Re: [Finale] having problems creating PDF in 2006c

2008-05-06 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently tried creating a PDF file in Finale 2006c to send a non-Finale user, but?for some reason I was unable to switch the printer to the Acrobat Distiller; it was not listed as an option.? I recently had a system failure which caused me to do a system repair, the

Re: [Finale] Finale to GarageBand

2008-05-05 Thread dhbailey
Jón Kristinn Cortez wrote: Hi all. How do I get a Finale 2007c-file into GarageBand? Cortez ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Can't GarageBand import midi files? If it can, save the Finale file

Re: [Finale] copying only voice 2

2008-05-05 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Is there any way to copy only voice 2 from one measure to another? Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Turn Show Active Layer Only on wherever they have moved it to in the menus

Re: [Finale] copying only voice 2

2008-05-05 Thread dhbailey
Don Hart wrote: Don't think so. With layers, you can choose 'Show active layer only' in the options menu and if it shows, it copies. Nothing I know of like that for voices, though. I feel silly now, having replied with the way to copy layers -- guess I've been using Sibelius a bit too

Re: [Finale] OT: recorders for the 4th Brandenburg

2008-05-03 Thread dhbailey
Bruce Hunter wrote: Sorry, I'm the one who was not clear. Actually I hadn't meant to suggest anything, just reporting what a reproduction of the original score indicated. Andrew Stiller has reminded me that recorders aren't transposing instruments. I guess, like the bass clef instruments

Re: [Finale] I'm back!

2008-04-29 Thread dhbailey
Randolph Peters wrote: Andrew Stiller wrote: This is to let everybody know I'm back on the list. I had a hearttransplant on 11/14/07, and recovery has been long and difficult. Kallisti Music Press reopened for business a few days ago, including online. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music

Re: [Finale] I'm back!

2008-04-29 Thread dhbailey
Andrew Stiller wrote: This is to let everybody know I'm back on the list. I had a hearttransplant on 11/14/07, and recovery has been long and difficult. Kallisti Music Press reopened for business a few days ago, including online. Welcome back, Andrew! Your presence has been

Re: [Finale] Hard Copy of the Manual

2008-04-24 Thread dhbailey
Daniel Wolf wrote: As long as we're on the subject of a hard copy of the manual: I've assumed that neither Finale nor Sibelius offers a hard copy simply because it is too much trouble to produce. But given the fact that the manuals exist in printable forms, it's somewhat puzzling that neither

Re: [Finale] OT

2008-04-23 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Yeah, turns out it is $30 plus shipping, and they say they don't offer a printed version ... so I guess they are talking a CD. It is the printed version they're talking about, isn't it? the manual installed with the program as an on-line documentation file. --

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
Doug Walter wrote: I thought I'd bring up something that I haven't seen mentioned (it may have come up before and I didn't notice) in hopes of saving others some time and potential frustration. In working on a score in 2008, I found myself using Command-F to flip tuplets from above to below

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Doug, On Mac, the command key is the override key for linked parts. When you perform an action with the command key held down (like, for instance, dragging an expression), you are telling Finale to override the default behavior w/r/t linked parts and do the

Re: [Finale] Flipping tuplets and slurs in FinMac 2008

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
To further discuss Doug's frustration -- My problem has been the fact that for so many versions, Finale's changes have been more evolutionary, minor changes from one version to the next so that anybody who had upgraded regularly was never hit with a large re-learning curve. Even when they

Re: [Finale] OT

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I noted in a recent post that someone mentioned one could obtain a hard copy of the Sib 5 vade mecum for no charge. If true, where does one access it? What do you mean by Sib 5 vade mecum? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] OT

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 01:46 PM 4/22/2008, John Howell wrote: Please forgive the Latin challenged, but what does that sentence mean? He's looking for a hard copy of the Sibelius manual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vade_mecum Aaron. ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] OT

2008-04-22 Thread dhbailey
You may have to log in first, I can't remember, but you could check under Upgrade or simply click on Contact Us or whatever similar link they have and ask there about ordering the manual. You'll most likely have to give them your serial number at the time of the order. Sibelius is very

Re: [Finale] word extensions over rests

2008-04-19 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: David W. Fenton écrit: Have you tried using the selection tool with them? I don't recall if this gets handles, or just allows you to move/delete a word extension continued on a new system, but it's worth a try maybe? There's no way I can find to get them to move down to the next

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-19 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Charpentier, in his manuscript, uses the following notation for the end of a vocal melisma: http://www.philomela.net/ex/charpentier.jpg With the quarter note at the end of the second measure shifted one 16th of the beat. How would you render this measure in a performing edition?

Re: [Finale] receiving email problem

2008-04-17 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Martin Banner / 08.4.17 / 10:11 AM wrote: When I called Roadrunner and explained the situation, they told me that someone administratively at Finale list needs to go to the following URL: Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. There is no reason for your ISP listing

Re: [Finale] adding measures

2008-04-16 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Trying to add measures in a piece in Fin2008. So I select a measure, go to Add measures in the Edit menu, enter 5, OK, and nothing happens! Tried several times, including with only 1, and still no new measures. So, what am I doing wrong? I don't know -- I just tried it on a

Re: [Finale] adding measures

2008-04-16 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:39 AM, dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: Why we can add measures at the end without ever knowing what a measure stack is yet we can't insert measures we have to know that we really want to insert a measure stack escapes me. Either we're adding

Re: [Finale] Like Magic!

2008-04-12 Thread dhbailey
Neal Gittleman wrote: Not looking a gift horse here, mind you... I'm working on a project in FinMac2k8b. It has some crescendos and diminuendos that are written out (cresc. or dim. as measure expressions). When I play the file back to proofread, it's making crescendos and diminuendos as

Re: [Finale] note attached to measure

2008-04-12 Thread dhbailey
John Hinchey wrote: Hi all, Am I missing something? Is there a plugin that will convert note attached expressions to measure attached expressions? TGTools has the option to move them from measure-attached to staff-attached or note-attached, but it doesn't seem to have the option to move

Re: [Finale] DISK space

2008-04-10 Thread dhbailey
Kim Richmond wrote: I am having a disk space issue. It might not be a Finale issue, but I think it is. I recently updated from MacFin2007 to 2008. I installed the program along with the Garriton Sounds that came along with it. Before this I had 50 GB hard drive space available. After

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-06 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: [snip] Wow, six days late! I just got this now after posting on March 29th! Makes me sound like I never check my email, or are always commenting on something someone said before but now the conversation has moved on... Christopher Yeah, I've noticed some

Re: [Finale] tie end missing

2008-04-06 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Darcy James Argue écrit: Are the ties the same note, or are you trying to tie an enharmonic equivalent (C# to Db, for instance)? That's it! I just checked, and realize that the accidental was missing on the second note! Many thanks, Darcy. And sorry for the stupid question!

Re: [Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...

2008-04-05 Thread dhbailey
Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote: [snip] However I have wondered why there aren't more Indians teaching themselves Finale and Sibelius and offering their services. Because there's not much of a market for our services. Face it, people aren't beating down many of our doors, demanding our

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-05 Thread dhbailey
Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R You need to buy the Dolet plugin for Sibelius. This allows you to export a Sibelius file to MusicXML which Finale can import without purchasing the full Dolet for

Re: [Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...

2008-04-05 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Matthew Hindson fastmail acct écrit: However I have wondered why there aren't more Indians teaching themselves Finale and Sibelius and offering their services. Not sure they'd be willing to work for the low wages offered ;-( And there is a whole lot more knowledge required beyond

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how is that that P. T. Barnum had it? No one ever went broke understimating the taste of the American people? That of course supposes there is some level of taste which is some sort of threshold, implying that there is higher taste and lower taste which would be

Re: [Finale] how to write let vibrate overlapping ties for piano

2008-04-03 Thread dhbailey
Of the three examples, I find the bottom one the clearest, with the top one next in clarity. The middle one is confusing to me, seeing cue-sized notes in place of the final chord. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-03 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: All I am saying is that a works suitability for reinterpretation (whether its arranging, covering, remixing, making mashups, or something else entirely) bears absolutely no relation to its quality. Few people

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-03 Thread dhbailey
Well, I would hate to make a sweeping generalization such as those that have tried have all failed very badly, in my estimation based on a single person's interpretation. Only when you've heard a significant number, could such a statement have any validity. I personally think any of

Re: [Finale] Interesting bit of spam this morning...

2008-04-03 Thread dhbailey
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I got a music typesetting spam from India, and decided to have a look at the document: http://printclassicalmusic.com/files/sample.pdf The document properties show no music fonts, and it being done in Adobe Illustrator. A big magnification shows that the symbols

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-03 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 3, 2008, at 6:32 AM, dhbailey wrote: Then it's a pretty poor piece of music, if it depends more on the personality of the performer than the quality of the music. Can I offer a different example in jazz? The Charles Mingus band, even when he was sick

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

2008-04-01 Thread dhbailey
Neal Gittleman wrote: Pace those who think differently, Beethoven doesn't seem to have much problem with either formulation... dottted-quarter plus three eighths is all over the first movement of the Eroica (well, strictly speaking, not, since he always writes it as quarter, eighth-rest,

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

2008-03-31 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: Context is everything, but as a general rule, my own preference is: On 31 Mar 2008, at 3:45 PM, dc wrote: Can or should one beam together three 8ths after a dotted quarter in 3/4? No. And 4 8ths after a quarter? Yes. Cheers, - Darcy Hesitating to merely echo

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008

2008-03-31 Thread dhbailey
David McKay wrote: I'm interested to know if it is worth upgrading to Finale 2008. I'm using Winfin 2004, and am interested in features which might make inputting the music easier or which improve the look of what is produced. I mainly do simple stuff like inputting a part to transpose simply

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-29 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] Nobody eats bubble gum for nutrition, but it's quite fun for entertainment. I guess I'm saying that even crap has its place. You get no argument from me on that point. But then would something that shines at being crap be the worst of American Pop or the best

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-28 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 12:53, Chuck Israels wrote: This was an unusual period of sophisticated common practice in the world of American popular music and jazz, and I believe that there was a considerably higher percentage of good quality, durable music than Sturgeon's

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-28 Thread dhbailey
Michael Greensill wrote: [snip] Of course there's both sides to a story - the professionals in the 1950's, like Mitch Miller brought us amazing crap that probably ushered in the excesses of the rock era. How dare you throw such an insult at the man with the guts to take a couple of oboe solos

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-28 Thread dhbailey
Michael Greensill wrote: How dare you throw such an insult at the man with the guts to take a couple of oboe solos on the Charlie Parker With Strings sessions? ;-) That's the weird thing about him. He was a hip guy. All the stuff did did for Alec Wilder. But then he made Rosie Clooney sing

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 8:18, Chuck Israels wrote: Joe Schwantner writes gorgeous music that I find difficult to read (my limitation - not the notation's) because he makes a point of choosing small note values; It seems to me that this statement of yours show that you

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 6:39, dhbailey wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: (Why notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) This kind of comment makes me crazy. You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PLAY

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 0:12, John Howell wrote: At 5:18 PM -0500 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cut time in 3? Is that the Zeffiro Torna meter? Not in the Malipiero edition, if my memory is anywhere close to accurate. But 3/2 is fairly common in later Baroque music

Re: [Finale] TO BUY or not to buy

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Mar 2008 at 22:25, Christopher Smith wrote: Major new features in 2008 include linked parts Linked parts were added in 2007, no? Yes, but the question was about upgrading from 2005, so the option of upgrading to 2007 isn't available. Thus to a 2005 user,

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do recall Raymond Lewenthal's Romantic Revival that went through at least three record labels before sputtering out. An Indiana-based pianist named Frank Cooper did find some good stuff--IIRC he recorded the Ignaz Brüll 2nd piano concert. But as a whole, the 19th

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 27 Mar 2008 at 6:28, dhbailey wrote: I think I would begin such a class with the statement 90% of anything is crap. That includes the Baroque Era of music history, which we will be studying in this class. You're lucky in that we will be studying the 10% of Baroque

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-27 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:28 AM, dhbailey wrote: Most music appreciation classes leave the class members with the impression that the historical music history periods all produced only masterworks by superior composers and fail to address the fact that much of what

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-26 Thread dhbailey
shirling neueweise wrote: But at the heart of any music, new or old, complicated or simple, lies John's question. For some, the music of Ferneyhough is just such a music that makes them say Wow, that's a challenge and I love a challenge and I'm going to master this and show the old farts

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-26 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: (Why notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) This kind of comment makes me crazy. You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS PLAY IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PLAY 2/4. Certain styles of music make more sense

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-26 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: [snip] (An interesting exception to the jazz swing convention: the tune All Blues, which for some odd reason is usually notated in 6/8 with swing 16ths, rather than the more conventional 6/4 with swung 8ths (like two bars of jazz waltz). Nutty.) But demonstrating

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-25 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darcy James Argue / 08.3.25 / 0:44 AM wrote: But respectfully -- reading Desifinado written in 2/4 versus 4/4, not so much. If someone isn't familiar with the authentic bossa groove, handing them a chart in 2/4 isn't magically going to make them sound more convincing.

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-03-24 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: [snip] I can agree with that, certainly, but it isn't really the right starting point. That starting point has to be the simple question, what is there about this music that will make it worth the time and effort to learn to play it? (Or sing it, which is an order of

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale

2008-03-24 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 23, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Owain, On 23 Mar 2008, at 10:36 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: incompleteness of tuplets, using the names for note durations that actually tell you how long the notes are. What struck me immediately is

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-20 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Select Mass Edit Tool - press 5. this will give the total for the entire piece. If you select a section it will give the timing of the section. There's a mass-edit tool in Fin2008? Where? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-20 Thread dhbailey
Ray Horton wrote: Am I nuts? In 2008a, where has the command to tell how long the piece, or section of the piece, gone? I can't find it anywhere, and the manual is no help. Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-20 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 20/03/2008 08:37:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a mass-edit tool in Fin2008? Where? Erm..sorry. Yet another case of half read a message on my way out to work syndrome. I didn't read the 2008 bit. Sorry if I

Re: [Finale] Strange REBAR behavior WinFin 2008a

2008-03-16 Thread dhbailey
Henry E. Howey wrote: I use SHARPEYE a lot for my work in editions. One of my techniques is to use the REBAR command to return measures to empty after converted by MUSICXML. The odd behavior is the removal of all dotted notes to their replacement by their components - a dotted 8th-16th becomes

Re: [Finale] Inches in the ruler

2008-03-16 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: David Froom wrote: I have FinMac 2007. For the life of me, I cannot find how to change the ruler display from epvu units into inches. I searched the OL manual, and found something through the shape designer box (which doesn't apply), and it seems to not to have a

Re: [Finale] Inches in the ruler

2008-03-16 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: On Mac, Program Options are not in the Edit menu -- they are in Finale 2008 - Preferences. And for some reason, they figure Windows users don't have preferences so we don't even get that menu. :-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

2008-03-14 Thread dhbailey
Richard Smith wrote: John Howell wrote: I do hate the automatic justification feature, but I seem to be the only one who does. [snip] But, I suggest working with the auto justification for a while first. Once you get a feel for what it's doing, you'll feel like you are in control again

Re: [Finale] Converting Notes In A Region Into Rests

2008-03-14 Thread dhbailey
Leigh Daniels wrote: Is there a way to select a region containing notes and have Finale convert the notes to rests of the same durations? Highlight the notes you want converted and hit the backspace key. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

2008-03-11 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, Yes, I know I should actually join the Sibelius list and ask it over there, but I haven't gotten around to doing so yet, and the Sib users here are, so far, very knowledgeable and helpful, so... I am having a recurring problem with Sibelius where it will

Re: [Finale] TAN: Annoying Sibelius bug

2008-03-11 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Just another passing question on Sib. 5 (OS 10.4.11), I want to change (edit) note heads from normal to diamonds for a Handbell score. I followed the instructions (in the Edit Note heads dialog box), I think, but so far, can not get them to change. Anyone else with

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

2008-03-08 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting how much confidence a group of musicians is putting in record company executives to know and deliver what's good. Who here has not had the experience of having music thrown in the trash without being considered by some executive type or other gatekeeper?

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

2008-03-07 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Some even suggest that the concept of the album is pretty much dead. Oh, I forgot to add: In the case of jazz albums, some of the most accurate and well-written jazz scholarship appears (appeared?) on album

Re: [Finale] A question about accidentals

2008-03-07 Thread dhbailey
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Dennis Collins asked a question a while back on accidentals, and I have my own this time: http://www.bytenet.net/kpclow/music/accidentals.JPG The questioned notes are highlighted in pink. The bottom stave in pink represents what the manuscript source has. I added a ( #)

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

2008-03-06 Thread dhbailey
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: [snip] I think it's very exciting to be able to do all this, and while I'm not sure where the dust will settle on all this (distribution seems to be a big issue still for independent publishers), I'm very curious for other thoughts on this entire process. I know many

Re: AW: [Finale] No scrolling playback 2008 Vista

2008-03-06 Thread dhbailey
with scrolling playback on Vista. Just a thought . . . David H. Bailey Kurt Gnos wrote: Yep, have it checked, and it's quite a fast notebook, Duo 2.0 GigaHz, 2 GB RAM. Kurt -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von dhbailey Gesendet

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

2008-03-06 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Personally I have thought about and would love to see something like an independent music publishers co-operative which, if large enough, might actually give the big guys a run for their money.  In my conversations with music teachers (much of my music is

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

2008-03-06 Thread dhbailey
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: [snip] But wouldn't you say that is true for what the big boys did as well? Big boys meaning large media outlets, such a record labels, book publishers, etc. There were a few things that sold really well, that allowed those businesses to work, while the other 90 percent

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

2008-03-05 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: I suppose. The Jazz Big Band has a lot more and better options as well. That was the whole logic behind Garritan's willingness to let Finale license a subset of their sounds -- show people what the possibilities are but leave out just enough important

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

2008-03-05 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: Erg, that is frustrating. So, instead of getting a complete sound set that someone could use to compose, upgrading to Finale 2008 gets you colored noteheads and boomwhacker sounds..I don't think Sibelius 5's sounds lack a bari sax.. To be fair, the SmartMusic

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

2008-03-05 Thread dhbailey
easily combine Garritan sounds and MM SmartMusic SoftSynth sounds in the same document. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 5 Mar 2008, at 12:52 PM, dhbailey wrote: With Finale, one has to make a choice -- it's all or nothing. Either use the higher quality samples and just

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

2008-03-05 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Inre Sib 5, I still have not been able, no matter what I adjust, to make the Sib 5 playback sounds (Sound Essentials) even remotely sound as good as Fin. bundled GPO samples. At best, they sound tinny, pretty much like Fin non-GPO sounds. I'm really disappointed with

Re: [Finale] No scrolling playback 2008 Vista

2008-03-04 Thread dhbailey
Kurt Gnos wrote: Hi, while on my desktop pc running xp scrolling during playback, in page view, is no problem, on my notebook running Vista it just does not seem to work. It just doesn't scroll at all. Any hints? In your notebook installation, do you have scrolling playback enabled?

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 sounds....missing Bari Sax?

2008-03-04 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: I helped out a friend this weekend get a new computer (Vista.ugh), and we set up Finale 2008. He wants to write big band arrangements, and was really excited to have a computer powerful enough to run the Garritan sounds. Anyhow, we were setting up some of his templates

Re: [Finale] Midi Key Velocities (Auto Dynamic Placement Plug in con't)

2008-03-03 Thread dhbailey
Just a guess, but you may be up against the randomizing aspect of HP. It's not supposed to play each note exactly the same in a mechanical method, which would account for the discrepancies in the lengths of the notes as well as in any nuances of dynamics. Why doesn't the plug-in work with HP

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

2008-02-28 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: At 6:07 AM -0500 2/27/08, dhbailey wrote: Interesting, if they're supposed to detune their lowest string by a semitone, how do you feel about modern basses playing the part with the extension on the low string? It would certainly be a different tone than a detuned string

Re: [Finale] Inf Loop

2008-02-28 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: This is kinda yet another graphic problem. I am currently on FinMac2008a on OSX10.5.2. I often write a pattern for an instrument, place repeat signs graphically to bracket the pattern, then draw an arrow to the right to indicate infinity loop till cue. This used to work

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

2008-02-28 Thread dhbailey
Ray Horton wrote: I read somewhere that Respighi had some instruments made for the piece, but I don't know where I read it. The parts (3 pairs, sop, alto, ten/bass) say something like Buccina (flicorno basso) etc. I believe the alto parts do give flugelhorn in parenthesis. The parts are

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

2008-02-27 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: Ray, I don't see what the controversy is. Obviously it's better to have the instruments the composer actually calls for whenever possible. I would love to hear a performance with buccini. But it's not like cellos and basses aren't generally available for a

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

2008-02-23 Thread dhbailey
Ray Horton wrote: I said that in case you were going anywhere with G-string. But if I read you incorrectly, I apologize. My daughter is a 31 year-old professional musician. You will get similar sentiments from _at least_ 90% of the pro violinists you talk to, at least the ones with good

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

2008-02-23 Thread dhbailey
shirling neueweise wrote: Tread carefully. For starters, the violinist is my daughter. in other words, you are completely unbiased on the subject 8-) mouthclosedmodeON When I asked a good violinist about detuning the G string, she said That's why God made violas. there are just too

Re: [Finale] Sibelius vs Finale

2008-02-22 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Lawrence David Eden écrit: Happily, I am using an older version of Finale. I have no complaints as Finale has been my faithful servant for years. Can users of later versions of Finale say the same? Well, after complaining loudly myself, I don't think (Win) 2008a is that bad. I

Re: [Finale] Sibelius vs Finale

2008-02-22 Thread dhbailey
Lawrence David Eden wrote: From what I keep reading on our List, it sounds like Finale has become so bug-ridden that it should be avoided. Instead of asking which is faster, I want to know if Sibelius is more reliable than Finale 2K8x. Happily, I am using an older version of Finale. I have

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do?

2008-02-22 Thread dhbailey
shirling neueweise wrote: From a copyist, composers generally [expect] their score to be copied exactly as they gave it, no more and no less. i won't say where this came from other than to mention it is from a composer and was sent to an experienced and diligent copyist i know. i know

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do?

2008-02-22 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 22 Feb 2008 at 15:31, Christopher Smith wrote: I have played parts that were scanned in from the score, then sliced into long ribbons and pasted with Photoshop into a new document, then printed. It was next to illegible. The guy thought he was saving copyists

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do?

2008-02-22 Thread dhbailey
Barbara Touburg wrote: Ton Koopman had to do this for a series of Mozart concerts in Japan, the NMA had no parts available for rent, so he used this as a solution, but I get the impression he used a Xerox machine and glue sticks ;) Koopman (his name means merchant...) doesn't care a lot

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2008b is out

2008-02-21 Thread dhbailey
Stig Christensen wrote: Hi, That's correct! The 2008b has disappeared! In the same momentum I can't even launch Finale 2008a on my MacPro. Thought I was going to start a rather large project today. Now I'm sitting watching the TimeMachine (should be LongTimeMachine) rebuilding my system drive!

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: What, specifically, is slowing you down in Finale? My general impression is that Sibelius is still somewhat easier to learn, but expert Finale users can work more quickly and more efficiently, especially if you make full use of third-party plugins. Back when I was a

Re: [Finale] The Finale School

2008-02-20 Thread dhbailey
Matthew Voogt wrote: Hello Everyone, My name is Matthew Voogt. I am new to the list and would just like to say hello. I have a website called The Finale School (http://www.thefinaleschool.com). It is a website that is totally free and offers video tutorials about anything and everything

Re: [Finale] OT: None Finale question for computer buffs

2008-02-20 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 03:33 AM 2/20/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand, and experience seems to bear this out, that computers running under WindowsXP will gradually run slower and slower over a period of time. I'm not sure why this would be so, and it certainly has not been my

Re: [Finale] The Finale School

2008-02-20 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Matthew Voogt écrit: It is a website that is totally free and offers video tutorials about anything and everything related to Finale. Check it out... let me know what you think. Where one reads: What [sic] to see all those locke0d [sic] videos?! A one time fee will give you access

Re: [Finale] 2008b is out

2008-02-20 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, 2008b is out and purports to solve the freeze on quit problem. I will shout hallelujah, if it proves to be true. Windows users don't get excited -- there isn't a 2008b for Windows, at least not yet. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-19 Thread dhbailey
Adam Golding wrote: Eric, I have used both Sibelius and Finale. Sibelius is currently faster for me, but I know it somewhat better than Finale---further practice on finale might make it faster for me, on the other hand, further practice might be futile. I agree that each program will produce

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-19 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: Exactly. That is why it was a stupid question. One really needs to try them out and come to their own conclusions based on how they do things. And here all my teachers told me there were no stupid questions. :-( In defense of the question, he's really asking for

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-19 Thread dhbailey
Robert Patterson wrote: Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a stupid question. But it is a question that whose answer is very individual. The only reason I chime in here is to mention that if you are not making full use of 3rd-party plugins, and also using a 3rd-party keyboard macro

Re: [Finale] Re: Andrew Stiller

2008-02-19 Thread dhbailey
Martin Banner wrote: I have been away for a week at a conference and had postings from Finale stopped. Could someone tell me what happened to Andrew Stiller? His wife unsubscribed him from this list way last Summer because of heart health issues. He's currently in the hospital. -- David

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-19 Thread dhbailey
Owain Sutton wrote: Eric Dannewitz wrote: Exactly. That is why it was a stupid question. One really needs to try them out and come to their own conclusions based on how they do things. And here all my teachers told me there were no stupid questions. :-( In defense of the question, he's

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