Re: [Finale] FinMac 2005b + Times

2005-02-10 Thread Allen Fisher
Finale keeps a list of fonts on your system that are used in a document, so that you can take the file to other systems and use the correct fonts. This list can get out of sync if for example, take a file that uses the Awesome font from your desktop to your laptop that you do not have Awesome

Re: [Finale] Opening old file (Newport font)

2005-02-15 Thread Allen Fisher
I've been with the company nearly 7 years, and I've never seen the box. My understanding is that we stopped selling it 2 or 3 years before I got here. On 2/14/05 7:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Did Coda abandoned Newport all together?

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2005b + Times

2005-02-15 Thread Allen Fisher
I looked at your file, and it is strange, the dialog to pick a font should fire 3 or 4 times, and doesn't. I'll look into it further... Allen On 2/14/05 1:43 PM, A-NO-NE Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Allen Fisher / 05.2.14 / 11:39 AM wrote: Hmm. Not sure. I just took a couple of files

Re: [Finale] Show active layer only ?

2005-02-18 Thread Allen Fisher
Darcy's right. Everything in the View menu is intended to effect only the onscreen view. Since Show Active Layer effects your printout, it was moved to the options menu. On 2/17/05 5:33 PM, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: I would guess because it doesn't just affect the View, it

Re: [Finale] voi

2005-02-18 Thread Allen Fisher
Dennis, At least in my experience as a singer, yes. What song is it? -- Allen On 2/18/05 11:49 AM, d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Can the word voi in Italian count as two syllables? I'm editing a piece where it always has two notes (long values). chi fà sospira voi Thanks,

Re: [Finale] Layers vs. Voices

2005-02-28 Thread Allen Fisher
Simple entry got an overhaul in 2k4. I've cut my note entry time by about 40% because you don't have to pick up the mouse and you can enter a bunch of other things besides notes (clef, key, time, artics, expressions...) On 2/27/05 1:47 PM, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Yes. And

Re: [Finale] Re: OSX Lyrics Slowdown!!!

2005-02-28 Thread Allen Fisher
This probably won't work if you have Tuplets or Repeats in the document. On 2/27/05 7:31 PM, Richard Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Personally, I much prefer to use 2005, but the @#$%*! composer I'm working for hasn't upgraded yet and needs the project in 2004 format. This would definitely

Re: [Finale] backwards conversion from 2005 to 2004

2005-03-01 Thread Allen Fisher
And I only bring up the caveat to warn that it might not work. ;-) It's always risky (whether it works or not at first glance is immaterial) to reverse-engineer an ETF. You never know what might happen when you open that file down the line, or run a plug-in on it, so handle at your own risk! On

Re: [Finale] ensembles.txt file

2005-03-04 Thread Allen Fisher
Jef-- This controls the number of copies printed of a *lesson* via the exercise wizard, not a regular Finale score. If you step through the exercise wizard to the last page, you'll see different ensembles that a music educator might use to print exercises for his or her band, orchestra or choir.

Re: [Finale] data check, gave it a whirl

2005-03-04 Thread Allen Fisher
It used to be Data Check--Remove Deleted Items, but we updated the interface in Finale 2004b... On 3/3/05 11:20 PM, shirling neueweise [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: (and since when, exactly?!) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Replace specific pitches

2005-03-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Have you tried note mover? It has a search and replace function that *might* get what you're after... On 3/8/05 11:10 AM, Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:57:03 -0500, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Hi all, I'm working on an algorithmic piece, and need to move all

Re: [Finale] GPO

2005-03-09 Thread Allen Fisher
If you launch GPO *before* you launch Finale, it should work. If that doesn't, send a report in to Mac Support... On 3/9/05 9:01 AM, Gerald Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: gee Darcy - that was an impressive response! Short of never quitting GPO studio I think we're sunk on that point.

Re: [Finale] Replace specific pitches

2005-03-09 Thread Allen Fisher
Most of the other features do, but search and replace is not a slave to the bondage that is the barline ;-) On 3/8/05 11:37 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: At 11:21 AM 3/8/05 -0600, Allen Fisher wrote: Have you tried note mover? It has a search and replace function

Re: [Finale] OT Giant Steps

2005-03-23 Thread Allen Fisher
That animation RULES! It makes my website hall of fame. Thanks Christopher! Allen Christopher Smith wrote: For those who are fans of John Coltrane, check out this animation. So simple, yet he really seems to hear the piece the way I think a lot of jazz musicians might hear it. It's kind

Re: [Finale] Mastering Page Layout

2005-03-28 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: [Finale] Mastering Page Layout Another good one is Finale Power by Mark Johnson Allen On 3/26/05 6:54 PM, Godofredo Romero [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Finale, An Easy Guide to Music Notation, Berklee Press, by Thomas E. Rudolph and Vincent a. Leonard,jr has a chapter dedicated to

Re: [Finale] forward slash

2005-03-28 Thread Allen Fisher
Hi John-- The only font out of your list that I am seeing this for is Palatino. Some flavor of ligatures (an optional font parameter) are enabled or this font, and we're currently respecting that setting. I can't remember if there's a way to turn it off (it won't be in Finale, but somewhere in

Re: [Finale] Batch swap fonts

2005-04-05 Thread Allen Fisher
Yes. Add the line process subdirectories Allen On 4/5/05 10:03 AM, d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Darcy James Argue écrit: 1) Will batch process folder also affect subfolders? I don't think so, but I've never tried with subfolders. ___

Re: [Finale] De-assigning lyrics

2005-04-15 Thread Allen Fisher
Hmmm...I was wondering if Finale was about to spawn more children... g A On 4/14/05 6:05 PM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: No, I didn't mean pregnant, in case anyone was wondering. ;-) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] 2005 to 2003a

2005-04-15 Thread Allen Fisher
If you're on windows, MusicXML. On 4/15/05 3:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Okay, I think that I jinxed myself by questioning upgrading sigh I was just sent score and parts files created in Finale 2005. Apparently there is a format issue, so I cannot read the files in

Re: [Finale] 2005 to 2003a

2005-04-18 Thread Allen Fisher
I'm with Noel. Do this at your own risk. I know people get it to work OK going back one version, but as you increase the distance between versions, the odds do not stack up in your favor. Make sure you keep backups of everything... -A On 4/15/05 8:41 PM, Noel Stoutenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] OT PC question

2005-04-18 Thread Allen Fisher
My recommendation on the PC side is Sony. While they're a bit spendy, they're great machines and places like ubid.com have good deals on them. I have a Vaio desktop that I've used for years without problems, My wife liked my machine so much that we got her a Vaio as well. We've got a couple of

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 21, Issue 19

2005-04-18 Thread Allen Fisher
Another good utility is ONYX, especially for you guys that have Mac laptops. It runs all the UNIX-ie maintenance stuff that typically doesn't get run because your laptop sleeps to save batter power. --A On 4/16/05 1:35 PM, David Hage [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Hi All, You could try a program

Re: [Finale] FWIW: Feature suggestion

2005-04-19 Thread Allen Fisher
I'd rather have custom smart shape hairpins that I could attach text to. (A mezzo di vocetool is on my list too) On 4/19/05 3:29 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: For what it's worth, here's a feature request I've sent to Makemusic: that we be able to enter

Re: [Finale] FWIW: Feature suggestion

2005-04-20 Thread Allen Fisher
D'oh! You are absolutely right, Andrew. That's what I get for trying to do 8 things at once... Allen On 4/20/05 2:17 PM, Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:41 PM, Allen Fisher wrote: I'd rather have custom smart shape hairpins that I could attach text

Re: [Finale] unwanted score expression

2005-04-25 Thread Allen Fisher
Or the measure that the text is attached to is not visible in scroll view but is in page view. If you're lucky, this is a text block, and click the text tool will sprout a handle on it. But if you're unlucky enough for this to be an expression, this is what I used to tell people on the phone:

Re: [Finale] Finale-Error Occurred. ID = -12

2005-04-26 Thread Allen Fisher
Mark-- Ugh. ID -12 usually means the file is corrupted, and it's time to go to the backup copy. If you don't have a backup, Try opening it from another Mac, or you can email it to me offlist, and I can try to open it on PC. On 4/25/05 12:03 PM, Mark Lortz [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: When trying

Re: [Finale] FinMac2005b Tiger problem

2005-05-05 Thread Allen Fisher
Hi guys-- Apple recommended the following: Delete com.apple.ATS from /Library/Caches Reboot. Allen On 5/5/05 2:30 AM, Dennis W. Manasco [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: At 11:46 AM -0400 5/4/05, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Finale fonts are not recognized by _this_ Tiger. When I run Verify Fonts, all

Re: Subject: Re: [Finale] Flonzaley Quartet performing...

2005-05-17 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: Subject: Re: [Finale] Flonzaley Quartet performing... I founded/directed a group for a while, and while I have since moved on, my wife says I havent grown up much g On 5/16/05 2:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: Hmmm I directed a renaissance group for about

[Finale] Test

2005-06-03 Thread Allen Fisher
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Re: [Finale] Re: Changing clefs in Staff Styles ADD Finale default documents

2005-06-06 Thread Allen Fisher
The text files don't change fonts. Edit the Maestro Font Default file (for maestro docs) and the JazzFont default file (for jazzfont docs) in your component files folder. There are some settings that the wizard changes (mostly margins), but fonts are not set by the wizard. If you have a custom

Re: [Finale] fees?

2005-06-06 Thread Allen Fisher
This is similar to my system. I do charge by the frame, but I actually extend frames to include layers/voices. I adjust my rate based on complexity. If it's three layers of sixteenths with a lot of markings, I'm going to charge more than for say Fanfare on a Bach chorale in whole notes. I charge

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning

2005-06-07 Thread Allen Fisher
The fourth triangle effects the next syllable to be entered. It allows you to shift your lyric baseline mid-system as you type, to get out of the way of that low G you wrote for the altos... On 6/7/05 11:02 AM, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: the fourth triangle does nothing of

Re: [Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-08 Thread Allen Fisher
My process is very similar to Johannes', but I combine 1,3,4 into the first step whenever possible, using Simple Entry. The only thing I'd add is that between steps 3 and 4 I do lyric entry. I also save libraries out of everything, and at the end of the project, I make sure that anything that was

Re: [Finale] Batch convert to .etf?

2005-06-29 Thread Allen Fisher
This is not possible, I had use for it a while ago and ended up having to manually save them. On 6/28/05 7:03 PM, Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: Dear Listers: Is there a way (FinaleScript or otherwise) to batch-convert a folder of files to .etf? I need to send a number of files

Re: [Finale] The ultimate Sibelius question...

2005-07-11 Thread Allen Fisher
We've been doing this as long as I can remember... On 7/10/05 4:33 AM, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: I'm afraid you are sorely mistaken: http://www.finalemusic.com/store/specialoffers.aspx ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] The ultimate Sibelius question...

2005-07-11 Thread Allen Fisher
And very cynical Americans... On 7/10/05 4:59 PM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: Maybe it was a dry British-type joke that only they and Canadians get, but it WAS a joke. -- Allen J. Fisher Quality Assurance Developer MakeMusic! Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Swing?

2005-07-12 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: [Finale] Swing? I know its not the greatest solution, but you can use the tempo tool to create the swing. Double-click a measure with the tempo tool. Click Set Swing... Click Duration Choose 16th Thatll swing it. Youll have to set tempo to No HP Effect in HP prefs if you are using

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Welcome to the Finale mailing list

2005-07-13 Thread Allen Fisher
Hope nobody unsubscribes you *grin* On 7/13/05 8:40 AM, Phil Daley [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: -- Allen ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] midi channels assignment

2005-07-13 Thread Allen Fisher
Hi Eric, If you've got each instrument on a separate channel, make sure you choose Channels become Staves in the import MIDI file dialog. HTH, Allen -- Allen J. Fisher Quality Assurance Developer MakeMusic! Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.makemusic.com On 7/12/05 3:27 PM, Eric Dussault

Re: [Finale] Installing fonts?

2005-07-25 Thread Allen Fisher
The finale 2003 installer installs fonts that are incompatible with any flavor of OSX. Go to our website and download the Font Pack installer and run it. That should take care of it. Allen On 7/24/05 1:39 PM, Phil Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: I just tried to install Finale 2003 on

Re: [Finale] Did everyone miss this?

2005-07-28 Thread Allen Fisher
to be a real memory hog And a moment later Allen Fisher, of MakeMusic fame, answered: We're handling several things up in RAM now that used to be handled by writing to disk. That's why you're seeing increased RAM usage. And we were saying MakeMusic didn't care enough to have someone monitor

Re: [Finale] Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Allen Fisher
I only started blue-screening when I installed a Delta AudioPhile 192 that didn't play well with my OEM soundcard. Once I removed every trace of the offending card from the system I haven't bluescreened. On 7/28/05 7:15 AM, Dan Carno [EMAIL PROTECTED] said this: At 07:35 AM 7/28/2005, you

[Finale] Test

2008-07-31 Thread Allen Fisher
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[Finale] Test2

2008-07-31 Thread Allen Fisher
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[Finale] One Last Test

2008-07-31 Thread Allen Fisher
Having SMTP Server Problems. Sorry for the waste of Bandwidth Allen Fisher Founder and Principle Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Finale] Resize tool for systems inoperative in 2009?

2008-07-31 Thread Allen Fisher
any more. I hate having to go to the menu for that! At least with the clicking in the Resize Tool, I know where to click now, so it isn't as big an issue as all that. I think Darcy addressed this, but you can hit delete, provided a stack isn't selected. Allen Fisher Founder and Principle

Re: [Finale] Interrupt Processing Measures?

2004-06-07 Thread Allen Fisher
I just created in infinite loop repeat and got 2k4b on both platforms to stop processing when I hit the stop button... On 6/7/04 1:58 PM, Allen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac or PC? On 6/7/04 1:34 PM, Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tried it. Didn't work

Re: [Finale] TAN: New PowerMac G5

2004-06-10 Thread Allen Fisher
Musta not had the heat and power under control for the 3.0 chip. But this dual 2.5ghz one's *liquid* cooled. vbg For those who love their wireless Ethernet and their iTunes (and you don't need a healthy wallet), Have you seen this little number? http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ *drool*

Re: [Finale] HP Officejet 7130 All-in-One w/10.3.4

2004-06-16 Thread Allen Fisher
I agree as well. My experience with all-in-ones is that they embody the phrase Jack of All Trades, master of none. I used to have a gig with a church, creating bulletins and newsletters and the HP all-in-one was nothing but a problem. If you're looking for recreational value, they're fine. My

Re: [Finale] To beam or not to beam? (was: Basic guide to vocal

2004-06-22 Thread Allen Fisher
On 22 Jun 2004 at 10:36, Harold Owen wrote: My opinions here are based on over 50 years as a composer, choral conductor, and singer in small and large ensembles and as soloist - including music of all ages and styles. I too have not been at it as long as you have, (I've been singing for 20 of

Re: [Finale] Phrasing/beaming

2004-06-23 Thread Allen Fisher
At times it would help the layout process if 3 and 3 were used (stem directions would shift), and since I am using slurs it seems to me that 3 and 3 with a slur would, interpretively, be the same as 6 beamed together, so if I can help myself using 3 and 3 it's acceptable. Agree or

Re: [Finale] FW: Multiple File Bug

2004-07-01 Thread Allen Fisher
How did you know how I spent my vacation? On 7/1/04 9:28 AM, Philip Aker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, Jul 1, 2004, at 05:35 America/Vancouver, Fisher, Allen wrote: If you're a smart aleck with *me*, you'll get downgraded further to only having the following tools available:

Re: [Finale] Speaking of cycling through documents...

2004-07-02 Thread Allen Fisher
Cycle through documents: Win Ctrl-TAB Mac CMD - ~ if the app supports it (FinMac OSX-yes, OS9-no) On 7/2/04 9:47 AM, Clay Zambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, folks-- The text-box overwrite bug scares me, but I confess that I haven't had a chance to reproduce it yet. I'll try to do so

Re: [Finale] Shaped notes?

2004-07-08 Thread Allen Fisher
There's two ways to do it: Options--Document Options--Note Shapes (do everything globally) Or Staff tool--Staff Attributes--Staff Type--Note Shapes (Staff by Staff) In the resulting dialog box, you can set any scale degree to any shape you want. On 7/6/04 10:50 AM, Richard Huggins [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Switching computers and data transfer

2004-07-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Dean-- Problem: (a) My present 2001 upgrade CD will not load onto her I Mac, because, it's an upgrade. When I purchase the 2004 upgrade, I'm sure it would not load to the I Mac for the same reason. Will Finale, in your opinion, give me a whole new (not the upgrade version) CD for 2004 for

Re: [Finale] Re: [] Multiple File Bug - Test File?

2004-07-12 Thread Allen Fisher
Sorry folks, Didn't mean for that to go to the list, but I am looking into this. Allen On 7/12/04 8:25 AM, Allen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darcy-- I've been officially assigned to investigate your text and file overwrite bugs. Could you send me this file and all

Re: [Finale] Three needs, two ports

2004-07-13 Thread Allen Fisher
Yep. Definitely get a powered hub. They're cheap. As much as I hate Belkin, the one sitting at my desk here performs wonderfully... On 7/13/04 1:16 PM, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13.07.2004 19:50 Uhr, Dean M. Estabrook wrote I'm running an iMac which has 2 USB ports. I

Re: [Finale] Re: OT: Domain Name Registration

2004-07-20 Thread Allen Fisher
I recommend MYBC Hosting: http://www.mbychosting.com/main.php Nice, friendly, reliable and cheap On 04/07/20 1:00 PM, Michael Good [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I highly recommend GoDaddy.com for domain name registration! They charge $8/year vs. the $35/year of other companies, or even the

Re: [Finale] Text Block Bug Enigma Solved!

2004-07-22 Thread Allen Fisher
All-- This text block bug only happens on Mac... Allen ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] 2004c for mac

2004-07-26 Thread Allen Fisher
View--Hide Guides If you want to not snap to them anymore, Edit--Snap To Guides. On 7/26/04 6:41 AM, Martin Banner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I turn off guides? Martin Banner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] email for Feature Request?

2004-07-30 Thread Allen Fisher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 7/30/04 11:12 PM, Rocky Road [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What email can I use to make a feature request to Makemusic? I want to request a return to the higher resolution EPS previews for Mac OSX so I can better read the EPS content on screen in my documents when preparing

Re: [Finale] OT (kind of): Paper storage

2004-08-04 Thread Allen Fisher
On a somewhat related topic, I'm looking for something that I could use to carry big sheets of paper (tabloid and larger) around in kinda like one of those accordion fold type folders or something like those leather-sided things that art students often carry their drawings in (those are a bit too

Re: [Finale] Music Recognition Programs

2004-08-16 Thread Allen Fisher
Reports that I've heard also say that SharpEye, which saves as MusicXML does a really good job as well. On 8/16/04 8:26 AM, Richard Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used Finale's Smart Score Lite and found it better than I expected. I was scanning in harpsichord music and, in many cases

Re: [Finale] SmartMusic Sheet Music

2004-08-17 Thread Allen Fisher
Giovanni-- These are the published books/charts for the SmartMusic repertoire. For example, we could enter into a deal with Hal Leonard to create the SmartMusic accompaniment for their edition of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. We sell that edition so that rehearsal marks in SmartMusic match the

Re: [Finale] Putting Finale in schools [was: Re: Finale Digest, Vol13,Issue 22]

2004-08-23 Thread Allen Fisher
Damn! They found me...I shouldn't have bought that copy of Catcher in the Rye... ;-) On 8/23/04 12:54 PM, William Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody seen any black helicopters over Eden Prairie recently? ;^) ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] no pbk, pls.

2004-08-31 Thread Allen Fisher
You don't need to turn off HP (FYI: Human Playback is a DOCUMENT setting), but Hal's right, go to MIDI--Internal Speaker Playback--Off. On 8/31/04 1:30 PM, Harold Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I launch FinMac 2K4, it spends several seconds assigning sounds for internal speaker

[Finale] Re: Fin2005 Hang Bug

2004-09-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Got It. Support--I'm putting this into BaRT now, so do not worry about it. On 8/31/04 7:53 PM, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31 Aug 2004, at 08:40 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Finale 2005 hangs if Autosave kicks in when the Expression Selection dialog box is open.

[Finale] Re: Fin2005 Hang Bug

2004-09-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Again, I got it... On 8/31/04 7:40 PM, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finale 2005 hangs if Autosave kicks in when the Expression Selection dialog box is open. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2005 Hang Bug

2004-09-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Sorry about these, listers. I fergot to take the address off. That'll learn me to take a vacation... On 9/8/04 8:50 AM, Allen Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I got it... On 8/31/04 7:40 PM, Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finale 2005 hangs if Autosave kicks in when

[Finale] Canceling Expressions (was: Stem direction)

2004-09-09 Thread Allen Fisher
I have a couple of questions related to, and one not-so-related to, this: 1. How often does a dynamic/expression need to be restated? I've been telling clients if an instrument rests for two or more measures (i.e. will show a MM rest in the part) to restate the dynamic. Is this

Re: [Finale] Scanner recommendations?

2004-09-13 Thread Allen Fisher
What our guys tell people at shows is go out and purchase a $49 CANNON scanner. Stay away from the HP's. The technology that HP uses to get the image into electronic form (dithering) is problematic with SmartScore (pro and lite) and I *think* it might be a problem for SharpEye as well. You don't

Re: [Finale] OT: summer (was OSX display problem)

2004-09-13 Thread Allen Fisher
On Sep 12, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Javier Ruiz wrote: P.S. Is not everybody tired of this summer like me? I can´t wait for the first rains... Summer? What's that? We only have two seasons here in Minnesota: 1. Winter 2. Road Construction ___

Re: [Finale] Jazz chord

2004-09-13 Thread Allen Fisher
Or as in a recent experience for me, Lutherans... On 9/10/04 9:46 PM, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, actually Presbyterians. John ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Jazz chord

2004-09-13 Thread Allen Fisher
Jazz Bassoonist. Now there's something you (thankfully) don't hear every day... :-P On 9/11/04 12:14 AM, Carl Dershem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:46:24 -0400, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:17 AM -0500 9/9/04, SCOTT GREEN wrote: ...

Re: [Finale] OT: summer (was OSX display problem)

2004-09-13 Thread Allen Fisher
At least they didn't break your heart in Game 7 of the world series...repeatedly. --Bitter Cleveland Fan... On 9/13/04 2:40 PM, Mark D Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And with the A's, the end of baseball season is very predictable: first round of the playoffs, no more, no less.

[Finale] OT: JibJab (was: Public Domain Music)

2004-09-16 Thread Allen Fisher
My understanding was that the suit was brought about because target of the parody was not the song, but rather the presidential campaign. I'm probably mistaken, though...none-the-less, I laughed at it... On 9/16/04 3:40 PM, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the cartoon won that

Re: [Finale] Optimizing Complex Option

2004-09-24 Thread Allen Fisher
You can also optimize, telling Finale to keep all staves. Then click the staff tool, select the *bottom* staff handle and hit delete. On 9/24/04 10:25 AM, Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:12:11 -0700, Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 24 Sep 2004

Re: [Finale] MAC and GPO/Finale playback

2004-10-11 Thread Allen Fisher
find numeral equivalents for channels 17-64 in the midi assignment flip down menu on GPO. Now I imagine there is something automatic to flip but I can't see what it is. Any feedback is appreciated but otherwise I'll flip to Mac support. Jerry Allen Fisher wrote: Not quite correct

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-29 Thread Allen Fisher
This works for me in Finale 2004c...Mac or PC? Here's what I did: Opened a new default doc Edited the marking to be top note positioning Added an A above middle C and an E a fifth above to make a chord. Applied the marking. If I move the entire chord up in simple entry, the the

Re: [Finale] Defaults?

2004-10-04 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: [Finale] Defaults? Your document is using system reduction instead of page reduction. This was changed c. 2002 so that it is easier to specify a specific height for a staff. Click the Resize tool Right-click (mac:Control-Click) a staff and choose Resize Systems... If you want to

Re: [Finale] Garritan PO and MAC

2004-10-04 Thread Allen Fisher
I suspect that the soundcard requirement is for PC. Mac has sound built in. The more RAM you have, the better. I'm using 1GB with no problems here, but if you have the opportunity to get a good deal on more, I'd say go for it... On 10/4/04 2:35 PM, gj.berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all

Re: [Finale] MAC and GPO/Finale playback

2004-10-08 Thread Allen Fisher
Not quite correct. Support for the way GPO creates volume changes was added to Human Playback in Finale 2005. In 2k4, you can still use GPO, just HP will not interpret the volume controller correctly. There's a fair number of Finale users that use 2k4 with GPO. Gerald--A couple of our tech

Re: [Finale] font character

2004-10-20 Thread Allen Fisher
Jinx! g On 10/19/04 4:41 PM, Noel Stoutenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brad Beyenhof wrote: /me smacks forehead I hadn't even thought of that! But won't the shape get skewed horizontally by differing measure widths, as my current angle-only shapes do? You can define the shape not

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2005 CD Doesn't work in Mac Titanium G4 Powerbooks!!!

2004-11-22 Thread Allen Fisher
I just tried on a bunch of TiBooks scattered around the office, and they all installed fine... One of our marketing gurus uses a TiBook of this vintage (800MHz) and he's had no problems installing or running the program. Do other hybrid disks work? On 21 Nov 2004, at 11:57 PM, Brian

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript help?

2004-11-29 Thread Allen Fisher
Andrew, Other than the command reminder script (which is improved in Finale 2005a, BTW) and the OLD, the only other sources are the plug-in's creator, Robert Piéchaud and the MakeMusic FinaleScript forum. Robert hangs out there a lot and is quicker than I am at getting to most questions... I can

Re: [Finale] Re: Printing parts in Mac OS X New discovery

2004-11-30 Thread Allen Fisher
Hiro, You do not have to create a default document. We still ship one. You can turn the Wizard (As well as the Launch Window in 2k5) off in Program Options--New Allen On 11/29/04 3:51 PM, A-NO-NE Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: P.S., Yup, those who are using Finale for long years never

Re: [Finale] fonts in OS X (slightly OT)

2004-12-06 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: [Finale] fonts in OS X (slightly OT) Chuck-- If you have OS 10.3, check out FontBook. Its sort of an ATM-ish thing built right into the OS. We added some support for it in Finale 2005. Otherwise, youll want to investigate something like Extensis Suitcase. Allen On 12/3/04 2:10

Re: [Finale] Instrument balance on playback

2004-12-10 Thread Allen Fisher
It's in the package, along with all the other shared libraries that the app uses... If you all just run the updater again, it will put the file in the right place. (Don't shoot the messenger g) Allen On 12/9/04 7:42 AM, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How incredibly

Re: [Finale] Finale dual processors

2004-12-15 Thread Allen Fisher
What specifically are you looking for from Finale in regards to dual processor support? On 12/13/04 James Bailey wrote: Just so I'm clear, Finale does NOT make use of the dual processor? James, I have heard in the past that that is the case. John Hinchey reinforced that when he wrote (on

Re: [Finale] Holiday Greetings

2004-12-21 Thread Allen Fisher
Hiro-- Cool! Happy Holidays to you too. Allen On 12/21/04 9:35 AM, A-NO-NE Music [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: This year, one of the best things I did was joining this list. I learned a lot. I should had done that long time ago. Holiday Greetings: http://a-no-ne.com/music/xmas/ Hope

Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2005-01-03 Thread Allen Fisher
Title: Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you? I did! Pretty cool. :-) On 12/29/04 1:35 PM, Williams, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: So check it out, Allen! The chart was done on FinWin 2002 jazz font--even got at least one horn player to swing ;-) Jim W. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Re: item belongs to which note? [wuz Time Signatures]

2005-01-03 Thread Allen Fisher
In several tools, you can hold down ctrl (Mac: opt) and see where an item is attached. On 1/1/05 4:38 PM, shirling neueweise [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem with Sibelius' implementation of this feature is that when you move an item far

Re: [Finale] Maestro PS font

2005-01-06 Thread Allen Fisher
Do you have both the Screen font and bitmap fonts installed? On 1/6/05 3:23 PM, d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: I tried to switch my Maestro font from TT to PS. All seemed to be fine on screen. But when I print to PDF, the Maestro font simply disappears (I mean it isn't replaced by some

Re: [Finale] Maestro PS font

2005-01-07 Thread Allen Fisher
I see I made a mistake, where I said bitmap, I meant Printer. On 1/7/05 3:33 AM, Mike Cholewa [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: The date of the new postscript fonts (Windows/Finwin2005) is 15-04-2004. Allen Fisher asked: Do you have both the Screen font and bitmap fonts installed? This is for mac

Re: [Finale] Maestro PS font

2005-01-07 Thread Allen Fisher
Dennis, How are you installing the fonts? Simply running the install? On 1/7/05 1:18 AM, d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Allen Fisher asked: Do you have both the Screen font and bitmap fonts installed? I'm sorry, but I don't follow you here. I didn't know there were separate fonts

Re: [Finale] Maestro PS font

2005-01-07 Thread Allen Fisher
-install, as they sit in the PSFONTS folder after install. If they're sitting in the PSFonts folder, they should work just fine. Search your system for win.ini. Is there a section called SoftFonts in it? Allen On 1/7/05 8:45 AM, d. collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: Allen Fisher écrit: How

Re: [Finale] 0/0 Time Sig Weirdness

2005-01-14 Thread Allen Fisher
All-- I suspect the 0/0 time sig is related to the message, which we know about and are looking into. Allen On 1/13/05 9:26 PM, Simon Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: I'll try and pin down exactly where it happens here. Do you also get a file corruption message when trying to insert bars?

Re: [Finale] TAN: web design

2005-01-14 Thread Allen Fisher
DW costs more than Finale ($800+) for a new license...Freeway looks really slick. On 1/14/05 2:59 PM, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] saith: At 1:03 PM -0500 1/14/05, Andrew Stiller wrote: Can anyone recommend a good, *cheap* web-page design program that will work in Mac OSXpanther? I've been

Re: [Finale] Scan and Default doc

2005-01-17 Thread Allen Fisher
The reason that there is a separate default for SmartScore is because SS does not support all of the symbols contained in our default file, as well as the fact that the symbols need to be in a different order than what the regular Maestro Font default provides. There's also separate default files

[Finale] NAMM

2005-01-18 Thread Allen Fisher
All-- The marketing gods have smiled on this lowly tech! I'll be at NAMM in sunny Anaheim this Thursday through Sunday. If you're going to be at the show, stop in. We'd love to hear from you. Allen ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

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