Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 2:54 Uhr Eric Dussault wrote: I you don't need eps (there broken until MM fixes it, but it's unlikely you will need it if you were on Win XP)) and have a powerful Mac will at least 1 GB of ram if you need GPO, then it may be ok to work with the mac version. What is the exacty problem

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Performance drop maybe, but only if you are using GPO, as far as I can see. I am not using it, and I am fine. Johannes Eric Dannewitz schrieb: Powerful as in a dual G5? Yeah. For those who were using 2005 with a G4, and getting stuff done, switching to 2006 results in a huge performance

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Eric Dussault
see this thread: http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6m=125732 I've posted on this list a similar topic, but only Simon Troup and Harold Howen have responded. Éric Dussault Le 05-08-31 à 03:24, Johannes Gebauer a écrit : On 2:54 Uhr Eric Dussault wrote: I you don't need eps (there

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am I correct that only dotted slurs and similar smart shapes are affected by this bug? I am not trying to make it look less serious, it is serious, but I am trying to work out whether it will be a problem for me... Johannes Eric Dussault schrieb: see this thread:

Re: [Finale] Hyphenated lyric going to 2nd ending

2005-08-31 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 31, 2005, at 1:15 AM, Don Hart wrote: Thanks Cecil, but I'm on finmac '05 and I'm not sure of the equivalent to your instructions on a mac, or even if there actually is an equivalent in this case. - Don on 8/30/05 11:49 PM, Cecil Rigby at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: assuming Win

RE: [Finale] OT: Guitar MIDI Controller

2005-08-31 Thread Stu McIntire
Thanks very much for the offer. If it's not too much trouble, I would be interested to hear how it functions with hyperscribe. Do you find the MIDI data to be accurate? I would imagine things like tuning, etc. would become much more of a problem versus a keyboard-based controller.

Re: [Finale] EPS export screwing some smart shapes in 2006

2005-08-31 Thread Nomos Alpha
Hola Eric and all, Unfortunately I can confirm that EPS exporting is not working well. I did an example with a dashed slur. When exporting a selection to EPS the dashed slur disappeared ccompletely, when exporting the full page the dahsed line became solid. I have to prepare 600 examples for a

[Finale] Finale 2006 still not Unicode

2005-08-31 Thread Nomos Alpha
Dear all, Finale 2006 is still not Unicode compliant. Saludos, Javier. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006 still not Unicode

2005-08-31 Thread Morris Inouye
On 8/31/05, Nomos Alpha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all,Finale 2006 is still not Unicode compliant. Really? (Finale has got to be one of the last hold-outs [in an increasingly small group of non-internationalized software producers].) Is Finale limited to western European languages, then?

[Finale] Delete a particular (measure) expression?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Is there a way to delete a particular (measure) expression from a mass edit selection? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Hyphenated lyric going to 2nd ending

2005-08-31 Thread Harold Owen
Don, We call it a hard dash and the spaces hard spaces when you use the Option Key when you enter them. Unfortunately the hard dash is an em-dash (longer) rather than an en-dash like the lyric hyphens. It's the only work-around I now of. Hal Just wanted to let everyone know I resolved, at

RE: [Finale] Finale 2007 - Wishlist

2005-08-31 Thread ronan
-Original Message- From: Kurt Gnos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 30, 2005 2:13 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Finale 2007 - Wishlist Hi all, now we got Finale 2006, we could begin to find out what we think we need in the next version or an update. ... I'm sure you

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 8/30/05, I wrote: My problems with 2k6 occur even when no GPO instruments are loaded, though. I've got a memory usage meter (CompactMemory in Konfabulator), and I can't remember it ever going above 60% or so, even when the lag is worst. I'll check again tomorrow when I'm in the office,

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Harold Owen
Regarding FinMac2k6: I'm on a Mac G4, 800 Mhz, with 1 Gig. RAM. When I'm working on a large score with many instruments, I select SoftSynth in the MIDI Window to begin with. It's good enough for editing, and it doesn't slow down operations. Then when everything else is done I switch to GPO

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006 still not Unicode

2005-08-31 Thread Nomos Alpha
I don´t know the details. But the fact is that I can not include and under-tie sign that I deadly needs for the ligatures found in the all Spanish lyrics. The lyrics window does not accept Unicode symbols at all. Javier Ruiz. On 8/31/05, Nomos Alpha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all,

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread Harold Owen
Dear Christopher, The character I use for the ligature in cases such as e_il is in the Toccata Font, lower base b. If you are using Type Into Score you can enter a b, then go to the Edit Lyrics box and change the font to Toccata. Hal Hi all, Sorry to bring this up again, but I can't find

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006 still not Unicode

2005-08-31 Thread Phil Daley
There are 2 levels of compliance with international support: MBCS and Unicode. MBCS supports all Asian, Eastern European, etc. languages. I would be surprised if Finale is only ANSI based. The differences between MBCS and Unicode support are subtle, but a complaint usually means that it doesn't

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17:43 Uhr Morris Inouye wrote: Although many indicate that it is trustable, there are enough problems that I think I will probably give Sibelius a try (and maybe install the 2006 upgrade on my WinXP box). I see no reason why you shouldn't install Fin2k6 on your Mac and try it out for

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18:17 Uhr Brad Beyenhof wrote: In a blank document it's not too bad (1/4 to 1/2 second), but in a medium-sized concert band score it's up to a second of delay with *every* action. Any more suggestions? Has anybody hit this sort of lag in Tiger? Has anybody *not* hit this sort of lag in

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 19:08 Uhr Eric Dannewitz wrote: I have no clue what it is. I have GPO installed, but generally none of the scores/sheets are using it. Finale will crash randomly after a while, when I go to print something. I assume you have done all the usual maintenance, like checking permissions?

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:31 PM 08/31/2005, Harold Owen wrote: The character I use for the ligature in cases such as e_il is in the Toccata Font, lower base b.  There's also one in the Engraver font, uppercase I. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006 still not Unicode

2005-08-31 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Morris Inouye / 2005/08/31 / 11:54 AM wrote: Really? (Finale has got to be one of the last hold-outs [in an increasingly small group of non-internationalized software producers].) Is Finale limited to western European languages, then? (ISO-8859-1/ISO-8859-15 or Win-1252 encodings?) Yup,

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 - Wishlist

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18:16 Uhr ronan wrote: One thing I have been asking for for years is improved handling of multiple time signatures. Right now the only option is that Finale decides to accept one staff as the main timekeeper, then adjusts all other staves so that the bar lines all line up. In other words, a

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 31, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 12:31 PM 08/31/2005, Harold Owen wrote: The character I use for the ligature in cases such as e_il is in the Toccata Font, lower base b.  There's also one in the Engraver font, uppercase I. Thanks, both of you. As it turns out, I have

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Aug 2005 at 13:30, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 12:31 PM 08/31/2005, Harold Owen wrote: The character I use for the ligature in cases such as e_il is in the Toccata Font, lower base b. There's also one in the Engraver font, uppercase I. The Toccata one is far better, because its size

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread Bruce K H Kau
Enter a capital I (letter eye). Then change the font to Engraver font set. Christopher Smith wrote: Hi all, Sorry to bring this up again, but I can't find the thread where this was discussed last year. I remember Mark D. Lew had some intelligent things to say on the subject. I thought

[Finale] Saving BUG?

2005-08-31 Thread ronan
Hi folks, Ive been playing back F2006 with full GPO with no problems (minimal anyhow). However, I got a shock when I tried to save as midieverything is crammed into the first 16 channels. This also happens when using Softsynths and save as audio is selected. Its as if the seven other

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Aug 2005 at 19:59, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Compared to 2k5 and any XP version you might like the anti-aliased screen display on the Mac. Imo a real advantage of the Mac version over the Win version. ??? The music on my screen is anti-aliased, because I have anti-aliasing turned on in

Re: [Finale] Hyphenated lyric going to 2nd ending

2005-08-31 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friend Harold Owen wrote, of: the Windows combination, ALT-0173 We call it a hard dash ,,,snip Unfortunately the hard dash is an em-dash (longer) rather than an en-dash like the lyric hyphens. It's the only work-around I now of. but I would note that Windows fonts give three choices:

Re: [Finale] Saving BUG?

2005-08-31 Thread A-NO-NE Music
ronan / 2005/08/31 / 02:39 PM wrote: I've been playing back F2006 with full GPO with no problems (minimal anyhow). However, I got a shock when I tried to save as midi-everything is crammed into the first 16 channels. This also happens when using Softsynths and save as audio is selected. It's as

Re: [Finale] Lyrics lower curved ligatures for two syllables on same note

2005-08-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Aug 2005 at 14:32, Christopher Smith wrote: On Aug 31, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 12:31 PM 08/31/2005, Harold Owen wrote: The character I use for the ligature in cases such as e_il is in the Toccata Font, lower base b. There's also one in the Engraver font,

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20:41 Uhr David W. Fenton wrote: The music on my screen is anti-aliased, because I have anti-aliasing turned on in the OS. The only reason that I can see that Finale wouldn't anti-alias is if you haven't turned on Windows font smoothing (as they call it). Or are you saying that Finale does

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Aug 2005 at 15:00, Darcy James Argue wrote: Previous versions of Finale for Mac used QuickDraw, which is similar to OS 9-style drawing. QuickDraw includes basic antialiasing, and looks similar to ClearType on Windows. But native OS X antialiasing -- called Quartz -- is *much* better

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Aug 2005 at 21:01, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 20:41 Uhr David W. Fenton wrote: The music on my screen is anti-aliased, because I have anti-aliasing turned on in the OS. The only reason that I can see that Finale wouldn't anti-alias is if you haven't turned on Windows font smoothing

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21:16 Uhr David W. Fenton wrote: Well, it would depend on how that's done. I'd think you would want those kinds of lines to always be at least 1 onscreen pixel, so I'd think anti-aliasing wouldn't really help much. I posted last week about Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 vs. 7, and the difference

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 31 Aug 2005, at 3:16 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Well, it would depend on how that's done. I'd think you would want those kinds of lines to always be at least 1 onscreen pixel, so I'd think anti-aliasing wouldn't really help much. Quartz uses shaded pixels to create the illusion of line

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 31 Aug 2005, at 3:13 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Of course, if it vastly improves the anti-aliasing of small font sizes, that might make it more compelling as a feature, since Finale is the kind of program where it's useful to see a lot on the screen at once (i.e., smaller magnification).

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hmm, I would have thought that moving the Qualtiy CPU way down, would have exacerbated the clicks, etc, rather than improving them. I'll have to try that. By absolutely dry, do you mean to set the room size to zero? Dean On Aug 31, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Harold Owen wrote: Regarding

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
Just uncheck the Ambience reverb button to disable it. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 31 Aug 2005, at 5:01 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Hmm, I would have thought that moving the Qualtiy CPU way down, would have exacerbated the clicks, etc, rather than improving them.

Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-31 Thread Eric Dussault
Le 05-08-31 à 07:08, Johannes Gebauer a écrit : Am I correct that only dotted slurs and similar smart shapes are affected by this bug? I am not trying to make it look less serious, it is serious, but I am trying to work out whether it will be a problem for me... Johannes For the