[Finale] Ghost staff and the inability to add additional staves
Hi all, I have a file that has a "ghost staff" at the top of the document, only visible in scroll view- and it's just bar lines, nothing else. I can't select it, it doesn't show up in the staff usage list, or the score manager. Added to that, when I try to add staves to the bottom of the score, those same kind of staves appear in scroll view, but in page view they seem fine. Has anyone ever come across this problem? Currently, I have flown all of the information into a clean template for safety, but I sure would like to get to the bottom of this with score/part formatting in tact and see this file perform as I would normally expect it to. Thanks in advance for you help with this! By the way... the pertinent info: I'm working in Finale 2012 for Mac (10.7.5) Best, Mike ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
[Finale] Bill Duncan fonts and Mavericks
Has anyone had any trouble installing the Bill Duncan chord fonts in Mavericks? I haven't upgraded to that OS yet but I'm collaborating with someone who has, and is having trouble with the fonts being recognized by the OS. As always, any help is greatly appreciated! Best, Mike Casteel ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan chord suffix woes
Thanks Darcy! You and Chuck were the ones I had hoped to hear from about this. Unfortunately, it looks like we're stuck. I had already taken all of the steps you mentioned below. I had just hoped that I had missed a step in the process. Bummer. Thanks again to Doug for refreshing my memory about the :slot# method. Mike On Dec 17, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Adding Unicode support to Finale 2012 has, uh, "complicated" the use of Bill > Duncan's fonts, which have always been a bit buggy from a font-encoding > perspective. > > First, quit Finale, then make sure all the Duncan fonts are listed in the > MacSymbolFonts.txt document -- located at ~/Library/Application > Support/MakeMusic/Finale 2012/Configuration Files. (If you're on Lion or > Mountain Lion, the user Library folder is hidden -- you'll need to hold down > the option key while invoking the "Go" menu to access your Library.) > > After relaunching Finale, this should fix the problem with the suffix not > displaying, even if it's already in your library -- or you should be able to > create a new suffix from scratch. > > You still won't be able to use "Type Into Score" anymore for most Duncan > suffixes, that is completely broken using this font in Finale 2012. You'll > have to use the colon-followed-by-chord-ID method. > > I'd hoped that switching to the new OTF versions from NPC Imaging would fix > these issues with the Bill Duncan fonts once and for all. Unfortunately, the > NPC versions of the chord fonts are actually even worse, with many glyphs not > displaying at all in Finale 2012. > > It would be great if these fonts could be fixed at some point, but I'm not > sure whether demand for these fonts (only available as part of the Finale > Productivity bundle) warrants the expense of sorting all these issues out > once and for all. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > - > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Mike Casteel wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have encountered a problem with Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font- namely the >> (addX) suffix (it is not recognized, even if it is already in my library >> when "typing into score"). I can create it easily if I enter it manually (in >> the chord definition dialog box) but if I "type into score" it will not >> work. Nor will it work if I create the suffix from scratch in the chord >> suffix editor window. In each of those cases, I get unwanted characters. I >> suppose this has something to do with Finale's Unicode font support? >> >> Has anyone encountered this specific problem and is there a way around it? >> >> Many thanks! >> Mike Casteel >> ___ >> 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 mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan chord suffix woes
Thanks for the tip, Doug. I will definitely be using this until we (hopefully) find a solution. It makes no sense to me how creating it in the chord definition dialog box garners the desired results but in other places there seems to be this disconnect. Nick Carter even sent me an updated font and FAN file- I just get different wrong characters. Here's hoping someone else has encountered this and has some ideas. Mike On Dec 17, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Doug Walter wrote: > Hi Chuck and Mike, > > While this won't solve the underlying issue you're both talking about, I > thought it would be worth mentioning another input method that can work in > these situations that doesn't require using the mouse (which you may already > know about). The drag is that is requires memorizing the suffix's placement > in the library - the number of the "box" that it occupies (assuming the > suffix exists already, of course). > > While in "Type into Score", you type the letter name of the root, followed by > a colon, followed by the number of the "slot" from the library (e.g. my > "add9" happens to be in slot 22, so if I type C:22 I get that symbol). > > If you don't have too many suffixes that you need to do this way, it's not > too cumbersome, although obviously it would be preferable to be able to just > type as we do for the other ones. > > Again, you probably know this already, but may not have had reason to use it > in this context. > > Doug > > > On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: > >> I have a similar problem with sus4 suffixes. I assumed that it was because >> of the special keystrokes required to create the superscript text, key >> combinations I don't have reason to remember after having created the >> suffixes I need. I always have to enter those suffixes by going into dialog >> boxes and selecting them. If there is an easy "Type Into Score" method for >> this, I'd be grateful to know it too. >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Dec 17, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Mike Casteel wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I have encountered a problem with Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font- namely the >>> (addX) suffix (it is not recognized, even if it is already in my library >>> when "typing into score"). I can create it easily if I enter it manually >>> (in the chord definition dialog box) but if I "type into score" it will not >>> work. Nor will it work if I create the suffix from scratch in the chord >>> suffix editor window. In each of those cases, I get unwanted characters. I >>> suppose this has something to do with Finale's Unicode font support? >>> >>> Has anyone encountered this specific problem and is there a way around it? >>> >>> Many thanks! >>> Mike Casteel >>> ___ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> Chuck Israels >> 8831 SE 12th Ave. >> Portland, OR 97202-7097 >> >> land line: (503) 954-2107 >> cell phone: (360) 201-3434 >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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 mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Bill Duncan chord suffix woes
Hello all, I have encountered a problem with Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font- namely the (addX) suffix (it is not recognized, even if it is already in my library when "typing into score"). I can create it easily if I enter it manually (in the chord definition dialog box) but if I "type into score" it will not work. Nor will it work if I create the suffix from scratch in the chord suffix editor window. In each of those cases, I get unwanted characters. I suppose this has something to do with Finale's Unicode font support? Has anyone encountered this specific problem and is there a way around it? Many thanks! Mike Casteel ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] REALLY deleting items - can it be done?
Thanks to everyone for your replies. I dug in early this morning and finished the job. Tedious doesn't begin to describe it but I'm happy it's finished (all 700+ pages of it)! As for the problem - even though I received 2011 files, I think they were created with a much earlier version (back from the staff expression/score expression days). None of the existing expressions were categorized and would show up in the strangest places at the strangest times! Oh well, lesson learned. Thanks again! This list provides valuable information for so many. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. All the best, Mike Mike Casteel Nashville, TN mike.cast...@mac.com http://casteelmusicservice.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] REALLY deleting items - can it be done?
Hello all, I'm working on some scores that originated from someone else. My only task is to do simple part layout (for only a few of the many parts), however when I manage parts, random expressions show up in the parts (on every managed part stave) - expressions from staves that I previously deleted. I have tried Data Check (remove deleted items) but at this point, I'm at a loss as to how to streamline this process. My hunch is the person that did the initial input for these scores was careless in their expression assignment and that may be a bell I can't "un-ring". Any insight you can give is greatly appreciated. Mike (2011 Mac) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Forcing ties to previous note
> I'm working on an orchestration with a coda, where the first note of the > coda, an eighth note, needs to have a backward tie, as it is tied to a note > 40 bars earlier before you jump to the coda. But because the bar before the > coda is empty (the bar going back to the D.S.), attempting to force a tie to > a previous note doesn't work. Is there a way to get the tie to show up, other > than faking it by creating slurs that look like ties on every note? > > I'm using FIN10 Mac for this project. > > Thanks, > Stephen Lamb > Nashville, TN Hi Stephen, If playback isn't an option, I would create a staff style that hides repeat endings and repeat bars. Make your "to Coda" bar a backwards repeat with 1st ending and the first bar of the Coda the 2nd ending - force the tie and hide the repeats. Best, Mike Casteel Nashville, TN ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Chord symbol library woes
I just arrived at my hotel for an out of town gig and was doing some last minute tweaking on a couple of charts this morning. I opened my files and the chord symbol suffixes were gibberish! The fonts are right (Bill Duncan ChordSym and ChordSuf) but the library is whacked. I'm working on a new MacBook Pro and I know that I have missed something in the porting over of fonts, FAN files or something. Any ideas? It seems to have more to do with the library than anything else. I have opened other files and the same thing happens in all of them. Many thanks! Mike ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Naming PDFs
Does anyone know of a way to logically name PDFs so they appear in score order within a folder? Back in the days of part extraction, it was easy to add the staff number (%n), but now with linked parts, it seems to have added a step in my process of managing large batches of PDFs. Thanks! Mike Casteel ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Finale and Politics
I don¹t know what most of you do for a living but evidently it¹s closer akin to complaining and moaning than actually using Finale. 2005 must not be that bad after all, since you¹ve decided to devote as much space as you have to your political rantings. I¹m certainly appreciative of our little on-line community, but never ceased to be amazed at all of the hot air expended here on politics and even Finale issues from the same listers over and over. Stop bitching and get to work! Mike Casteel ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
