 13, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Damn, Chuck ... that's going to make playing the bass a bit of an adventure. Sorry, Dean On Oct 13, 2007, at 4:00 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm here - just returned from a nice

Re: [Finale] Finale -- Sibelius

2007-10-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.10.2007 dhbailey wrote: Many Finale users have long requested such a presence on the Finale list but to no avail. Although Coda/MakeMusic never officially monitored this list, they had, in the past, been lurking here. I remember several people, including their head developer, making

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah, thank you David ... that was another question I forgot to ask. I assume this registration process can be accomplished on line, yes? Dean On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:32 AM, dhbailey wrote: Michael Greensill wrote: I just ordered Sibelius from audiomidi.com and wasn't asked for any proof of

[Finale] creating a D.C. al CODA

2007-10-14 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I must be missing something, because I can't get my D.C. al CODA to playback correctly. Here is what I want to do: I want to have Finale (Mac 2K4) play up to bar 105 then go back to bar 1, play to bar 31 then jump to the CODA (bar 106) It's a fine mess I got myself into Larry Eden

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread David W. Fenton
On 14 Oct 2007 at 7:59, Richard Smith wrote: Sorry. Try this one. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sibelius-list/message/33713. Sorry, but for a thread to begin with this: Sibelius' keyboard entry routines are what Finale has been trying to copy for several years. This just by

Re: [Finale] Finale -- Sibelius

2007-10-14 Thread John Howell
At 9:37 PM -0500 10/13/07, Randolph Peters wrote: I just paid a visit to the Yahoo/Sibelius list for the first time and I discovered that lo and behold, many of this list's contributors are also writing over there. It felt like I had discovered some clandestine dirty little secret. Or

[Finale] Re: 8 years of online sales

2007-10-14 Thread Nick Carter
As part of our celebration of reaching 8 years of online sales, we've added some new offers and products which may be of interest to Finale-listers, including our new npcFingering TT font and a special bundle of a free copy of our Ross CD with the X-grade to a certain other notation package. ;)

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:42 PM 10/14/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: Sorry, but for a thread to begin with this: Sibelius' keyboard entry routines are what Finale has been trying to copy for several years. This just by no stretch of the imagination a true statement. Simple Entry existed before Sibelius

Re: [Finale] Finale -- Sibelius

2007-10-14 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Well put ... but I need know more about any problems involving sib 5 and Mac OS10.4. So far I can't seem to get on the sib list to post anything, or I'd ask there. I guess since I've already ordered it, it don't make much diff. Dean On Oct 14, 2007, at 1:18 PM, John Howell wrote: At

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
BTW, I have tried to join the Sibelius list, but so far something is hosed up, so I can't ask this question there ... yet. In finale, I use the Set Up Wizard a lot, and find it a very efficient way to set a score and assign instruments. When I get my sib 5, is there an equivalent tool for

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread David W. Fenton
On 14 Oct 2007 at 16:28, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 03:42 PM 10/14/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: The point is that Sibelius is not as versatile as Finale in terms of providing options for music entry. Bad-mouthing Finale doesn't change the fact that Sibelius is more limiting, and enforces a

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Tyler Turner
--- Aaron Sherber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, I don't believe this is true. Yes, Simple Entry has been around forever, but the revamped Simple introduced a few years ago was very specifically an attempt to mimic the functionality of Sibelius note entry. The revamped Simple Entry

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread John Howell
At 10:20 AM -0700 10/14/07, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: BTW, I have tried to join the Sibelius list, but so far something is hosed up, so I can't ask this question there ... yet. In finale, I use the Set Up Wizard a lot, and find it a very efficient way to set a score and assign instruments. When

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

2007-10-14 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Gracias ... that's encouraging. Are you working on a Mac, John? Dean On Oct 14, 2007, at 3:24 PM, John Howell wrote: At 10:20 AM -0700 10/14/07, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: BTW, I have tried to join the Sibelius list, but so far something is hosed up, so I can't ask this question there ...

Re: [Finale] Sibelius for Finale users

2007-10-14 Thread Richard Smith
David, I'm sorry if I offended you. It was not my intent to insult Finale our your working method, merely to say that while Speedy Entry is for many (myself included) the most efficient manner of working with Finale, Sibelius works best with keyboard step time entry methods. I realize that

[Finale] Sib

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Clausen
I believe the intent of Sib is to be able to enter everything from the computer keyboard, what they call power using. I'm now several days into learnig Sib5 and I find the compute keyboard approach extremely easy to use, easier than Fin. I should add that I have always been a Simple Entry

Re: [Finale] Sib transition consequences

2007-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, October 14, 2007 11:38 pm, Bruce Clausen wrote: I should add that I have always been a Simple Entry Fin user. I will be receiving my copy of Sibelius shortly. I am very anxious to hear from any Speedy-only computer keyboard entry user who has made a successful transition to Sibelius.