Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: On 21 Apr 2004, at 04:51 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I beg to differ. That is not the expected behavior. Almost every OS X application I've done updates on will leave the older version there. ??? None of Apple's apps (Safari, Mail, iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, iSync

Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-22 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I think we are all missing the point. B*tching about how Coda did it's updater/upgrader doesn't really matter. Some companies make a new version and keep the old, some don't. Does it really matter? No. Johannes Gebauer wrote: I am afraid you are now missing the point, I was merely refering to y

Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-22 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: Look: Arkady -- who is not even a newbie -- couldn't figure out why, after installing Finale 2004b, he kept getting the old version (Finale 2004) when he double-clicked a Finale file. Most newbies probably wouldn't have even noticed this, and just assumed that there w

Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-22 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Send you flaming emails to Makemusic.This is getting old. Darcy James Argue wrote: On 22 Apr 2004, at 04:13 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote: Look: Arkady -- who is not even a newbie -- couldn't figure out why, after installing Finale 2004b, he kept getting the old

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004b back to 2004

2004-05-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, either DELETE the old one, or click on a Finale document, do a show info, and have it open all file types with the new one. Ass. Mus. Amadeus wrote: This is strange I've updated Finale to 2004b (OS 10.3.3) but when I double click on a Finale document, it'll open with the previous version

Re: [Finale] Saving for Older Version

2004-05-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Nope Ass. Mus. Amadeus wrote: The *Installing older version *subject just brought me up a question: is there anyway I can work on Finale 2004 and save a file in 2003 version? Giovanni

Re: [Finale] FinMAC 2004b/Panther vs. 2002/OS 9.22

2004-05-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I agree, the new features in Finale 2004 are great, and it is VERY stable in OS X. I wouldn't dream of going BACK to an older version. Johannes Gebauer wrote: I personally would not go this route. Get the G5, if you want to avoid Finale 2k4 for now, run 2k3 in Classic. I also think that 2k4b is

Re: [Finale] No more redraw interrupt, even on WinFin04

2004-05-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
At 02:46 PM 5/14/04 -0500, Robert Patterson wrote: I've always thought of Redraw Interrupt as a really cool feature that other programs should adopt. Many times I've found myself clicking trying to abort a redraw before I remember that is (was!) an exclusive Finale feature. Why would you n

Re: [Finale] Drum part

2004-04-26 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Use APPLY STAFF STYLE, Slash notation. You might want to check to make sure it leaves other layers alone. Then put whatever pushes and cues you want in another layer. Works for me. Joel Sears wrote: Hi All, I am trying to write an old style Jazz big band drum part. Is there really no way to unm

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2004

2004-04-26 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'd go for it. I really think every update for Finale is a step forward. I haven't had all the "issues" that people have had, like the updater thing or the preferences thing.. Everything has been great thus far. David McKay wrote: After browsing tales of woe with Fin 2004, especially the Mac

Re: [Finale] Spacing problems with 2004b

2004-05-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I sometimes get that. Have you tried applying a FIT MUSIC to that area before and/or after the note spacing? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was possibly covered before, so sorry if this is a duplication. I have encountered a serious spacing problem in MacFin2004b. When I have a meter change

Re: [Finale] Re: No more redraw interrupt, even on WinFin04

2004-05-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
On the topic of SLOW, I remember doing a compliation of patterns, like 70 pages, in 1989, on ENCORE on a Mac II. It would get slower, and slower as the pages got added. Transposing 4 bars would take like 15 minutes.. How far we have come. Philip Aker wrote: I can remember trying

Re: [Finale] Golden Age Font Problem

2004-05-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I had the same problem with Golden Age Font and Swing Font. I had to convert them using Fontlab to OTF fonts. They work fine now. Jonathan Smith wrote: Please can anyone explain why the third party Golden Age text fonts appear in my Finale files (Mac 2004b) without the 'spaces' between

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-03 Thread Eric Dannewitz
The thing they should work on is linking parts to a score. It's a pain in the ass to work on something, and have to remember to change the score and other parts. It would be great to have them linked (if you wanted) to a score, so, a change in a part would be reflected in the score, and vice ve

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: This issue has come up before on this list, and there were a whole bunch of things discussed that I couldn't understand because I have little programming experience, but here is my main objection: What would happen to the layout of the parts when you made a change to

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: I'm still not getting it. If the layout has to change, then why not re-extract the part? If you are using Finale's default layout, then you should be happy, as it is all done automatically. If you are in the habit of changing the default layout on extracted parts, the

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: Once again, my little copying routine that I noted is so easy, that I can hardly imagine justifying the kind of rewriting it would take to accomplish linking ONLY notes in Finale. And doesn't anyone edit anything else? But if you find yourself doing this a LOT, would

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 7:50 PM -0400 6/04/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 4 Jun 2004 at 18:55, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: I suppose this amounts to a different philosophy about what I want my notation program to do. You seem to assume a number of things: 1. layout in the linked part would

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: You know, this is what I was referring to when I mentioned experienced programmers seeming to see things that I don't. I don't understand the term "relational database." Maybe if I did, I would "get" what all you guys want out of Finale. Relational databases. See ht

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius - Review in Macworld July 2004 Issue

2004-06-05 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Thank you! That is what I have been hinting at. David W. Fenton wrote: The key distinction between data stored in a spreadsheet and data stored in a relational database is that the latter separates data storage from data presentation, whereas in a spreadsheet, the place where you store the data

Re: [Finale] swing font

2004-06-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yeah, the author needs to update it for OS X. Good luck contacting him. I sent him SEVERAL emails, and got NO REPLIES. I ended up using a font utility called FONT LAB to convert the font to work with OS X. Bob Florence wrote: Hi all; Does anyone use the Swing font which a cousin to the Jazz fon

Re: [Finale] swing font

2004-06-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
http://www.fontlab.com/ Bob Florence wrote: Yeah, the author needs to update it for OS X. Good luck contacting him. I sent him SEVERAL emails, and got NO REPLIES. I ended up using a font utility called FONT LAB to convert the font to work with OS X. Hi Eric: What is FONT LAB? BF __

Re: [Finale] swing font

2004-06-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Pity cause he makes good stuff. Great way to support your customers...not Darcy James Argue wrote: Rich Sigler doesn't answer support emails, period. He never has, and presumably never will. He obviously doesn't give a damn about his customers once they've already bought the font. - Darc

Re: [Finale] HP Officejet 7130 All-in-One w/10.3.4

2004-06-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Honestly, I'd not recommend this at all. Go get a cheap laser printer. A brother or something. I have a brother 1440 that is over two years old that I must have done about 20,000 pages with, and it is a tank. The price is under $200 now. And I think it's on it's 4th toner now? An inkjet like th

Re: [Finale] HP Officejet 7130 All-in-One w/10.3.4

2004-06-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Johannes Gebauer wrote: While I am sure all this is correct concerning the HP All-in-ones I don't think one can damn inkjets altogether. I have a Canon i865, and the ink costs are probably lower than the toner costs of my HP Laserjet, especially if I buy third party ink cartridges, which are â 2.50

Re: [Finale] HP Officejet 7130 All-in-One w/10.3.4

2004-06-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Bob Colwell wrote: I've had an HP Gx85i for about 3 years now, and I love it. The only thing it has not been good at is scanning -- it appears to have host driver bugs associated with USB and Windows that they sporadically try to fix with updates. As a printer, fax, and copier, it's been perfect. Y

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 11, Issue 18

2004-06-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'd totally NOT go with an inkjet all in one. The ink costs will kill you. Consider getting a laser all in one. Such as the Brother MFC 8420 http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=452368&location_info=SG_3_DV_16_SC_1601001_SK_452368 Clay Zambo wrote: Mark Lew wrote: In my encounters w

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 11, Issue 18

2004-06-17 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Nope, I don't think they have such a beast. Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 12:28 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Clay Zambo wrote: Mark Lew wrote: In my encounters with HP All-in-Ones (used with a Mac), I've found them awkward and erratic. I don't have room for

Re: [Finale] Re: Font Question (a bit late)

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
WOW! Those are very nice. Thanks for the link! Rob Deemer wrote: Apologies to touch on something that's a couple of weeks old - I just got back from some time in Chicago without e-mail. Some had been talking about some of the "jazz" fonts such as Jazz and Swing...I wanted to let you know about th

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Randolph Peters wrote: I just got an email from MakeMusic that is one of those good news/bad news kind of deals (see below). The good news is that FinMac 2004c restores EPS export and will be available very soon to the general public. Woohoo!!! The bad news is that any other fixes are to be left

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: Coda *is* in effect forcing us to buy Fin2005 by saying, "Okay, we realize that there are a lot of things that are still deeply screwed up about FinMac2004, but we have a budget for two maintenance releases and that's it. So after FinMac2004c (which I believe adds EPS s

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: But that doesn't solve the root problem, which is that I'm still stuck with buggy software. Rewarding them for producing buggy software is not going to get it fixed, either. So then what do you suggest people do? I can't say I've every had any problems with bugs on

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
On 24 Jun 2004 at 20:14, Aaron Sherber wrote: The reason I have a hard time swallowing that is that we're not talking about just fixing 2004 -- we're talking about bugs that have gone unfixed for *years*. If 2003 had been perfect, I would have forgiven the flaws in 2004. But as things are, we *k

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Aaron Sherber wrote: The reason I have a hard time swallowing that is that we're not talking about just fixing 2004 -- we're talking about bugs that have gone unfixed for *years*. If 2003 had been perfect, I would have forgiven the flaws in 2004. But as things are, we *keep* throwing good mon

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
EXACTLY Harold Owen wrote: Dear folks, While all of you fight the product, I'm blissfully enjoying working with MacFin2004b. I'm aware of the problems, so I avoid them; but I'm very pleased with the good new stuff, which I enjoy using. Several composer friends of mine got easily frustrated w

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: It's this blind rush into the next version en masse that baffles me. Why would people start using it in any way other than provisionally until it has been proven reliable? True, but I've found Finale 2004 reliable. And people generally rush to the next version because

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: I don't understand why someone who is going to be collaborating with other people would just blindly upgrade to the latest and greatest every time it comes out. Perhaps it's testimony to the fact that Coda has actually been pretty good about not burning people with buggy

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 10:30 PM 06/24/2004, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >Yeah, and name a piece of software that doesn't have bugs. And doesn't >have bugs that have been around for a lng time? Of the commercial software on my computer, none has bugs which are numerous or as promi

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-24 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: On 24 Jun, 2004, at 11:04 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I don't remember/know what bugs you are bitten by, but I haven't had any with Finale... Eric, I don't know how you got access to the top-secret special bug-free, performance-enhanced edition of F

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Aaron Sherber wrote: Are you saying that you don't work with Finale heavily enough to experience the bugs that have been reported, or are you saying that you can't reproduce these bugs even when you try? I'm saying that I haven't encountered these bugs while I've been using Finale. If the forme

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oh wait, accounting to Arron Sherber you probably are not using Finale enough then. So you can't comment. HE has the final word on the topic. I have found Finale 2004 a great tool, but then again, what do I know. I haven't tried to recreate these "bugs", and I guess I only drive up to Third gea

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Aaron Sherber wrote: I'm not trying to be the king of Finale, and you're welcome to say whatever you like on this topic. My point was just that when we're discussing the bugs in Finale, the fact that you haven't encountered those bugs doesn't change the fact that they're still there. But does t

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Aaron Sherber wrote: I didn't say you shouldn't -- I said there wasn't much point. When we're talking about bugs which undoubtedly exist, and how Coda might respond to them, I don't think it really advances the discussion for someone to say they haven't encountered those bugs. No, the original t

Re: [Finale] Unregister Finale

2004-07-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Email Makemusic/Coda support about it. I had the same problem and they were helpful and timely in their response. Kurt Gnos wrote: Hi, I have installed and registered Finale 2004 on two machines. Now I need to move one registration because one machine will be exchanged. How can I do thi

Re: [Finale] FinMac2004 crashes

2004-07-05 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Really now. I had it crash once, but a bunch of other apps crashed as well. It ended up that a fix permission task was all that was needed to solve the problem.. I generally run Finale, Thunderbird email, Proteus, Safari, and MS Word. I've even run Protools and MOTU Digital Performer while F

Re: [Finale] FinMac2004 crashes

2004-07-05 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: Eric, I'm just repeating what tech support told me, which is "don't run anything else when you're running Finale." And I fix permissions regularly, but Finale still crashes frequently on my machine. I'm happy Finale 2004 is working well for you, but for many of us, the

Re: [Finale] 2004 Crashes

2004-07-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Now, I have seen this happen before...and I'm not sure what caused it either... Chuck Israels wrote: I also have had a weird situation where either the Finale icon or some other icon will "cover" the selected tool in the tool pallet. This seems to show up when the system is "tired." A r

Re: [Finale] Crash Report

2004-07-08 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yikes, how many of these are we going to see?!?!?! Darcy James Argue wrote: Hello, Finale crashed again while sitting idle in the background -- and it really *was* idle, not processing a long plugin or Mass Edit operation. Again, it may have been getting ready to autosave, although I couldn't

Re: [Finale] OT: Band in a Box released for OSX

2004-07-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I bought and downloaded it like the first day they had it out. Very nice. Works very well. There are a couple of little things that could be better, like the CoreMidi support, but in all it's great to leave all those OS 9 programs behind. Oh, and if you use the built in sounds, you can set

Re: [Finale] Now What?

2004-07-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
USB Midi interfaces are the way to go. Either MOTUs or Midiman (I believe they are called M-Audio now) interfaces are great. You can get them online, or any number of places And make sure you get the Finale 2004c updater if you don't have it. Dean M. Estabrook wrote: So far, the help you

Re: [Finale] Three needs, two ports

2004-07-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
It's called a HUB. They are like $10. Go to some computer store (Office Depot, Costco, CompUSA, Apple Store, etc,etc) and get one. Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I'm running an iMac which has 2 USB ports. I will want to connect my printer, keyboard, and MIDI device. Is there some kind of switchbox or

Re: [Finale] Switching computers and data transfer

2004-07-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
First, what type of G3. Does it have USB? If it doesn't, and it has a PCI slot, I'd suggest getting a cheap (like $20) USB card from MacSales.com, and then you have a couple of options on transferring files. You could then get a HD that has USB and move files that way, or you could get a CDR dr

Re: [Finale] Switching computers and data transfer

2004-07-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi John, Your beige G3 can communicate quite easily with your TiBook, and the different OS's are simply not a problem. There are any number of options (some of which have been discussed already): 1) Connect them directly with an Ethernet crossover cable, then connect v

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004c - Taking too long to allocate instruments

2004-07-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Wow. Sound like you have some serious issues there. Check your fragmentation on the hard drive. That would probably be the most likely thing that is causing this. My lowly G4 450 cube doesn't take more than 30 seconds to load and play something I have updated from Finale 200

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005

2004-07-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
That is a great idea, both PC and Mac versions on the same CD Rom. Tuplet improvements would be welcome.. William Roberts wrote: According to posters on the Finale forum at finalemusic.com who've seen the new version at recent trade shows, Finale 2005 will be released simultaneously for Mac a

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Éric Dussault wrote: Tuplets have been cleaned up--there should be quite a bit less tweaking needed to get them to look right. What I saw was pretty impressived on that issue. There are new percussion sounds and a marching percussion template that sets everything up for modern drumline complete

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, but why would you use EPS to create a PDF file? I'd either use the PDF Writer in Acrobat or Adobe Distiller. The latter seems to work the best.. On the feature list for 2005, what else is there? Tuplets fixed. Good. Extra drum stuff. Nice, but..not really needed. Anything else?

Re: [Finale] Any advance information

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Lots of good points. I agree, not a lot of meaningful improvements that I can see that Finale needs. They have already started "frilling" Finale. Saving as Audio Files, etc. etc. I think the BIGGEST thing would be to have some sort of Part/Score linking, as we have discussed on the list a coup

Re: [Finale] Any advance information

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
d. collins wrote: - backwards compatibility - good PDF files - EPS export Are at least three very basic things many of us desperately need (all of which are in Sibelius, by the way). So you can imagine our enthusiasm when we read about marching percussion templates. I don't know what Sibelius doe

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
d. collins wrote: Two different problems, although possibly (and postscriptly) related: Finale can't produce EPS files. And the PDF files made either with Acrobat (which should be the reference), but also Ghostscript, or any other software I've tried look like hell: the staff lines appear to be

Re: [Finale] Any advance information

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hmm, I just created two PDFs with OS X's PDF ability. One with Jazz Font, one with Maestro. The staff lines are a little strange I guess. Sometimes they seem fuzzy. Depends on how its viewed. Zooming in clears the problem. They print fine.. d. collins wrote: Eric Dannewitz écrit: I

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I see the exact same problem with PDF and fuzzy lines on Sibelius PDFs I see on the net. Perhaps the problem lies in the viewing program? d. collins wrote: The funny look on screen isn't funny at all, and the printing problem has been reported to me, but perhaps by someone who was influenced by

Re: [Finale] Any advance information

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Excellent ideas. Yeah, I totally agree. That little expression box SUCKS. I mean, really, how hard would that be to make better? A week of programming? And apply it to all the other boxes as well. TGTools has some of those spacing things. The Alignment/Move tool is something I use all the time.

Re: [Finale] Any advance information

2004-08-02 Thread Eric Dannewitz
yeah, I don't know. I think the problem might be more Acrobat than Finale. I know how much people like to say it's all Finale's problem, but I don't think so for this one.. John Bell wrote: I used to make (Mac) Finale pdfs with Acrobat 4. They looked fine on screen and paper. Upgrading to A

Re: [Finale] Two Items

2004-08-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: (1) When I open the lyric tool in MacFin 24kc, it defaults to a given font and size (geneva 12, I think). I don't see the option of changing either parameter, though I've looked around. Any Help? Options->Document Settings->Fonts (2) In my old Fin program (2001), I u

Re: [Finale] Two Items

2004-08-10 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Thank you, I knew there had to be a way. I think it was simpler in Fin2001 Doubt it. I think this Document Options thing is way better than it used to be. (2) In my old Fin program (2001), I used to print on a Apple Laser 360 with beautiful copies. On my new iMac (OS

Re: [Finale] When is a Finale file too big

2004-08-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Have you done a File Maintence thing on the file? I don't remember what it's called in 2003, but its the menu where you can delete unused fonts/entrees, etc.that might help As for size, I have a finale file that is approaching 2 megs. About 200 pages of 12 systems, 4 bars each. Yeah, it

Re: [Finale] OT - ITunes and Josh Groban

2004-08-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
There is no task bar on the mac. If you're using OS X, it's the Dock. Simply click and drag the icon out of the dock. Not sure why you titled this Itunes and Josh Groban, because you don't mention anything about iTunes in your post. On Aug 15, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Crystal Premo wrote: A s

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
More reasonable upgrade price. The Tuplet placements and repeats stuff might be all I'd use in the new upgrade.. There is a LOT of fluff in this new version. Brad Beyenhof wrote: http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/new/ A few of the new features are marketing fluff, but some of the

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Indeed, but the "Fluff level" is pretty extreme this time. Lanch menu? Performance Assessment? Now isn't the latter starting to blur with SmartMusic? I like that you can save Finale pieces to SmartMusic, but.having Finale now acts a scaled down SmartMusic thing is getting a little too fluff

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I'd take it to someone higher. I was able to get $20 off the Finale OSX update after complaining about it to the head of sales Martin Banner wrote: I just called Coda/Make Music, and am none too happy. I just purchased Finale 2004c this past June, having put off my purchase as long as I

Re: [Finale] OT - ITunes and Josh Groban

2004-08-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
So why is this list getting these messages?!?!?! Crystal Premo wrote: I'm in the opera world, and the opera snobs get all bent out of shape when Groban is marketed as "classical" or, worse, "operatic", which he surely isn't. I think the fact that he is sort of out of place in time is interestin

Re: [Finale] OT: G5 PowerBooks

2004-08-18 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Yes, a G4 dual core would be very nice to have. I think the big issue with a G5 and laptops is the heat issue... Darcy James Argue wrote: That's the first suggestion I've heard that there may actually be one more PowerBook G4 revision before the PowerBook G5 is introduced, after all. (Al

Re: [Finale] In defense of MakeMusic!

2004-08-20 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Totally agree with you. I looked at that tuplet bug, and I agree it is there, but I don't really see it causing me issues, and if they fix it, great. Otherwise, Finale 2004 has been great, and looking forward to 2005. Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends: In my opinion, the negativism displayed relat

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Mac question

2004-08-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You didn't say exactly what kind of Mac you have. I'd assume its some sort of G4, perhaps a Quicksilver or something? A couple of things to try to get your Mac faster. 1. RAM. Max it out. It totally helps everything out. 2. Faster HD, a 7200 RPM. 3. Defragment your hard drive with something like

Re: [Finale] font problem!

2004-08-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Have you tried to install the Font using OS X 10.3s Font Book application? I had a problem with the Golden Age Font, and Font Book opened and installed the font fine for more under OS X. Andrew Stiller wrote: Look, this is getting serious. Many, perhaps most, of my fonts do not display properly

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Mac question

2004-08-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/ram/index.ws Seems like a good idea, however, maxing out the RAM in a system would be best. If you are running OS X on 256 Megs of RAM, things can become slow, so a redraw might take more time than it needs to. Robert Patterson wrote: But presumably Finale would run mu

Re: [Finale] RAM disks in OS X

2004-08-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, thats not true. Adobe, Microsoft, almost everything I can think of uses temp fileshence the name, temporary files.. Darcy James Argue wrote: So, no RAM disk in 10.3 and up. Maybe Coda can be persuaded to just store the damn temp files in memory, already, like every other modern

Re: [Finale] RAM disk (was Finale 2004 Mac question)

2004-08-21 Thread Eric Dannewitz
On the subject of Optimizing OS X, some people say if you dedicate a partition for OS X swap it is supposed to speed things up as well. UFS formatted partition. http://www.bombich.com/mactips/swap.html Then when/if the mac needs to go to virtual memory, it doesn't have to use the main (and perh

Re: [Finale] font problem!

2004-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: 1) Remove all of the troublesome fonts from Macintosh HD/System/Library. There are also fonts in /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Fonts as well. Might want to check in there too for problem fonts.and move them out. ___ Finale mai

Re: [Finale] RAM disks in OS X

2004-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You know, I read an article about comparing NTFS (windows file format) and HFS+ (OS X format). Disk Caching is important, but there are other things to consider as well. Fragmentation is a big issue. I know my Windows XP machine has to get defragmented every couple of days, but it is not an issu

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Mac question

2004-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: I'm confused: you seem to be saying OS X has disk caching but doesn't use it. Am I misunderstanding? If not, I can't make sense of such a situation. No no, I'm saying that they both do, but whether or not it is going to make a huge difference with Finale I would say pro

Re: [Finale] RAM disks in OS X

2004-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: . . . Fragmentation is a big issue. . . . Not even close to being as important as disk caching, since it only matters on initial read of the file, and really only matters with large files. . . . I know my Windows XP machine has to get defragmented every couple of days

Re: [Finale] RAM disks in OS X

2004-08-23 Thread Eric Dannewitz
David W. Fenton wrote: You have something wrong with your machine that is not common on other machines. At least, I've never seen anything like what you describe. Ever. On literally dozens of machines that I'm responsible for. Funny, I see it all the time. And I see a improvements after defr

[Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Is there a way to automatically have Finale 2005 make existing Tuplets, Enhanced Tuplets? Couple of other things I noticed is that none of my program settings were transfered over. Like the location of Saved files, backsups, etc. ___ Finale ma

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um, this was on my Macintosh. I put it in a new Finale 2005 folder. It's not a huge deal, just kind of annoyingI'll try doing that .ini file thing on my Windows machine later.. dhbailey wrote: 1) are you on Windows or Mac? 2) did you install over your old Finale2004 installation o

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You da man! Allen Fisher wrote: Eric-- Mass Edit Select All MassEdit-->Change-->Tuplets The 2k5 defaults are: Placement: Stem/Beam Side Enhanced Tuplets: Checked Avoid Staff: Checked Never Bracket Beamed Notes on Beam Side Positioning Tuplet H: 0 V: 24 EVPU Shape H: 0 V: 0 Maximum Slope: 10 degrees

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Actually, the READ ME 2005 files says how to transfer preferences on mac on page 2... JD wrote: Since you're on a Mac, you much Save Special/Save Preferences in order for changes to take effect. At least on 2004 and earlier. It may be different on 2005, but it's worth a look. Finale.i

Re: [Finale] 2005 buggiest setup ever

2004-08-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
So is this a Finale problem or a Windows XP Service Pack 2 problem? Did you try 2004 with it? I've heard Service Pack 2 breaks a lot of software, so, I'll pass on it now. I don't think you should be pointing fingers at MakeMusic. Direct it at Microsoft. Henry Howey wrote: I just put the SERVIC

[Finale] Strange Yellow Box

2005-04-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I have a interesting thing happening with a Finale Score. On page 11, I have a strange yellow box with a white little tab on it. I cannot select it. I cannot delete it. It seems to be messing up parts extractions as well. Anyone have an idea what this is and how to get rid of it? I did a check

Re: [Finale] The BIG Switch: FinMAC to SIBELIUS 3.1 OS X?

2005-04-26 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Speed isn't everything. If you are getting a new system, things will run fast regardless of a program running on Windows or Mac. I use Finale on both. I'd say the Mac setup gives me less headaches. And OS X's interface somehow makes Finale more enjoyable to use. I guess it comes down to how goo

Re: [Finale] font annotation: where are they!?!?!

2005-05-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
There is a folder in your Finale folder call Font Annotations And go to Program Options, Folders to make sure Finale is looking for them in the right spot. I'm assuming you transfered everything (Annotations as well) to your Barbie Oven shirling & neueweise wrote: every time i try to fin

Re: [Finale] new to Finale

2005-05-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Totally agree with your statements! I'm not a professional engraver, but I readily dish out the money for updates. It is worth it to me. The time saved, the quality of the output, etc etc. The copy protection policy is fine for me. Compared to some of the other copy protection systems employ

Re: [Finale] OT - Apple move to Intel

2005-06-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Of course since Steve Jobs ran his whole presentation on an OS X Intel box, and ran iPhoto, Safari, etc, etc, plus Adobe and other apps. They are going to do the Fat binary thing again. I don't think it will be a problem as long as developers have been using the right tools. Hello Coda

Re: [Finale] OT - Apple move to Intel

2005-06-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Its good. As long as Apple uses its own board designs. That is the good part of Apple, the tight fit of hardware and software. Apple designed boards, and Intel chips. It will be a good thing. Johannes Gebauer wrote: Doubt it or not, apparently it already is, on a Pentium 4, while Jobs was giv

Re: [Finale] OT - Apple move to Intel

2005-06-06 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, hopefully, MakeMusic has learned from their previous blunders, and has written Finale in something that would be easily ported A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darwin runs on x86 from day one. Cocoa apps might be easily recompiled. The fact even MS game box as well as major game industry u

Re: [Finale] OT: Apple eyes the Pentium M

2005-06-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You have been misinformed. http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5534/ http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5393/ http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/5371/ Ken Durling wrote: I've always been told that the reason Macs don't get viruses is that the vastly

Re: [Finale] OT - Word processors for OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Pages, part of iWork. Great word processing program. ThomaStudios wrote: Once again I'd like to tap the collective wisdom here on the board. What is everyone's recommended choice for word processing under OS X. I would like to rid myself of Microsh*t Word 2004, which steadfastly refuses to

Re: [Finale] OT - Word processors for OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Cause it doesn't run under OS X, it runs under OS 9. David W. Fenton wrote: If it runs on OS X, why would that be a problem? I use Word97, myself, even though I could be running Word2K or Word2K2, of which I have legal copies. Word97 is sufficient for my needs. If the 3-year-old WordPerfec

Re: [Finale] OT - Word processors for OS X

2005-06-12 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, that too. Darcy James Argue wrote: Also because it's a dead end -- no longer supported or updated. - Darcy ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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