[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 89, Issue 3

that might let me run Finale 2010 with no latency in playback (over and above selling my HP on Ebay and switching to Mac), I'd be extremely grateful. Thanks and best, Michael Dutka On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:01 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: Send Finale mailing list

[Finale] Playback Problems (Latency) With Anything After Finale 2008v1

in playback (over and above selling my HP on Ebay and switching to Mac), I'd be extremely grateful. Thanks and best, Michael Dutka ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Insert Notes Using MacBook Pro USB Keyboard

have). What do folks with Mac's and USB keyboards do if they want to insert notes within a measure? Thanks and best, Michael Dutka ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Insert Function on MAC

Hi, folks and thanks, but it turns out the proper command to toggle back and forth between overwrite and insert is 'shift I.' Best, Mike ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Opening PC 2008 Files in Mac 2010 - Lyrics Gibberish

Has anyone else had this problem? When I open files I created in Finale 2008 on a PC with my MacBook running 2010, the lyrics are crazy - random syllables from random sections showing up randomly. The HelpDesk folks said it was an optimization problem, that I should Remove Optimization on my XP,

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 116, Issue 15

Hi, folks. Running Finale 2010 on a Macbook Pro and having a really annoying problem. From time to time, a given function will just 'freeze up.' Usually, it's the speedy entry tool - it just won't work, I won't be able to highlight a measure and enter notes from my midi keyboard. Sometimes it's

[Finale] Double Accidentals with Doublings

Hi folks. IMHO, one of the biggest problems Finale has vis a vis (dare I mention on this e-group) Sibelius is the way it handles accidentals with doubled notes, i.e., oboes 1 and 2 doubled on a B flat. In Sibelius, the doubled accidentals are on top of each other. In Finale, they're side by side,

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 140, Issue 3

' to finale-requ...@shsu.edu You can reach the person managing the list at finale-ow...@shsu.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Finale digest... Today's Topics: 1. Double Accidentals with Doublings (Michael Dutka

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 139, Issue 21

digest... Today's Topics: 1. Hairpins and Articulations Leaving 'Ghosts' (Michael Dutka) 2. Re: Hairpins and Articulations Leaving 'Ghosts' (timothy price) 3. Re: Hairpins and Articulations Leaving 'Ghosts' (j...@thomastudios.com) 4. Re: Hairpins and Articulations Leaving

[Finale] Hairpins and Articulations Leaving 'Ghosts'

Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook Pro. I often have a problem when I want to reposition hairpins. I click the Smart Shapes tool, and either delete and re-enter them, or reposition them with the cursor. Often (but not always), I can see 'ghosts' of the old hairpins along with the new ones. Not a

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 139, Issue 21

With my Mac, cmd 'R' did something weird, brought up a ruler bracket around the screen, but cmd 'D' worked great. Thanks for the suggestion, Mike On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Michael Dutka mikedu...@gmail.com wrote: cmd 'R' and cmd 'D'. I'll try them both in my next session. Thanks! Mike

[Finale] Problems Transferring Files to MIDI

Hey, folks. Had something weird happen at a recording session. Wrote a new opera on Finale 2010 (just got the e-mail saying that it's getting premiered in NYC this Fall - yay!). I saved the .mus files as MIDI files per the drop-down menu, and sent them to the recording engineer. We started

[Finale] Problems Transferring Files to MIDI (Michael Dutka)

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:49:53 +0200 From: Jan Angerm?ller j...@angermueller.com Subject: Re: [Finale] Problems Transferring Files to MIDI To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: 552c0fd1.8050...@angermueller.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowe Jan, thanks so much for

[Finale] Problems Transferring Files to MIDI

it would be precisely the same. (Disclaimer: I didn't do it, a friend did. I couldn't figure it out.) Christopher On 13-Apr-15, at 13-Apr-15 1:30 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: Hey, folks. Had something weird happen at a recording session. Wrote a new opera on Finale 2010 (just got the e-mail

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 142, Issue 19

Robert, what version are you running? I've crashed about ten times in the last week, and I've always found the .asv file afterwards, usually with very little music lost (mine also saves every five minutes, and it's a little annoying, because it breaks my chain of thought, but when I have a crash,.

[Finale] Playback Doesn't Stop at End of Piece

Hi, folks. Having a weird little problem with Finale 10 on Mac. The playback always used to stop at the end of every file. For some reason, now when it reaches the end of a file, it just continues, counting time, until I click the stop button. Not a huge problem, but it's a little annoying and I

[Finale] Missing Percussion Map? (David Wolfson)

Whenever I have a power problem, one additional step that sometimes helps is to completely cut power to the MIDI interface, wait 20 seconds and then plug it back in. I've had problems with wonky sound which that's fixed. Not sure if it'll help in this case, but worth a try. Good luck! Mike On

[Finale] Porting Staff Pad Notation to Finale

Hi folks. Does anyone have any experience with this? Staff Pad looks like a great way to notate melodies on the go, and it'd be even better if it were possible to just port notated music to Finale files. Best, Mike ___ Finale mailing list

[Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

rset="UTF-8" > > Keep away from 2014 and 2014b at all costs! > They are filled with impossible bugs. > > > > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:04 AM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > On 6/3/2016 9:08 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > > &

[Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook pro. Orchestrating an opera from a series of piano reductions, which I import into a standard orchestra template, with a standard two-stave piano line between the singers and the strings (then I delete the piano line when I'm done with each number). This

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 153, Issue 5

each the person managing the list at > finale-ow...@shsu.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Finale Zapped An Entire Opera (Michael Dutka) >

[Finale] Finale Zapped An Entire Opera

Hi, folks. Working on a long opera for years now, running Finale 10 on a MacBook Pro, and all of a sudden Finale can't find the folder I store it in. Finder finds the folder, and recently modified files show up in the recently modified files menu, but I can't save changes to the right folder,

[Finale] 1. For Unsophisticated Finale Users (Like Me) / 2. For Sophisticated Users

1.Working with Finale 2010 on a MacBook Pro, and not sure how but the Measure Number box in the Staff Attributes menu got unchecked for some of the staves in an orchestral score, and when I extracted the oboe part, it had no measure numbers. Took me a bit of research to track down the reason.

[Finale] New Version of Finale? (Graeme Gerrard)

Hi, Graeme. I got an e-mail from MakeMusic a week and a half or so ago about a new version in the works, mentioning specific improvements to the sound library. Check out...

[Finale] Land Mines

Hi folks. Running 2010 on a MacBook Pro. Have had trouble with what I call land mines, that is, what playback plays something different from what I wrote, as if there were invisible markings messing things up. Sometimes it's dynamics, an oboe marked PP that blasts out of a texture when I know it

Re: [Finale] Land Mines

t; When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Land Mines (Michael Dutka) >2. Re: Land Mines (Don Hart) >

[Finale] A 'Where You At' Command?

Hi folks. I sometimes have to meticulously count notes and slurs for multiple bars to know whether a given string instrument / section is playing a given note with an up or down bow. And if a section continues for a significant length of time, I have to track back multiple bars to remind myself

Re: [Finale] Getting Rid of Piano / Pno. Group names on Piano Staves

Select the staves with Staff Tool. In the Staff Menu, select Groups and Brackets>Edit? and uncheck Show Group Name. Christopher Thanks so much for your response, and sorry I didn't mention but yes, I tried that and it didn't change anything. I'll try it again just to make sure. Thanks again,

Re: [Finale] Getting Rid of Piano / Pno. Group names on Piano Staves

videotron.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Make sure you select the ENTIRE staff, by clicking to the left of the > clef, then shift-click to the left of the other clef so both staves are > selected in their entirety. > > Christopher > >

[Finale] Getting Rid of Piano / Pno. Group names on Piano Staves?

Hi folks. Running 2010 on a MacBook Pro (following all your threads on new releases and_terrified to upgrade. But I digress). Working on a piano reduction of an orchestrated opera, and as you all know, when you add a piano to the instrument list, the default creates a grouped treble and bass

Re: [Finale] Silent Playback

Rudimentary user here, but when I have this problem, often a simple fixes it. Assume you've done that, turned any interfaces you have off and then on again? Best, Mike Dutka On Sep 24, 2016 1:00 PM, wrote: Send Finale mailing list submissions to

Re: [Finale] Install Finale 2010 on Mac OS Siera 10.12

OS. Finale 2010 is definitely not supported on Sierra. If you buy a new Mac you will also need to upgrade to Finale v25. > > > > Cheers, > > > > ? DJA > > - > > http://secretsocietymusic.org > > > > From: Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com> >

[Finale] Install Finale 2010 on Mac OS Siera 10.12

Hi folks. Want to buy a new computer, but don't want to upgrade to Finale 2012 (it doesn't back up as well as 2010) or 2014 (reading what you-all say about it scares me to death). Anyone know any reason I can't install Finale 2010 on a new mac, per above? Anyone know for sure that I can? Thanks,

[Finale] Program Function Keys on Mac

Just a quick follow-up in case it's helpful to other folks. Downloaded Keyboard Maestro for $36, and it worked perfectly. Programmed F1 - F4 as layers 1 - 4, F5 to favor sharps in enharmonic spelling and F6 to favor flats. Then programmed F7 as Speedy Entry, F8 as dynamics, F9 SmartShape, F10

[Finale] Program Function Keys on Mac

Hi folks. Running 2010 on a MacBook Pro whose hard drive just died and had to be replaced (recovering my data, thank all that's holy). When I bought it originally, I asked the technician to set up function keys such that F1 - F4 were layers 1 - 4, F5 set preference for sharps and F6 for flats.

Re: [Finale] Program Function Keys on Mac

Thanks, guys. Yes, I think I can figure out how to use the built in macro functions, but I checked out Keyboard Maestro, and that looks great - just what I need. Much appreciated. Best, Mike > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:54:34 -0800 > From: "j...@thomastudios.com"

[Finale] Instruments.txt?

Hi folks. My 2011 Macbook Pro running Fin 2010 died. I got a new hard drive and new logic board and reinstalled 2010. 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 not start the Wizard because a necessary data

Re: [Finale] Instruments.txt?

Message: 6 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 02:01:51 +0100 From: SN jef chippewa Subject: Re: [Finale] Instruments.txt? To: Message-ID: <768478932.76549.1481331712...@email.1und1.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" check that your finale

Re: [Finale] Reliable way to combine multiple files

Super unsophisticated user here, so please take this with a shaker-full of salt, but I've been working on a long composition with a piano-reduction that'll consist of 30 separate movements / .mus files. Rather than combine files in Finale, my plan is to merely delete page numbers from one set of

[Finale] Merging Documents Revisited (Robert Patterson)

> > > A few weeks ago I posed a question to the list about the best way to merge > documents. I got some interesting responses. I was ultimately unsatisfied > with the range of options available, so I decided give myself (and by > extension, everyone else) some more. > > The result of these labors

[Finale] NYC (or Philly) Recording Studio With Sound Library Recommendation?

Hope this is an appropriate query for this list group, withdrawn and apologies if not. Long story short, got permission from a publisher to turn a children's book into an opera. Writing the opera, as we all know, was the easy part. As a next step, I wanted a recording, so the publisher could

[Finale] Restore Scrolling Arrows in Fin. 2010 on MacBook Pro

Hi folks. Long story short, my 2011 MacBook Pro crashed. They installed a new hard drive and logic board, and got it back working_reasonably well. Unfortunately, somehow those right and left scrolling arrows seem to have disappeared. Went into Preferences and restored the scrolling bar, and

Re: [Finale] Instruments.txt

d indeed disappear in Finale 2012, but you still need it if you want to run 2010. Michael Dutka: if you need a copy of this file for Finale 2010, I can send you one: just let me know. Best wishes, Michael That would be_so great. Thank you so much. My e

[Finale] Bowing Plug-In?

Hi, folks. Reviewing a fairly large opera score, about 160 minutes of music, and one thing that would be phenomenally helpful is some kind of plug-in or app that would let Finale users see every up and down bow, even when they're not written in. The string players I've spoken to don't like it

Re: [Finale] . Interesting article on battle over copyright for "We Shall Overcome"

I sang with the New York Choral Society when we were the backup chorus for his Carnegie Hall concerts. Needless to say, we prepared like crazy for our first rehearsal with him. Somehow, our first song didn't go well, and we were looking around, wondering what was happening. Bob deCormier, our

[Finale] Repair Corrupted File?

Hi, folks. Running Finale 2010 on Mac OSX 10.8.5. Been working on my first full-length opera, and the Act IV Finale (no pun intended) became, for want of a better word, corrupted. When I try to play it, it takes several minutes to load. Since I'm one of those, 'try this, play it, don't like it,

Re: [Finale] Repair Corrupted File?

Repair Corrupted File? (Michael Dutka) 2. Re: Repair Corrupted File? (Robert Patterson) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 15:41:31 -0400 From: Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com> Subject: [Finale] Repair Corrupted Fil

Re: [Finale] Tuplet in 6/8

I do that all the time, I've always used the dotted eighths, and I've never had issues with musicians over that notation. FWIW. Best, Mike On Jul 5, 2017 1:00 PM, wrote: Send Finale mailing list submissions to finale@shsu.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via

Re: [Finale] Bowing Plug-in

digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Bowing Plug-In? (Michael Dutka) >2. Re: Bowing Plug-In? (David H. Bailey) >3. Re: Bowing Plug-In? (Neal Gittleman) > > > ------ > > Message: 1 &g

[Finale] Problems Printing 11 x 17

Hi, folks. Running 2010 on OSX 10.8.5 (and yes, planning to upgrade as soon as I finish my current project). Trying to print 11 x 17 scores, and but when I do, I get the error message that some of the pages don't fit the size of the paper in the printer. Pretty sure it's a Finale issues, not a

[Finale] Expression Problem

Hi, folks. Running Finale 2010 on a 2011 MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.5. Did one little thing a few days ago that's caused no end of trouble. I moved an expression (tempo) marking from the middle of a score to the front. Ever since then, I've been experiencing strange problems with the expression tool

Re: [Finale] Expression Problem

ile...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 5/9/2018 3:34 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > >> Hi, folks. Running Finale 2010 on a 2011 MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.5. >> >> Did one little thing a few days ago that's caused no end of trouble. I >> moved an expression (tempo) marking from the mid