Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
any chance you find a difference working in page view with current page only visible? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Help from UK friends

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Lawlor
Richard, The Proms start in the middle of July (London) but the details are not usually published until early May. There is not a lot of early music, but usually some period instrument groups are there. If you want access to the British Library, you will need to arrange that well in advance,

Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, This does help, a little. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 13 Aug 2012, at 5:15 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: any chance you find a difference working in page view with current page only visible? ___

Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Actually, it helped a LOT, and (knock on wood) kernel_task is behaving today. I am going with the built-in monitor only, for now. I believe there is still something a bit wonky about how Finale 2012b handles files with 30+ staves, but at least now the problem isn't being compounded by

Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Mathew
Darcy, Thanks for keeping us updated. Cheers back at you! mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, August 13,

[Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
if you work in scroll view (i.e. switch back and forth regularly from scroll to page view when working) and are using staff styles, do NOT use the staff tool context menu to manage them, but use metatools instead. there is a conflict support has documented where ghost staves will appear in

Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
i am on 82 individual instruments and the work was getting really unbearable, waiting up to 30-40 sec for a simple copy from one instrument to the next below it. it is fine now. don't know if this is related, but are you using staff styles? I believe there is still something a bit wonky

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, August 13, 2012 4:13 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: there is a conflict support has documented where ghost staves will appear in the document that are difficult to clean up or that cannot be removed without information on an adjacent staff also beign deleted. Oh, man. No wonder where

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread Raymond Horton
Is this a Mac-only problem, as far as you know? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:13 PM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: if you work in

Re: [Finale] FinMac2012b - kernel_task going crazy

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Yes, moderate to heavy use of staff styles. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 13 Aug 2012, at 4:09 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: i am on 82 individual instruments and the work was getting really unbearable, waiting up to 30-40 sec for a simple copy from

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
I haven't seen these yet, but thanks for the heads-up! Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 13 Aug 2012, at 4:13 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: if you work in scroll view (i.e. switch back and forth regularly from scroll to page view when working) and are using

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
i don't, sorry Is this a Mac-only problem, as far as you know? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
Oh, man. No wonder where those came from. yeah a real *%^er were you able to get rid of them? last news was i had to delete after copying elsewhere and then pasting in. have been dreading doing this (for fear of something not working and having to enter the entire flute 2-3 parts for 160

[Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
i have a region with very detailled rhythm and cresc. / decresc. patterns throughout; half play and the other on exactly the same pitches and rhythmic points. is there some way to batch invert the 2nd half, or do i really have to adjust each hairpin manually?

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread JRB
Adjust once and copy them to other locations? JB Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:29 PM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: i have a region with very detailled rhythm and cresc. / decresc. patterns throughout; half play and

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread SN jef chippewa
rhythmic subdivisions and length of de/cresc. swell changes every quarter, so this doesn't work for about 90% of the region, otherwise, yeah, that would be the solution. in case you're curious :-) : http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/hairpin_hellpassage.pdf Adjust once and copy them to

Re: [Finale] staff style context menu / scroll view conflict

2012-08-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, August 13, 2012 6:29 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: were you able to get rid of them? last news was i had to delete after copying elsewhere and then pasting in. have been dreading doing this (for fear of something not working and having to enter the entire flute 2-3 parts for 160

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread Chuck Israels
jef, The Bill Duncan material has hairpin pairs in a variety of sizes (including some with notations like poco inside them). They work pretty well, although they are defined with finer lines than I use with my normal hairpins (and I don't know how to get in to Bill's to adjust the line

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, The Duncan hairpins are font glyphs so their thickness isn't adjustable. Also, as you know, another consequence of them being font glyphs is that the lengths are fixed as well, so I'm not sure they'd work well for Jef's situation if he needs them to be rhythmically precise in both

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread Chuck Israels
On Aug 13, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, The Duncan hairpins are font glyphs so their thickness isn't adjustable. That is jargon with which I'm unfamiliar, but I have been unsuccessful in trying to figure out how to change the line thickness. That they are not

Re: [Finale] invert hairpins (plugin?)

2012-08-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Wasn't intending to use jargon! Font glyph is just the name for what's inside each character slot in a font. In a text font, a glyph would be a letter or a number. In a graphic font, like Bill's Hairpins font, each glyph is a hairpin (or hairpin pair, or similar). That's why the