Re: [Finale] quarter-tone symbols

hey aaron, neueweise has quarter tones, also has versions with inflection arrows (design is optimized so arowheads are still legible at reduced sizes, e.g., grace notes, reduced size scores...) and parentheses. and the xenakis quarter tones if for some reason you insist on them. PDF of

Re: [Finale] Re(2): not saving preferences

can't get this to work, do you have an exact order of clicks/settings? i tried redefining the backups folder, the auto-save folder, clicking or not clicking "apply" but still can't get it to stick. > On 21 January 2017 at 20:45 Giovanni Andreani > wrote: > The same

Re: [Finale] not saving preferences

yep. mac F2014.5 do your settings and manually save your prefs (in the file menu) before quitting (and make a backup, because, well, it's finale). >Hi everyone! > >I¹ve a problem with saving preferences: simply this does not happen. >For ex, I set auto save every minute and at next >finale

Re: [Finale] incorporating percussion noteheads

for 10 measures yeah might be overkill for multiple staves, but maybe a clever distribution of layers and stem directions could make it possible using only 2 staves. you could hide the 2nd one in the rest of the score using staff atyles, or by hiding it using the staff tool when you work on

Re: [Finale] incorporating percussion noteheads

my experience has been that starting from normal noteheads and changing individual noteheads as needed is the easiest way to go. that said, i NEVER use finale's percussion maps and don't use playback for percussion ever. then it is a question of the font you are using for the percussion and

Re: [Finale] incorporating percussion noteheads

uncheck "use percussion noteheads" in the staff setup (cmd-K to call up the dialogue) there is *very* often no real need for "alternate" noteheads, when the instruments are being played in "normal" ways. for example, cymbals played normally (sticks, mallets, triangle beaters, brushes...) do

Re: [Finale] How to eliminate parens in continuation of 8va

AH! if it is a revised version then make another revised version named after the composer and remove the parentheses :-) then change the font defs for the 8va/vb shapes going out with a BANG! ;-) > On 03 January 2017 at 21:55 Dennis Bathory-Kitsz > wrote: > > > On

Re: [Finale] How to eliminate parens in continuation of 8va

of an 8va/vb line > On Tue, January 3, 2017 4:51 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > define/use a custom smart line, attached using the gliss tool (not tab > > slide). > > that way it is attached to and moves with the noteheads, as opposed to the > > built-in measure/beat-att

Re: [Finale] How to eliminate parens in continuation of 8va

define/use a custom smart line, attached using the gliss tool (not tab slide). that way it is attached to and moves with the noteheads, as opposed to the built-in measure/beat-attached smart line. in custom lines you will find starting text, ending text and continuation parameters. > On 03

Re: [Finale] Filling a 5/4 bar with one note

>No one ever explained it to me, and I got it right away. ymmv sure, but you intuited it, it wasn't a logical extension of the notation. it isn't something one can "figure out", but can deduce, that is what i meant. and i don't think either of us would accept the idea that the norms of

Re: [Finale] Filling a 5/4 bar with one note

i think it *does* require explanation, it is certainly not self-evident. but you can get away with not explaining it in a legend because there is a surrounding context within which the musician can deduce its sense. but imagine the symbol in a non-metered and solistic situation, e.g.,

Re: [Finale] Filling a 5/4 bar with one note

>I¹m attracted by the idea of a symbol that would fill *any* bar. like a whole rest? :P -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + arts management +

Re: [Finale] Filling a 5/4 bar with one note

ah, ok problem solved. but that brings up another question, of graphic confusion accis-dots. plus the fact that the information for one thing (duration) is now spread in several places and simultaneously requires different types of on-the-fly mental calcs (adding and dividing). i'm not

Re: [Finale] Filling a 5/4 bar with one note

i would never use this notation and would strongly discourage anyone who asked me from using it :-) crumb "invented" a lot of things. so did a lot of other composers. some ideas are good. some ain't. since we write out the full note values in other measures, there is no reason to do

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

, Raymond Horton wrote: >I think it is a riot! More power to them! > > >On Dec 8, 2016 7:42 PM, "SN jef chippewa" <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> >wrote: > > RESPECT! finale knows its priorities. so development $ was spent on >> this -- and on writing a b

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

eah, right, that pizz might need some explaining. > just as i don't need to explain what a sharp or triplet or pizz is >to an amateur or professional musician playing a chopin nocturne... -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

hey john, no looking down the nose from this end. and BTW amateurs are not the only ones who don't always get paid ;-) it is simply not my responsibility as a composer to teach amateur or untrained musicians. that said, i firmly believe in doing whatever we can to make today's music

Re: [Finale] Instruments.txt?

check that your finale Preferences/Folders/Configuration Files (on F2014.5, names are different on F2010) are set to look up the file in the right place. > Seems to be working ok, but when I try to create a new file with the Setup > Wizard, I get the following error message: > > Finale could

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

is jazz notation). I think there >are notations that are more authoritarian and >less authoritarian. jef, you must deal with >degrees of aleatoric-ness all the time, no? > >Christopher > > >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 7:17 AM, SN jef chippewa >><shirl...@newmusicnotation.c

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

steve, no nothing personal, just a generic rant, a spontaneous offshoot of david's comments 8-) >If this is to me I'm militant about not overnotating. >But, I also try to head off questions if possible. :-) >Steve P. -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

awesome. >I can foresee the following dialog: >Sideman (as the rehearsal grinds to a halt when he stops playing): >What's this f-ing heart doing over the first note in measure 30? >Leader: It means you're supposed to love that note. > > >I'm so glad that MM (or whatever the company's called

Re: [Finale] finale development team - time spent...

this issue of apologetic notation is one i come across often, more commonly in north america but also in europe. i can't speak for jazz charts/musicians, but if you are working with professional musicians, you MUST take it for granted they know what the hell a bartók pizz is, or a quarter

[Finale] finale development team - time spent...

RESPECT! finale knows its priorities. so development $ was spent on this -- and on writing a blog entry to explain the (ahem) 5 difficult steps to get a beer mug to show over your music!!! -- and we are still only back up to the speed of F2012 on the mac side?!?!?!?! are you fucking

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

they would read the finale list archives, no? :P >how would a composer indicate in a printed score, without using >accent marks which would likely produce more emphasis than desired, >that with a 6/4 meter the emphasis should be 1, 3, 5 so that a >performer far removed from this discussion or

[Finale] finale's 12-step programme

did anyone else see this on the finale website? can no longer find the page where i came across it, but thought i would share it, it really is a beautiful thing. 1. We admitted we were powerless without our client base -- that our software had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that the

Re: [Finale] Finale 25 upgrade

that could be because there doesn't seem to be one. the discussion back in august was -- in my interpretation -- more about resignation than joy. a speed issue on mac has been fixed. so the loss of speed experienced witth F2014 has been fixed. it is now as fast as F2012. and we should

Re: [Finale] Feathered beam question

flip the group (and redo feathering)? or 2 (angled) smart shapes on a group of [tuplet] 8:2 eighths or maybe start with the beam length tool and then move to the angled beams? or try an extra 32nd in bottom staff, hide notehead and stem and unbeam from group (prob won't work but wirth trying)

Re: [Finale] help with DS al coda

d one have a repeat AND a DS that >mean the same thing, as they would indicate >different repeats (I hope you get what I mean). > >Christopher > > >> On Oct 1, 2016, at 4:07 PM, SN jef chippewa >><shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> wrote: >> >> so

[Finale] help with DS al coda

something i almost never come across in my work, want to make sure i get this right. in 3/4 quarter upbeat ||: (music for 11 bars) | øAl Coda (music for 10 bars) :|| øCoda (music for 4 bars) |END is that the right structure and symbols ø = coda symbol)? since the thing is in a repeat section, i

[Finale] [OT] CALL for eContact! 18.4 - Notation in EA...

i am coordinating this issue on notation and the deadline is approaching, let me know if you had been thinking about submitting to this issue on the NOTATION of Sonic Art and Digital Audio. cheers, jef -- We are pleased to now invite submissions for an upcoming issue of eContact! on the

[Finale] [OT] Notation for New Instruments and Musical Expression (22 Sep)

Notation for New Instruments and Musical Expression IRCAM 22 September as i understand, this will be webcast, apparently at http://video.ircam.fr maybe also check the audio icon top-right of this page: http://www.ircam.fr/calendrier.html?date=20160922=1678=1 programme and list of presenters:

Re: [Finale] Contrabass flute, instrument levels.

somewhere deep within your computer there is a database with instruments that can only be edited -- as i recall -- with a programme that can write/read mysql... or something like that. i don't recommend it, but have edited it in the past for my own needs. >So there's clearly a problem with

Re: [Finale] Contrabass flute, instrument levels.

score in C maybe? should be correct in the part. >When I choose "contrabass flute" in a mid-score instrument change, >it renders it in bass clef. Contrabass flute reads treble clef. -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation [JAN 2016] v. 1.002 for Finale 2014.5 and PC

Re: [Finale] proportional notation

mark already gave some practical advice but there is not really any such thing in practice as "real" proportional music spacing. or rather, all music spacing is proportional to varying degrees but some circumstances warrant an *almost* 2:1 ratio in horizontal spacing of doubled durational

Re: [Finale] Double sharp gone?

check your document options, "accidentals" tab to make sure you have the right character set to show. >Being on Finale 2014.5 and writing a piano part from Carl Nielsen. >In one place I need the double sharp sign but get some garbage >instead. -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and

Re: [Finale] Barlines through all staves

not sure i understand you but glad it helped. >On Tue, August 23, 2016 3:53 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > create a region with a staff group with barlines through all staves > > then selectively apply (i.e. to the RH staves of the 2nd-4th > > instruments for the mea

Re: [Finale] Barlines through all staves

create a region with a staff group with barlines through all staves then selectively apply (i.e. to the RH staves of the 2nd-4th instruments for the measures needed) a staff style that has nothing other defined than "break barlines between staves". >I'm finishing a client's score for four

Re: [Finale] Apparent [MORAL] bug in new Finale

wasn't aware of igor's linked parts, but i actually meant revolutionary in the finale realm, not in the larger scheme of notation software. :-) > > fixing MAJOR flaws in >> linked parts that made an otherwise revolutionary >> tool in finale UTTERLY UNUSABLE for MANY users. > >It¹s

Re: [Finale] Tempo tool

seriously? fer f*kk sakes, another thing they managed to screw up and get users to pay for them to do so >... Tempo Tool is already buggy, because you can no longer change >tempi on more than one beat of the bar (only one event per bar is >allowed). MM said they were working on fixing it. >

Re: [Finale] Apparent [MORAL] bug in new Finale

them again for a(nother) lackluster release? there is an expression in german that sums it up: selber schuld. pff. >So, perhaps not so optimistic at the moment. I >will send this to Mark too, and while not naive, >I do hope it has some salutary effect.

Re: [Finale] Apparent printing bug in new Finale

that is an OS trick, otherwise known in finale as a "workaround" >There is a little trick it took me a long time to discover, that in >a mac print dialogue (save as pdf) where there is a prompt for the >file name you can click on any file name in the active window, even >if it is greyed out,

Re: [Finale] Apparent printing bug in new Finale

chuck, have i ever told you how much i admire your optimism? >... this is a glaring bug and should get a quick repair. I will let >them know how damaging this is. -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation [JAN 2016] v. 1.002 for Finale 2014.5 and PC

[Finale] F25 - rewriting history / smoke and mirrors

time for some corrections. there seems to be lots of smoke and mirrors in the release notes... at 2:40 in the video on this page, there is the orgasmic claim that "We [Finale] are the developers of Music XML!": http://www.finalemusic.com/products/finale/finale-vs-sibelius make music

Re: [Finale] Finale 25

i'm not talking about his music because this is a notation software list :-) i simply don't think weird all is a notational reference for any milieu, not just if they are trying to prove (as seems to be an important concern in their marketing) that FIN is THAT much better than SIB. >Though

Re: [Finale] Finale 25

well i for one would cough up my hard-earned money for a finale upgrade just knowing that Weird Al Yankovic is the standard reference for what a notation software is capable of! congrats finale for bringing yourself out of the ®Finale Water Bottle and ®Finale T-Shirt era! "Finale gives me

Re: [Finale] Speedy entry issue in Mac Finale 2012

>... every time I enter a new note and lift up my finger from the >keyboard, I hear a percussive mallet sound. that is the sound of the little wooden man inside my head pounrding his head against the desk in frustration at finale... -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional)

Re: [Finale] Rests between staves

one option: move rests PI for one hand, a staff style or manually hide in the other >This must be something I've forgotten. I'm sure I've done this before but >can't remember how. > >I need all identical lefthand/righthand rests in a keyboard part to be >centered between the staves (that is,

Re: [Finale] Adding an identifying mark to a PDF

i do it in acrobat standard, won't work in reader... > what tool do you use for this? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Adding an identifying mark to a PDF

i add a bookmark to the PDF documents i prepare (title pages + score) -- [compiled 27 july 2016] -- and edit out the bookmark function (so nothing happens when you click on it), and set up the file to always show the bookmarks panel. this is in addition to the indication which edition the score

[Finale] [OT: FINAL CALL] Animated Notation Online Symposium 2016

could be some people interested here. this is an exciting project i am involved in that will give an overview of and help delineate the various practices in "animated notation". feel free to contact me for further details / questions / comments. cheers, jef chippewa -- please forward!

[Finale] [OT] davies' 8 songs - vocal range

anyone have a copy of the score and could tell me the specific highest and lowest notes? various sources state over 4, or over 5... roy hart (who premiered it) was said to have an "8-octave range" which as far as i can tell is really 7 (C to C = 1 octave, 2 C's)

Re: [Finale] Combining text and Finale

choose the graphics tool before making your selection (double-click and drag), it is a GRAPHIC tool you need, not a measure selection tool. in your text editor, i strongly suggest creating an "images" (or "graphics") folder and being systematic about naming. then LINK the files (don't

Re: [Finale] Metatool Failure

hey glen, can you confirm this works for you? would be useful to submit to finale support, perhaps... >to programme it to, say, "f", press ctl-opt-f (mac) to bring up the >tool selection dialogue. press "1", hit enter. you just programmed >the staff tool as a metatool on "f". --

Re: [Finale] Metatool Failure

sounds odd... reboot? :-) >I¹m using the colon key, the same key I have >been using for the last few years in one of my >standard templates. If I open the same file in >Fin 2014, it works fine, but not in 2014.5. I >have experimented with assigning the Staff Tool >to other keys. I get the

Re: [Finale] Metatool Failure

which key are you trying to assign it to? there are only 8 (on mac) you can do this with. there shouldn't be any unique behaviour in this sense for the staff tool. >In Finale 2015.5, I am unable to create a >Metatool for the Staff Tool. Has anyone else had >this experience. When I assign a

Re: [Finale] Problem converting older file (1999)

document options (cmd-opt-a on mac): - check what font you have set in Font/Notation/Noteheads, get rid of petrucci - check settings in Notes & Rests/Notehead(Rest) Characters memu items it sounds like this should work, if not, send me (personally, not to list) a file and i could have a look

Re: [Finale] Beam Removal

the procedure mentioned by others works on selected regions (rebeam to time sig) >Someone asked me about it, and I think they want to be able to selectively >remove beams from arbitrary passages. -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation [JAN 2016] v. 1.002 for Finale

Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012

yep. the only thing i could add to what has already been said is that david's method is what i have also found very quick in predominantly scalar passages. with various styles of new music there are more and larger and varied intervallic jumps, so the computer or midi keyboard comes in

Re: [Finale] [UPDATE] neueweise fonts v. 1.002 for Finale 2014.5

rs.pl >http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:53 PM, SN jef >chippewa <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> wrote: > > >neueweise fonts have been updated and now work >perfectly on Finale 2014.5. A potential >cross-platform incompatibility was also

[Finale] [UPDATE] neueweise fonts v. 1.002 for Finale 2014.5

neueweise fonts have been updated and now work perfectly on Finale 2014.5. A potential cross-platform incompatibility was also corrected on one character (thicker version of the straight flag). Version 1.002 is now available. Free upgrade to anyone who purchased v. 1.000.

Re: [Finale] Is everyone allright?

i'm ok, how are you doing? -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + translation + arts management [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW]

Re: [Finale] Inserting / Copying Staff styles ...

i don't have a solution, but just to confirm this seems to be bad behaviour in finale. a colleague has asked me about this (pc F2014), had a similar problem with merging files, staff styles were not included. as i say, no solution from me (because i haven't tested it), but i would check if

Re: [Finale] EMERGENCY: Percussion Part Mess

prob your notation style (score manager, cmd-k on mac) is set to percussion alternatively, staff tool, you have "notehead font" checked under "independent elements" >I¹m in the process of trying to fix up one of >those WTF arrangements that we come across every >now and again. I¹ve got

Re: [Finale] Patterson and JW Plugins not Loading

did you restart finale? -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + translation + arts management [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW]

Re: [Finale] Patterson and JW Plugins not Loading

hm, yeah i had assumed that was an error in his description and he meant he unstuffed the downloaded file and copied them to the correct location (and had perhaps just not rebooted). i hope i am not wrong :-) -- for his sake. >Here's the part of his message that concerns me: > >"I...went to

Re: [Finale] Patterson and JW Plugins not Loading

i understood he copied the PI files (.bundle) correctly into his PI folder >You should never have to copy plugins into the Finale bundle. That's not >where they live. On Macs they live (by default) in > >/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 2014/Plug-Ins -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise

Re: [Finale] 12x18 booklet printing workflow

print directly from finale to booklet. maybe it's my setup but my duplex A3 printer prints perfectly from finale but shrinks by about 5% when printing from PDF (acrobat standard) even with all the settings that should avoid this. although if you have title pages, a different story.

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

ah sorry, not clear, but this was about the triplet copying problem mirror tool convert notation drag-copy expressions needed adjust rhythms / piches as needed -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling neueweise |

Re: [Finale] Special tools custom stem tool triplets

mirror tool convert notation drag-copy expressions needed adjust rhythms / piches as needed -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + translation +

[Finale] moving MacF2012 to another bootable partition

with my recent system/app upgrade everything was moved to a new SSD (block by block transfer) and a partition to boot in 10.6.8 was set up. so my working version of 2012 is on yosemite, not on the partition where 10.6 is installed (which it runs on). is there any problems in just moving the

Re: [Finale] RESIZE TIME SIGNATURES

create 1 or more dedicated staves, resize them in page view to 200% (after final layout is done, this gets undone easily) optionally only have the time sigs showing on the time sig staves in order to reduce white space at the start of the measure: - set a negative value to start of measure

Re: [Finale] RESIZE TIME SIGNATURES

that's true, i consciously forgot about that possibility in earlier versions after fighting with the positioning, things attached to the wrong (hidden) staff, but actually no reason not to just do it last, even back then :-) thanks! Don't create the dedicated time sig staff as uppermost

Re: [Finale] OT: StaffPad and palm rejection

masking tape? i don't know how sensitive it is, but maybe tape a piece of paper over the area? if you don't need it. i never work with these things, so i don't really know what i am talking about, but there you go anyways. -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional

Re: [Finale] [OT] premiere 26-27 jun | berlin

Ruth. Right now I'm completely ruthless. On Sat Jun 20, at SaturdayJun 20 7:51 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: in case anyone here is in berlin next weekend i have a new piece being performed in the infektion! festival for new / experimental music theatre. event info: http://facebook.com

[Finale] [OT] premiere 26-27 jun | berlin

in case anyone here is in berlin next weekend i have a new piece being performed in the infektion! festival for new / experimental music theatre. event info: http://facebook.com/999776963380144 some trombone notation: http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/cabinet_01-tbn-exc.jpg --

Re: [Finale] [OT] premiere 26-27 jun | berlin

hey graeme, thanks. i had a good chuckle writing it as well :-) Thank you for the link to the FB page. Your bio made me chuckle. http://facebook.com/999776963380144 some trombone notation: http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/cabinet_01-tbn-exc.jpg -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise --

Re: [Finale] saxes in flats, concert pitch in sharps

i think the way to go is change instrument Thanks. So since this occurs at a key change in the middle of the sone, I'll have to creat a staff style, yes? -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling neueweise |

[Finale] crazy headers on finale list

has anyone else noticed a sudden important change in the amount of headers in the received finale posts? i get individual emails, not the digest. i don't think i changed anything relevant in my emailer... -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation

Re: [Finale] saxes in flats, concert pitch in sharps

staff transposition needs to be set to other: interval 6 (instead of 5) key alter -9 (instead of 3) Key of concert A major. I want the Eb saxes to appear in Gb, rather than F# major. In the score manager, I select the staff, click the transposition drop down menu, select other, uncheck simplify

[Finale] enter extended char. using hex in shape designer

a colleague has found a way to access characters that require multiple key combos or are otherwise not accessible in the shape designer (or elsewhere in the programme). for example, using the US keyboard layout to get é you type opt-e then e -- this does not work in shape designer. on mac

Re: [Finale] orchestra show of power? or justified deadline?

hey raymond, they accepted a compromise date and that i will provide the more difficult parts first. so all seems to be working out. At 22:13 + 6/3/15, Raymond Horton wrote: It's reasonable, but moving the deadline up is the problem. If it is a difficulty, ask if you can get string and

Re: [Finale] orchestra show of power? or justified deadline?

hey robert, thanks. the sudden change in the deadline was what put me off the most. fair enough what you say, suppose that could make sense, but i also suppose they know well ahead of time what their vacation dates are... i doubt they change much year to year. i know the festival they play

Re: [Finale] orchestra show of power? or justified deadline?

hi jim, they would have had to move the date back further than the last day before their vacation for thenm to get it out of the way before the vacation ;-) no explanation, just a new deadline! I would think this is a reasonable request to get the string parts to the concertmaster and

[Finale] orchestra show of power? or justified deadline?

hey some of you work in orchestras, maybe someone knows what is with this idea of demanding the composer to have the parts ready for a date which happens to coincide with the start of the orchestra's vacation time? the deadline for delivery of materials for a contract i am going to be

Re: [Finale] [OT] sibelius demo for mac + email list

great thanks! At 06:13 -0400 5/2/15, David H. Bailey wrote: I can't tell you where to find the demo you want, but the Sibelius group is at yahoogroups. Just type in Sibelius to search for it. -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation

[Finale] [OT] sibelius demo for mac + email list

yo. i know there are some here who use sibelius. i am building a house style for sibelius and can't seem to locate a demo of version 7 (i am on 10.6 and the current demo seems only to run on 10.9 and higher). anyone know where to find the 30-day demo for sibelius 7.0? also where would i

Re: [Finale] Copy problem

yep, but i came acoross this problem when trying to copy all music. complex tuplets became very weird quantized things with tiny values with 10 half-beams and strange tied values. If all you need to do is copy tuplet settings, my Mass Copy plugin does it without any fuss. (Copying tuplet

Re: [Finale] Copy problem

i have avoided troubles copying complex tuplet settings by mirroring the original and then converting to real notation. one of the hidden and undocumented virtues of the mirror tool :-) -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation

Re: [Finale] Version 5 Announcement

Note Spacing: Allows you to create different note spacing options for different file regions and then re-space your music accordingly. holy crap! Smart Shape Editor: Allows you to precision-edit the start- and end-points of beat-attached smart shapes, much as Finale's Expression Assignment

Re: [Finale] Ending my engraving

hey dennis, sorry to hear about that. hope some teaching gigs pan out to fill in the gaps. rock on over and out el jefe Once I finish some outstanding projects, I'll be ending my music engraving services. I'll still take on occasional projects, preferably unusual notation without tight

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Finalescript 2012 vs. 2014 + Edit page offset

joão, you need to select the insert text (in your case page number) and paste the offset you want to add to the default. a 3rd-party script might be quicker and easier to manage, at least for this particular task. i have never had much luck with finalescript and gave up trying to

[Finale] PC key for expression designer unlinks expression

i have a finale student on PC (F2014) and would like to know the PC equivalents to mac keyboard shortcuts, are these available somewhere as a chart? if someone could give me the link to the online help for PC keyboard shortcuts, would be awesome. i found the 2012 version, wree there any

Re: [Finale] Music spacing and hidden elements

never used 2008, but if there is only one other layer (1?) you can select show active layer only and space. Is it possible (Fin2008) to have the music spacing ignore the hidden elements in a linked part (hidden notes in layer 2, and hidden lyrics, though I think only the former affect the

Re: [Finale] Triplet number positioning when Avoid Staff is checked

have you set the FANs for the digits in your tuplet font tight to the character outlines? -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + translation +

Re: [Finale] Triplet number positioning when Avoid Staff is checked

quick answer, on my way out. higher bracket height? 2 or 4 EVPUs might give you enough clearance and not look out of place. As I'm sure many of you have noticed, when triplet brackets are set to avoid staff and the bracket is positioned very close to the staff, often the tuplet number no

Re: [Finale] Triplet number positioning when Avoid Staff is checked

In my experience, Auto-Annotate All works perfectly in over 90% of cases, and even in cases where it's not flawless it's still a huge time-saver. It's one of the truly great recent Finale features. yeah, aside from needing annotation at all (ahem... listening MM? yet another incomplete and

Re: [Finale] shpFltNat font

this is not likely to be the source of this particular problem, but you will need to do the following to avoid other problems: add these fonts to your ³MacSymbolFonts.txt² file (in the Configuration Files folder): have you scrolled ll the way to the bottom of the list? i have

Re: [Finale] shpFltNat font

I did scroll aaall the way, several times. It is not there. ok what is this? are these numbers supposed to be quote marks? ³MacSymbolFonts.txt² (i don't see numbers, prob the quotation marks) add your font on a separate line to the file called MacSymbolFonts.txt, which is found in

Re: [Finale] [OT] jazz harmonies to low-budget space rental ad

ha! no, but i do now, thanks. bush is great :-) Very funny! Of course you know Henry Hey's political harmonisations: George Bush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQPeoyqyP4 -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts shirling

[Finale] [OT] jazz harmonies to low-budget space rental ad

this is fantastic, i'm sure some here will enjoy it :-) http://twentytwowords.com/jazz-guitarist-turns-the-dudes-voice-from-a-low-budget-ad-into-a-hilariously-amazing-song jazz... keepin' it real. -- NEW RELEASE!!! neueweise -- fonts for new music and traditional notation

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