[Finale] Why Sibelius owns the school market

2008-02-04 Thread dhbailey
I just got a copy of the workshop list for the Spring New Hampshire Music Educators convention and there are 3 different Sibelius workshops presented by the same person, aimed at different segments of the education markeplace -- Notation Software for Beginners, Tips and Tricks for Working

Re: [Finale] New expressions

2008-02-04 Thread dhbailey
Carl Dershem wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On Feb 3, 2008, at 12:23 AM, Carl Dershem wrote: I've been working with a youth band for a coupe of years now, and have come up with a few expressions that, if they don't necessarily exist in print yet, probably should. Of course, expressions

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:48 AM 2/4/2008, themark wrote: I have one staff with two layers. I need to apply an articulation (let's say the breath comma in this case but it could be the Fermata as well) to the notes of all levels, so I have to select each layer and apply the breath to the desidered note, making the

Re: [Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Robert Patterson / 08.2.3 / 11:28 AM wrote: I was so put off by Retrospect that I purposely left it off my list. I agree with this. I don't know how much money I spent on upgrading Retrospect for many years, and I dumped after the first upgrade path when OSX switch. Since I needed at least 5

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:38 AM 2/4/2008, themark wrote: I say that because when you apply an expression you have the choice to apply it to all layers or to a certain layer only, leaving HP apart. This does not happen with the articulation tool. As I said in my explanation, this is because expressions generally

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread marcello noia
Aaron Sherber ha scritto: At 09:38 AM 2/4/2008, themark wrote: I say that because when you apply an expression you have the choice to apply it to all layers or to a certain layer only, leaving HP apart. This does not happen with the articulation tool. As I said in my explanation, this is

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread dhbailey
themark wrote: Something I did not find in the Articulations Chapter of the manual: I have one staff with two layers. I need to apply an articulation (let's say the breath comma in this case but it could be the Fermata as well) to the notes of all levels, so I have to select each layer and

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On 4-Feb-08, at 9:38 AM, themark wrote: I say that because when you apply an expression you have the choice to apply it to all layers or to a certain layer only, leaving HP apart. This does not happen with the articulation tool. Actually, you can apply it to all layers simultaneously if

[Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread themark
Something I did not find in the Articulations Chapter of the manual: I have one staff with two layers. I need to apply an articulation (let's say the breath comma in this case but it could be the Fermata as well) to the notes of all levels, so I have to select each layer and apply the breath

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:35 PM 2/4/2008, marcello noia wrote: Thanks for the hint, I did not know about the drag-enclose method, is it mentioned in the manual? Where? In the Fin07 manual, look in the index under Articulations, Applying to a region. I don't have Fin06 on my system, but I imagine it's the same.

[Finale] Re: OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Greg Scheer
My wife's hard drive crashed a few months ago which made us much more serious about the issue of backing up. I now use Retrospect Express to back up my whole drive to an external. I don't particularly recommend it, I just use it because I already owned it. I also back up a specific set of files

Re: [Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Michael Cook
I'm happy with ChronoSync, which I let run automatically each time I start up the computer. You can also set it to run a particular backup when a particular drive is attached. There's a demo at http:// www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/ChronoSync/chrono_overview.html so you could give it

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6c - How to make articulations apply to different layers in the same bar

2008-02-04 Thread themark
I say that because when you apply an expression you have the choice to apply it to all layers or to a certain layer only, leaving HP apart. This does not happen with the articulation tool. dhbailey ha scritto: themark wrote: Something I did not find in the Articulations Chapter of the manual:

[Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Henry E. Howey
Check out CMS software. You'll need an external HD (usb best) equal minimally equal to your machine's HD. It does a COMPLETE mirror of your HD and can rebuild your old HD completely, including any hidden partitions necessary for your machine to work. The recovery disk uses a LINUX system to

Re: [Finale] Why Sibelius owns the school market

2008-02-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
It is my understanding that MakeMusic have scaled back their student workshop program. I used to go around to some of the NYC-area colleges, giving Finale workshops to the music students, but last summer I was told that program had been cancelled. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn,

RE: [Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Fisher, Allen
I use the latest version of Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my entire system (which I do once a month), this is restorable, and you can set it up to run as a task if you want. For everything else, there's time machine. All of this is free. Otherwise, if you don't mind a bit of wrangling, you can

Re: [Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Dick Hauser
On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Fisher, Allen wrote: All of this is free But there is that pesky donate dialogue that pops up at the end of each operation.. Dick H ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu