Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest
Dunno. Have you optimized in page view BEFORE adding the staff in scroll view? That's essentially. This way Finale will not take the dummy in account for placing the MM. See my attached pict., token before the last step: move the added staff to overlap. The eighth note is moved to the right by hidden rests. BTW, which vs Finale do you use? Hans === You will excuse me for any typo's due to a visual handicap. On 17 feb 2007, at 08:47, Minke Hylarides wrote: Thank you for all your trouble in helping me out! First I tried out Hans's idea, but Finale could not understand that I wanted to have a MM rest in one stave AND stille see the other stave (MM rest = part, ergo: no other staves are to be seen) (Hans, what did I do wrong?) Outgoing mail checked by Norton Antivirus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT Acceptance of correction
From Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, p 283: ... the story of a respected elder statesman of the Zoology Department at Oxford when I was an undergraduate. For years he had passionately believed, and taught, that the Golgi Apparatus (a microscopic feature of the interior of cells) was not real: an artefact, an illusion. Every Monday morning it was the custom for the whole department to listen to a research talk by a visiting lecturer. One Monday, the visitor was an American cell biologist who presented completely convincing evidence that the Golgi Apparatus was real. At the end of the lecture, the old man strode to the front of the hall, shook the American by the hand, and said - with passion - 'My dear fellow, I wish to thank you. I have been wrong these fifteen years. We clapped our hands red. No fundamentalist would ever say that. In practice, not all scientists would. But all scientists pay lip service to it as an ideal -- Ken Moore ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest
Well yes, maybe I did not do it in that exact order; that could be the solution... But after seeing your attached picture, I realized that inserting a MM rest as a staff expression has the advantage that it allowes me to nudge it a bit to the left, so that I have enough space for the upbeat cue notes on the right. I'm on Fin2005b by the way, same as you. Thanks again, Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Hans Swinnen Verzonden: zaterdag 17 februari 2007 9:54 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest Dunno. Have you optimized in page view BEFORE adding the staff in scroll view? That's essentially. This way Finale will not take the dummy in account for placing the MM. See my attached pict., token before the last step: move the added staff to overlap. The eighth note is moved to the right by hidden rests. BTW, which vs Finale do you use? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Re: TGTools version 2.34a
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:21:16 +1100, Matthew Hindson fastmail acct [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Tobias Giesen wrote: Dear Subscribers, I would like to notify you that a new version of TGTools is available. As you know, TGTools is a comprehensive collection of plug-ins for Finale. You can get it from http://www.tgtools.com . Due to the many different Finale versions that TGTools must support, and especially due to the changes in Macintosh computers over the last years, some problems have piled up which I have now finally been able to fix. I apologize for taking so long. The update is free of course. Thanks so much again Tobias for your plugins. Between you and Robert P., you have made such a tremendous contribution to Finale and our productivity over all of these years. I agree completely. I haven't used Robert's much recently- entirely my fault for not keeping up with these things, and no doubt when I get to use them again, I'll kick myself for not having done so much earlier. These kinds of plugins pay for themselves many times over in my experience. I will have to go to Sibelius very soon (publisher reasons) but the ease of use combined with sheer power of your plugins are forcing me to thoroughly investigate how I can stick with Finale. They're that good! Ouch- is that a recent Faber requirement? David -- David Horne | www.davidhorne.net www.boosey.com/horne tel:+44(0)161-236-3126|mobile:+44(0)7922-157352 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] left hand, right hand abbreviation
On 16.02.2007 Guy Hayden wrote: I read messages for days about this issue without anyone mentioning the French abbreviations. Perhaps I should have avoided the German entirely. That, however, seemed less than helpful. In fact, when I was preparing the message for a moment I had written Roth Hande, then realized that is the brand name for some German cigarettes. Of course, I may have spelled that wrong, too. Actually, yes. The brand is Roth Händle. You can still get them without filters I believe. Perhaps a personal note offering a correction would have been more appropriate. No, actually. It needed to go to the list, because what you said was wrong, and we don't want generations of piano students to be learning the wrong translations, just because one time someone gave the wrong translations on a public forum, do we? I am truly sorry I offended you, that was definitely not my intention. ;-) Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2k7b Problem Printing PDFs
On 17.02.2007 Neal Gittleman wrote: There is a printing problem. ID = -108 Please check the printer's power and interface connections. Also check the Chooser for the correct printer selection. Wow, I thought the chooser was part of OS 9, is there one in OS X, too? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Re: TGTools version 2.34a
On 17.02.2007 Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote: I will have to go to Sibelius very soon (publisher reasons) but the ease of use combined with sheer power of your plugins are forcing me to thoroughly investigate how I can stick with Finale. They're that good! Let us know how this quest continues. I am conviced you can get the same output from Finale that you get from Sibelius. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest
You can also edit the MM rest with the Measure Tool MM Rests Edit Set the right offset to -48 or so, thus making place for one note. Cheers, Hans === On 17 feb 2007, at 11:43, Minke Hylarides wrote: Well yes, maybe I did not do it in that exact order; that could be the solution... But after seeing your attached picture, I realized that inserting a MM rest as a staff expression has the advantage that it allowes me to nudge it a bit to the left, so that I have enough space for the upbeat cue notes on the right. I'm on Fin2005b by the way, same as you. Thanks again, Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Hans Swinnen Verzonden: zaterdag 17 februari 2007 9:54 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest Dunno. Have you optimized in page view BEFORE adding the staff in scroll view? That's essentially. This way Finale will not take the dummy in account for placing the MM. See my attached pict., token before the last step: move the added staff to overlap. The eighth note is moved to the right by hidden rests. BTW, which vs Finale do you use? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Outgoing mail checked by Norton Antivirus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Re: TGTools version 2.34a
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 17.02.2007 Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote: I will have to go to Sibelius very soon (publisher reasons) but the ease of use combined with sheer power of your plugins are forcing me to thoroughly investigate how I can stick with Finale. They're that good! Let us know how this quest continues. I am conviced you can get the same output from Finale that you get from Sibelius. Johannes But the problem comes when Sibelius the corporation has convinced the publisher to make the switch to Sibelius entirely, or to at last install in-house notation software for last-minute changes which can be handled best on the spot and for which a subcontractor isn't necessary, so that submissions have to be in Sibelius format and not simply on paper ready-to-print anymore. I'll be that's where his dilemma comes from. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest
Finale is wonderful! thanks again, Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Hans Swinnen Verzonden: zaterdag 17 februari 2007 12:24 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest You can also edit the MM rest with the Measure Tool MM Rests Edit Set the right offset to -48 or so, thus making place for one note. Cheers, Hans === On 17 feb 2007, at 11:43, Minke Hylarides wrote: Well yes, maybe I did not do it in that exact order; that could be the solution... But after seeing your attached picture, I realized that inserting a MM rest as a staff expression has the advantage that it allowes me to nudge it a bit to the left, so that I have enough space for the upbeat cue notes on the right. I'm on Fin2005b by the way, same as you. Thanks again, Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Hans Swinnen Verzonden: zaterdag 17 februari 2007 9:54 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest Dunno. Have you optimized in page view BEFORE adding the staff in scroll view? That's essentially. This way Finale will not take the dummy in account for placing the MM. See my attached pict., token before the last step: move the added staff to overlap. The eighth note is moved to the right by hidden rests. BTW, which vs Finale do you use? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Outgoing mail checked by Norton Antivirus ___ 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
Re: spam [Finale] very TAN (was: musical note values in OZ?)
On Feb 16, 2007, at 11:39 PM, Bruce K H Kau wrote: And, just to make a very roundabout attempt to bring this somewhat back to music/finale, is there any kind of term for musical spam (other than muzak(tm))? Many's the time I've been mulling over a tune/arrangement in my head while walking about, only to have a PA (or some car driving by) bombard me with musical spam. I have heard this sort of thing described as something like music cooties in context with stories about a game played by professionals that do a lot of different gigs - trying to play some memorable little ditty during warmup so that it is implanted into the heads of those close around. Dick H ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest
MInke: Fantastic! I'm glad to have helped. I really thought I had given you a way too complicated fix for a problem I that I thought some one else solved brilliantly and simply, but I have had to do some very strange and work intensive things to get the appearance of some scores parts to be what was desired. What's really great about Finale is you can do these strange and complicated runarounds! (you can see a sample score on my site that has 2 conductors conducting an orchestra split in three sections with different tempos at the same time, and watch what happens to the bar lines; this was a real world solution for a client whose original score was hand copied and published by Boosey who was incorporating my revisions to the original score and parts, so I also had to try and match the copyist's hand!) The drawing tool/shape designer was a stroke of genius to include. Now, if Finale would include all the typical Publishing Protocols to Page Setup Layout options (binding creep, printer spreads, etc., like what you find in Quark or the ill-fated MusicPress) that would be MANNA from heaven. Thank you for all your trouble in helping me out! First I tried out Hans's idea, but Finale could not understand that I wanted to have a MM rest in one stave AND stille see the other stave (MM rest = part, ergo: no other staves are to be seen) (Hans, what did I do wrong?) Then David's suggestion would have worked if I did this project in Fin07. But now I would have to renumber all following measure regions, and having a lot of those, I decided to try Vern's way. And that works! Thanks Vern! And thank you all. Minke (isn't it fun to fool Finale?) -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: vrijdag 16 februari 2007 16:40 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] Cue notes starting IN multi measure rest I have a solution, but it's nasty work. I've encountered similar issues before and you have to lie to Finale and make it do things it doesn't want to do. I'm assuming that your concern here is only with the individual part, and not the score, so here goes. In m. 20 (where you want to see the cue notes) enter the rests and cue notes that you want to see (at full size). Hide the ones you don't want to see. Reduce the entries as needed (percentage tool for individual notes/rests, or mass mover tool for all). In the preceding measures (that should comprise the 20 measure MM rest, enter whole rests (depending on the meter, if it's 3/4 use dotted half, etc) and hide them. Then, using the Measure Tool, select 1-19 to have no bar lines. Select the width to extremely small (your choice). Now, go to the Expressions tool, select Staff Expression and create the 20 bar multi measure rest in the Shape Designer. (You can copy the default shape of the MM rest, which I think is Shape ID 0), or you can start from scratch using the drawing tools available. If you have ever used Freehand or Illustrator or any drawing program this should not be unbearably tedious. Be sure to include the numbers (20) over the MM rest; this should be a complete, stand alone MM rest clone so you can place it in the part and have it look authentic. One you finish, make sure that the shape is not selected to stretch or expand with the music and click it into the part somewhere near the approximate center of the 20 measure range you already modified. You'll have to play with the system layout and possibly change the width of the measures that comprise this fake MM rest (using the measure tool), but you should end up with something that looks like what they want to see. Fun, huh? Dear Colleagues! Having a new problem I can't figure out myself, I turn to you again. Is there a way to start cue notes IN a multimeasure rest? ___ 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] OT: All too real news from the Onion
Apple Hard At Work Making iPhone Obsolete CUPERTINO, CA-Only a month after the much-heralded announcement of the iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that his engineers were already working around-the-clock on the touchscreen smartphone's far-superior replacement. We looked at [the iPhone's] innovative user interface, the paradigm-shifting voicemail, the best-in-class mobile browser, and we realized we could make all that seem ridiculously outdated by the time the product becomes available to customers in June, said Jobs, who described the project as Apple reinventing the iPhone. When the second-generation iPhone comes out this fall, we want iPhone users to feel not just jealous, but downright foolish for owning such laughably primitive technology. Jobs also hinted that the second iPhone device would not be compatible with existing Mac computers, third-party peripherals, or any future Apple products. http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/apple_hard_at_work_making -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Staff List problem
I have just added two staves to an existing score and am trying to edit the staff lists to include the new staves. But the staff list dialogue box is completely unresponsive. It won't let me add anything on the score or the parts. Any ideas. Now I've made up a brand new template with the setup wizard and the same thing applies. Can't edit OR create new staff lists. This has happened to me before and I can't remember whether there's a solution or whether it just goes away. The question is, has this happened to anyone else? Finale 2007c. 17 powerbook. 1.5 megs RAM Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: All too real news from the Onion
Ah, good laugh there. However, did anyone see the patent Microsoft had for a phone? http://www.macnn.com/blogs/?p=263 Amazing. They missed it, as usual. Randolph Peters wrote: Apple Hard At Work Making iPhone Obsolete CUPERTINO, CA-Only a month after the much-heralded announcement of the iPhone, Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed that his engineers were already working around-the-clock on the touchscreen smartphone's far-superior replacement. We looked at [the iPhone's] innovative user interface, the paradigm-shifting voicemail, the best-in-class mobile browser, and we realized we could make all that seem ridiculously outdated by the time the product becomes available to customers in June, said Jobs, who described the project as Apple reinventing the iPhone. When the second-generation iPhone comes out this fall, we want iPhone users to feel not just jealous, but downright foolish for owning such laughably primitive technology. Jobs also hinted that the second iPhone device would not be compatible with existing Mac computers, third-party peripherals, or any future Apple products. http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/apple_hard_at_work_making -Randolph Peters ___ 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] Execute Shape to control tempo?!?
I've probably spent way too much time on this already, as it doesn't affect the printout, but it bugs me that I can't figure it out - so I appeal to the gurus among you for help! :) I have a piece in 6/8 - the tempo is set at the beginning to dotted quarter = 60. I do have the human playback style on and set to classical (could be my whole prob?!) In measure 9, I'd like to slow the second beat down dramatically but incrementally, so using a smart shape seems to be the perfect fit, no? To illustrate, I'll label each eighth note in the measure as E1, E2, etc. So my resulting tempo should be something like: E1=40 (dotted quarters per minute) E2=40 E3=40 E4=30 (rit. starts here) E5=20 E6=10 In the next measure I have an A Tempo expression that also sets the tempo back to dotted quarter = 60. I won't bother the list with what I've tried - because nothing has worked. Would some kind soul step me through the process - and educate the rest of us while you're at it? Thanks so much. - Bob Shuster BTW - this particular arrangement is based on PD material!!! :) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Execute Shape to control tempo?!?
Have you tried working in the view that allow the channel and mixing control on the left hand pane of the staves (I can't remember the view name, but it's not scroll and it's not mixer, and there's only one other view rather than page, so that's the one) You can use the tempo tap tool which will give you exactly the tempo variations you tap in. (Using your space bar) It's a little clumsy the first few times, but much better once you master it than any other method that I've tried thus far. There is ample documentation in the Quick Help and the full Finale help menu, to give you the basics of how to do this, and it works great! I've probably spent way too much time on this already, as it doesn't affect the printout, but it bugs me that I can't figure it out - so I appeal to the gurus among you for help! :) I have a piece in 6/8 - the tempo is set at the beginning to dotted quarter = 60. I do have the human playback style on and set to classical (could be my whole prob?!) In measure 9, I'd like to slow the second beat down dramatically but incrementally, so using a smart shape seems to be the perfect fit, no? To illustrate, I'll label each eighth note in the measure as E1, E2, etc. So my resulting tempo should be something like: E1=40 (dotted quarters per minute) E2=40 E3=40 E4=30 (rit. starts here) E5=20 E6=10 In the next measure I have an A Tempo expression that also sets the tempo back to dotted quarter = 60. I won't bother the list with what I've tried - because nothing has worked. Would some kind soul step me through the process - and educate the rest of us while you're at it? Thanks so much. - Bob Shuster BTW - this particular arrangement is based on PD material!!! :) ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Staff List problem
Here's a weird thing. I have had this problem as follows. I put the mac to sleep with Finale, Safari and Mail open..and often when I wake it up Finale quits. Of course I now make sure I save before putting it to sleep. So it just happened again and guess what.I open the file I was working on and the Staff Lists are now working fine. Go figure. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available
You can take your pick: in 2007 (original version) hyphens never disappear, even in situations where you might want them to. It is also noticeable that when syllables get close together, the hyphens are placed too far to the right. In 2007c, too many hyphens disappear. This contrasts with older versions (2005 and before), where the hyphen only disappears when the two syllables are almost touching each other. I opened a short file made in 2005b in 2007c: 9 of the 29 hyphens were no longer visible. So if you want all hyphens to show up, and can accept them being too far right, use 2007 (original). If you prefer having hyphens disappear unless you set the spacing rather wide, use 2007c. If you want hyphens to work as they did in older versions, use an older version! Michael On 17 Feb 2007, at 18:59, dc wrote: Michael Cook écrit: But the disappearing hyphens still disappear, so hyphens are still in a bad way: 2007c remains unsuitable for serious publishing with lyrics. Thanks for the info, Michael. Is it actually worse than 2007? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Staff List problem
Sounds like your problem was just Finale crashing. It happens, though a lot less than it did under System 9! When I switched to OSX I estimate my crashes went down to 5 to 10% of what they were in System 9. That's 10 to 20 TIMES less often! Most of the problems I have with Finale fall into two categories: 1) Reproducible bugs, or at least consistent behaviour that I might not like (I know that's not the same as a bug!) 2) things I've never seen before, and never see again, usually curable by quitting and restarting Finale, or possibly logging out and then back in again, or as a last resort, rebooting the computer. The much talked-about overwrite bug that seemed to get me so often was usually accompanied by odd behaviour just before it hit, like Metatool keys not working, or other keyboard commands having no effect while the menu items worked fine. I haven't seen it at all in 2006, which makes it about a year since I last saw it. Christopher On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Mike Greensill wrote: Here's a weird thing. I have had this problem as follows. I put the mac to sleep with Finale, Safari and Mail open..and often when I wake it up Finale quits. Of course I now make sure I save before putting it to sleep. So it just happened again and guess what.I open the file I was working on and the Staff Lists are now working fine. Go figure. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available
On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Michael Cook wrote: You can take your pick: in 2007 (original version) hyphens never disappear, even in situations where you might want them to. It is also noticeable that when syllables get close together, the hyphens are placed too far to the right. This seems to the same as 2006, FWIW. christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup
Hi all, F2K7c, Windows XP. The Midi setup on the Finale softsynth does not allow the dialog box to appear. When I click Softsynth settings (for any device on the list, including none), an error box says it cannot initialize softsynth playback, device in use. The Native Instruments stuff works, but I don't want to use that and have it unchecked. This happens even if Finale is the first program I run after reboot. Nothing in the droplist works, even the standard Microsoft synths or none. The regular Finale playback works fine in 2K6 and previous versions, but has never worked in any version of 2K7. Tonight I need it. Any ideas? Thanks, Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: spam [Finale] very TAN (was: musical note values in OZ?)
At 9:39 PM -1000 2/16/07, Bruce K H Kau wrote: SPAM comes from SPiced hAM. Much as we make fun of it (here in Hawai'i, too), it was a godsend for those who, during WWII, didn't really have any other major source of protein. In Hawai'i, that was just about everyone. That, according to legend, is where our taste for SPAM comes from. (Vienna sausage was also available. Although my parents gave me a lot of that, too, it fortunately did not become popular here.) Actually I rather liked it as a kid, myself, and could still go for it occasionally except that the amount of sodium makes it a no-no. And, just to make a very roundabout attempt to bring this somewhat back to music/finale, is there any kind of term for musical spam (other than muzak(tm))? Many's the time I've been mulling over a tune/arrangement in my head while walking about, only to have a PA (or some car driving by) bombard me with musical spam. A profounder question than you might think. What makes spam, spam? Is it the content? Or is it the fact that it is forced on you without your permission? I would think the latter, since if nobody liked Muzak (tm) it wouldn't be as effective on the masses as it apparently is. Just started watching the movie Marie Antoinette. The illustration of wallpaper music constantly playing in the background is quite telling, but the rock parts of the score strike me as so totally anachronistic that they really turn me off. THAT'S spam!! John -- John Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup
Dennis, IIRC the installer for 2k7 had issues. I believe if a user tried a custom install, a few things did not install...one of which was the softsynth. Did you do a custom install? Jim From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Sent: Sat 17-Feb-07 21:18 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup Hi all, F2K7c, Windows XP. The Midi setup on the Finale softsynth does not allow the dialog box to appear. When I click Softsynth settings (for any device on the list, including none), an error box says it cannot initialize softsynth playback, device in use. The Native Instruments stuff works, but I don't want to use that and have it unchecked. This happens even if Finale is the first program I run after reboot. Nothing in the droplist works, even the standard Microsoft synths or none. The regular Finale playback works fine in 2K6 and previous versions, but has never worked in any version of 2K7. Tonight I need it. Any ideas? Thanks, Dennis ___ 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
Re: [Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup
Dennis: I'm no expert, so I can't really diagnose your problem. However, I'm running 2007c on Windows XP and can report that the Softsynth settings dialog box works just as it should. No error messages here. Wade Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17/07 7:18 PM Hi all, F2K7c, Windows XP. The Midi setup on the Finale softsynth does not allow the dialog box to appear. When I click Softsynth settings (for any device on the list, including none), an error box says it cannot initialize softsynth playback, device in use. The Native Instruments stuff works, but I don't want to use that and have it unchecked. This happens even if Finale is the first program I run after reboot. Nothing in the droplist works, even the standard Microsoft synths or none. The regular Finale playback works fine in 2K6 and previous versions, but has never worked in any version of 2K7. Tonight I need it. Any ideas? Thanks, Dennis ___ 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
RE: [Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup
At 09:52 PM 2/17/2007 -0500, Williams, Jim wrote: IIRC the installer for 2k7 had issues. I believe if a user tried a custom install, a few things did not install...one of which was the softsynth. Did you do a custom install? I didn't. I just used the default for 2K7. But I'll look to see if there are any missing components in the directories. Thanks for the tip on that. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] F2K7 no standard playback setup
At 09:52 PM 2/17/2007 -0500, Williams, Jim wrote: IIRC the installer for 2k7 had issues. You were right ... it wasn't a custom install, but the soundfont was indeed missing from the component files. I dragged the one from the Finale 2006 folder and it works fine. Thanks much! Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available
This reminds me. Once when I emailed Gary, he asked about sampling me, but I never got back to him. Can this happen, hundreds of miles away? Ray Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, I hadn't thought of replacing the low E string with a low B string. If you're willing to do that for Gary, that would actually be very cool. I'll be sure to mention it to him at some point. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 16 Feb 2007, at 8:00 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I have a newly acquired bass that I have offered to let Gary record (no response on that so far - I think he's swamped with more important things). It is deeper sounding than the one included in JABB (bass sample 2) and had a low C extension on it when it was used in the Seattle Symphony some years ago. You can see the repairs where the holes for the extension are filled in on the side of the neck. My assumption is that there is enough depth in this instrument's sound to support the lower notes and, if Gary ever takes me up on my offer, I could easily put on a low B string in place of the low E, just to record the extra low range. Scordatura will be unlikely to have the same good sound, as the string would begin to sound flabby as you de-tuned it. You might get away with a whole step - but by the time you got down to C, it would problaby not sound very good without either the extra length an extension would provide, or the extra wight of a thicker string. If you want this - go ahead and bug Gary, and remind him of my offer to spend a few hours making the samples. ___ 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] Scores without barlines
Two questions: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? 2) What's the best way to deal with a score that combines sections with barlines (where you *do* want the barlines to affect music spacing) and sections without? Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
