Re: [Finale] 256 FAN slots vs 270 symbol slots... Unicode?

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
jari, you mention the following in your review, which fonts are these? ... there are a couple of 3rd party Unicode fonts available for chords, consisting of about 1000 different chord symbols. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
is there no way to see in the score where a mid-score instrument change starts? i.e. the only place it is visible is in the score manager?! it seems to me this is a huge problem for proofing, no? and now that the instrument.txt file no longer exists, i can't change the hard-wired settings

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 11:47, SN jef chippewa wrote: is there no way to see in the score where a mid-score instrument change starts? i.e. the only place it is visible is in the score manager?! I have a plug-in where you can add the instrument changes as text, but it's currently not possible to see

Re: [Finale] 256 FAN slots vs 270 symbol slots... Unicode?

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 10:32, SN jef chippewa wrote: jari, you mention the following in your review, which fonts are these? ... there are a couple of 3rd party Unicode fonts available for chords, consisting of about 1000 different chord symbols. They were available at www.virtualconservatory.com

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
and now that the instrument.txt file no longer exists... i also used to be able to replace the english instrument.txt file with a german one to be able to easily generate a score with german instrument names... now this is not possible at all. for most cases this is only inconvenient, but

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Allen Fisher
On May 16, 2012, at 5:37 AM, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: On 2012-05-16 11:47, SN jef chippewa wrote: jezzzuz. viihhhnu. Buuu Sorry, in my sleep-deprived state, I couldn't resist... Sent from my iDon'tCareWhat

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
I have a plug-in where you can add the instrument changes as text, but it's currently not possible to see the changes as staff style bars or something similar. ok will check it out. This has been discussed a lot. Make sure to let MM know that you want this need to be addressed. just did

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 13:13, SN jef chippewa wrote: now this is not possible at all. Since this seems to be a fact, at least on your machine, I'm not going to tell you how to do the editing in Fin2012. ;-) Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 13:21, SN jef chippewa wrote: FWIW, there is a column in the instrument table for transposition. in Score Manager / Instrument List? don't see it. doesn't appear inthe Customize View pop-up menu either. The Finale.instruments file. Best regards, Jari Williamsson

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
The Finale.instruments file. oo sounds sexy, where can i get some exactly? doesn't seem to be one in my Finale 2012 folder...? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
now this is not possible at all. Since this seems to be a fact, at least on your machine, I'm not going to tell you how to do the editing in Fin2012. ;-) that's ok, some things i can actually figure out by myself :P ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
i think this is a PC file thingy, not mac...? anyone know what the equivalent would be? The Finale.instruments file. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 14:14, SN jef chippewa wrote: i think this is a PC file thingy, not mac...? anyone know what the equivalent would be? The Finale.instruments file. It's called Finale.instruments in FinMac2012. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
It's called Finale.instruments in FinMac2012. a file with that name does not exist anywhere on my machine. where is it supposed to be located? here is where i would expect it to be and a list of all files in that folder: CONFIGURATION FILES ensembles.txt keymaps.txt MacSymbolFonts.txt

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 14:30, SN jef chippewa wrote: It's called Finale.instruments in FinMac2012. a file with that name does not exist anywhere on my machine. where is it supposed to be located? It's in Finale 2012 for OSX, in the bundle. Best regards, Jari Williamsson

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
It's in Finale 2012 for OSX, in the bundle. ah ok. well, tried that, didn't find what i need. Finale 2012 [APP] / Contents / MacOS / - contains the following files: AIOLib.bundle ApplyCapoChords.bundle Finale 2012 HP.bundle implodePPC.shlb keymaps.txt -- a 0 kb empty file...!! MusicXML.bundle

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 15:13, SN jef chippewa wrote: It's in Finale 2012 for OSX, in the bundle. ah ok. well, tried that, didn't find what i need. Finale 2012-Contents-Resources Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
Finale 2012-Contents-Resources phew! ok now what programmes can edit this thing? i opened in TextEdit and well... no way. MS word, excel, BBEdit, nope. seems to be made in SQLite, so there is no way to access / edit this file without being able to code in SQL?

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Claude Guéganno
you can use sqliteman , navicat or another sqlite manager = you don't need to code in sql to edit the tables http://sqliteman.com/page/4.html claude Le 16/05/2012 15:44, SN jef chippewa a écrit : Finale 2012-Contents-Resources phew! ok now what programmes can edit this thing? i opened in

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
thanks! but i'm on mac, all i find is some geekcode stuff i am not familiar with: http://www.sqlite.org/download.html i don't quite understand why this has become so complicated, until F2011 it was a text file that could be edited by any user who knew how to open a basic text editing

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
ok managed to get things working using SQLite Database Browser. now i can edit the clef, transposition etc. information for individual instruments. it's actually much cleaner to work with than the txt file in previous versions (which was a total mess), once you get the proper software

[Finale] Insert Notes Using MacBook Pro USB Keyboard

2012-05-16 Thread Michael Dutka
Hi, folks. Just switched from a PC laptop to a MacBook Pro, with a USB keyboard, and having problems with the silliest things. Like, the insert function. On a PC keyboard, it's just INS. I checked all the Mac groups, that talk about the FN key (which does nothing) and the Help key (which I don't

Re: [Finale] Insert Notes Using MacBook Pro USB Keyboard

2012-05-16 Thread Mark McCarron
in speedy entry hold down the shift key and hit a number. a note or rest will be inserted before the cursor. or cmd I will toggle insert mode on/off   Mark McCarron From: Michael Dutka mikedu...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:50

Re: [Finale] Insert Notes Using MacBook Pro USB Keyboard

2012-05-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Michael, Mark is correct about Finale behavior. Some additional info -- Mac OS does not have or support the INS key. All Mac-compatible keyboards have a Help key where the INS key would be on a PC keyboard. It's possible to plug a PC keyboard into a Mac, but the INS key will behave as if

Re: [Finale] F2012 score manager: instrument changes / chromatic instruments

2012-05-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-05-16 19:18, SN jef chippewa wrote: i suppose the reason this was so difficult is because MM really doesn't want users playing around with this stuff :P because of the integration of the instrument / staff style etc. in F2012. Yes, I think the most important thing is that you don't