Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-18 Thread Richard Huggins
On Apr 16, 2012, at 2:24 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Does Finale have a Facebook page for discussion? I have one but it was little used. If a shift to it was desired I would bring it up to date and be an active moderator There a couple others besides mine, I think.It was migrated by

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-17 Thread Bunnydowns
In a message dated 4/16/2012 7:04:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gbro...@hohlc.org writes: I echo Frank's comment. So I now need to echo both Frank and George. Unless you are in position to monitor the mechanics of the list, there's simply no way to know how many soldiers there are in the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 4/17/2012 3:42 AM, bunnydo...@aol.com wrote: Unless you are in position to monitor the mechanics of the list, there's simply no way to know how many soldiers there are in the great lurker army. Actually, if you visit the URL at the bottom of this message, you can log in and view the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-17 Thread Richard Yates
So I now need to echo both Frank and George. Unless you are in position to monitor the mechanics of the list, there's simply no way to know how many soldiers there are in the great lurker army. I bet there are a lot of us. David Lawrence The list's web page at Sam Houston State Univ says it

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-17 Thread Lawrence David Eden
is primarily with brass quintet and woodwind quintet. At this point, I have no complaints with Finale that I can't live with. IMHO: Finale is worth continuing. Larry Eden ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-17 Thread Chuck Israels
of Finale since it became native for PowerPC and have never been let down by the program.My work is primarily with brass quintet and woodwind quintet. At this point, I have no complaints with Finale that I can't live with. IMHO: Finale is worth continuing. Larry Eden

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-04-15 19:44, Howey, Henry wrote: After dealing with MAC and PC 2012 I now wonder if FINALE is ready to be ditched. Personally I think this list has been dying for quite a long time now, so is your question now if you're going to kill this list or not? I personally spend almost all

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread David McKay
Jari, if this list were to be closed off, I hope we'd be told about these other lists. This is the only one I know. I was on a list discussing an unrelated subject and it was decided to move it to a website and though I enjoyed reading the posts via email, I rarely feel motivated to go to the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, April 16, 2012 3:03 am, David McKay wrote: I was on a list discussing an unrelated subject and it was decided to move it to a website and though I enjoyed reading the posts via email, I rarely feel motivated to go to the website and so have lost the stimulation and information provided

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Lawrence Yates
I too would be very sorry to see the end of either this forum or Finale itself. I have learnt so much from postings here, from both responses to my own questions and from postings on subjects which at first appeared to be unrelated to my own work. I too have Sibelius and I too use it only to

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Nigel Hanley
I'd like to echo Lawrence's comment. This forum is useful on a weekly basis. I have learnt so much from others' questions as well as from answers to my own questions. It is invaluable. - Nigel Hanley On 16/04/2012, at 7:03 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: I too would be very sorry to see the

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Frank Prain
As a long time lurker and nearly 20 year user of Finale I would really miss this forum. I've learnt so much, both about Finale, but more interestingly, about all sorts of fascinating topics. Frank On 16 April 2012 19:16, Nigel Hanley i...@nigelhanley.com wrote: I'd like to echo Lawrence's

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Mathew
/mathew/ From: Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing? I too would be very sorry to see the end of either this forum or Finale itself. I have learnt so

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
Dennis, I would suggest you get involved in the MuseScore project. It is nowhere close to being able to replace Finale or Sibelius yet, but precisely because it isn't you might find that it could be molded in a direction you would like. Development is extremely active. Anyone who hasn't looked at

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, April 16, 2012 9:34 am, Robert Patterson wrote: Dennis, I would suggest you get involved in the MuseScore project. It is nowhere close to being able to replace Finale or Sibelius yet, but precisely because it isn't you might find that it could be molded in a direction you would like.

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output...if the output it produces is what you want. It is very far behind in customization features. I mention it here because I think it has huge potential, not because it has yet achieved it. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/16/2012 11:28 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output...if the output it produces is what you want. It is very far behind in customization features. I mention it here because I think it has huge potential, not because

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Michael Mathew
://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing? I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Robert Patterson
: Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing? I suggest you visit the site: http://musescore.org/ It produces very good output...if the output it produces is what you want

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: In fairness, I don't think Henry ever had any intention of closing down this list. I believe his frustration was directed at the Finale *program*! That's how I read it as well. ;) Thanks Kim

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread dershem
On 4/15/2012 11:39 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: On 2012-04-15 19:44, Howey, Henry wrote: After dealing with MAC and PC 2012 I now wonder if FINALE is ready to be ditched. Personally I think this list has been dying for quite a long time now, so is your question now if you're going to kill

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-16 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:24 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com wrote: As for Finale itself dying, I don't know and hope not. Nothing good enough has come along to replace it for my work. I wondered why you don't use Score? I know the gentleman who edited and typeset the Charles

[Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-15 Thread Howey, Henry
I started this list a long time ago. After dealing with MAC and PC 2012 I now wonder if FINALE is ready to be ditched. 1. The MAC interface sucks. The PC is better. Why has it not been updated for 15+ years? 2. SIBELIUS now has 64-bit access. FINALE gave us score mismanagement. 3. FINALE