Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-04-15 19:44, Howey, Henry wrote: After dealing with MAC and PC 2012 I now wonder if FINALE is ready to be ditched. Personally I think this list has been dying for quite a long time now, so is your question now if you're going to kill this list or not? I personally spend almost all

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread David McKay
Jari, if this list were to be closed off, I hope we'd be told about these other lists. This is the only one I know. I was on a list discussing an unrelated subject and it was decided to move it to a website and though I enjoyed reading the posts via email, I rarely feel motivated to go to the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, April 16, 2012 3:03 am, David McKay wrote: I was on a list discussing an unrelated subject and it was decided to move it to a website and though I enjoyed reading the posts via email, I rarely feel motivated to go to the website and so have lost the stimulation and information provided

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Lawrence Yates
I too would be very sorry to see the end of either this forum or Finale itself. I have learnt so much from postings here, from both responses to my own questions and from postings on subjects which at first appeared to be unrelated to my own work. I too have Sibelius and I too use it only to

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Nigel Hanley
I'd like to echo Lawrence's comment. This forum is useful on a weekly basis. I have learnt so much from others' questions as well as from answers to my own questions. It is invaluable. - Nigel Hanley On 16/04/2012, at 7:03 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: I too would be very sorry to see the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Frank Prain
As a long time lurker and nearly 20 year user of Finale I would really miss this forum. I've learnt so much, both about Finale, but more interestingly, about all sorts of fascinating topics. Frank On 16 April 2012 19:16, Nigel Hanley i...@nigelhanley.com wrote: I'd like to echo Lawrence's

Re: [Finale] program crashes

2012-04-16 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Where do I find my Finale 2K7 Preferences? Please be specific! Thanks, Larry Delete your Finale preferences. Your old preference file won't work on your new Mac. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 15 Apr 2012, at 5:47 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I

Re: [Finale] program crashes

2012-04-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Instructions here: http://makemusic.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1047/~/finale-crashing-on-startup-in-mac-os-x-10.5-(leopard) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 16 Apr 2012, at 6:24 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Where do I find my Finale 2K7 Preferences?

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Mathew
I rely on all of you for very important information and find your postings to be very useful and agree about your comments on Sibelius in relation to Finale. Thanks to all of you. Michael Mathew   mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
Dennis, I would suggest you get involved in the MuseScore project. It is nowhere close to being able to replace Finale or Sibelius yet, but precisely because it isn't you might find that it could be molded in a direction you would like. Development is extremely active. Anyone who hasn't looked at

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, April 16, 2012 9:34 am, Robert Patterson wrote: Dennis, I would suggest you get involved in the MuseScore project. It is nowhere close to being able to replace Finale or Sibelius yet, but precisely because it isn't you might find that it could be molded in a direction you would like.

Re: [Finale] SPAM-LOW: Re: Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread George Brooke
I echo Frank's comment. I also am a long time lurker and find that this list regularly provides helpful information and the discussions that get started are very interesting as well George Brooke Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:36 AM, Frank Prain frank.pr...@gmail.com wrote: As a

Re: [Finale] SPAM-LOW: Re: Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Steve Parker
This list is absolutely invaluable to me. Steve P. On 16 Apr 2012, at 14:48, George Brooke wrote: I echo Frank's comment. I also am a long time lurker and find that this list regularly provides helpful information and the discussions that get started are very interesting as well George

Re: [Finale] program crashes

2012-04-16 Thread Haroldo Mauro
user/library/preferences/Finale2007preferences On 16 Apr 2012, at 6:24 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Where do I find my Finale 2K7 Preferences? Please be specific! Thanks, Larry Delete your Finale preferences. Your old preference file won't work on your new Mac.

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output...if the output it produces is what you want. It is very far behind in customization features. I mention it here because I think it has huge potential, not because it has yet achieved it. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at

[Finale] The List

2012-04-16 Thread Howey, Henry
No, I'm not closing the list. I am wondering how to figure out the MIND ( or lack thereof) at MM;-) Henry Howey Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/music/faculty/howey.php Owner of FINALE Discussion List

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/16/2012 11:28 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output...if the output it produces is what you want. It is very far behind in customization features. I mention it here because I think it has huge potential, not because

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Mathew
Robert, Your post about the musescore project illustrates emphatically how invaluable discussion group participants are! Does this make sense to anyone else? Am I overstating this? Thank you, Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
In fairness, I don't think Henry ever had any intention of closing down this list. I believe his frustration was directed at the Finale *program*! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Michael Mathew mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com wrote: Robert, Your post about the musescore project illustrates

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: In fairness, I don't think Henry ever had any intention of closing down this list. I believe his frustration was directed at the Finale *program*! That's how I read it as well. ;) Thanks Kim

Re: [Finale] OT: web page designer

2012-04-16 Thread Andrew Stiller
Nope. KompoZer doesn't work on IntelMacs. Any other ideas? --Andrew Stiller On Apr 12, 2012, at 11:56 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: I use KompoZer, a free open-source download. It is very basic, but it lets you edit the pages WYSWYG. The upload is very poor, though. For upload, I have found

Re: [Finale] OT: web page designer

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
Actually, I have an Intel Mac, and it works just fine (except for the upload). But I do seem to remember that the latest version crashed on my machine, probably because I am still on 10.5 (Leopard). The version of KompoZer I am running is 0.8b3 released in 2010, which I believe you can still

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread dershem
On 4/15/2012 11:39 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: On 2012-04-15 19:44, Howey, Henry wrote: After dealing with MAC and PC 2012 I now wonder if FINALE is ready to be ditched. Personally I think this list has been dying for quite a long time now, so is your question now if you're going to kill

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com wrote: As for Finale itself dying, I don't know and hope not. Nothing good enough has come along to replace it for my work. I wondered why you don't use Score? I know the gentleman who edited and typeset the Charles