Re: [Finale] Save library

2007-05-25 Thread Richard Huggins
How brilliantly sneaky, Christopher! --Richard On May 24, 2007, at 4:17 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: What I have done sometimes when I have two files open is to drag and drop a measure containing a certain custom line into the file that doesn't contain it. Then I clear that measure and the

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-09 Thread Richard Huggins
I root for Sibelius even though I've never used it and can't imagine using it unless a project client demands it and the project is worth learning it. Keep the heat on! Breathe down MM's neck! Get better and better. In the jungle, strong animals get old or sick. You know what happens to

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Richard Huggins
Excellent idea. An update with NO new features would demonstrate MM';s commitment to maintain leadership status and its responsiveness to its user base. Part of me wonders if the programmers wouldn't cheer an announcement in staff meeting to the effect, Folks, we're goin' bug squashing!

Re: [Finale] slurs attached to rests

2007-06-12 Thread Richard Huggins
Perfectly legit. You seem to want the player to take the note to its final millisecond, maybe also to wiggle his horn a bit after ceasing blowing, just to move the infinitesimal last waves of sound to go hurrying after their predecessors before the first audience member coughs. Something

Re: [Finale] Researchers find eight bugs in Safari for Windows

2007-06-13 Thread Richard Huggins
I dearly hope that Apple has not lost sight of (if they ever had it) the truism that you can learn from your enemies, even the most unreasonable of them. I don't think the bug finders are enemies, by the way. To be presumptively dismissive is the beginning of the kind of arrogance that

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-16 Thread Richard Huggins
Since several other solutions have been mentioned, I might as well add that this IS possible using clip files. It would not be elegant, it would not be a lot of things, but it is possible. You'd end up with a large, single Finale document and the page numbers, etc. would be correct. If it

Re: [Finale] 2008 must be on the way

2007-06-30 Thread Richard Huggins
On Jun 27, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: ...am not really happy about ... limiting my views to 3 sizes that I have to set myself. I'm surprised at that viewpoint, esp.have to set myself. What--- once? I suspect this will be a Program preference, not a Document preference.

Re: [Finale] changing duration by 200%

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Huggins
Do you mean that, say for a hairpin that covered 4 beats of one measure you now want it to stretch out to cover 8 beats of two measures? If you only need to move hairpins to new measures, I think I know a way. But explain which it is you want to do. --Richard On Jul 2, 2007, at 8:16 AM, G

Re: [Finale] changing duration by 200%

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Huggins
These are measure-attached smart shapes, so I know of no way to do what you've described automatically. Fastest way I can think of is click Mass Edit, select Items to Copy, clear everthing then choose Smart Shapes Assigned to Measures, click a measure where you've entered only the hairpin

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 now shipping

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Huggins
I just watched the Flash movie about 08's new features/improvements. I am really steaming. *I* was working on a surprise hit, Four Coins in a Fountain and now they've ruined it. --Richard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Potential bug warning

2007-07-07 Thread Richard Huggins
Dialog. Is it such a hard concept to adopt? MM seems to fear it, while Sibelius seems to grasp that in community both sides benefit. If MM does not at least monitor this and the Yahoo forum, it is stupid on a colossal scale. Not to participate is to fail to grasp that even in admitting

[Finale] Instrument Library question

2007-07-13 Thread Richard Huggins
I need some help with creating and successfully loading an instrument library. Here's the scenario so far: + I opened a piece to act as a template to create the library with. Same number of staves and same-name staves. + I opened the Instrument List and created the assignments (instruments,

Re: [Finale] Instrument Library question

2007-07-13 Thread Richard Huggins
Problem has been answered. Operator error! RH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sibelius

2007-07-18 Thread Richard Huggins
On Jul 17, 2007, at 9:43 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: ...Here's something I'm working on for another composer... Wow. Comparing this to my abilities in Finale I am reminded of a great Peanuts cartoon, where Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown are laying on a hillside observing clouds. Linus

Re: [Finale] From your friendly list owner

2007-08-08 Thread Richard Huggins
Thanks for being a voice of reason with authority backing it up. The grandest tradition of Finale is users helping users. The next- grandest, perhaps, is these same musician-users getting into spirited discussions having nothing to do with Finale but everything to do with the wonderful

[Finale] Stopping tie spillover

2007-08-16 Thread Richard Huggins
Problem: stopping a tie that is at the end of first ending from appearing at the start of the 2nd ending. I found something that worked but which is undocumented---using the Check Tie Command. I tried it and the rogue ties disappeared. Before I tried this, I removed and re-applied the source

Re: [Finale] Stopping tie spillover

2007-08-17 Thread Richard Huggins
On Aug 16, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Hmm, I just grabbed the right end with the Special Tool tie mover and dragged it over all these years. I never tried Check Ties, as I assumed that Finale didn't know how to treat a repeat with a tie. Redraw screen usually gets rid of

Re: [Finale] Stopping tie spillover

2007-08-17 Thread Richard Huggins
It appears that this command works as described but is limited in its usefulness to situations where there is NOT a tie on the last note(s) of the previous measure. If there is such a tie, invoking this command removes it. I guess I should be happy that the Check Tie command works, in my

[Finale] Patch-change volume

2007-08-29 Thread Richard Huggins
When using an expression to cause a patch change, the new patch will take on the volume set for that stave in the Instruments window. Example, writing for organ and starting out with a trumpet on the treble stave, with that stave starting out set at MIDI volume 81. Then using an expression

Re: [Finale] Darkness of non-printing items

2007-08-31 Thread Richard Huggins
My unconventional approach to this is using truly invisible, non- printing expressions! Unless it's one you *need* to see, by way of reminder or some other purpose, or something an editor needs to see, this is a useful method (in my view). Go Expressions Create, then type Option-Spacebar.

Re: [Finale] Piano notation question

2007-09-04 Thread Richard Huggins
On Sep 3, 2007, at 7:15 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: It seems ridiculously picky to notate the value of each note using voices, or layers, and I may be being overly picky even with this notation. How is this done in piano music. No one addressed this part of your question, but as for me--a

Re: [Finale] Piano notation question

2007-09-04 Thread Richard Huggins
Certainly you're right about the possibility of artistic expression of defined rhythms. We'd be in trouble if not. Even if this guy figures out how to do what he wants, I wonder what the pianist will do when he or she gets to that spot. Huh? comes to mind. Maybe if I could see it...hint

Re: [Finale] Piano notation question

2007-09-06 Thread Richard Huggins
. As for the roll, since I don't play the type literature where this device is, as one put it, ubiquitous, I'll silence my chimes, though remaining curious. --Richard On Sep 5, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:32 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: Even if this guy

[Finale] Need XML of an 08 file

2007-10-05 Thread Richard Huggins
I was sent an 08 file that I need to edit. I only have FinMac07 and there doesn't appear to be a Notepad 08. Would one of you 08'ers put this into XML for me? --Richard Huggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

[Finale] Harp question

2007-10-29 Thread Richard Huggins
If someone who knows would settle this for me, I'd appreciate it. In, for example, the key of Eb and writing a gliss starting on Bb and ending on Bb (essentially a Bb7 scale gliss), and where written descriptions are being used alongside harp diagrams (client's wishes), would the proper

Re: [Finale] Harp question

2007-10-29 Thread Richard Huggins
On 29 Oct 2007, at 4:23 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: If someone who knows would settle this for me, I'd appreciate it. In, for example, the key of Eb and writing a gliss starting on Bb and ending on Bb (essentially a Bb7 scale gliss), and where written descriptions are being used alongside harp

[Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-10-31 Thread Richard Huggins
What am I not thinking of? Solo, Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass staves, part of a grouping. There are 6 bars of rest, then only the men sing for awhile. So there are plenty of empty staves. Nothing I've tried will cause them to optimize. * made sure all whole rests were default * checked the group

Re: [Finale] Harp question

2007-10-31 Thread Richard Huggins
On Oct 29, 2007, at 8:04 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Richard said it was a scale gliss, and also that his client wanted a verbal description. I think his client is being a bit of an idiot -- if you want to be extra-clear, the way to go is to put in the first seven notes of the gliss as

Re: [Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-10-31 Thread Richard Huggins
Thanks to all for the helpful tips. The one below worked. Not seeing the results of optimization onscreen, I wouldn't have thought there was any sense in using Remove Optimization. I realize now that optimization can be in effect, just not be being allowed by an overiding attribute. RH

Re: [Finale] Refuses to optimize

2007-11-01 Thread Richard Huggins
Very sensical points. In retrospect, a highly intuitive person *might* have made the following observation in my experience, that the fact that the setting returned itself to the Allow Optimization Only If All Staves Are Empty setting, after it clearly had been changed to Allow

Re: [Finale] stem question

2007-11-01 Thread Richard Huggins
Couldn't you use stemless noteheads? If you have TG Tools select Modify... select Remove... select Stems and Rests..and you won't have to mess with stems at all. Put your notes in, remove the stems, then ente your bass sstuff. R. On Nov 1, 2007, at 5:03 PM, dc wrote: I enter figured bass

Re: [Finale] stem question

2007-11-02 Thread Richard Huggins
:37 AM, dc wrote: Richard Huggins écrit: Couldn't you use stemless noteheads? If you have TG Tools select Modify... select Remove... select Stems and Rests..and you won't have to mess with stems at all. Put your notes in, remove the stems, then ente your bass sstuff. I don't think I was clear

[Finale] Customized single tool palette

2008-01-05 Thread Richard Huggins
Would anyone else like to have the ability to create a customized, single, all-inclusive tool palette? By all-inclusive I mean any tool (s) from any palette could go on it, resulting in not only less visual clutter and less space absorbed, but greater efficiency. I'd also want to be able to

[Finale] Globally chaning one chord sym

2008-01-23 Thread Richard Huggins
I did a transposition from E minor to Eb minor. Finale converted all the C chords to B. Is there a way to globally change them to Cb? Richard FINMAC 07 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] System won't play with HP

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Huggins
I have a doc where the top system (two staves of vocal parts) will not play when HP is on. I have tried Standard and Custom and have looked for any obvious reason why. If I turn HP off (None) or if I use Spacebar-Click, they play fine. I've tried changing MIDI channels, changing patches,

Re: [Finale] System won't play with HP

2008-02-29 Thread Richard Huggins
but this, then added in the other blank systems I would need. The systems that DID play back had notes in them created by me. It seems obvious there is a relationship in effect but I'd like to better understand it. Richard On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: I have a doc where

[Finale] FinaleScript and doc options

2008-07-31 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm working with FINMAC 07 on Mac OS 10.5. I'm interested in using FinaleScript for some editing chores. I've created some with success but one that I could really use I don't seem to be able to get to work. Supposedly I can import Document Options from one document to another. If I

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript and doc options

2008-07-31 Thread Richard Huggins
After I wrote this I discovered there was a separate FS forum on MM, and it so happened that a script was given in an answer to someone else. Worked great---too cool! I didn't actually need but two sections of options. The script follows. process open docs don't process current doc import

[Finale] Phrasing/beaming

2004-06-22 Thread Richard Huggins
I am engraving some piano works where also I've been given quite a bit of latitude as regards editing-type decisions. In some situations of arpeggiated LH passages the composer sometimes has, for example, used 6 notes beamed togather (12/8 meter) or other times 3 and 3. There's no material

[Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-15 Thread Richard Huggins
I have a certain 5-measure choral section that involves the choir singing from one stave one time and another stave on the repeat. Because there is a 1st and 2nd ending, that means some measures have nothing in them. Here's diagram, which I hope retains the line breaks: | ms1 |ms2 |

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Richard Huggins
in question on the web at this link: http://richardhuggins.com/finaleex/elijah.htm I have left the rests in the unused measures, as seems to be the opinion so far. I hope the graphic clears up what I was talking about. Thanks. Richard Huggins ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Richard Huggins
From: Christopher BJ Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, on another unsolicited topic, you can force Finale to space bar 44, tenor staff, correctly. .. You method you went on to explain works great. Kewl...thanks much! Left of stack...where WAS my brain??! From: Aaron Sherber [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Finale] Swapping stave positions

2008-08-12 Thread Richard Huggins
In FINMAC 2007 I need to move a cond's score stave to another location. For example, put the Kazoo 1 and 2 stave above the Trumpet 1 stave, instead of its present location. Could someone tell me the best way to do it? Richard ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Swapping stave positions

2008-08-12 Thread Richard Huggins
That worked great---thanks much (and to Christopher too). Now if i can only convince the conductor about the kazoos R. On Aug 12, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Tue, August 12, 2008 4:53 pm, Richard Huggins wrote: In FINMAC 2007 I need to move a cond's score stave

[Finale] Best way to notate this

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Huggins
In an orchestration, I have a 3/4 measure where on beat 2 everyone has a half note with fermata. I want the snare to roll on beat 2 but not through the entire fermata. I have snare notated as q rest, q w/ roll, q note w/ fermata (i.e., roll stops on 3). Of course, there is no three,

Re: [Finale] 2006/2007 copy strangeness

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Huggins
A scratch staff is a staff just the same, and perhaps one of the MIDI channels assigned to 1-4 also is assigned to 5. Make sure 5 has its own MIDI channel. As for copying, make sure she looks at Items to Copy and de-select Performance Data. I don't know (because I've never tried it) but

Re: [Finale] Best way to notate this

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Huggins
A little explanation might be useful (or not..heh)... In a rehearsal where the part was as it currently is, the intended effect was realized, just through common sense and musicianship on the part of the drummer. I'm now cleaning up various items, changes, etc. and I noticed the

[Finale] Can't create audio file

2008-09-03 Thread Richard Huggins
What can I check as to why I'm getting the following message? Could not create the audio file (file may be in use by another application) This is FinMac 07 on Leopard. Only open App is Mail. Whether it's AIF or MP3 makes no difference. MakeMusic says '07 is, officially speaking,

RE: [Finale] advice Leopard

2008-09-12 Thread Richard Huggins
MakeMusic's position is that '08 and '09 are the only versions officially supported for Leopard, and that '07 is not supported by them for Leopard users. I use '07, mostly but not totally without problems. I am switching to 09. If you might need tech support, get 08 or 09. -Original

[Finale] Garritan Steinway Q

2008-09-24 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm upgrading to FinMac 09 but I'm also considering the Steinway add- on. My question is, can this be used by anything other than Finale, such as Garage Band and other Mac MIDI apps? -Richard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

RE: [Finale] Notating Rock/Pop Vocals

2008-10-07 Thread Richard Huggins
Christopher, you are getting really close to Prof. Harold Hill's Think System. You might ought to check for legal clearance. On Oct 7, 2008, at 4:32 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I have been thinking for a number of years of creating a sort of Einsteinian grand unified music theory that, in

[Finale] Finale and Roland voice simulator

2009-03-09 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm considering getting the Roland VP-550 or 770 vocal keyboard. One use would be to for informal orchestral-choral demos, First of all, opinions about them are welcome. But to the point, is there a way to get Finale to play a vocal stave --and only that stave-- through that unit? Or is

Re: [Finale] Finale and Roland voice simulator

2009-03-09 Thread Richard Huggins
. If anyone can give me the barebones basics on it I'd appreciate it. Richard On Mar 9, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: I'm considering getting the Roland VP-550 or 770 vocal keyboard. One use would be to for informal orchestral-choral demos, First of all, opinions about them

[Finale] Garritan on old files

2009-03-20 Thread Richard Huggins
I was excited to hear the much-improved orchestral sounds of Finale 2009. I opened an old file so I cold hear it with these sounds, but instead the old sounds were heard. How do I achieve playback using the Garritan sounds that shipped with '09? Richard FINMAC 2009

[Finale] Adding sostenuto

2009-04-29 Thread Richard Huggins
I have a piece for flute, oboe and piano. I want to add continuous data, specifically the sostenuto pedaling, so that playback is right. How do I do that? Richard FINMAC 09 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] Playback skips some notes

2009-05-07 Thread Richard Huggins
Maybe this is was what was meant in the stutters thread, but in any event my problem is Finale'09 (Mac) just omits notes at times, occasionally near-dropout (1 note out of 5). When I'm trying to evaluate some arranging decisions...well, grrr. I've tried fiddling with Custom HP, using

[Finale] Exporting graphic woe

2009-06-15 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 09 I don't do this much so apparently I'm goofing somewhere. I selected graphics tool, drag-enclosed a section of music, chose export selection, chose .tif, chose 300 dpi rez,, and saved. In Word I dragged the pic onto the page but only about half of it displayed. The box was

Re: [Finale] Exporting graphic woe

2009-06-16 Thread Richard Huggins
On Jun 16, 2009, at 7:37 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Also, I've found that selecting your area to export at 100% view is more successful than anything smaller or larger. This appears to be the Bingo! factor... I set my page % at 100% and my screen view at 100% and got a perfect export.

Re: [Finale] Exporting graphic woe

2009-06-16 Thread Richard Huggins
How so? I started with it not seeming to work, posted a query, was told the one condition where it would work, tested it, affirmed it. I don't see a contradiction, but I'm happy for one to be pointed out.. RH On Jun 16, 2009, at 9:33 AM, dc wrote: Richard Huggins écrit: This appears

[Finale] Spacing of over/under symbols

2009-07-26 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm using over/under chord symbols and want to move them farther away from the line in the middle. I haven't yet found how to do this. Richard FINMAC 09 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] stem direction question

2010-01-27 Thread Richard Huggins
If you're not otherwise bound by some editorial edict you could use tied quarter notes across the three beats. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2010, at 4:44 AM, dc den...@free.fr wrote: Say you have three voices on one staff, as in the first bars (left hand), of the Goldbergs (see link to

Re: [Finale] stem direction question

2010-01-27 Thread Richard Huggins
or acc to my way the ear result is the same. If the Goldberg or similar is a transcription, and the notes rep different instruments, that might be diff. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:02 AM, dc den...@free.fr wrote: Richard Huggins écrit: If you're not otherwise bound by some

[Finale] Loses interface link

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Huggins
Periodically I am losing the link to my interface. Speedy quits working and the icon in Mac OS Audio/MISI Setup is dimmed. The only solution I know of is to do a Restart, which can be danged inconvenient. I've tried just relaunching Finale but that doesn't work. I wonder if anyone has a

Re: [Finale] Loses interface link

2010-01-29 Thread Richard Huggins
Excellent, Christopher! The first solution (cycling the input setup) didn't work but the second one did (unplugging/replugging interface). I appreciate the tip. Richard On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:59 AM, christopher.sm...@videotron.ca christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: This happened to me

[Finale] OT Selling PDFs

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Huggins
I've engraved a collection of piano compositions for a lady and she's asked me about selling PDFs of them on the 'Net. I'm looking for suggested sites to do this. I'm aware of Kagi as a possibility; are there others? Richard ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] OT Selling PDFs

2010-02-04 Thread Richard Huggins
On Feb 4, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Who is the music by? They are original compositions by Dr. Warren M. Angell, Dean Emeritus (deceased), Warren M. Angell College of Fine Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University --Richard ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] OT Selling PDFs

2010-02-05 Thread Richard Huggins
On Feb 5, 2010, at 12:39 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: www.lulu.com Of all the print on demand publishers I tried they are the only one who will sell pdfs directly. I have some music there, too, and actually sold some, too. Not much though, but one of the items I have seems to be selling

Re: [Finale] Crediting the copyist

2010-03-30 Thread Richard Huggins
I was an editor for Word Music in the 90's and we credited the engraver on the inside title sheet. They still do, as do similar publishers. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 30, 2010, at 1:12 AM, dc den...@free.fr wrote: David W. Fenton écrit: In modern times, I don't think it's ever done for

[Finale] Lost my stems

2010-08-04 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 2007 I opened a file and all my bass clef stems are gone. Nothing I've thought of has worked, including stab-at-it things such as respelling, reengraving, changing clefs then back again, and cursing. The treble clef is fine. If I paste a bass clef measure into the treble clef the

Re: [Finale] Lost my stems

2010-08-04 Thread Richard Huggins
? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Richard Huggins huggin...@yahoo.com wrote: FINMAC 2007 I opened a file and all my bass clef stems are gone. Nothing I've thought of has worked, including stab-at-it things such as respelling, reengraving, changing clefs then back again

[Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-23 Thread Richard Huggins
I fear corruption in a file where if I make *any* edit to a measure of music, all the notes of that measure pile up on top of beat 1. Anyone have a clue or a tip? Richard Huggins ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-23 Thread Richard Huggins
I didn't mention I'm on FinMac 07 --RH On Aug 23, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: I fear corruption in a file where if I make *any* edit to a measure of music, all the notes of that measure pile up on top of beat 1. Anyone have a clue or a tip? Richard Huggins

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-24 Thread Richard Huggins
Status report: Nothing has worked once and for all. Weirdest thing I've ever seen. 1. If I select Measure Tool and any measure, and if I change Use Beat Spacing to According to Time Signature, proper spacing is returned but only until the measure is touched again with Speedy or Simple, or

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-24 Thread Richard Huggins
On Aug 24, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: That should have been http://www.richardhuggins.com/finale/we_gather.mus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-25 Thread Richard Huggins
- Music Spacing - Spacing Widths. The file is set to use a spacing width table, but the spacing width table is empty. Either load a spacing width table from the libraries, or set the option use these values in the Spacing Widths dialog. Michael On 25 Aug 2010, at 05:14, Richard Huggins wrote

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-25 Thread Richard Huggins
It seems that both copies of the file ---the original misbehaving one and the new one created by pasting into a fresh document--- are working well now. I haven't been able to get the orig. to stack beat 1 anymore. I want to thank everybody who made suggestion,/ who downloaded my file and

[Finale] Wanting a sequential code for printouts

2010-09-07 Thread Richard Huggins
This comes under nothing asked, nothing discovered heh heh. Except I hardly know how to ask it. On the Mac...I'm wondering if there's some way to cause a unique number (or alpha-numerical) to print on printouts of my choosing (in other words, defeatable) that would help me keep various

[Finale] Positioning

2010-10-14 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 09 I'm in a conductor''s score and can;t get tempo alterations to go where I click them. They appear at the top of the page. I've checked all the settings I can think of. What do I have to do to be able to put arit in, say, the violin part? RH

[Finale] (OT) ProTools

2010-11-21 Thread Richard Huggins
I had an arrangement recorded by a group that laid down tracks prior to the session where I was present. I noticed that the engineer was using PT. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Addng audio file

2011-03-26 Thread Richard Huggins
using FINMAC 2010 I have a Roland VP-550 ---voice synthesizer keyboard. When you sing into a mic connected to it, it sings back--in real time-- as a choir, words and all. I want to use it to record the choral parts of choral arrangements I have written, in some cases with just piano,

Re: [Finale] notation for synthesizer

2011-04-04 Thread Richard Huggins
In my view, a part is a part. What does it matter that it's a synth part. I'd give it a stave and go, The other musicians join in from their scores and off you go. Is there a more specific concern you had in mind? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Eric Dentremont

Re: [Finale] [OT] keyboard and mouse dying / suggestions for new devices?

2011-04-06 Thread Richard Huggins
i vote for MacAlly kb... wonderful feel .. for mouse I vote for the Kensington turbo trackball- very programmable and smooth movement Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:31 AM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: (currently using a macbook pro) my devices seem to

Re: [Finale] OT--low f's for altos?

2011-05-13 Thread Richard Huggins
I think it depends on your market, but for a commercial product I would supply an alternate note if available. Sent from my iPhone On May 12, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Aaron Rabushka arabus...@austin.rr.com wrote: OK--as long as we're OT, does anyone have any information about low f's for choral

[Finale] Playing stave 2nd time only

2011-06-06 Thread Richard Huggins
Playback question. Consider: a 5-measure passage with repeats and where you want the top staff to sound only on the repeat. Is there any way in FInale that can be done? Richard ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Playing stave 2nd time only

2011-06-07 Thread Richard Huggins
to 0 That didnt work. ALso, in the lower portin of the Playback dialog box there is a play only on pass __ I put 2 but it didn't change. RH On Jun 6, 2011, at 12:05 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: On 6/6/2011 12:03 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: Playback question. Consider: a 5-measure passage

[Finale] renumbering staffs

2011-10-05 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 2010 I can't find how to renumber staff systems, so that I can get a wayward score back to 1,2,3,4 etc. order, starting at the top. Can it be done? RH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] renumbering staffs

2011-10-05 Thread Richard Huggins
Maybe I wasn't clear about what I wanted to do (renumber the staffs from top to bottom, 1-2-3, etc)...they had been the residue of a larger number of staffs, since deleted, After asking my q, I experimented with an easier way...I used Staff Usage. I selected that from the menu,

Re: [Finale] Harp question

2011-10-05 Thread Richard Huggins
Could you show an example? I looked in Harp Scoring (by Stanley Chaloupka, $8.95, bought through Lyon Healy http://www.lyonhealy.com/?gclid=CJymptnT0qsCFQteTAodr0bcWw and didn't see (or overlooked) this marking. RH On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:31 AM, Pierre Bailleul wrote: Hi all, Do you know

[Finale] Quits playing bass clef

2011-10-27 Thread Richard Huggins
FINALE 12 FOR MAC Just got 2012 downloaded and imported a simple arr. of a hymn from 2010 to give it a preliminary run. I have not read any of the docs on 2012 changes, nor do I have any familiarity with 2011. Those things being said, the problem I am having is that i have the String

Re: [Finale] Quits playing bass clef

2011-10-27 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 2012 Thank you, Jeri, but there is no staff style applied. I don't fully understand Score Manager yet so I didn't have any change from that either. I tried copying the problem area to my CLipboard and inserting it into a new document. Setup Wizard handled everything perfectly and

Re: [Finale] Quits playing bass clef

2011-10-27 Thread Richard Huggins
I did that wrong trying to make a direct download...sorry...I'm to tired to do it right (haha) soo write me privatey or publicly and I'll send it to you. Again, sorry for screwing up the download idea. RH O ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Quits playing bass clef

2011-10-27 Thread Richard Huggins
I can't imagine that I would have figured that out on my own!J jeri, thanks very much for taking the time to be so analytical. RH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Mixdown

2011-10-31 Thread Richard Huggins
FINMAC 12 I wan't to take baby steps to the next level of mixing down a Finale piece. I hear these examples of lifelike orchestral writing, or pop writing, and wonder how these guys and gals do the finesse mixes of their pieces. What are some tips about creating a well-finessed mixdown of

Re: [Finale] Mixdown

2011-11-01 Thread Richard Huggins
Thanks for the excellent discourse. I equally appreciated Christopher's expansive thoughts and Nigel's concise ones. More thoughts are welcome if anybody has any. Learning the technology is not the whole battle, of course, but I'm looking forward to working with Logic. I still marvel at

[Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Huggins
Finalle 2012 Mac For all the new stuff they do sure wish MM would improve lots of existing things, one of them being CLick Assignment and esp Option- Click (Mac) where all the words go in at once. When they blow right past slurs and put a word there anyway, it's frustrating to ffix

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Huggins
Haroldo, I never thot of extra spaces. I tried it and by gum it works. On the Mac, Option-SPacebar inserts a forced space. So, EX: Be-hold the rose, where hold spans three notes, would be entered hold (os) (os) the Rose. Note it's a common space (no Option held down) then Option-Space etc.

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-02 Thread Richard Huggins
typing the lyrics and abandoning CLick Assignment? RH On Dec 2, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: Haroldo, I never thot of extra spaces. I tried it and by gum it works. On the Mac, Option-SPacebar inserts a forced space. So, EX: Be-hold the rose, where hold spans three notes, would

[Finale] Multi-button input device

2012-04-10 Thread Richard Huggins
I recall (a few years ago) seeing a multi-button input device, something like 60 buttons or so. They were programmable, leading me to think how useful they would be for calling up tools and various other items in Finale. First, has anyone seen something like that, and second, would I be wrong

Re: [Finale] Multi-button input device

2012-04-10 Thread Richard Huggins
On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:50 PM, John Blane wrote: I think this is what you're remembering. http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys/xkpro.php That's it, John! Looks fairly straightforward to me, but maybe there's something I'm not thinking about, like perhaps something that Finale wold have to

Re: [Finale] Is FINALE worth continuing?

2012-04-18 Thread Richard Huggins
by Facebook so some administrative work is needed on my end. It shows 2 members because of the way they handled membership during the migration. Thee are more than two. http://www.facebook.com/groups/33569661699/ Richard Huggins ___ Finale mailing list

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