Re: [Finale] Is Finale 2006 trustable for Mac yet?

2005-08-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Brad Beyenhof wrote: I've had major problems with the slow-as-molasses interface using FinMac2k6 under Panther (1GHz-G4/1.25GB-DDR/10.3.9). I'm beginning to think that the problem is more in the OS I'm running (about which I have no choice at the moment) than in the specs, because most all of

Re: [Finale] Donald Rice's Golden Age font

2006-07-31 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Or invest in something like http://fontlab.com/Font-tools/Fontographer/ Which will covert the font to OS X. I did this on Golden Age and Swing Fonts and they print and display fine now. Jonathan Smith wrote: Hi Bob, I used this font for years but it appears that it hasn't been updated for

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 delivery date

2006-07-31 Thread Eric Dannewitz
If you look in the Finalemusic.com forums, it appears that it has been delayed for two reasons. Native Instrument not having a Universal Binary of Kontakt 2 and MakeMusic not being happy with it yet. http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6m=156665 Martin Banner wrote: Anyone know when

Re: [Finale] PDF Annotation Help

2006-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
What? You have to be kidding. Adobe has not discontinued Acrobat support. Leigh Daniels wrote: Hi All, Adobe seems to have discontinued Acrobat support for Macintosh. Is there a program for OS X that will allow me to take a PDF from FinMac2006d and write on it using the pen tool like I could

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac Pro unveiled

2006-08-08 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You are totally right. And Apple's hardware looks better than Dells as well, which is something you get for the $500 less than a Dell price. Darcy James Argue wrote: On 08 Aug 2006, at 3:26 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: The fact that I could buy a semi tractor trailor truck from Apple for less

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac Pro unveiled

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oh, lets see, why would a Mac user need a high-powered machine. Perhaps Final Cut Pro? Logic? Maybe cause they want something fast? And you can't run Mac OS X on non-apple hardware. Phil Daley wrote: At 8/8/2006 04:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: The interesting thing to see is when Apple's

Re: [Finale] FW: MakeMusic Inc. Shipment Confirmation

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, we've had to deal with the insane video card/CPU battle going on here. I received an Email as well. The 14th. Can't wait! Don Hart wrote: FYI my copy of Finale '07 just shipped out today. I hadn't noticed anything here or elsewhere confirming that event. Some of you will

Re: [Finale] FW: MakeMusic Inc. Shipment Confirmation

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
14th as in the DAY I'm getting the upgrades. And I own 2 copies, so I can put it on the 3 computers I own. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 09.08.2006 Eric Dannewitz wrote: I received an Email as well. The 14th. Can't wait! ? Did you order 14 upgrades? Johannes

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac Pro unveiled

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I just played a classic recording session and they used ProTools.Are you saying ProTools isn't a serious pro mastering application? I can't think of anyone who doesn't use ProTools...and Digidesign announced Intel versions of Protools for Mac OS X in September. If you watched the

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac Pro unveiled

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
. Phil Daley wrote: At 8/9/2006 10:52 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: And you can't run Mac OS X on non-apple hardware. Why do you say that? I read in several places that you could. Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] FW: MakeMusic Inc. Shipment Confirmation

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, UPS's new Pony Express service. Though sometimes, rare though it be, they sometimes beat their scheduled date. Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: Me too; shipped out yesterday but not due here in California until next Monday the 14th.No doubt via UPS's new premium Northwest Passage

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 review

2006-08-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
dhbailey wrote: While ordering my upgrade I noticed that Garritan has a GM product for sale (at a supposedly reduced rate for Finale users). I have several questions about this for the list: 1) does it include saxes? I would imagine so since the GM spec includes saxes, but want confirmation

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 Installation Options

2006-08-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Why not install it? It won't mess up the full GPO..or at least 2006 didn't. Raymond Horton wrote: I must say that I'm a bit disappointed that the collective wisdom of this list, which is considerable, has left me so much in the cold on my questions, so far this evening! I have left my

Re: [Finale] linked parts; many scores?

2006-08-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No. One score, linked parts. Randolph Peters wrote: Question: For those who know Finale 2007, do you think it is possible to make the linked parts feature be able to create different versions of the score? I'm thinking of having one version tabloid size for an orchestra conductor and

Re: [Finale] MacMini as semi Receptor?

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Sure, that would work. You'd set up GPO or whatever software synth on the other PC, have it respond to whatever midi channels you want, hook it up to the other computer via midi, and connect the output from the synth computer into the input of the other computer or mixer what whatever you

Re: [Finale] Best method of re-authorizing?

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
When you did it originally, they should have sent you an email that would have the codes to reauthorize it (I think). You do get two authorizations with each Serial Number (or copy) of Finale.You can authorize your newly formated computer, and then email MakeMusic and tell them the situation,

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 RAM issues

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
256 Megs of Ram? Why not treat yourself and get more RAM? I mean, you can get a Gig of RAM for about $100. I'd say they probably assume most people have 512 Megs of RAM as most computers seem to ship with that now, and if you really want performance out of a system, you need more RAM. I can't

Re: [Finale] Best method of re-authorizing?

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Under HELP-Register Finale. I believe there are a couple of options there. I can't tell as mine is already registered. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a different computer so I probably need a new auth code. But regardless of whether I call to get one or request it be eMailed to me on the web

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 RAM issues

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
http://finalemusic.com/finale/system-requirements.aspx I think 256 Megs of Ram means free Ram. Why are we complaining about this? Just go and get some ram. You spent $99 on the upgrade, why not splurge for a stick of 512Megs? I'm going to assume you have an older system, and Ram for those is

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 RAM issues

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: Give me a break. Before the addition of GPO, Finale was a very low- consumption application in terms of using computing resources, except for screen drawing. I'll give you a break. I saw the Task Manager and it was using a LOT of virtual Memory. In fact, the friend

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 RAM issues

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: I've never ever seen any pieces of software list system requirements in that way and assume you'll understand they mean *free* RAM instead of *installed* RAM. You may be right that that's what they mean, though, in which case, they should say so explicitly. Well,

Re: [Finale] Logic to Finale

2006-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
*Golf clap* Bravo! Darcy James Argue wrote: Hey David, I'm afraid I don't own a copy of Sibelius anymore. Cheers, - Darcy ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Printing problem - garbage for noteheads!

2006-08-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Get a Mac? Just Kidding. So it displays ok and prints all messed up? Try disabling the Maestro Postscript Font in Control Panels-Fonts and see if that does anything. (Quit out of Finale, then do that, then run it again). You might have a messed up postscript font. Brad Nelson wrote:

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2006-08-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Have the latest drivers? www.m-audio.com You might need to get the drivers, uninstall it, then reinstall it. I've had to do that sometimes with my M-Audio stuff. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm helping my daughter to set up 2007 on her mac (here in Baltimore), and all is well except

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007, maestro font default, smart score default

2006-08-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
It's funny that MakeMusic did advertise the articulation improvements. Instead, on the website, they tout Improved Authorization. http://finalemusic.com/finale/features/new/authorization_improvements.aspx Woohoo. But the articulations stuff is very interestingand very welcome. Aaron

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007, maestro font default, smart score default

2006-08-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oops, I meant DIDN'T not Diderg..need more sleep. Eric Dannewitz wrote: It's funny that MakeMusic did advertise the articulation improvements. Instead, on the website, they tout Improved Authorization. http://finalemusic.com/finale/features/new/authorization_improvements.aspx

Re: [Finale] 2K4--2K7

2006-08-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
It's a true statement on the Mac side. All the Macs currently being made are Intel, and do not boot into OS 9 anymore. Robert Patterson wrote: Andrew Stiller écrit: All versions of FinMac older than 2K4 are absolutely unusable on any computer currently manufactured. Small or not,

Re: [Finale] 2K4--2K7

2006-08-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I think he meant that you can use an Intel Mac, put Windows on it, and then, if you really wanted, run a Windows version of Finale Andrew Stiller wrote: On Aug 17, 2006, at 11:45 AM, dc wrote: Andrew Stiller écrit: All versions of FinMac older than 2K4 are absolutely unusable on any

Re: [Finale] 2K4--2K7

2006-08-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
True. But Steve also knows that to move forward you need to leave the past behind. dhbailey wrote: Phil Daley wrote: And, I'll just point out that, my Windows Finale V3 runs perfectly on Vista. Mac users are forced to upgrade all the time . . . that's because Steve Jobs has such a long

Re: [Finale] Re: OT

2006-08-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
There are a number of these, and depending on how much you want to spend, the quality can be quite good. Though you can simply go to Radioshack and get a Y plug and use RCA cable to connect it to your stereo Dean M. Estabrook wrote: My mind is tired of spinning around the linked parts

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts Problem Located

2006-08-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
That doesn't make a lot of sense. Is it the slash symbol that is causing all this problem? I'd hate to abandon the ChordSym font. I really love it. But wouldn't this problem be an all kinds of other alternate fonts as well? What if one was using November, or Swing, or one of the other fonts

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts Problem Located

2006-08-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
But if it is JUST the slash symbol that is causing the problem, can't you substitute it for the Maestro one and still keep your chord symbols Amazing that this would be a problem. Chuck Israels wrote: On Aug 29, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: That doesn't make a lot

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts Problem Located

2006-08-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
WHEW! Chuck Israels wrote: Eric, Not only the slashes, but also the one measure repeat, (and maybe the rhythmic notation too). And I so like the softened lines of these characters that I'd be loathe to lose them. Anyway, seems that we wont have to. Chuck

Re: [Finale] F2007 Linked part issues - wiki?

2006-09-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
In general, a wiki for Finale would be an EXCELLENT idea. Yet, the online manual (PDF) generally has what I need in it, but the linked parts aren't very well documented yet.. Matthew Hindson Fastmail acct wrote: There have been quite a few discussions about the vagaries of the new linked

Re: [Finale] F2007 Linked part issues - wiki?

2006-09-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
wrote: Le 06-09-01 à 22:05, Eric Dannewitz a écrit : In general, a wiki for Finale would be an EXCELLENT idea. Yet, the online manual (PDF) generally has what I need in it, but the linked parts aren't very well documented yet There is documentation that does a fairly good job. Open

Re: [Finale] Font problems 2

2006-09-03 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Gotta love Windows Henry E. Howey wrote: I should mention that when I go to TaskManager, There are 2 Not Responding occurrences of FINALE;-( I'm trying the font route now, but having little luck;-) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Default file

2006-09-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Funny, I just did this with my Default file. Here is what I did. I loaded Finale on two computers, On one I had my old default file loaded, and the other the new default (2007's installed file) loaded. I then went through and changed the articulations, slurs, and some other things I saw that

Re: [Finale] registration

2006-09-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You could try emailing support. They are really prompt on registration things. Lora Crighton wrote: Can you not have finale on two computers? I have it registered on a desktop, and I'm here at the university library trying to register it on my laptop (no internet at home) but I got some

Re: [Finale] Contributing to the collective wisdom of the list.

2006-09-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No no, everything runs perfect on his circa 1996 PC running Windows. Oh, and no viruses either. Or blue screens of death. dhbailey wrote: Phil Daley wrote: It continues to amaze me of the steps Mac users must make to update to new software/machines, especially being forced to upgrade their

Re: [Finale] Contributing to the collective wisdom of the list.

2006-09-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No no no. Windows users are always right. Always. ALWAYS. Noel is not using Windows, he's using a Mac that looks a lot like Windows. In fact, it has all the great features of Windows, like drivers that need updating, software from 1990 that still runs in DOS mode, etc. But it's a Mac. Really.

Re: [Finale] Contributing to the collective wisdom of the list.

2006-09-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oh come on now. Stop with the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). You really don't know what the hell you are talking about. Phil Daley wrote: At 9/13/2006 06:44 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Noel Stoutenburg / 2006/09/13 / 05:15 PM wrote: but the company manufacturing the chipset on the sound card

Re: [Finale] OT monitor rotation

2006-09-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I think any ATI card can do that. http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/293.html http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/mac_X800_XT_review/index5b.html In fact, you might already have a card in the G5 that supports it. http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600propcmac/specs.html I believe

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video followup

2006-09-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I put it on YouTube for you guys. I'll remove it in a few days... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso John Howell wrote: At 12:58 PM -0400 9/24/06, John Howell wrote: At 9:28 AM -0700 9/24/06, Carl Dershem wrote: Michael Cook wrote: The URL points to an 80 MB WMV file, so it

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video followup

2006-09-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
for the movie capturing version. Herman On Sep 24, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I put it on YouTube for you guys. I'll remove it in a few days... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
And I see the total opposite. I can't count how many times I've seen silly looking Sibelius charts in groups where they look like they are done by monkeys or something. I look at it, and go in Finale, I could knock it down to 2 pages and it would look better. But, either tool, in the hands of

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Sadly, yes, Finale is lacking in House Styles. The Maestro Default File really looks bad. And then we get into all the templates..*shutters*. Don't make me go there.. They really should have Bill Duncan supply the default templates. Of course, for nice princely sum ;-) John Howell

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-26 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I dunno. I looked at the November font, and tried to reproduce the first couple of lines off the Polka example. I didn't really notice much difference other than the treble clef, and the key signature being different (treble clef was darker, and fatter in November). The note heads seem to be

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-09-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, Windows. Go figure... Try renaming the file from .BAK to .MUS. That will work. If the BAK file is in the same directory as the original .MUS file, rename one of them like Mygreatscore_bak.mus or Mygreatscore_oldmus.mus Will Denayer wrote: Thank you everyone, Now it makes sense

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-09-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: No, learn how to use your Windows machine. Yes, the Mac has metadata and keeps data about file creator and which application to use to open it, which means multiple apps can use the same file assocation (at least, it used to be that way -- did OS X's UNIX origins

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-09-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Completely different issue than a file extension. And that is a OS 9 and before thing, so, maybe 6 years ago that would be a fair dig. But it's about as outdated now as Floppy disks. Oh, but Windows still uses those You can read up on OS X via Wikipedia or even

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'll take repairing permissions (which is a cron job that most unix systems run weekly as well) over the virus/security hole of the day/week that Microsoft has any day. David W. Fenton wrote: As to current problems, what about repairing permissions? That's a specifically OS X problem that is

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
And my favorite Windows thing is the daily Windows Update to see if Microsoft got off it's ass and fixed Windows flaw #445325 or perhaps #787534 or did they get around to closing hole #421233 in Internet Explorerwho knows. It's a daily treat though! David W. Fenton wrote: On 30 Sep

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
caches and what not. A-NO-NE Music wrote: Eric Dannewitz / 2006/10/01 / 01:03 PM wrote: repairing permissions (which is a cron job that most unix systems run weekly as well) As far as I know, cron script does not invoke repair permission. It is mainly for cache cleaning task

Re: [Finale] BAK etc.

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Ah, but my poor mac I don't have the .mus extensions. I turned that off, so I get MyMusic MyMusic asv MyMusic copy That is, of course, if I didn't set them to go to different directories. Javier Ruiz wrote: In a poor Mac you get: MyMusic.mus MyMusic asv.mus Mymusic copy.mus If everything

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, you are right again. It's CLOSED technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire That is why it's on digital camcorders, and is an IEEE standard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers Yep. You are correct again. David W. Fenton wrote: Firewire is

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: On 1 Oct 2006 at 10:03, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I'll take repairing permissions (which is a cron job that most unix systems run weekly as well) over the virus/security hole of the day/week that Microsoft has any day. What are you talking about? I and my clients

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hmm, well, my home made PCs can boot off CD-Rom/DVD. This includes my lowly dual pentium III server computer, bought and built by me in 1998. But, what you can do when you boot, that is a different matter. You can't really do anything useful with the Windows XP CD. Perhaps the emergency disk

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-10-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I have no clue as to why it's not supported more. However, a lot of newer motherboards do have firewire on them now. I imagine PC makers, and it's users, are slow adapting to anything new. Look at PC cases. They haven't changed in 20 years. Still boxes. They still have PS/2 connectors. And

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-10-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso Stan Lord wrote: I'd love to see this but the URL doesn't work for me. It comes up in German Die Seite wurde nicht gefunden Which my friend tells me means site not found. Any ideas? Stan Lord On 23 Sep 2006, at 22:11, Randolph Peters wrote: If you want

Re: [Finale] Speed entry on a notebook

2006-10-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, me too But, if you can do articulations and dynamics.I might need to check it out... Chuck Israels wrote: If, like me, you are still in the habit of using Speedy Entry. The MM guys I see every year at the Jazz Educator's Convention use Simple entry with a

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?

2006-10-05 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Which is totally not true nowadays. Maybe a couple of years ago.. I don't think I'd want a program that is just GOOD at a lot of things. I like my tools to be excellent. Digital Performer for my sampling, sequencing and basic notation, and Finale for my advanced notation. A good

Re: [Finale] Garritan [was: Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?]

2006-10-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I don't believe saxophone is included in an orchestra. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra I don't believe that the London Symphony Orchestra has saxophones in it. Ken Moore wrote: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Garritan also made money by not including some very important instruments

Re: [Finale] Garritan [was: Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?]

2006-10-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yes, and I'm sure every orchestra maintains lists for first call Accordian players, and other instruments NOT regularly in the Orchestra. You reinforced my point. Saxophone is not a regular part of an Orchestra. Wind Ensemble/Orchestra, yes, but a traditional Orchestra, no. dhbailey wrote:

Re: [Finale] Garritan [was: Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?]

2006-10-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Howell wrote: At 12:11 PM -0700 10/6/06, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I don't believe saxophone is included in an orchestra. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra You missed the asterisk! But in this case, Wikipedia fails to be all things to all people, although it certainly tries hard. Saxophone

Re: [Finale] Garritan [was: Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?]

2006-10-07 Thread Eric Dannewitz
A Glockenspiel was used in Mozart's Die Zauberflote. But I'm sure Mozart was looking forward and knew it would be just a BAND instrument. Last time I saw the San Francisco Symphony they had a Harp but no saxophones. Funny...according to you they use them..not! One of the ladies I play

Re: [Finale] Garritan [was: Finale/Sibelius as sequencer/sampler?]

2006-10-07 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Very cool. I'll have to start saving up for this ;-) Darcy James Argue wrote: Garritan Wind Ensemble is an upcoming project. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 07 Oct 2006, at 11:01 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Saxophone is a band instrument

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Good for you. You go run your DOS programs and all and have yourself a merry old time. Phil Daley wrote: At 10/11/2006 12:38 PM, dc wrote: It simply isn't possible to proof hundreds and hundreds of files each time you upgrade. So what this means is that you have to keep all old versions

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
No, Mac users don't care. We go forward, not back. I think the whole idea of running DOS or Windows 3.1 programs in Vista a bunch of Bekakt ;-) David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Oct 2006 at 10:07, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Phil Daley wrote: At 10/11/2006 12:38 PM, dc wrote

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hard yes, but the current batch of intel Mac Minis and iMacs are socketed, meaning expandable. Good news I think. Darcy James Argue wrote: Granted iMacs and Mac minis are harder to upgrade (except for memory), but these are, consumer-level machines, targeted at an audience that does not

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You sir, are totally not informed. I used to own a Power Computing computer (mac clone). Nothing but problems (ie: cheaper not equal to better). Steve Jobs wisely discontinued the clone licensing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone John T Sylvanis wrote: Not only that, but when

Re: [Finale] Music notation for the tablet PC?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Very interesting stuff. Thanks! Daniel Wolf wrote: Hugh Sung seems to be the internet expert for musical uses of the tablet pc: http://hughsung.com/blog/ DJW ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
$750 to $800 with a legal Windows XP license? I mean, if you look at existing Macs, and then build a Windows box, you aren't really saving much at all, except the 3 hours or so to put it all together, and install Windows. John T Sylvanis wrote: When it comes to upgradability first of all

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
As both a Windows and Mac user, I'd say never. Cause Windows XP, in my experience, never boots right if you pull a motherboard and try to boot with your old system. And, if it does boot, Windows knows you've changed systems, and you need to re-authenticate it. You basically have to devote

Re: [Finale] Converting old files: why bother?

2006-10-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Major, Disruptive and rushed? There have been a number of Major shifts. I can remember, vaguely, the shift from System 6 to 7. Then from 8 to 9. Then from Motorola 68K chips to PPC. Then from 9 to OS X. Apple has always given you the choice of going with them or not, and they have made great

Re: [Finale] Tan: eggcorns

2006-10-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
And car manufactors should make great strides to ensure you can bring that old 8-track to your new, GPS, digital equipped car..or those blue wall tires you spent $400, but, damn the car makers, they changed the size of the tires on the new models. Neat word though, Eggcorn...

Re: [Finale] fonts for jazz - comparison?

2006-10-18 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'd second this. Bill's articulations font (plus all his other great fonts, like rehearsal and enclosure) and Maestro font make for clear, professional looking charts. I used to think the Jazz font was great. Hell, I bought it before it was bundled with Finale (like, 1995ish?). I even bought

Re: [Finale] Re: fonts for jazz - comparison?

2006-10-19 Thread Eric Dannewitz
seeing 3 or 4 designed by someone whose name i can't remember (les somebody?) that i found quite elegant. what don't you guys like about Jazz (comes with finale)? is there a list of available jazz fonts somewhere? From: Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd second this. Bill's articulations font

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 for Mac

2006-10-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Which is a crying shame because on my iMac Core 2 Duo, I cannot adjust page margins. Known bug. It's been what.months now? Aaron Sherber wrote: At 03:06 PM 10/23/2006, Martin Banner wrote: Has there been an updated version of Finale 2007 for Mac with fixes released yet? No. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 for Mac

2006-10-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, it is a major pain in the ass this bug. Major. Needs to be fixed ASAP. dhbailey wrote: I was about to make some snide remark about how intensely they were working on implementing ThoughtNotator(tm) for Finale2008 and can't be bothered fixing any piddly-little bugs in Fin2007, but I

Re: [Finale] F2007 strangeness while printing

2006-11-03 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, I'd like MakeMusic to get off it's ass and get a fix for Core 2 Duo Macs and the page layout bug. I can't do anything in Page view in the System or Page Margin menus. They have known about this for a while now. Probably about a month or more. dhbailey wrote: shirling neueweise wrote:

Re: [Finale] MACFIN 2006d

2006-11-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Fonts are either in Library/Fonts or /Users//UserName/Library/Fonts (where Username is your user's name). Assuming you are using Finale on OS X. The suggestion about downloading the fonts is a good one. Or you can use the installer, and do a Custom Install and just do the fonts again. Dick

Re: [Finale] OT: Playback software to slow tempo, maintain pitch

2006-11-08 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, two thumbs way up for Transcribe. Amazing piece of software for the price. Darcy James Argue wrote: I use and recommend Transcribe: http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale

[Finale] Finale 2007 under Rosetta (Mac)

2006-11-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
So, there is this rather serious bug in Finale 2007 running under an intel mac. You can't edit the system margins, or the page margins using the Menus (IE: Page Layout-Page Margins-Edit Page Margins). But, if you run Finale 2007 under Rosetta emulation (IE, get Finale to pretend it is not a

Re: [Finale] boxed rehearsals in fixed font size

2006-11-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Or you could buy Bill Duncan's rehearsal font..which works great shirling neueweise wrote: has anyone found a solution to having rehearsal letters/numbers on fixed point size with enclosures? enclosures with fixed font sizes appear quite differently in score and parts, since the

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large-format laser

2006-11-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I just talked with Santa, and he says you've been a good boy (mostly), and that he'll get you a 5100. Well maybe. There was that thing you did in October he was a little iffy iffy about ;-) Seriously though, if you are using it a lot, and it sounds like you are, then get something worth it. I

Re: [Finale] hard disk error

2006-11-28 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Phil, This cannot be the case. The computer I am using is less than 3 months old. Thank you for the valuable feed-back from everyone. Really. Ok. You are the expert. Hope you have a back up. I'd take Phil's advise. Get a new drive, copy everything off the old one, then take your receipt and

Re: [Finale] To upgrade or not

2006-11-30 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yes. The linked parts are very good. They require a little bit of learning, but it saves a ton of time than extracting parts. Craig Sylvern wrote: My apologies if this has been covered recently. I am currently using Finale 2006. I usually upgrade Finale every two years or so, but some of the

Re: [Finale] 2007 DUPLICATING LAYOUTS

2006-12-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
If you are in Page Layout, and use the menu in there, there is an option to Apply to Score/Part, and it brings up a box where you can select what parts you want the layout applied to. So, if you get a layout for like Alto 1 looking the way you want it, you then go Page Layout-Edit System

Re: [Finale] My memory

2006-12-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, you really should treat yourself to something more powerful. GPO needs lots of horsepower and Ram. 1.4 Ghz Celeron is kind of wimpy to run it. Even on my old computer, a 2.5 Gigahertz Athlon, GPO or Finale GPO could only get about 6 instruments before crapping out. The KS ones would

Re: [Finale] Time Lag

2006-12-08 Thread Eric Dannewitz
It's called LATENCY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latency You need to perhaps get a better sound card or use a Midi module. John Hughes wrote: If anyone has the solution to this problem I would surely like to hear it. John - Original Message - From: John Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Finale] Time Lag

2006-12-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
it impossible to work. Which, without any other information, would sound like latency problems. A-NO-NE Music wrote: Eric Dannewitz / 2006/12/08 / 10:35 PM wrote: It's called LATENCY You need to perhaps get a better sound card or use a Midi module. It may be, or maybe not. The original

Re: [Finale] Time Lag

2006-12-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
might be making it delayed. Perhaps we need more specific information about this... A-NO-NE Music wrote: Eric Dannewitz / 2006/12/09 / 11:44 AM wrote: Well, he said In speedy entry there is a time lag between the moment I press the key on my keyboard and when the sound appears

Re: [Finale] DVDs

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. Disk Utility. Simple. Slow, but simple and free. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On

Re: [Finale] DVDs

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
. A-NO-NE Music wrote: Eric Dannewitz / 2006/12/11 / 12:49 PM wrote: Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. Disk Utility

Re: [Finale] DVDs

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
wrote: On 11.12.2006 Eric Dannewitz wrote: Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. Disk Utility. Simple. Slow, but simple

Re: [Finale] DVDs

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
to create DVE_V, cdr - No such file or directory I wonder if this particular CD is in the wrong format, or what? Dean On Dec 10, 2006, at 7:13 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Actually, you can, if you are willing to work, do this: Put the DVD in Open Disk Utility Click on the DVD in Disk Utility

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I have two computers to do it. I run Kontkat on my PC (2.3 Gigahertz), and run some instruments on my Dual 1.8 Ghz G4. I can do about 8 or so complex GPO sounds on the PC. Depends on the patch. On the Mac, I generally can get a full saxophone section using Garritan Jazz. Generally though, I

Re: [Finale] Speedy vs Simple

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I've been trying to get used to Simple Entry coming from Speedy. I haven't quiet worked out the whole articulations thing, yet, but it's getting there. Certainly a time saver to be able to enter articulations when the note is entered. However, I keep wishing there was some way to start and end

Re: [Finale] DVDs

2006-12-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, basic question. Was DVD Player running? You have to make sure nothing else could be using the DVD. So, if DVD player was running, it might prevent Disk Utility from getting complete access to it. Dean M. Estabrook wrote: That's good info ... I happen to be on a Mac G5, which plays the

Re: [Finale] Disk Utililty

2006-12-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yup. Seems Disk Utility can do a bunch of things, except compensate for Sony's stupid DVD_VR format... Fisher, Allen wrote: There are similar products on Windows, things like MagicISO, although not quite as robust, as Disk Utility can create and restore from back up disk images, repair

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