[Finale] OT: Mac G5

2003-06-24 Thread Doug Auwarter
It was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco and there's plenty of stuff at Apple's web site. Here is a video and other info: http://www.apple.com/powermac/video/index.html Best, Doug ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: [Finale] Rolled chords

2003-06-24 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 8:13 PM 06/24/03, David W. Fenton wrote: >The key point here: the UI is not very well suited to doing any of >this with any precision. Otherwise, I would have gotten what I wanted >on the first try. I agree that the UI has room for improvement on this. I'm glad it's working for you now. I sti

Re: [Finale] Rolled chords

2003-06-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Jun 2003 at 16:44, Mark D. Lew wrote: > At 11:04 AM 06/24/03, David W. Fenton wrote: > >Yes, absolutely. The note-attached pedal marks do not start until the > >beginning of the beat, not with the rolled notes. > > This is very strange. I wonder why yours and mine aren't the same. On my >

Re: [Finale] EDUs

2003-06-24 Thread Richard Yates
David W. Fenton wrote:>>> An EDU is a 4096th note. . . .>> >> Which is completely meaningless.   Makes perfect sense to me. What do those Brits call it?   Richard Yates <<4096th note.gif>>

Re: [Finale] Rolled chords

2003-06-24 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 11:04 AM 06/24/03, David W. Fenton wrote: >Sorry, but my eyes glaze over whenever EDUs are involved. It makes >absolutely no sense to me, and I have absolutely no understanding of >what they do or how they work. That's why I basically completely >ignore them any time I see them -- it is an inte

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 17:47 Europe/London, Darcy James Argue wrote: I think if you follow the suggestions in the white paper you linked to -- especially "use only top-quality FireWire cables" and "replace old cables frequently" you should have no trouble. I hope so -- as I say, the cable

Re: [Finale] EDUs

2003-06-24 Thread Tom Jordan
EDUs don't do much for me, either. 'Sorta reminds me of some kind of educational units for course credit. Finale's Quarter = 1024 Q divided by 2 = 512, eighth = 512 Q divided by 3 = 341.333, 8th triplet = 341.333 Q divided by 4 = 256 Q divided by 5 = 204.8 Q divided by 6 = 170.666 MOTU uses Q = 9

Re: [Finale] EDUs

2003-06-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Jun 2003 at 10:26, Michael Good wrote: > > Sorry, but my eyes glaze over whenever EDUs are involved. It > > makes absolutely no sense to me, and I have absolutely no > > understanding of what they do or how they work. > > An EDU is a 4096th note. . . . Which is completely meaningless. >

[Finale] EDUs

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Good
Hi David, > Sorry, but my eyes glaze over whenever EDUs are involved. It > makes absolutely no sense to me, and I have absolutely no > understanding of what they do or how they work. An EDU is a 4096th note. There are 1024 EDUs in a quarter note. It's the level of resolution that Finale works w

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 01:41 PM, John Croft wrote: Well, it looks like I'll just have to plug in and hope for the best. I think if you follow the suggestions in the white paper you linked to -- especially "use only top-quality FireWire cables" and "replace old cables frequently" you shou

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 16:26 Europe/London, Darcy James Argue wrote: Don't the iBooks have a PCMCIA slot? I guess not. That's right, they don't. If it's any consolation (probably not), I've been following MacFixit (and similar sites) for years, and using a variety of FireWire devices fo

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 16:49 Europe/London, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: It seems like this article provides as good an answer as you are likely to get to the question. From section 5.2.1: The author believes that Apple has been implementing the technique in all recent and currently s

Re: [Finale] OT System of time signatures

2003-06-24 Thread John Hyde
Harold Owen wrote. >I seem to >recall a Dave Bruebeck tune that went 2-2-2-3, 2-2-2-3, 2-2-2-3, >3-3-3. Anyone remember the title? Anyone have the notation? What time >signature does he use? Blue Rondo ala Turk, I have a vague recollection that it was 9/8. The liner notes from the

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
> -Original Message- > From: John Croft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > There's a rather in-depth article at > http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/FireWirePortFailures.htm -- > worth reading if you use FireWire. > It seems like this article provides as good an answer as you are likel

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 12:15 PM, John Croft wrote: Hi Darcy, I actually don't know anything about the prevalence of this problem There's a rather in-depth article at http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/FireWirePortFailures.htm -- worth reading if you use FireWire. Interesting. Thank

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
Hi Darcy, I actually don't know anything about the prevalence of this problem There's a rather in-depth article at http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/FireWirePortFailures.htm -- worth reading if you use FireWire. Thanks for your suggestions -- I'm afraid the machine in question was an iBoo

Re: [Finale] Rolled chords

2003-06-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Jun 2003 at 22:04, Mark D. Lew wrote: > At 8:53 PM 06/23/03, David W. Fenton wrote: > >It would have been relatively easy for me to have chopped off the > >notes at the end of the measure with Finale, but the real problem is > >with the imprecision of the pedal markings. There is simply no

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 11:24 AM, John Croft wrote: Dear all, I recently had a FireWire port destroyed by a faulty cable -- seems to be a not-uncommon problem, and because the FireWire chip is on the logic board, quite an expensive one. I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else,

[Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
Dear all, I recently had a FireWire port destroyed by a faulty cable -- seems to be a not-uncommon problem, and because the FireWire chip is on the logic board, quite an expensive one. I'm wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and also if anybody knows whether more recent Macs have so