Re: [Finale] Dedicated workstation

2003-09-27 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Richard Huggins wrote: I'm just wondering how many of you have a Finale (or Finale/MIDI)-dedicated workstation Well, I'm moving in that direction, but have another year or two to get to the final point., I started out moving my internet capabilities off of my Finale computer, onto another, simi

RE: [Finale] Mac to PC file import problem

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Onwood
Thanks a lot for the tip. It works like a charm In a message dated 04:23 PM 9/27/2003, Mike Cholewa wrote: The attachment send from a Mac was probably encoded with binhex (perhaps it had the extension .dat). You can try and use Stuffit expander from Aladdin Systems (http://www.aladdinsys.com). I

[Finale] Dedicated workstation

2003-09-27 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm just wondering how many of you have a Finale (or Finale/MIDI)-dedicated workstation? That is, a computer/MIDI set-up that only is for the purpose of engraving and perhaps related activities (such as MIDI sequencing, maybe audio processing). In other words, your Internet, business activities, e-

[Finale] Re: The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Acct
> I sometimes have the impression that the Custom Line tool may be one of the most underused really powerful things in Finale. In an offline conversation with a Coda person, I complained that a major drawback of the CLT is that text (i.e., Left, Center Full, or Right) that is visible in a score cou

RE: [Finale] Mac to PC file import problem

2003-09-27 Thread Mike Cholewa
The attachment send from a Mac was probably encoded with binhex (perhaps it had the extension .dat). You can try and use Stuffit expander from Aladdin Systems (http://www.aladdinsys.com). Install Stuffit. Save and rename the attachment with the extension .sit. Double-click on the file and it should

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on Barry Sax and Bass Clarinet

2003-09-27 Thread Tim Thompson
The university bands that I know of in the US have low C bass clarinets. In an orchestra situation, I would write for it, and perhaps cue it in bsn or contra bsn in case it is not available. Tim ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.

[Finale] Mac to PC file import problem

2003-09-27 Thread Stephen Onwood
Hi all, Importing a.mus file from mac to PC is not some thing I do often. But when I do I more often than not get problems. The Mac file (2k1) is not recognized as a valid file format by my Winfin 2k4. Do any of you get similar difficulties? Am I doing some thing wrong? This particular fil

Re: [Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread JD
Robert Patterson wrote: >I'm hoping someone else on this list uses custom lines, and will >help me disabuse our friends at Coda of the notion that I'm the only >one who cares whether custom line text remains visible irrespective >of spacing (at least optionally). > >And if you haven't discovered t

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on Barry Sax and Bass Clarinet

2003-09-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
Andrew Stiller's instrumentation book gave the state-of-the-art c. 1979 for extensions as about 25% each of barry saxes and b. cls. have extension keys. (The barry sax to written low a, and the b. cl. to written low c.) I seem to remember on a discussion on this list that these extension keys

Re: [Finale] standard whole and half measure rest in 6/1

2003-09-27 Thread Harold Owen
Dennis Collins writes: What's the standard rest for a whole measure in 6/1 (2 groups of 3 whole notes)? And for a half measure (3 whole notes)? Centered or not? This is early 17th century stuff (and I don't want to halve the values, but I assume the question would be the same with 6/2). Ross d

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on Barry Sax and Bass Clarinet

2003-09-27 Thread Eric dannewitz
I would assume that most all Bari saxes have low As. In fact, most of the high schools around my area have them too. Assuming a Bass Clarinet goes down to C is not a good idea. Perhaps for a pro ensemble, but even then, a lot of clarinet guys like the ones that go down to Eb better for some rea

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on Barry Sax and Bass Clarinet

2003-09-27 Thread David H. Bailey
Assuming low A on bari sax is an acceptable thing these days, as even student models are now coming with them. To cover all bases, you could simply put a smaller notehead on the same stem on an harmonically appropriate note as an ossia, but you should find that especially with pros, the low A

Re: [Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread Harold Owen
Robert Patterson writes: (Snip) I'm hoping someone else on this list uses custom lines, and will help me disabuse our friends at Coda of the notion that I'm the only one who cares whether custom line text remains visible irrespective of spacing (at least optionally). And if you haven't discove

[Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on Barry Sax and Bass Clarinet

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Andrew Stiller's instrumentation book gave the state-of-the-art c. 1979 for extensions as about 25% each of barry saxes and b. cls. have extension keys. (The barry sax to written low a, and the b. cl. to written low c.) I seem to remember on a discussion on this list that these extension keys ar

Re: [Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread Randolph Peters
Robert Patterson Finale wrote: [snip] I'm hoping someone else on this list uses custom lines, and will help me disabuse our friends at Coda of the notion that I'm the only one who cares whether custom line text remains visible irrespective of spacing (at least optionally). I never thought of us

Re: [Finale] standard whole and half measure rest in 6/1

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
In this case, common practice offers no obvious standard. I would probably extrapolate from the rules for 6/4. In 6/4, the whole measure rest is just a single whole rest while a half measure is half-plus-quarter or dotted half. Extrapolating for 6/1 would mean measure rest: quad-whole rest (i

Re: [Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
I use the Custom Line Tool every time I need a word placed at any angle. It does this beautifully, and there are no lines involved. Also, I use it every time I need to write the name of a Tuplet which is for example a ratio or some other string of characters which don't fit the standard scheme for

Re: [Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-27 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 2:04 AM + 9/27/03, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: I'm hoping someone else on this list uses custom lines, and will help me disabuse our friends at Coda of the notion that I'm the only one who cares whether custom line text remains visible irrespective of spacing (at least optionally).

RE: [Finale] Sibelius 3 - no scroll mode

2003-09-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
That strikes me like saying that it is OK if a car manufacturer decided not to include any forward gears because with a lot of practice and patience, people can learn how to drive backwards really well. One of the early European auto makers, I forget which one, built his first cars w.o brakes.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 3 - no scroll mode

2003-09-27 Thread David H. Bailey
While there are many reasons not to like Sibelius (just as for midi-users there are many reasons not to like Finale) I don't think the lack of scroll mode is one of them. Your remark maks me think that you never wrote music on paper and had to turn to a new page as you entered more notes. Yes

[Finale] STARTING up IN 98d

2003-09-27 Thread JazzKim
Maybe someone can help me with this one. MacFin2002b has been frequently crashing on me for several months, so I took the computer in to be serviced. The tech reinstalled it. I also have Finale 98d on my hard disk. I have kept that version because I have some really old Finale files that 98d