Re: [Finale] Converting Midi Files to Wav files to be burned on audio cds.
Thanks David! I will give your suggestion a try. I am running Windows XP on a Sony Vaio by the way. Look forward to communicating with you more in the future. What applications do you use Finale for? Are you a composer? Teacher? Orchestra player? Band member?"David W. Fenton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26 Apr 2006 at 10:07, Arthur Craig wrote: I learned of this group at a conference MusiCalifornia, last week. I am so excited to participate! Is there a way to convert midi files to wav files and then burn them on an audio cd? I have Finale 2000? Has anyone done this, and if so could you please send me a step by step procedure. Many thanks.Later versions of Finale can save to WAV file directly, but not 2K.You don't say if you are Mac or Windows, but on Windows, I use an inexpensive program called Midi2Wav, which plays a MIDI file back through whatever onboard synthesizer you choose, and captures the output to a WAV file. Other programs can capture the audio output, but a program that coordinates the starting and ending of the MIDI file is helpful so you don't have to edit the resulting WAV file.I've used Midi2Wav for years, originally on my Win95 PC. The latest version has one annoying feature, which is that if you don't put some silence at the end of your MIDI file, you get a bad pop right on the termination of the WAV file. This may actually be due to a problem with my system and the audio drivers, but the solution I've used is to put a MIDI event in an otherwise empty measure at the end of my MIDI files. It's kind of annoying, but an easy workaround. For a $20 program, it's not too much of a problem.There are probably better programs that others can recommend, but the process is basically the same -- you need something that can capture the audio output and write it to a WAV file.-- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.comDavid Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/___Finale mailing listFinale@shsu.eduhttp://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale: Sharp and crisp PDFs.
At 05:51 PM 4/26/06 +0200, Barbara Touburg wrote: Dennis, you take the words right out of my mouth! I was ready to cheer, but no, alas.. I'll try the graphics tool. QA with Customer Support. How it has always been. Submission Date: 4/26/2006 12:38:44 PM (Central Standard Time) Submitter: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Hi, Finale 2006c. Compile Poscript finally works properly in Finale 2006, which I just learned from the Finale listserv. Thank you. However, all my scores are done in a folio format of 9.25437 x 12.16667. The droplist does not include a custom page size, and entering the figures into the height/width boxes has no effect of customizing the compilation. It defaults to whatever size is selected on the droplist (it works with all the sizes on the droplist). Everything is correctly pre-set in the page size and printer settings (the latter set to the special size saved in my Postscript driver profile). This looks like a bug, and now that Compile Postscript finally works (I've been waiting since Finale 2.1!) and produces nice, legible and compact files, I'd like it to work on the size paper I use! (By the way, the EPS function from the graphics menu *does* respect the size.) Many thanks, Dennis Submission Date: 4/27/2006 2:04:05 PM (Central Standard Time) Submitter: Customer Support Agent There is not a custom option in the Compile PostScript Listing dialog box. It will only save using the page sizes available in the dropdown. This is actually how it has always been and is not new to Finale 2006. You may have to export the document as EPS and then convert to PS using a third-party program. I believe that there are several free converters online that you could use. Just search for EPS to PS. I will also submit a feature request that you would like to have the ability to select a custom page size in future versions. Sincerely, Ryan Senior Customer Support Representative ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] FinaleScript Booklet
John,You should stick with your tried and trusted 'long winded' method like I have.You would have already saved yourself time. I was pulled up for suggesting this only a few digests back - but there you go, each to his own method!Finalescript - not that simple is it really guys? Jonathan Thanks Johannes and Dennis. I've got the page size and orientation OK, but it still prints on one side only. I have tried with the printer layout set to duplex off, and to short-edged binding. Same result both ways. John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Key Change Weirdness
At 03:54 PM 4/27/2006, Jacki Barineau wrote: I'm working on a song that has a key change right where a forward repeat needs to also be displayed. It looks like it's putting in an extra bar line for some reason. Is there a way to make this not do this?!! I've put a snapshot up on my site for you to see what I mean: http://www.ourlittleplace.com/images/snapshot.jpg What you show here is correct practice. See, for example, Gardner Read, Music Notation, p. 227. Read points out that while repeat signs often coincide with bar lines, they are not *actually* bar lines. He says: When a change of meter or key signature comes at the beginning of a section to be repeated, the change is indicated on the staff *before* the position of the first repeat bar. And he gives an example very much like yours, except that the bar line before the key change is a double bar line. Now, if you really want to get rid of that bar line, just select the Measure tool, double-click the measure before the key change, and set the right bar line to 'Invisible'. But I think you'll find that that looks wrong. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet
On 27.04.2006 Jonathan Smith wrote: You should stick with your tried and trusted 'long winded' method like I have. You would have already saved yourself time. I was pulled up for suggesting this only a few digests back - but there you go, each to his own method! Finalescript - not that simple is it really guys? That's just like saying, you can save time by not programming a macro which will, once you got to work, save you more time than the time you would have saved. You were not pulled up for suggesting this, only the question at the time was how do you do it in Finalescript and you replied don't use it, which didn't answer the question. You are now doing exactly the same again. If John can solve the problems he is having with Finalescript, he might be able to save a lot of time in the future. Of course, he could instead just save the time on finding the solution, but then he will waste a lot more time in the future. Unfortunately I do not know the answer to John's problem. But I am sure if it can be solved, John could save at least 10 seconds on every booklet he will ever print in the future. Which, if he prints as many as I do, will be a lot of life time. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] The missing zero; WinFin 2004b
To the wisdom of the list, I am doing a classical guitar part - one staff with notes, rests, bar lines, numbers, numbers in circles, etc. You can sense I know nothing about classical guitar notation practice. The composer has carefully marked the numbers and numbers in circles.I just enter what I see. Oh, yes, I do know that numbers go beside noteheads, numbers in circles go off the ends of stems. The Arial Narrow, 8 point, works perfectly for numbers in spaces between noteheads, which are tight much of the time. The problem is Arial has no number zero. Numbers in circles are not a problem. Is there another narrow sans serif font in the Windows world with a zero which is a good match for Arial Narrow that I can enter in 8 pt.? The upper or lower case letter o will not do, and I have not the ability to build what I need from scratch, even though the zero is a rather simple geometric form. I will be deeply indebted if you can provide a solution. Ken ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The missing zero; WinFin 2004b
D. Keneth Fowler wrote: The Arial Narrow, 8 point, works perfectly for numbers in spaces between noteheads, which are tight much of the time. The problem is Arial has no number zero. So, if you open a text box, and type the 0 from the keyboard, what displays in the text box? I will be deeply indebted if you can provide a solution. What about an uppercase O; in Arial Narrow, would this look enough like a 0 to be usable, in a context where it would not be likely to be misinterpreted as an O, anyway? ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinaleScript Booklet
On 27 Apr 2006, at 22:58, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 27.04.2006 Jonathan Smith wrote: You should stick with your tried and trusted 'long winded' method like I have. You would have already saved yourself time. I was pulled up for suggesting this only a few digests back - but there you go, each to his own method! Finalescript - not that simple is it really guys? That's just like saying, you can save time by not programming a macro which will, once you got to work, save you more time than the time you would have saved. You were not pulled up for suggesting this, only the question at the time was how do you do it in Finalescript and you replied don't use it, which didn't answer the question. You are now doing exactly the same again. If John can solve the problems he is having with Finalescript, he might be able to save a lot of time in the future. Of course, he could instead just save the time on finding the solution, but then he will waste a lot more time in the future. In this particular instance, it would seem that Finalescript doesn't work for me. I can only assume that my printer is in some way incompatible with the script. It does everything right except that it doesn't print double-sided. I don't resent the time I've spent trying to get it to work, but in the meantime I will, as Jonathan suggests, stick with the old method. My printer is a Minolta/QMS PagePro 9100 with Duplex. John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The missing zero; WinFin 2004b
At 07:01 PM 4/27/2006, D. Keneth Fowler wrote: The Arial Narrow, 8 point, works perfectly for numbers in spaces between noteheads, which are tight much of the time. The problem is Arial has no number zero. You must have a defective copy of the font file. Arial Narrow certainly does have a zero. (What font designer would make a font without one?) I've just verified this in several apps -- including WinFin2004b. Try reinstalling the font from your Windows CD. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Key Change Weirdness
On Apr 27, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: What you show here is correct practice. See, for example, Gardner Read, Music Notation, p. 227. Read points out that while repeat signs often coincide with bar lines, they are not *actually* bar lines. He says: When a change of meter or key signature comes at the beginning of a section to be repeated, the change is indicated on the staff *before* the position of the first repeat bar. And he gives an example very much like yours, except that the bar line before the key change is a double bar line. Thanks a bunch! That's what I needed to know - I'll leave it correct then :) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Playback of Chords
Hi, Everyone - Is there some way to tell Finale NOT to play back the chords that are entered above a staff line? I need to hear the song without the chords Finale is trying to play :) Thanks! Jacki ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Playback of Chords
Jacki Barineau wrote: Hi, Everyone - Is there some way to tell Finale NOT to play back the chords that are entered above a staff line? I need to hear the song without the chords Finale is trying to play :) Thanks! Jacki Under the Chords pull-down menu, the last item is Enable chord playback. Un-check that, and it should go away. cd -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/dershem/# ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Playback of Chords
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: Under the Chords pull-down menu, the last item is Enable chord playback. Un-check that, and it should go away. THANK you! I really appreciate it! Jacki ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
