Re: [Finale] Is this a bug? (Fin08 WinXP)
toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Enter a single note in speedy, switch to a different open running program window (alt-tab or click on different window), switch back to Finale, enter the next single note in the measure, it creates two notes (a chord instead of just the single note you enter) comprised of the note you just entered and the previous note. I just tried the steps as you described them, and find I do not get the behavior you must described. When I c enter the second single note, I get a melodic interval, not a harmonic one. What version of Finale, and what platform are you using? ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Is this a bug? (Fin08 WinXP)
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > toronado...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Enter a single note in speedy, switch to a different open running program >> window (alt-tab or click on different window), switch back to Finale, >> enter >> the next single note in the measure, it creates two notes (a chord instead >> of just the single note you enter) comprised of the note you just entered >> and the previous note. >> > > I just tried the steps as you described them, and find I do not get the > behavior you must described. When I c enter the second single note, I get a > melodic interval, not a harmonic one. What version of Finale, and what > platform are you using? > Finale 2008a, Windows XP Home ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Is this a bug? (Fin08 WinXP)
toronado...@gmail.com wrote: Finale 2008a, Windows XP Home Sorry, you had it in the subject line, and for some reason I missed it. I'm not sure why this is happening. As long as I've been using Finale, the default behavior has been to advance the cursor to the next position after entering a note or chord on a beat in Speedy entry. In the interest of full disclosure, I should also note that while I own 2k8, I do not presently have it installed, though I did check the behavior of both later (2k9) and earlier (2k3) versions. Some followups to your original question: Enter a single note in speedy, switch to a different open running program window (alt-tab or click on different window), switch back to Finale, enter the next single note in the measure, it creates two notes (a chord instead of just the single note you enter) comprised of the note you just entered and the previous note. How are you entering the notes,using the computer keyboard, or a MIDI device? Also, what is the position of the speedy entry cursor at the point at which you move to the other window, is it on the note you just entered, or on the note you are ready to enter? I use a MIDI device. When I enter a note in speedy, the cursor advances to the next position as soon as I've entered the note. Now, if the cursor is on a note I've entered, and I switch to another window, and back to Finale, the cursor is where I left it. Same if I have the cursor waiting at the next available position: if I switch to another window, and back to Finale, the cursor is in the same position. I do not think that what you are seeing is a bug; rather I suspect that there is some obscure checkbox in a little noted corner of a dialog box which has had a check added or removed without your recognizing it. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] FinWin 2010 startup freeze [Vista SP2]
Have just submitted following to Finale support: Re: Finale 2010 on Windows Vista (Home Premium) SP2, Intel Core 2 Duo 3.16Ghz, 4Gb DDR RAM: The program has worked well for the last month. Finale 2010 today opens and freezes in a greyed-out minimised window that is partially off-screen. It cannot be moved or activated - it is 'dead' - the only way to close it is through Ctrl+Alt+Del/Close program. Have re-booted and restarted program - to no avail. My only thought is the last batch of Windows Vista automatic updates (in the last few days - i.e. to Vista SP2 etc) is the culprit??? Anyone had a similar experience? Any thoughts? Rod ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinWin 2010 startup freeze [Vista SP2]
Rodney Waterman wrote: Have just submitted following to Finale support: Re: Finale 2010 on Windows Vista (Home Premium) SP2, Intel Core 2 Duo 3.16Ghz, 4Gb DDR RAM: The program has worked well for the last month. Finale 2010 today opens and freezes in a greyed-out minimised window that is partially off-screen. It cannot be moved or activated - it is 'dead' - the only way to close it is through Ctrl+Alt+Del/Close program. Have re-booted and restarted program - to no avail. My only thought is the last batch of Windows Vista automatic updates (in the last few days - i.e. to Vista SP2 etc) is the culprit??? Anyone had a similar experience? Any thoughts? Rod ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Your specs are very close to my specs, except that I'm running Vista Home Premium 64bit and I've got no problem opening Finale even though I've got SP2 installed. Must be something else. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinWin 2010 startup freeze [Vista SP2]
Rodney, Have you tried deleting the preference file? Corrupted preferences can cause problems like this. Chuck Sent from my iPhone On Aug 16, 2009, at 6:29 AM, dhbailey > wrote: Rodney Waterman wrote: Have just submitted following to Finale support: Re: Finale 2010 on Windows Vista (Home Premium) SP2, Intel Core 2 Duo 3.16Ghz, 4Gb DDR RAM: The program has worked well for the last month. Finale 2010 today opens and freezes in a greyed-out minimised window that is partially off-screen. It cannot be moved or activated - it is 'dead' - the only way to close it is through Ctrl+Alt+Del/Close program. Have re-booted and restarted program - to no avail. My only thought is the last batch of Windows Vista automatic updates (in the last few days - i.e. to Vista SP2 etc) is the culprit??? Anyone had a similar experience? Any thoughts? Rod ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Your specs are very close to my specs, except that I'm running Vista Home Premium 64bit and I've got no problem opening Finale even though I've got SP2 installed. Must be something else. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ 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] FinWin 2010 startup freeze [Vista SP2]
On 16 Aug 2009 at 7:24, Chuck Israels wrote: > Have you tried deleting the preference file? Corrupted preferences > can cause problems like this. That's advice frequently given to Mac users, Chuck, but so far as I'm aware, it doesn't at all apply to Windows. I don't have a recent version of Finale, but all versions that I have ever owned store the "preferences" in an INI file, which is plain text. This can't get corrupted. Perhaps later versions of Finale are more consistent with Windows practices and use the registry, but the registry doesn't get corrupted, either. It can get incorrect values, but I've not seen a corrupt registry since the very early days of Windows 95. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinWin 2010 startup freeze [Vista SP2]
Dear David, Thanks for the Windows information. I have so little experience with that OS that I was narrowly focussed on my own computer world and lost sight of the possibility of that kind of difference in the way the systems process and store things. Besides that, my "knowledge" comes only form what I infer about how these things work - from the outside, not from programming experience like yours, so that too limits the usefulness of my suggestions. Anyway, missed on that one. Thanks again. Chuck On Aug 16, 2009, at 9:16 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 16 Aug 2009 at 7:24, Chuck Israels wrote: Have you tried deleting the preference file? Corrupted preferences can cause problems like this. That's advice frequently given to Mac users, Chuck, but so far as I'm aware, it doesn't at all apply to Windows. I don't have a recent version of Finale, but all versions that I have ever owned store the "preferences" in an INI file, which is plain text. This can't get corrupted. Perhaps later versions of Finale are more consistent with Windows practices and use the registry, but the registry doesn't get corrupted, either. It can get incorrect values, but I've not seen a corrupt registry since the very early days of Windows 95. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Is this a bug? (Fin08 WinXP)
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
> How are you entering the notes,using the computer keyboard, or a MIDI
> device?
Normally I use a MIDI device. The problem/bug does not occur when using
Speedy entry with only the computer keyboard ("Use MIDI Device For Input"
UNchecked).
> Also, what is the position of the speedy entry cursor at the point at
> which you move to the other window, is it on the note you just entered, or
> on the note you are ready to enter? I use a MIDI device. When I enter a
> note in speedy, the cursor advances to the next position as soon as I've
> entered the note. Now, if the cursor is on a note I've entered, and I switch
> to another window, and back to Finale, the cursor is where I left it. Same
> if I have the cursor waiting at the next available position: if I switch to
> another window, and back to Finale, the cursor is in the same position.
This is all exactly as you describe on my machine as well.
>
>
> I do not think that what you are seeing is a bug; rather I suspect that
> there is some obscure checkbox in a little noted corner of a dialog box
> which has had a check added or removed without your recognizing it.
I suspect some sort of MIDI issue here as well.
Another way to describe this "bug" would be as follows:
Normal behavior:
1. Hold down a pitch (say "G") on the MIDI keyboard
2. Press the number 4 on the computer keyboard
3. A "G" eighth note appears on the staff as it should
4. Press the number 4 again on the computer keyboard (without playing any
pitch on the MIDI keyboard)
5. An eighth note rest appears as it should
"Bug" appears when:
1. Hold down a pitch (say "G") on the MIDI keyboard
2. Press the number 4 on the computer keyboard
3. A "G" eighth note appears on the staff as it should
4. Switch to some other Windows program, and switch back to Finale
5. Press the number 4 again on the computer keyboard (without playing any
pitch on the MIDI keyboard)
6. Another "G" eighth note appears (instead of an eighth note rest) - this
is the "bug"
As you can see, pressing down any other pitch on the MIDI keyboard at this
point would cause a chord to appear as the new note you are pressing down
gets entered together with the "G" that is "stuck" in there.
I've noticed that using the "0" key to toggle in and out of the editing
frame has no effect on the bug, nor does using the arrow keys to move to
other measures. The "G" remains "stuck" in there. However, clicking with the
mouse on some blank white space area in the window and then clicking back
into the editing frame restores normal behavior.
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[Finale] getting 9 systems per page
FinMac 2K7 What values to I need to plug in in order to get my extracted parts to have 9 systems/page? I have been trying this trial and error method: I used Set-Up Wizard's Brass Quintet template and am trying to customize it to my liking. When I try to extract a part from this "dummy" template, I get only 8 systems/page. I enter different values into the "Document/page format/parts to see if anything changes in the part, but so far, nothing Am I going about my trial and error the wrong way? What is the best way to SEE the changes in page format and find what I like best? Larry ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] getting 9 systems per page
Whatever values you enter into the Page Format>Parts dialogue only take effect on NEW parts. To see those values applied, you would have to select the Page Layout tool, then in the menu Redefine Parts... Save this method for your default file, though. There is an easier way, below, for one-off adjustments. It would be much easier, though, in the Page Layout tool to show the dialogue box Edit System Margins. I hope this box is self- explanatory, but just know that you can check and uncheck which items you want to apply to which range. For what you want to do, I usually uncheck everything except Distance Between Systems and apply it to systems 2 to [blank] which will apply it to system 2 to the end. If I want it to apply to other parts, too, there is a box for that in more recent versions of Finale, but I don't know about 2007. Christopher On Aug 16, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: FinMac 2K7 What values to I need to plug in in order to get my extracted parts to have 9 systems/page? I have been trying this trial and error method: I used Set-Up Wizard's Brass Quintet template and am trying to customize it to my liking. When I try to extract a part from this "dummy" template, I get only 8 systems/page. I enter different values into the "Document/page format/parts to see if anything changes in the part, but so far, nothing Am I going about my trial and error the wrong way? What is the best way to SEE the changes in page format and find what I like best? Larry ___ 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
