Re: [Finale] Project Roemer

2005-11-10 Thread Owain Sutton
Has anyone looked at Lilypond? I downloaded it last week and installed it, but for some reason, the GUI won't run. I looked at it, for about five minutes, until I found this priceless line in the manual, under 'advanced notation': In general, the use of new, innovative notation makes

Re: [Finale] Project Roemer

2005-11-10 Thread Mark D Lew
On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: In general, the use of new, innovative notation makes a piece harder to understand and perform and its use should therefore be avoided. For this reason, support for contemporary notation in LilyPond is limited. That's an interesting notion.

Re: [Finale] Project Roemer

2005-11-10 Thread dhbailey
Mark D Lew wrote: On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: In general, the use of new, innovative notation makes a piece harder to understand and perform and its use should therefore be avoided. For this reason, support for contemporary notation in LilyPond is limited. That's an

Re: [Finale] Cross-Group Time Signatures

2005-11-10 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:27 AM 11/10/2005, Brennon Bortz wrote: Are there any font editors that you recommend? On Win, there's a good little program called Font Creator, at www.high-logic.com But you're on Mac, and I don't know what's available there -- aside from the expensive things at www.fontlab.com.

Re: [Finale] Cross-Group Time Signatures

2005-11-10 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:26 AM 11/10/2005, Brennon Bortz wrote: This approach seems to work best for me. However, I'm having trouble applying this when I want one time signature to span two staves, and another to span more.  Right. That's the advantage of Tall Metric, as I said. The downside is that Tall

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread dhbailey
Gerald Berg wrote: Hi all I am in need of a really loud snare drum so I set up an instance for it and cranked up the volume. Problem is my HP settings keep taking it back down again. What in HP would I have to turn off in order to prevent this behavior? Check to see if you have any

[Finale] Ties and accidentals

2005-11-10 Thread Pierre Bailleul
Dear list, In document-options-ties, I see no difference when end before single accidental is checked or not? It will be great in the case of notes with accidentals tied from one line to the next... Thanks for your responses. Pierre ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Gerald Berg
Thanks David but I've got it cranked to velo 127 and it's not enough. ( I need it for a gunfire effect -- startling loud) I need to tweek the Db level for sure. Jerry On 10-Nov-05, at 8:53 AM, dhbailey wrote: Gerald Berg wrote: Hi all I am in need of a really loud snare drum so I set

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Raymond Horton
Gerald Berg wrote: Hi all I am in need of a really loud snare drum so I set up an instance for it and cranked up the volume. Problem is my HP settings keep taking it back down again. What in HP would I have to turn off in order to prevent this behavior? One thing I've noticed lately (I

Re: [Finale] Project Roemer

2005-11-10 Thread Stephen Peters
David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why, then, does the installer create a shortcut on my desktop with this commandline: D:\Programs\LilyPond\usr\bin\lilypond-windows.exe -dgui Why is there a switch there for a gui? Or is it a deceptively-named switch that has nothing whatsoever to

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Don Hart
A problem I've noticed on occasion is that of a forte or a fortissimo marking putting levels past some midi threshhold or something, and resulting in an actual reduction in volume. Never was sure what if anything could be done about the problem, or what exactly triggered it, and HP wasn't

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Chuck Israels
Apropos this issue - Darcy suggests setting the master volume in the mixer somewhere around 64 when using GPO sounds, and then reducing the level of other instruments in order to adjust balances rather than boosting the softer ones. Works for me. Chuck On Nov 10, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Don

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Gerald Berg
This is FINMAC 2005b. So the mixer is nixed but even at that (the score is 2 pianos and 2 perc.) I have the pianos down to pp and ppp (moody) and that snare at 127 and it don't mean a thing. Velo 150 would about do it. I find the pianos at forte very loud. This is definitely HP related.

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Yeah, that's pretty much worked for me also Dean On Nov 10, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Apropos this issue - Darcy suggests setting the master volume in the mixer somewhere around 64 when using GPO sounds, and then reducing the level of other instruments in order to adjust

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread Kurt Gnos
Simon No, I mean I wanted a bass TAB system, 4 strings, bass, 4 lines. All I could get was 6 strings, guitar, 6 lines, even when I loaded in the TAB library and even if I constructed a bass TAB system, 4 strings/lines, from scratch. Very odd... Kurt At 00:15 10.11.2005, you wrote: In some

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread David W. Fenton
On 10 Nov 2005 at 14:23, Gerald Berg wrote: I have the pianos down to pp and ppp (moody) and that snare at 127 and it don't mean a thing. Velo 150 would about do it. Do you have any note or measure expressions for key velocity in the staff with your problematic note? You can set a base

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Troup
No, I mean I wanted a bass TAB system, 4 strings, bass, 4 lines. All I could get was 6 strings, guitar, 6 lines, even when I loaded in the TAB library and even if I constructed a bass TAB system, 4 strings/lines, from scratch. Very odd... After setting the staff to tablature with 4 strings

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Troup
STAFF STTRIBUTES I mean ATTRIBUTES ... obviously :) -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art http://www.finaleirc.com Real-time Finale discussion ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Cross-Group Time Signatures

2005-11-10 Thread Owain Sutton
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 02:27 AM 11/10/2005, Brennon Bortz wrote: Are there any font editors that you recommend? On Win, there's a good little program called Font Creator, at www.high-logic.com But you're on Mac, and I don't know what's available there -- aside from the expensive things at

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread Kurt Gnos
Thanks, Simon, but - when I open an older document, say, Finale 98, I still get 6 string guitar and nothing other. No matter if at home or on my PC at school, it won't work. I do a lot of band arrangement. And now I have a bassist who can't play notes well but is all right with tabs. So I

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Troup
Kurt did On OK, Reset Staff's Attributes To Tablature Defaults work for you on the more recent versions of Finale? but - when I open an older document, say, Finale 98, I still get 6 string guitar and nothing other. No matter if at home or on my PC at school, it won't work. I do a lot of band

[Finale] OT: Laser Printer Problem

2005-11-10 Thread Simon Troup
Sorry about the OT nature of this query, but I've seen weirder problems solved here. I'm getting a band across the top of my laser printer copies, same place all the time. I recently tried a toner refill, which has been great for a couple of months so I'm not sure that's the problem. Anyway, if

Re: [Finale] Bass TAB problem

2005-11-10 Thread dhbailey
Kurt Gnos wrote: Thanks, Simon, but - when I open an older document, say, Finale 98, I still get 6 string guitar and nothing other. No matter if at home or on my PC at school, it won't work. I do a lot of band arrangement. And now I have a bassist who can't play notes well but is all right

Re: [Finale] OT: Laser Printer Problem

2005-11-10 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 10:59 PM 11/10/05 +, Simon Troup wrote: I'm getting a band across the top of my laser printer copies, same place all the time. I recently tried a toner refill, which has been great for a couple of months so I'm not sure that's the problem. Anyway, if anyone can stand the 500k download

Re: [Finale] OT: Laser Printer Problem

2005-11-10 Thread dhbailey
Simon Troup wrote: Sorry about the OT nature of this query, but I've seen weirder problems solved here. I'm getting a band across the top of my laser printer copies, same place all the time. I recently tried a toner refill, which has been great for a couple of months so I'm not sure that's the

[Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Gerhard Torges, geb. Hölscher
Hello! This is heavily offtopic on this list but I couldn't stand to let anyone here get into the pitfall which would be even more serious to anyone using his/her PC for business. Sony BMG and their subsidary record labels [1] have released a couple of music CDs that contain malicious

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread John Howell
At 2:03 AM +0100 11/11/05, Gerhard Torges, geb. Hölscher wrote: Hello! This is heavily offtopic on this list but I couldn't stand to let anyone here get into the pitfall which would be even more serious to anyone using his/her PC for business. Sony BMG and their subsidary record labels

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Raymond Horton
This is heavily offtopic on this list but I couldn't stand to let anyone here get into the pitfall which would be even more serious to anyone using his/her PC for business. Sony BMG and their subsidary record labels [1] have released a couple of music CDs that contain malicious software

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:21 PM 11/10/05 -0500, John Howell wrote: OK, esteemed computer gurus: urban legend, spam or confirmed terrorism? Absolutely true. I hope it's a nightmare for Sony, who deserves every lawsuit that comes their way. Reading for the evening:

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Patterson
Unfortunately, all too real. This IS NOT A HOAX. Today msnbc.com has a front-page article about it. There are also relevant articles at eff.org and others. FWIW: You can safeguard your Windows machine by disabling Autorun. A number of website will show you the registry key to modify. Mac

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread David W. Fenton
^On 10 Nov 2005 at 20:21, John Howell wrote: OK, esteemed computer gurus: urban legend, spam or confirmed terrorism? It's unquestionably real. And it's very dangerous. One of the things it does is hook into low-level file I/O subroutines to hide its own files and its own activities. This

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Gerhard Torges, geb. Hölscher
Hi! Am 11.11.2005 um 02:21 schrieb John Howell: Sony BMG and their subsidary record labels [1] have released a couple of music CDs that contain malicious software claiming to simply be a copy protection system called XPC. But it's worse. Far worse. OK, esteemed computer gurus: urban

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Gerhard Torges, geb. Hölscher
Am 11.11.2005 um 02:36 schrieb Robert Patterson: Today msnbc.com has a front-page article about it. See here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9991596/ Viruses exploit Sony CD anti-piracy scheme Hackers use copy-protection software to hide in PCs SAN JOSE, Calif. - A controversial

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 11/10/05, Robert Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac users (as with a previous CD/CP scheme) are immune. Not completely true: http://digg.com/apple/Sony_Music_CDs_infect_Macs,_too_ It's not as invasive or as automatic, but there is DRM software on Sony CDs for Macs as well. -- Brad

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 10, 2005, at 8:26 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Once the true nature of the Sony BMG software tactic became public, the company wasted no time in attempting to defuse the issue. Within 48 hours, it released a patch that makes its software visible again; you can download it from