Re: [Finale] Finale 2006b is Available.

2005-12-14 Thread Robert Patterson
To be fair (I guess), Finale has *always* had problems in its first releases. This is why I never adopt new versions before the maintenance release. Long ago I began thinking of the cycle starting in Jan. rather than July. It is a simple matter of prudence. Also, I don't think the marketing dep

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
> -Original Message- > > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > extract parts? > It allows you to edit the score for extraction without affecting your clean score. These edits are likely to be 1. Preprocessing (e.g., TGTools Smart Explosion). 2. Cues. 3. Head

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
> -Original Message- > From: Brad Beyenhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In my earlier reply I neglected to mention this, which is a big issue > for me as well. > The examples Brad and I have given for using an intermediate (and temporary) copy of the score for part extraction seem to

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
forked score only lives during the preparation of the parts. Then it dies. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
. In that case, perhaps the "parts score" has some value. But for my work I can't see it. I always delete my "parts score" as soon as I have extracted the last part, to avoid any confusion that I might need to keep it up to date. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatter

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-22 Thread Robert Patterson
> every now and then I find it beneficial to > re-extract the parts. Once I have extracted a part, I still have to invest a huge amount of time in it, mainly for page layout, page turns, and tweaking the music spacing. (Another big item is that I often concatenate extracted results from severa

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-22 Thread Robert Patterson
Johannes Gebauer > > Wouldn't it be easier to do this in the Parts-Score, ie once, instead of > for every part? In theory, perhaps. In practice, I don't trust Copy/Insert well enough. (It has many bugs and omissions, even in Fin06 which I still don't use.) There are some other obstacles as wel

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-22 Thread Robert Patterson
Johannes Gebauer > (About JW Space Systems) > The > only difference is the extra options for extra page margins, which can > avoid rounding errors which still happen occasionally (with both JW and > the built int tool). But that is precisely its power. The ability to provide extra margins combi

Re: [Finale] extend secondary beams

2005-12-28 Thread Robert Patterson
ating. There are some workarounds, but not general ones. What I'm say here is that if you'll share your specific example, we might be better able to offer a workaround. (The list consensus is correct. There is no way to apply beaming options locally, more's the pity.) -- Ro

Re: [Finale] OT: TFT Monitor (follow up from a long time ago)

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Patterson
. Does anyone know if ATI makes a card for the new PMs? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Fin2007 to be Universal Binary

2006-01-19 Thread Robert Patterson
> I just cannot understand why they didn't do this about 3 months > ago,... 3 months ago they may not have known whether they could feasibly deliver a universal binary. You can't just decide these things in a vacuum. Before you make an announcement like this, you have to prove to yourself you

Re: [Finale] Fin2007 to be Universal Binary

2006-01-19 Thread Robert Patterson
> > True, but in the 6 months until 2007 ships, one must wonder if they will > ship a Universal Binary version of 2006 You may wonder, but I don't. Although I have no insider knowledge about it, I do not hold out any hope of a Fin2006 universal binary. __

Re: [Finale] Fin2007 to be Universal Binary

2006-01-19 Thread Robert Patterson
> > I know for a fact that it lost them at least one potential customer. > one (apparently) childish potential customer, ne. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Time signature question

2006-01-20 Thread Robert Patterson
would actually probably do it with 4 text exps that all default the correct place H relative to "Start of Time Sig" and V relative to Staff Reference line. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Final

Re: [Finale] OT: Relative units of measurement

2006-01-29 Thread Robert Patterson
notehead, or whole-note? Spot on. Spaces and Notehead width. (I think it is the width of a quarter note head, but that I don't know for sure.) I used to have a book on this (I think I had it from some library), but I cannot remember much of it. Johannes -- Robert Patterson

Re: [Finale] OT: Relative units of measurement

2006-01-29 Thread Robert Patterson
EFIX. EFIX are used for very fine adjustments, like the width of beams. Robert Patterson wrote: Finale uses the EDU, which is both relative and a fixed unit. As a relative unit, 24 EDU is equal to a space. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPat

Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006

2006-01-31 Thread Robert Patterson
> > copy-paste between documents doesn't copy everything, Are you talking about meas-attached shapes here? Is that what Fin06 doesn't copy that prior versions did copy? I had hoped MM was gonna restore that in a maintenance release, but perhaps not, huh? For me the biggest loss of functionalit

Re: [Finale] DB-skip key (was Mass Copy in Finale 2006)

2006-02-01 Thread Robert Patterson
On Windows, the shift key is what bypasses dialogs, but it isn't nearly so convenient as the cmd key on Mac. For example (as of the last time I checked, c. WinFin03), if you hit shift-enter on Win when designing/assigning a text expression, it okays all *except the last* dialog box. (On Mac, cmd

Re: [Finale] Contrabass and clefs

2006-02-15 Thread Robert Patterson
A more interesting question for clefs with CB is whether to continue to notate them 8vb below sounding pitch. This can be a quite difficult choice. A note that has excessive leger lines in 8vb bass clef can be too low in at-pitch tenor or treble. My understanding is that professional bass playe

Re: [Finale] Re: Contrabass and clefs

2006-02-16 Thread Robert Patterson
e are playing Corigliano "Fantasy on an Ostinato". There was some confusion about the correct octave for a very high bass harmonic that I suspect was due to this issue. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Final

[Finale] MacFin OSX versions

2006-02-27 Thread Robert Patterson
Does any version of Finale run on 10.1? I seem to recall that Fin04 would not run on anything earlier than 10.2. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sola & Tutte

2006-03-02 Thread Robert Patterson
I was dinged with this when I was in graduate school by a prefessor who was a stickler for correct Italian. I resisted his advice. Personally, I think you should have recourse to an English language dictionary that you trust. If the word is in there, you certainly may use it without Italian inf

Re: [Finale] Instrument names

2006-03-02 Thread Robert Patterson
I have a plugin that helps for this: Copyist's Helper. > -Original Message- > From: John Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2006 09:18 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: [Finale] Instrument names > > In orchestral parts, what's the best way to get the instrument na

Re: [Finale] Sola & Tutte

2006-03-03 Thread Robert Patterson
-derived musical terms are now as surely part of English as "karaoke" is. (That word has an interesting cross-cultural history, having bounced back and forth across the pond a couple times to reach its current usage.) On the other hand, if you a

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-07 Thread Robert Patterson
Sorry I haven't been reading this thread, but I noticed someone mentioned that old blowhard Dvorak. Since when has he ever been right? (I admit, though, that he is often entertaining.) If anything, the software distinctions are being utterly erased. I am looking at a DVD this very minute that w

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-07 Thread Robert Patterson
Darcy: > However, he had been predicting > Apple's imminent switch to Intel every other column for the past ten > years. And, of course, when it finally happened, he took it to be the No he hadn't. I think it was more like 20 years. About the Mac Mini screen rotation, my hopes are not high.

[Finale] OT: MacIntil Mini

2006-03-07 Thread Robert Patterson
Darcy asked whether it has built-in screen rotation. Answer: yes. Mine is the lowest end one in the minimum configuration. I'm connected to my LCD thru its analog VGA input, but it is running the full 1920x1200 resolution. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterso

Re: [Finale] OT: MacIntel Mini

2006-03-07 Thread Robert Patterson
it will end up. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: MacIntel Mini

2006-03-07 Thread Robert Patterson
few seconds at a time. Very cool. Robert Patterson wrote: I just tried the remote. I have to say, the remote is an amazing example of parsimonious design. Apple is doing for the remote control what they did for the music player. That said, I can't get it to do one thing that I would li

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-10 Thread Robert Patterson
moot with MacIntel. No more Classic. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-10 Thread Robert Patterson
ERIOR track record for maintaining backwards compatibility, and I do not expect that to change with introduction of Vista. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: PC vs MAC?

2006-03-10 Thread Robert Patterson
tiple monitors. (You see how much they've listened.) Phil Daley wrote: At 03:37 PM 3/10/2006, Robert Patterson wrote: >In a world of multiple monitor setups, MDI is an abomination (at least >the framing window part). I wish WinFin offered an SDI option. Oh, interesting poin

Re: [Finale] TAN: Slurs on long, tied notes

2006-03-16 Thread Robert Patterson
With regards to proper long slurs, Finale can't do them, and it is perhaps the only remaining missing feature that cannot be achieved practically by any means using any workaround. We simply have to live without right now (and apparently the foreseeable future, unless Sib. adds them). :-( The on

Re: [Finale] TAN: Slurs on long, tied notes

2006-03-16 Thread Robert Patterson
y or difficult it is to implement. > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:07 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: Slurs on long, tied notes > > At 08:44 PM 3/16/06 +, R

Re: [Finale] FinWin 2k5b - Slurs OK in linear view, scrambled in page view

2006-03-17 Thread Robert Patterson
to adjust them manually in page view. I could not fix exactly in which case it happens, it seems to happen at random. Any hints? Thank you Marc Marc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert

Re: [Finale] TAN: Slurs on long, tied notes

2006-03-17 Thread Robert Patterson
engraver took the trouble to write a book about it before the art disappeared. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: Slurs on long, tied notes

2006-03-18 Thread Robert Patterson
you could as for. Once could hardly call it a "rule", especially since earlier chapters are much more prescriptive in tone. Much of Ross requires an understanding of the context within which he wrote, and I think this is especially true of the A appendix. -- Robert Patterson http://

Re: [Finale] Continual midi problems

2006-03-20 Thread Robert Patterson
the USB interface causes it to go gray in AMS, and I then have to reboot. Has anyone else seen this? It's the main reason I still use Fin05. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Continual midi problems

2006-03-21 Thread Robert Patterson
I'm using a Roland A-37, which sends active sensing messages, but nothing like the flooding I see when I playback in Fin06. > -Original Message- > From: Karen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 09:01 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Continual midi pr

Re: [Finale] music literacy

2006-03-31 Thread Robert Patterson
hoven to emerge. Whether such emergence is important I leave as an exercise for the reader. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] music literacy

2006-03-31 Thread Robert Patterson
e stuff on their music player. They did, but I think I kept my cool. I suppose this too shall pass. It is easy for me to say, since in real life I'm not an actual parent. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Fi

Re: [Finale] music literacy

2006-03-31 Thread Robert Patterson
an we sometimes give them credit for. It's us old farts that tend to be ossified. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] music literacy

2006-03-31 Thread Robert Patterson
arity. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OSX on Windows Machine?

2006-04-07 Thread Robert Patterson
ve not tried to load it myself. This is a hacked version of OSX, and it is probably illegal, but it is definitely out there. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 07.04.2006 Phil Daley wrote: Except, of course, that it can already be done. infos, please. Johannes -- Robert Patterson http://Rober

Re: [Finale] Gershwin Tomayto/tomahto (was: music literacy)

2006-04-10 Thread Robert Patterson
___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Gershwin Tomayto/tomahto

2006-04-10 Thread Robert Patterson
ldn't appear on Mythbusters. -Scot Hanna-Weir On 4/10/06 10:58 AM, "Robert Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone have the sheet music? If the printed lyrics show no difference in spelling, I could at least conceive that it might be true. If the lyrics spell out the

Re: [Finale] Multimovement pieces, one file or several? Options or disadvantages?

2006-04-20 Thread Robert Patterson
So far, the comments on this thread have glossed over one of the annoyances of combining movements into a single file: abbreviated staff names. For a large instrumentation it is *really* annoying. To get full instrument names at the beginning of movements after the first, you have to override e

Re: [Finale] Multimovement pieces, one file or several? Options or disadvantages?

2006-04-20 Thread Robert Patterson
> Do you mean that my complaints about a lack of a figured bass script > or tool will go unheeded. ymmv ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] How big is exactly too big?

2006-04-30 Thread Robert Patterson
I use 13"x20" paper that I had custom cut to order. Most paper comes in huge industrial sizes that can be cut down, which is how print shops get their paper. I order mine through Xpedx. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-03 Thread Robert Patterson
Many of these have pretty good solutions now. > > Duration-linked geometric shapes. Custom Lines cover a large number of scenarios, quite likely including an indicator for improvised sections. > > More flexibility and ease of application of custom noteheads, and > 'smart' stem connections whic

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I opened a can of worms)

2006-05-03 Thread Robert Patterson
ions are for: Document Options->Stems. Press "Stem Connections". -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Robert Patterson
I had no idea that this limitation was there. Thanks for pointing it out. I would report it to MM as a bug. > > Stem connections only get applied when the notehead font has been > changed with a staff style. Not if you change the font with the > Notehead Tool (surely the obvious place to do so)

Re: [Finale] Line thickness and tight note spacing

2006-05-10 Thread Robert Patterson
On 10.05.2006 D. Keneth Fowler wrote: > Is one answer to make the barlines a bit thicker than the staff lines? In a word, yes. Ross (p. 151) says, while acknowledging a great deal of variation in industry practice, "...the tendency is to have barlines thick, staff lines thinner, and stems thinne

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-24 Thread Robert Patterson
Johannes Gebauer said: > > You are obviously not aware of the current situation of Mac models. This > is not a normal situation. It seems all too nauseatingly normal for Mac models. Apple has subjected Mac users (of which I am one) to three (count em!) major platform shifts in the last 12-15

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-24 Thread Robert Patterson
Dennis wrote: > But how old is the oldest version of Finale you can run on a 2006 Windows > machine. And how old is the oldest version of Finale you can run on a 2006 > Mac? Platform shifts aren't a problem as long as backward compatibility is > preserved. > This is such an important point. Th

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-24 Thread Robert Patterson
David Fenton: > The wisdom or benefit or downside of breaking backward compatibility > aside, there is just no comparison at all between Microsoft and > Apple. I find myself in complete agreement with David Fenton on this point. I should add that breaking backwards comptibility is great for dev

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-24 Thread Robert Patterson
I don't understand how can there can be any argument about the level of backwards compatibility on the 2 platforms. I've used both, and there is no comparison. Asking, "why would you want to do that?" is merely changing the subject. Posts along those lines, while perhaps interesting, are not on

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-25 Thread Robert Patterson
Leave it to David Fenton to argue with me when I'm agreeing with him. Nevertheless, I said what I meant, and meant what I said, and I know at least as much about the subject as he does. > The transition from 16-bit to 32-bit was a big deal. True, but not so much for the 16-bit apps themselves.

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-25 Thread Robert Patterson
> There > has to be a point where you tell the users "Look, on these NEW > computers, your old software might not run. I suspect someday that day will come for Windows. So far it has not and shows no signs of it. This argument begs the question, though. The issue under discussion is whether

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-25 Thread Robert Patterson
David Fenton: > That may be, but the comments you made applied only to the Win9x > kernel and not to the NT kernel. > Sez you. > I don't see why that was not possible for Apple to have done > the same thing, Sometime have a look at Inside Macintosh Vols 1-3, which describe the API up thru S

Re: Meandering moment, Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-25 Thread Robert Patterson
ies upgrading 2.x files. I figure PDF has about as much shelf-life as any format is likely to. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: Meandering moment, Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-26 Thread Robert Patterson
than you might imagine. It requires diligent inquiry and expense. Casually printed hard-copy possibly has nearly as short a shelf-life as CDs, although the track record for CDs is unproven. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Copy only note positioning

2006-05-29 Thread Robert Patterson
ow to move note positioning adjustments, my Mass Copy plugin does it. And it also moves tuplet assignments, so if you have a lot of interleaved tuplets, you can use it to replicate the first one you set up. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPat

Re: [Finale] Copy only note positioning

2006-05-29 Thread Robert Patterson
d about it? The total duration adds up to 16 16ths right? I still feel fairly certain that some combination of visible and invisible tuplets can accomplish it without resorting to the note mover tool. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Copy only note positioning

2006-05-29 Thread Robert Patterson
one bar, you should be able to copy the tuplets with my Mass Copy plugin, assumming the rhythm is always the same. Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 03:07 PM 5/29/06 -0500, Robert Patterson wrote: I went back and read the original post, and I guess I don't understand you requirement. What&#x

Re: [Finale] Copy only note positioning

2006-05-29 Thread Robert Patterson
notes are supported.) You may be better of with note positioning. My Mass Copy plugin can move them. Robert Patterson wrote: So why not enter the whole thing on an underlying tuplet of 1680 64th (1680=7x5x3x16) in the time of 64 64ths? The denominator doesn't matter, but I picked the sm

[Finale] Major Patterson Plug-Ins upgrade

2006-06-02 Thread Robert Patterson
info is at the website. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Major Patterson Plug-Ins upgrade

2006-06-02 Thread Robert Patterson
Until Finale 2007 become available, the Mac Universal feature of the plugins will not be much use, because Finale 2006 (or earlier) can't run in native mode. Also, it doesn't mean much unless you have an Intel-based Mac. Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jun 2, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Robert Pa

Re: [Finale] Major Patterson Plug-Ins upgrade

2006-06-03 Thread Robert Patterson
w Stiller wrote: Plugins aside, 2K7 will also run on pre-intel Macs, yes? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Major Patterson Plug-Ins upgrade

2006-06-03 Thread Robert Patterson
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: TEN HUT! Salute Major Patterson! :-) Sorry, I never made it past Staff Seargent in Army ROTC. I guess I've been impersonating an officer. :-( -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list F

[Finale] TAN: Article about backwards compatibility in Win

2006-06-05 Thread Robert Patterson
Apropos of our thread a couple of weeks back, here's a long article on the topic of Window and backwards compatibilty. The author definitely has an axe to grind, and many will disagree with him on certain points, including me. The most intersting part is his account of how Windows came to be so

[Finale] OT: Gyorgi Ligeti 1923-2006

2006-06-14 Thread Robert Patterson
No one has mentioned this here, so I thought I would pass the word. Ligeti passed away on Monday. The details are at this link: http://www.schott-music.com/news/komponistennews/show,3336.html ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.

Re: [Finale] Hiding multiple layers

2006-06-15 Thread Robert Patterson
Darcy: > Okay, I tried hiding the notes manually (with the "O" key), but then > they don't play back!!! Argghh. > After hiding, have you tried then turning on the Playback bit in the Frame Attributes dialog? (A big pain, but if it works it might be viable.) _

Re: [Finale] Plug-in dev. "Jazz Tools" and "Chord Transposer"

2006-06-16 Thread Robert Patterson
id, my Mass Copy plugin and my Settings Scrapbook plugin both provide clipboard-like functionality. They may already accomplish some of what you need, if not quite as elegantly as drag-and-drop would. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] trombones

2006-06-18 Thread Robert Patterson
ss clef. Opinions? Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com __

Re: [Finale] Re: trombone clefs

2006-06-21 Thread Robert Patterson
> > I don't know of much RECENT music written for alto-tenor-bass orchestra > sections, though that was overwhelmingly the case from Haydn up to > Tchakovsky or so. Are you sure Tchaik wanted alto trombone? Generally, my impression is that alto trombone went out of fashion towards the end of

Re: [Finale] Re: trombone clefs

2006-06-21 Thread Robert Patterson
attitude as it is axe. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007?

2006-06-22 Thread Robert Patterson
Steven Gruver wrote: > Does anybody know when Finale 2007 will be released? If 07 is like past releases, many people outside Makemusic probably know what will be in Fin07, but few if any know when it will be released. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@s

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-28 Thread Robert Patterson
Owain Sutton: > Put me in the cynic camp > Oh come on. Fin07 offers perhaps the single biggest enhancement in the history of the product (linked parts) and all anyone can think of is to whine about the peripheral stuff? > "Authorization Improvements" are NOT a feature. > Just to be clear

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-29 Thread Robert Patterson
> I'm not sure how useful I would find the feature. > David, I think you might be surprised how useful linked parts may turn out to be even with limitations. The staff style for hiding cues mentioned by others on this thread is a relatively simple solution for cues, since it need only be appli

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-29 Thread Robert Patterson
> I don't think > I can optimise a staff on a particular page if it has this staff style > applied, which would be an issue. Is there a way around that? > Using TGTools, you can optimize any staff no matter what's on it. I can't imagine doing staff optimization w/o TGTools, esp. for large numbe

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-29 Thread Robert Patterson
> > I use some of TGTools' features constantly, but not this one! In case you haven't already figured it out, I was referring to the Staff List Manager. (The name is misleading, but it is really about staff optimization.) Not only can you include or exclude staves by checking a checkbox, you c

Re: [Finale] Comments appreciated

2006-06-30 Thread Robert Patterson
agree with me! I'll let you know what they say. John -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Comments appreciated

2006-07-01 Thread Robert Patterson
see where it would be less useful since the sources (and interest) would be so limited. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Comments appreciated

2006-07-01 Thread Robert Patterson
delineated as such. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Comments appreciated

2006-07-01 Thread Robert Patterson
t it seems arguably as or more reliable than many other encyclopedias. I think this is the only standard by which we can judge it. I agree that it must be quite aggravating if he can't correct his own birthday. But I bet it eventually will be correct. -- Robert Patterson http://Rober

Re: [Finale] printers

2006-07-05 Thread Robert Patterson
If you are serious about obtaining professional results from large-format printing, consider the Elite XL from www.gccprinters.com or the Accel-a-Writer from www.xante.com. Both are laser printers that print on paper up to 12x20 or larger. You'll pay more, but you get hi-res 1200x1200 line-prin

Re: [Finale] TAN: American Idol vs. musical training

2006-07-10 Thread Robert Patterson
Dean Eastabrook: > > This anecdote is more than telling inre American attitude towards > quality in our lives. It is no surprise to me that what America most > idolizes is the lowest common denominator. > Careful, careful. About all you can garner from the anecdote is that "American Idol" id

[Finale] TAN: iKeys latest version

2006-07-28 Thread Robert Patterson
1.0.7. Perhaps it is time to move up to QuickKeys. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: iKeys latest version

2006-07-28 Thread Robert Patterson
r e-mail that you're using a pre-2007 version (?) with your Intel mini. Do you experience any noticeable slowdowns under Rosetta? TIA. -- Mike On 7/28/06 2:13 PM, "Robert Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I never got off of iKey version 1.0.7, since version 2.x was so r

Re: [Finale] Golden Age and other lost fonts

2006-07-30 Thread Robert Patterson
2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/~music/faculty/howey.html Owner of FINALE Discussion List ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http

Re: [Finale] Golden Age and other lost fonts

2006-07-31 Thread Robert Patterson
That's odd. It works here. Click on the Tech Tips FAQ link at my site and go to the OSX section. Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Robert, The link you gave appears to be dead. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Announcement: Sibelius becomes a part of Digidesign

2006-08-02 Thread Robert Patterson
I have no idea what Sibelius's customer service is like now, but this merger probably dooms it. Digidesign is notorious for hating its customers. It requires unrealistically narrow configurations, fails to support core technologies (like Quicktime) except on their (limited) terms, uses a propri

[Finale] MacOSX Inserting ETF

2006-08-07 Thread Robert Patterson
;t done it in a while. (Probably not since before I switched to OS X.) Now when I print, I just get the crappy preview. Not the actual EPS. Any tips? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://list

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-08 Thread Robert Patterson
Johannes > I just tried this in 2k6, OS X 10.4.7 and it worked just fine. Naturally > it will only print the postscript on PS printers. What I've discovered is that if I use Finale to print the file, then the EPS prints correctly. However, if I use Finale to print to a PDF (using built-in tool

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-08 Thread Robert Patterson
Steve Fiskum: > I believe this has been fixed in 2007! Most of the EPS issues have been > fixed in 2007 (at least on the MAC side, I'm not sure about Windows). PDFs > coming out perfect with either built-in PDF creator or Acrobat distiller. > I would like to believe this is true. However, I was

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-08 Thread Robert Patterson
use Acrobat 5 for.) -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-08 Thread Robert Patterson
there is something about this the OS doesn't like. Mark Blumberg wrote: Have you looked at PDF Lab? http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/pdflab/ Best, Mark On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: B) an alternate free or dirt-cheap way to combine multiple PDFs into one file. (T

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-09 Thread Robert Patterson
> > I used to have problems with any PDF created by the OS (or Preview), and > eventually got PStill. Thanks for the suggestion. My specific problem is that some characters from some fonts are dropped. Specifically, the treble-clef (Maestro) in the EPS and some of the characters from an Adobe

Re: [Finale] MacOSX Inserting EPS

2006-08-09 Thread Robert Patterson
Johannes Gebauer wrote: http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/CombinePDFs.shtml FWIW: Unlike PDFLab, this tool combines the pages such that Adobe Reader displays it correctly. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale

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