Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
John Howell wrote: > This is not a trivial matter. Office Max paper is less than ideal for > music, both in its light weight and its lack of opacity, and most people > lack access to anything more professional. So I'd guess that quite a few > people (including me!) would be willing to pay extr

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread helgesen
Well, asbestos suit back in wardrobe! Thanks, Johannes, Dennis, David- and the lovely Linda! I only have one more query- you say that after "mirroring" any alt'ns to A(1) also appear in A(2)- fine, burt what about alts I make to A(2) are they reciprocal? Thanks as ever, regards, Keith in OZ -

[Finale] 8va dashes

2003-02-08 Thread Burt Fenner
I have a client who wants me to replace the Finale smart shape 8va, which has dashes at the top of the 8va, with just 8 and dashes at the bottom of the 8. Changing 8va to 8 is easy in Smart Shape Options, but is there any way to move the dashes to the bottom of the 8, other than by substituting a

Re: [Finale] Re: Mac double processors and Altivec

2003-02-08 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 06:55 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account wrote: - Find out if the software you use will take advantage of dual processors. (Finale does not -- in fact, virtually all OS 9 software does not.) I am interested to guess whether Finale OS X will automatically

Re: [Finale] question about clef changes

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
You just need to pay attention to the measure number boxes in the mid-measure clef dialog -- it is quite possible to set it to be for only the current measure. If I recall correctly (and I frequently don't) the default used to be the current measure only, but the default for this and other chan

[Finale] Marimba research

2003-02-08 Thread Tim Jones
Dear Mr. Pusz, My name is Tim Jones, I am a percussion student in Las Vegas, Nevada, and have been trying to contact you for some time. I can't seem to get a correct email address for you. If this email is reaches you, please reply with a yes or something brief, so that I can respond with my Q's t

[Finale] Re: Mac double processors and Altivec

2003-02-08 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> > - Find out if the software you use will take advantage of dual > processors. (Finale does not -- in fact, virtually all OS 9 software > does not.) > I am interested to guess whether Finale OS X will automatically take advantage of double processors. Indeed, I have made my own requests to Cod

[Finale] question about clef changes

2003-02-08 Thread rolin mains
hey everyone...hope the everyone's new year is going good so far. i have fin2003a for mac and i have a beef with the mid measure clef tool. am i completely loony, or did the mid measure clef used to change ONLY the measure in question? since 2002, when i insert a mid measure clef change the chang

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.02.2003 0:00 Uhr, Linda Worsley wrote > At 11:38 PM +0100 2/8/03, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > >> I actually never use it for that. I use it for a situation very typical for >> 18th century orchestral music: doubling parts. Say you have a flute part >> that doubles the violins, instead of maki

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Don Hart
on 2/8/03 4:31 PM, Robert Patterson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Don Hart wrote: >> Are you saying these are caused by >> having auto music spacing and/or auto update layout turned on as well? > > yes. > > Thanks, Robert ___ Finale mailing l

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
You should see them trying to interpret the down-bows and up-bows! Bobbing flutes make for a great visual! ;-) Linda Worsley wrote: At 11:38 PM +0100 2/8/03, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I actually never use it for that. I use it for a situation very typical for 18th century orchestral music: d

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread Linda Worsley
At 11:38 PM +0100 2/8/03, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I actually never use it for that. I use it for a situation very typical for 18th century orchestral music: doubling parts. Say you have a flute part that doubles the violins, instead of making real copies, I simply mirror it, and every piano or st

TAN: Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Cecil Rigby
Hi David et al-- David wrote: > You make an important point, but I feel that I need to trust my > potential customers. I realize that this may be naive, and that in > reality photocopying may well occur, but there is really nothing I can > do about it. I don't think the extra steps necessary fo

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.02.2003 23:14 Uhr, d. collins wrote > helgesen écrit: >> Wearing my flameproof suit, I ask- please what is mirror tool used for? All >> info on usage is just that- info "on usage". Obviously lots of folk use it- >> so it must be useful! But what- (cringe, duck, whimper) does it do? > > You

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Robert Patterson
Don Hart wrote: Are you saying these are caused by having auto music spacing and/or auto update layout turned on as well? yes. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman

Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
It allows you to effectively copy one section of your composition to another section, without having to actually copy it or to ever edit it, as long as you want it to remain exactly as the original section it mirrors is. So if you have an ABBA work (that is as in sections, not as in the Swedis

[Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall!

2003-02-08 Thread helgesen
Wearing my flameproof suit, I ask- please what is mirror tool used for? All info on usage is just that- info "on usage". Obviously lots of folk use it- so it must be useful! But what- (cringe, duck, whimper) does it do? Cheers, Keith in (at last) RAINING, OZ __

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
I think Noel's idea wasn't to have any legal weight, but more a moral one -- if a person were a leader of two different groups and purchased one single CD of a work to print, and the work was "branded" with the phrase "This copy intended for the use of Band A." and he/she handed it out to folks

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Don Hart
Hi Robert, Some of these delays seem way out of proportion to the task being attempted and do not happen on a consistent basis. Are you saying these are caused by having auto music spacing and/or auto update layout turned on as well? On my friend's machine the problem is also occurring more freq

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread John Howell
David H. Bailey, among other cogent thoughts, wrote: > >I believe I might also offer a printed version for an extra cost, on >heavy-stock paper, for those who don't want to print their own. But >even then I will include the right for that person to create necessary >copies for the use of the group

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread John Howell
ns suggested: > >"Copyright 1725 by J.S. Bach >For the exclusive use of the choir of the Elector or Saxony" > >or > >"Copyright 1770, by W. A. Mozart >For the exclusive private use of Empress Maria Theresa". > >As I see it, if the Empress Josephine heard of it, and wanted her own copy, it >wiill ta

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Nico Schliemann
I don't know, as I started on Fin2001. Is the spinning Notehead appearing before you edit something or afterwards? Regards Nico > I can't remember but were auto spacing and update layout even around in > finale 2000? > > Thanks, > > Don Hart > -- Nico Schliemann Gitarre & Notensatz Auf dem Ra

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Robert Patterson
Don Hart wrote: > I have auto music spacing turned on but leave auto update layout turned off > and am aware of the associated delays and redraws involved. > You need to turn off auto note spacing too. To avoid the spinning cursor, you have to turn off both. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertG

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Don Hart
on 2/8/03 11:26 AM, Nico Schliemann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (off list): > Is it possible, that you have 'Update Layout Automaticly' (os something like > that) switched on. I recently turned it of, because I'm working on a big > score, and every time i changed something in the score i had to wai

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.02.2003 18:24 Uhr, Linda Worsley wrote > 1. Every time he opens a new file or opens one I've given him, it > makes an automatic backup. I think I had to uncheck "make automatic > backups when saving" button once, and all my new or imported files > open without that annoying make-a-copy thi

Re: [Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Linda Worsley
Dear listers, I have an adult student who is using Encore (urg) and it has taken me two years to convince him that he should get Finale and learn how to use it. I have to take his music, import it into Finale, do all the mundane tasks of removing floating elements like lyrics and slurs, get r

[Finale] spinning-note cursor

2003-02-08 Thread Don Hart
Lately, I and a friend, both, have had a problem w/ Finale that I believe I've seen discussed on this list before. That is: while working along normally some mundane click or another (not anything big) puts the spinning note cursor into motion for an extended period of time. The machine is not fr

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
If you get it working would you mind printing me up a couple'a 50's? :-)) Liudas > I imagine this will happen about the same time that net banking > allows me to make deposits and withdrawals. > -- > Andrew Stiller > Kallisti Music Press ___ Final

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Andrew Stiller
Hi there, I have something to ask. In a dream world, what would you like to have as a online service to distribute your music ? I'm a musician but I'm also web programmer. I recently opened a online music store for indie music and maybe we could develop a site all together to sell our works o

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 12:48 PM 2/8/03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a dream world, what would you like to have as a online service to >distribute your music ? Customers. :) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 05:54 AM 2/8/03 -0500, David H. Bailey wrote: >However, I do think your suggestion IS a very nice touch I agree. Several years ago (way back in the relatively early online music days 1997), Laurie Spiegel and I were trying to come up with a solution. At the end of this essay (http://maltedmedia

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.02.2003 14:10 Uhr, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote > Does anyone remember (or has anyone used) Coda's earlier services? Was it > only PDF or was it their browser plug-in version of the files which could be > purchased online? Was the system good for composers? My personal opinion: if > this were

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In a dream world, what would you like to have as a online service to > distribute your music ? (1) The ability to upload the PDF file into the composer's category of choice. (2) The ability for anyone in the world to purchase the PDF files.

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Does anyone remember (or has anyone used) Coda's earlier services? Was it only PDF or was it their browser plug-in version of the files which could be purchased online? Was the system good for composers? My personal opinion: if this were done well, it would be an immediate success for countless com

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
And others such as SheetMusicNow.com actually force each user to proove his/her purchase before each individual printing of the file by means of a mandatory installed printing program which checks over the internet with a centralized server to make sure that that exact PDF file was paid for by that

RE: [Finale] edit TAB in mirrored measures

2003-02-08 Thread Michael Cook
At 11:05 +0100 8/02/2003, LGS-Europe wrote: But Change Lowest Fret in MassEdit Menu doesn't work either in a mirrored staff. Nothing seems to work in a mirrored staff. Perhaps there's a way to 'un-mirror' a staff? You can change the mirrored measures to normal ones by selecting the region, then

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread groups
Hi there, I have something to ask. In a dream world, what would you like to have as a online service to distribute your music ? I'm a musician but I'm also web programmer. I recently opened a online music store for indie music and maybe we could develop a site all together to sell our works o

Re: [Finale] edit TAB in mirrored measures

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.02.2003 12:05 Uhr, David H. Bailey wrote > The only way I know to un-mirror a staff is to simply delete the mirror > connection. To do this, use the mirror tool and click each mirrored > measure and click DELETE. It will be time consuming for a lengthy > piece. It might be quicker and eas

Re: [Finale] edit TAB in mirrored measures

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
The only way I know to un-mirror a staff is to simply delete the mirror connection. To do this, use the mirror tool and click each mirrored measure and click DELETE. It will be time consuming for a lengthy piece. It might be quicker and easier to simply use the staff-tool and delete the tab-

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread David H. Bailey
You make an important point, but I feel that I need to trust my potential customers. I realize that this may be naive, and that in reality photocopying may well occur, but there is really nothing I can do about it. I don't think the extra steps necessary for the personal branding will help fo

RE: [Finale] edit TAB in mirrored measures

2003-02-08 Thread LGS-Europe
David Bailey wrote: > I am not sure if you ever got a reply, but I just found something that > might help: You can highlight the tab-staff with mass-mover and go to > MassEdit menu and select Utility and then select Change Lowest Fret. > This might actually accomplish what you want to do. Maybe

Re: [Finale] Selling music on line

2003-02-08 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Net4music.com did this. I believe they did it with professional server software, and they stamped each page, not only the title page. I believe their stamp is a code and somewhere it includes the addressee's email address, and the PDF's are then sent by email. Liudas - Original Message -

Re: [Finale] mac help

2003-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
As far as the imac goes: There are now several Firewire Audio solutions out there (along with numerous USB, but those may not be good enough), by MOTU and ProTools. From what I have heard these solutions work well. Johannes On 07.02.2003 22:04 Uhr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > To any of you Mac/Fin