Hi Chris, I don't believe you can drop the Aria player from Finale 2012 if you still want playback. And Giz could easily get a portable bus-powered HD.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 14 Oct 2011, at 12:17 PM, <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: > I hear you, I have a 6 year old laptop that I am trying to make survive for > another year. No use replacing the HD in such an old machine, an external > drive defeats the convenience of portability, and space is at a premium. > > Drop the Garritan and Aria Player. The Garritan sounds are heavy and will > free up plenty of room, especially if all you need is another year and can > deal with General MIDI playback. > > I got rid of all my unused printer definitions too and saved a bunch of space > on my laptop, but discovered that I lost the ability to plug into a guest > printer, so I reinstalled them. (I am on a Mac.) > > Christopher > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Giz Bowe <girard.b...@verizon.net> > Date: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:49 am > Subject: [Finale] Finale 2012 - space hog > To: finale@shsu.edu > >> I'm trying to make room on my hard drive until such time as I >> can >> upgrade my computer - probably next year. I was curious what >> Finale >> things I can delete and still be able to hear some sort of >> playback. >> I don't configure any of my music for realistic playback - I use >> playback mainly as an aural spellcheck. >> >> So what can safely go?: Garritan instruments? Aria player? >> >> Thanks for any help - bear in mind I am pretty ignorant >> concerning >> MIDI & sound issues, if you hadn't already figured that out! >> >> Giz Bowe >> Richmond VA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
