[Finale] Playback question
Using FinWin2k4, when I use playback in anything with a Latin beat, it gets to the last measure and slows to a crawl. Any idea why? ANy clue how to make it stop? Thanks! Carl -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/dershem/# http://members.cox.net/dershem ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)
On May 10, 2007, at 6:38 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: And then there's the line in the final scene in which Porgy shouts "Bring my goat!" and just a moment later, the stage direction reads: (Mingo leads goat and cart over, Porgy holds up arms and is helped into cart) I stand corrected! The consolation for making a fool statement is that at least one learns something new in the process. To Les and Aaron: thanks for educating me on this. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)
Welll.. Except for the actual 1935 libretto's direction just before Porgy's initial entrance: (Scipio opens one side of iron gate. Porgy enters in goat cart; crowd greets him.) And then there's the line in the final scene in which Porgy shouts "Bring my goat!" and just a moment later, the stage direction reads: (Mingo leads goat and cart over, Porgy holds up arms and is helped into cart) .just before Porgy sings "I'm on my way." Best, Les Les Marsden Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ah, Paradise!!! http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html - Original Message - From: Mark D Lew To: Finale-List 3 Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto suggests an actual goat pulling it. Porgy propels himself with his strong arms. Meyerbeer's _Dinorah_, on the other hand, does feature a goat that is central to the story and appears prominently on stage ... but that opera, in spite of the one famous coloratura aria, is hardly produced anymore. mdl ___ 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] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)
Toward the end of the show when Porgy finds out that Bess is gone and is determined to go after her he says rather loudly (at least in the version they did in Bloomington) "Bring my goat!" And in the Bloomignton production for which I was on the stage crew there was a real goat. Dinorah is a new one on me. Then again, most of the Meyerbeer I know is in excerpts. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale-List 3" Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?) > > On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: > > > "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? > > Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto > suggests an actual goat pulling it. Porgy propels himself with his > strong arms. > > Meyerbeer's _Dinorah_, on the other hand, does feature a goat that is > central to the story and appears prominently on stage ... but that > opera, in spite of the one famous coloratura aria, is hardly produced > anymore. > > mdl > ___ > 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] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)
On May 10, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: "Porgy and Bess," by some chance? Porgy rides around in a goat-cart, but nothing in the libretto suggests an actual goat pulling it. Porgy propels himself with his strong arms. Meyerbeer's _Dinorah_, on the other hand, does feature a goat that is central to the story and appears prominently on stage ... but that opera, in spite of the one famous coloratura aria, is hardly produced anymore. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?
"Porgy and Bess," by some chance? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake? > > > In a message dated 10/05/2007 02:14:29 GMT Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >(like the time I went to The Bartered Bride in > >Bloomington and my companion thrilled to the real chickens on stage). > > > Reminds of the time I played a gig which called a goat on stage. I was > appalled to find that it was paid more than I was (and I didn't c*** on the > stage, which is more than can be said for the goat). > > Cheers, > > Lawrence > > > lawrenceyates.co.uk > > > > > ___ > 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] playback issue
Andrew Stiller wrote: FinMac 2K7a. I have a piece for four recorders, which I got from someone else who uses an earlier version of Finale. After updating, the instrument window shows the following choice of instruments: Recorder, Instrument 2, Instrument 3, and Instrument 4. All are assigned to different channels, and each is assigned the sound GM 75--recorder. However, on playback only Instrument 4 plays back with an appropriate sound. All the others play back with a grand piano sound. I have done much experimenting (changing channel numbers, assigning related timbres [such as panpipes], etc.) but nothing works. All four parts, apparently, must be assigned to Instrument 4 and nothing else. That would be OK if I could only send the individual parts to different channels, but I can't. What's going on here, and what should I do about it? I would look for expressions defined for playback, which may have been defined as patch change, all set to patch 1. Whoever you got the file from may have simply copied an existing expression and then edited it for something new. I'd suggest looking in the first measure, since the sounds start from the beginning. Alternatively, possibly go into the Playback Options, More Options and be sure to UNcheck the box labeled Play Recorded Data. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)
On May 10, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Randolph Peters wrote: I thought the list might get a kick out of John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960): http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/john_cage_on_a_.html I suspect what got him on the show was that he had previously appeared as a contestant on an Italian quiz show and cleaned up in the category "mushrooms." Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] playback issue
FinMac 2K7a. I have a piece for four recorders, which I got from someone else who uses an earlier version of Finale. After updating, the instrument window shows the following choice of instruments: Recorder, Instrument 2, Instrument 3, and Instrument 4. All are assigned to different channels, and each is assigned the sound GM 75--recorder. However, on playback only Instrument 4 plays back with an appropriate sound. All the others play back with a grand piano sound. I have done much experimenting (changing channel numbers, assigning related timbres [such as panpipes], etc.) but nothing works. All four parts, apparently, must be assigned to Instrument 4 and nothing else. That would be OK if I could only send the individual parts to different channels, but I can't. What's going on here, and what should I do about it? Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)
I thought the list might get a kick out of John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960): http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/john_cage_on_a_.html -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?
At 10:46 PM -0400 5/9/07, David W. Fenton wrote: On 9 May 2007 at 22:29, John Howell wrote: Kodály had it right when he said, "Only the best musicians should be PERMITTED to teach children." Many people confuse "the best musicians" with "the best performers," the determiment of the students involved. That's a very wise observation, David. Every time we have had finalists for a faculty position in music on campus, it seems that what everyone is most interested in is their performance audition. Not that that doesn't also reveal a lot more about musicianship and all sorts of things, but our JOB is to teach students. Role modeling by playing at a high level IS part of that, but only part, especially when it comes to voice teachers. 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] Smart Hyphens Bug
On 10.05.2007 dhbailey wrote: Why should we be able to have auto-update-layout turned on so that we don't have to update it, but have to remember (I didn't even know this was a necessity) to manually update the hyphens? They should update automatically. Actually, to be fair, that is possible, only the option is hidden away at a strange place... 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] Permission to arrange
John Howell wrote: > Is this the list on which there was a discussion on making a jazz > arrangement of Copland's "Fanfare" led to questions about whether > marching band arrangements are made with permission of the copyright > owners? If not, my apologies. Nobody ever changes the subject lines > even when the subject wanders far afield, and I can't fine the messages > I thought I saved. > > Anyhow, I asked our faculty composer who for many years did write the > arrangements for our marching band, although he no longer does. And > yes, he applied for permission for every single arrangement over all > those years, to protect himself and the university. He says you > generally get one of four responses, once the form gets to the > publisher's permissions person. (1) Permission with no payment > required; (2) permission with a small administrative fee charged, maybe > up to $50; (3) permission based on an outrageous demand for payment of > $1000 or more, which amounts to refusal of permission in most instances; > (4) outright refusal of permission. I believe that would be pretty much standard. I marched at UCONN for 7 years and we had a specific band arranger person, he could only do numbers for which he got permission. I think his greatest arrangement was of a Copland? piece that had a section with mixed rhythm (3/4 against 2/2 or maybe 4/4) and he had the band in 2 sections on the field marching to the different rhythms. You might imagine that took a while to work out ;-) Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?
At 5/9/2007 02:57 PM, Randolph Peters wrote: >For the fun of it, I gave the quiz to my 15 year old. He is a serious >violinist, but is not that familiar with electronic instruments. He >got it right as well. I was curious as to what gave it away for him >and he said the attacks of each note, especially in the strings, was >too uniform. He said a good phrase would have more variety and >direction in each note. > >I thought that was an interesting take and not the first thing I >would have noticed. I guess we focus on the things that we are >trained to notice. Right. I noticed that the clarinet attacks sounded fake, right away. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Smart Hyphens Bug
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 10.05.2007 dc wrote: But don't forget that with smart hyphens on you have to "update" them (Edit menu) for them to appear (at least some of them). Ah. That explains that. Now I see all the hyphens. They are not exactly smart, though, if I have to update them manually, are they? Johannes The other question that raises in my mind is why there isn't some master-switch which auto-updates *everything* in Finale which is updatable. Why should we be able to have auto-update-layout turned on so that we don't have to update it, but have to remember (I didn't even know this was a necessity) to manually update the hyphens? They should update automatically. ctrl-u should update everything, not just the layout, especially since other things can affect how we feel about the layout. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Sound reinforcement (was Can you spot the fake?)
Raymond Horton wrote: [snip]> Once, many years ago, a rock sound guy (perhaps not the tightest cable tie in the bunch, if you get my drift) was setting up mics for a pops concert of ours. I mentioned to him how we had a problem at the rehearsal getting a solo heard. He said to me, missing the point of what I had just said: "That's the great thing about a symphony job. You just put up a bunch of mics, turn 'em on, and it sounds like a symphony!" How can you argue with logic like that? He didn't grow up to be president, did he? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Permission to arrange
Hi, John -- that was the Sibelius list where that discussion took place, but that link is certainly helpful on this list as well. Thank you. David H. Bailey John Howell wrote: Is this the list on which there was a discussion on making a jazz arrangement of Copland's "Fanfare" led to questions about whether marching band arrangements are made with permission of the copyright owners? If not, my apologies. Nobody ever changes the subject lines even when the subject wanders far afield, and I can't fine the messages I thought I saved. Anyhow, I asked our faculty composer who for many years did write the arrangements for our marching band, although he no longer does. And yes, he applied for permission for every single arrangement over all those years, to protect himself and the university. He says you generally get one of four responses, once the form gets to the publisher's permissions person. (1) Permission with no payment required; (2) permission with a small administrative fee charged, maybe up to $50; (3) permission based on an outrageous demand for payment of $1000 or more, which amounts to refusal of permission in most instances; (4) outright refusal of permission. The form which I mentioned having seen is here in the Music Publishers' Association website: http://www.mpa.org/copyright/pta.html (I tried to double check it, but my internet connection has been very flaky the last couple of days.) John -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Smart Hyphens Bug
On 10.05.2007 dc wrote: But don't forget that with smart hyphens on you have to "update" them (Edit menu) for them to appear (at least some of them). Ah. That explains that. Now I see all the hyphens. They are not exactly smart, though, if I have to update them manually, are they? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
