Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 137, Issue 7
In my old Mac version (10.6.3) the file type for import and export are
set in the Preferences>General where you set Import settings from CDs.
Choose the preferred file format from that flip down menu. Save the
change. Select the song or songs you want to convert in the playlist.
The file format choice will be reflected in the Advanced menu under
the item "Create {file format} version". The new copy version will be
in the playlist and in your library (or wherever your iTunes saves
your music files.)
On Dec 7, 2014, at 1:00 PM, wrote:
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> From: Richard Huggins
> Date: December 6, 2014 6:47:04 PM EST
> To: "finale@shsu.edu"
> Subject: Re: [Finale] export audio as .mp3
> Reply-To:
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> I don't recall but iTunes may BE an .mp3 format.
> RH
>
> On Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:40 PM, Jim Fischer > wrote:
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>
> I can't consistently get an option to export an .mp3 audio file.
> Often it only offers WAV or iTunes.
> Any ideas?
>
> thx, Jim
>
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[Finale] Expressions on last measure of MM rest
Originally [Finale] Linked parts to new/extracted parts? thread: On Aug. 25 SN jef chippewa replied to Chuck Israels question: >> Another situation with which I have trouble is when there's a DS, a >> "to Coda", or a "DS al Coda" attached to measures included in MM >> rests in some parts. > > your expression definition is set to "Break MM Rests". uncheck it. I'm not sure if unchecking "Break MM Rests" on the D.S. al Coda type expressions will work by itself in all cases. In Fin 2010, the expression is hidden on the part in MM rests even though it is still attached to the last measure of the MM group. Finale combines all the rests in the MM into a single measure graphically on the page. Anything attached to measures after the first one in the MM rest will not display. (FYI I have to use extracted instead of linked parts so this might be different in linked parts using Fin 2012) I get around this by attaching the expression (set to appear in the part only) flush right to the right barline of the 1st measure of the MM group. It will be at the end of the MM rest in the part. The expression that does appear in the score in the correct place can stay defined and placed as is. Attach the hidden expression only to the parts that will have the MM Rest or you could get two D.S. al Codas. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Ties into second endings
If you copy the contents of the 1st ending (with a tie ending on the first note) into the 2nd ending, the correct tie end will appear on the first note of the 2nd ending. The ending/repeats must be created before you copy the music. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] courtesy accidentals
You do not need to hit the asterisk key first to force the courtesy accidental w/parentheses to show on a note. With the cursor on the beat in question, just hit the "p" key in Speedy to make it appear. It has a toggle action, so another "p" stroke will hide it again. As has been mentioned earlier, on single pitch entries you can apply this on the beat without having the cursor on the specific pitch. It will also apply to all pitches in a chord if the cursor is not on any pitch. The same method of application also applies to true pitch alterations using the plus and minus keys. Parenthesized accidentals should be used as a reminder that a pitch has returned to the key signature only after that pitch has been altered in a previous measure. If you don't use parentheses for pitches returning to the key signature, the players might assume they are in a different key. (Otherwise, why would there be an accidental there?) The number of measures between the occurrence of the altered pitch and the use of the courtesy accidental varies between publishers and the grade level of the music. Beginner level pieces might show courtesies up to four bars after the alteration while more advanced pieces might limit their use to the following measure. Regardless of the rules you use, consistency in notation is the performers friend. Mark Ralston Musical/Arts Consultants, Inc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] nudge different according to view percent
I have found the view percentage is most accurate when it is set to represent the true full scale of the music font. That is, when the system is reduced to 50%, the most accurate views are 200%, or 400%. If the reduction is 85%, the view should be 118% or 235%. (Divide 100 by the reduction size to find the correct view size. You have to round to the nearest whole number in Finale). I think this has to do with the design of the screen fonts which are directly related to their resolution on the screen. (You're trying to make a 24pt character, for example, look as close to real 24pt size on screen). This is an attempt to bypass the computers efforts to portray the shape of the characters by fudging how they look at sizes other than that true resolution of the font. Things have improved since the early days of WYSIWYG, but you can still be more confident of the printed output with accurate view resolutions. If the page has no reduction, view sizes in multiples of 100% will be most accurate, but only for text blocks, etc. attached to the page itself. Mark Ralston mac...@bellsouth.net ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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[Finale] Text block alignment
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Clay Zambo wrote: Most of my work these days is in creating the piano-vocal scores for musicals, which frequently contain blocks of text that's spoken over music. I create these as measure-assigned text blocks. What I'm wondering is if there's an easy way to choose two or more of these blocks and align them to one another (either by center, top, or bottom) as one might do in a page-layout program. I don't see any reference to this in the manual, but it's possible I'm missing something. In my experience, aligning the top of the text blocks can be done by eiting the text block attributes. Setting the vertical offsets of two different blocks to the same value relative to the same staff aligns them. Where I found it necessary to align them center or bottom, I found it most expedient to define a custom smart shape line (checking the box so that the line was constrained to horizontal), which I placed above the desired staff for the entire length of the score, for use as a baseline. When all of the text blocks are entered and aligned, the smart shape line is easily deleted. This is also a useful technique for aligning expressions and articulations. Wow! This is one of those moments when I can only say, "What an elegant solution to a problem that should have been obvious but it just never occurred to me." Thank you, Noel, for this "Aha!" moment. This sort of sharing of terrific ideas is what makes wading through all the b.s. posts of people attacking each other on this list worthwhile. -- David H. Bailey You can also create Guides that won't print and won't need to be removed (View>Show Guides) by double clicking in the Ruler (also made visible in the View menu). You can then move them by clicking and dragging the position triangle in the ruler. You can even specify that objects Snap to Guides in Document Options>Grids and Guides. But my favorite method (if you can assign the text blocks to the page instead of on the measure) is to create them on the page in the correct vertical positions. Then select all their handles and choose Alignment from the Text menu. There are even handy key stroke shortcuts listed there to align the selected text boxes with the margins left, middle or right. _ Mark Ralston M/AC INC ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
