RE: [Finale] OT mysterious computer wake up

2002-06-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
Chuck, I used to have a PC with this particular problem until I realized my Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) was surging just enough to make the computer think I hit the power button. Any chance that you have a UPS that needs it's battery fixed. Hope this helps, Allen -Original Message--

Re: [Finale] D-

2002-06-29 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 11:43 PM -0400 6/29/02, Crystal Premo wrote: >A composer dropped some music on me and then disappeared from town >before I noticed that he has used "D-" as a chord. It is just a >lead sheet at this point, so there is nothing to support my >assumption that he means Dm. Yes? yes. Christop

[Finale] D-

2002-06-29 Thread Crystal Premo
A composer dropped some music on me and then disappeared from town before I noticed that he has used "D-" as a chord. It is just a lead sheet at this point, so there is nothing to support my assumption that he means Dm. Yes? Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] _

[Finale] Steven Powell's Music Engraving Today

2002-06-29 Thread Éric Dussault
I was just reading this new book and some ideas expressed by mr. Powell urge me to get the opinion of you people on this list. I first have to say that there are a lot of interesting things in this book. The staff sizes chart at the beginning is one good example. I would have appreciated that he o

Re: [Finale] Credits, upgrades, and notation vs. sound

2002-06-29 Thread Richard Walker
Hmmm. Couldn't Batt argue that this was a paraphrase rather than a collaboration? Richard Walker Composer and Brilliant Legal Mind Yokohama, Japan on 02.6.30 5:04 AM, Michael Good at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A few things relevant to some recent topics: > > 1) We had a discussion a few days a

[Finale] re

2002-06-29 Thread Jon Delfin
I sent the paragraph about John Cage's publishers to a lawyer friend of mine. I mentioned that I hadn't read the linked article and suspected that it was a put-on. His reply: << It's not a copyright issue because Cage didn't create the work whether or not his name was put on it. From the "compose

[Finale] The failure of MIDI TOOL - Continuous Data to change the KeyVelocity of some notes

2002-06-29 Thread The Secretary
I use:- Powerbook G3 - 500MgH - 384 RAM. Synths - Roland SC8820,, Proteous 2 Orchestral., PROformance. Finale 2000c __ In answer to my plea to Finale HELP about the failure of MIDI TOOL - Continuous Data to change the Key Velocity of some notes which stubbornly refuse to comp

Re: [Finale] Re: Playback of tied notes

2002-06-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 30.06.2002 0:11 Uhr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I was using only one layer, and the tied notes are the same pitch. However, it > does allow you to tie notes of different pitches together, which doesn't make > sense (usually). Finale allows a lot of things that don't make sense in most situati

[Finale] Re: Playback of tied notes

2002-06-29 Thread BillSincl
In a message dated 6/29/2002 10:05:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course, we don't expect >the sound to be an exact reproduction of the orchestral sound, we just want >the note pitches and durations to be the same. For example, I encountered >places where it plays tied

Re: [Finale] problems shutting down the computer

2002-06-29 Thread Éric Dussault
>> This behavior by the computer might be caused by settings in the >> Energy Saver Control Panel. Check your settings under the schedule >> tab or the advanced settings tab. >> >> -Randolph Peters > > I doubt that very much. Energy saver settings cause problems occasionally, > but not of the

Re: [Finale] problems shutting down the computer

2002-06-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Replying to myself: I hadn't read Randolph's post properly, and replied thinking about something else. This problem can indeed be caused by Energy Saver settings. Sorry about the confusion! Johannes On 29.06.2002 21:47 Uhr, Johannes Gebauer wrote > On 29.06.2002 20:01 Uhr, Randolph Peters wrot

Re: [Finale] Help converting Macintosh files to Windows

2002-06-29 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Crystal Premo wrote: > >>Over time the disks become corrupted, the computer almost > always freezes when I eject a disk, and it was even causing printing > problems. << > > I had an external Iomega zip drive on my Windows machine for awhile, and > experienced many problems such as freezing, gpf

[Finale] prick-song

2002-06-29 Thread Charles Small
On a list devoted to words I came across "prick-song", which apparently refers to written music, i.e. music sung from pricked (written) notes rather than from memory. The term is new to me. Anybody out there know anything about it? Here are two references: "My last hope before Election Day i

[Finale] OT mysterious computer wake up

2002-06-29 Thread Chuck Israels
To all who responded with the suggestion of checking the energy saver settings: Thanks - we've checked that, over and over, and it's something more mysterious. My student computer gurus, kids who've lived with these things all their lives, can't seem to figure it out either. Chuck -- Chuck I

[Finale] Credits, upgrades, and notation vs. sound

2002-06-29 Thread Michael Good
A few things relevant to some recent topics: 1) We had a discussion a few days ago on the difference between composing a new piece on existing chord changes, but credited to yourself, vs. crediting an existing piece or composer. If you want an exteme example of this effect, check out the story of

Re: [Finale] problems shutting down the computer

2002-06-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 29.06.2002 20:01 Uhr, Randolph Peters wrote > This behavior by the computer might be caused by settings in the > Energy Saver Control Panel. Check your settings under the schedule > tab or the advanced settings tab. > > -Randolph Peters I doubt that very much. Energy saver settings cause pro

Re: [Finale] Are we programmers or musicians?

2002-06-29 Thread Jari Williamsson
Charles Small writes: > > A question to the person in the "musician hat"... > > > > You have one measure with three notes: > > * First, a D with a sharp printed before it > > * Second, an A with no accidental printed > > * Third is a D with no accidental printed. It's on the same staff line as t

Re: [Finale] Are we programmers or musicians?

2002-06-29 Thread Charles Small
Jari Williamsson wrote: > > A question to the person in the "musician hat"... > > You have one measure with three notes: > * First, a D with a sharp printed before it > * Second, an A with no accidental printed > * Third is a D with no accidental printed. It's on the same staff line as the >

Re: [Finale] problems shutting down the computer

2002-06-29 Thread Randolph Peters
This behavior by the computer might be caused by settings in the Energy Saver Control Panel. Check your settings under the schedule tab or the advanced settings tab. -Randolph Peters At 8:56 PM -0700 6/28/02, Chuck Israels wrote: > >Every time my wife dutifully shuts down her G4 cube it is on

Re: [Finale] Help converting Macintosh files to Windows

2002-06-29 Thread Crystal Premo
>>Over time the disks become corrupted, the computer almost always freezes when I eject a disk, and it was even causing printing problems. << I had an external Iomega zip drive on my Windows machine for awhile, and experienced many problems such as freezing, gpf's, slow operation, etc. On the

Re: [Finale] Help converting Macintosh files to Windows

2002-06-29 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 9:08 AM -0500 6/29/02, Doug Auwarter wrote: >on 6/29/02 2:46 AM, Noel Stoutenburg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> I've been using Zip disks for years and never had any problem. > >I'm glad to hear that. This seems to be the usual case, but with me it's >been different. Over time the disks be

Re: [Finale] Help converting Macintosh files to Windows

2002-06-29 Thread Doug Auwarter
on 6/29/02 2:46 AM, Noel Stoutenburg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've been using Zip disks for years and never had any problem. I'm glad to hear that. This seems to be the usual case, but with me it's been different. Over time the disks become corrupted, the computer almost always freezes whe

RE: [Finale] OT System help needed

2002-06-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
I can't remember if 8.6 had file indexing or not, but perhaps turning of "Find by Content" or whatever file indexing was called in 8.6 might turn the trick. Hope this helps, Allen -Original Message- From: Thomas Schaller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 5:27 PM To

Re: [Finale] OT System help needed

2002-06-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Actually, for me the lockup troubles started with 9.22! Johannes On 29.06.2002 1:25 Uhr, Javier Ruiz wrote > IMO in any case you should upgrade to the free 9.2.2 version... > Javi. > >> Hi, >> sorry for the totally off-topic post, but there are so many different minds >> here >> >> I'm on

Re: [Finale] Help converting Macintosh files to Windows

2002-06-29 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
"Mark D. Lew" wrote: > At 11:59 AM 06/28/02, Doug Auwarter wrote: > > >I've had the same problems with Zip disks. Anyone else? > > I've been using Zip disks for years and never had any problem. > > I do recall once being told that you should always use a Zip drive standing > up the tall way on