Re: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-21 Thread Bonnie Harris
Good point. Unfortunately I'm also cramped for space, but I'll give it some consideration if I can't find some reasonable software. On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 07:49 PM, Carlberg Jones wrote: At 7:37 PM -0800 10/21/03, Bonnie Harris wrote: Anybody know of an inexpensive Mac software synth/

Re: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-21 Thread Tim Thompson
Not anything exactly like that, but in terms of really easy to use sequencers, I would look at Intuem for OS X, and MOTU's Freestyle, which is still back in the OS 9 dark ages. In terms of sounds, sound fonts are easy to get, and easy to use in OS X. Of course, there are so many software synth

Re: [Finale] Re: CLIP FILES question

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Patterson
Well, if you have Fin03 you can use my Mass Copy plugin to a) erase the bogus meas exps and b) transfer them correctly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/21/03 10:11:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << 18. CLIP FILES 19. Re: CLIP FILES (Darcy James Argue) >> Thank you Darcy, and

[Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-21 Thread Bonnie Harris
Anybody know of an inexpensive Mac software synth/sequencer I could use with kids? I've used an old program called CyberSound Studio since OS 8,1997, but it won't work on a G5, no matter how hard I try. (worked fine with OS 9.1, but not in classic) I've used it so long because the interface i

[Finale] Re: CLIP FILES question

2003-10-21 Thread JazzKim
In a message dated 10/21/03 10:11:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << 18. CLIP FILES 19. Re: CLIP FILES (Darcy James Argue) >> Thank you Darcy, and others who answered. Problem is solved except for the fact that (as the online manual says) all of the measure expressions are now on ALL parts

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread John Bell
At 4:46 pm -0400 21.10.2003, David H. Bailey wrote: There are none at this level. There is Graphire Music Press, which is supposedly bringing a new version with a new pricing scheme (they had a "pay for so many hours and then the meter stops") where you actually buy unlimited usage. But this i

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
I just meant that it shows what can be done. Granted, it does not reveal what it takes to GET it done, and if that means the labor equivalent of selling one's first-born, then yes...it would not be not impressive. Unless, of course, you and your first-born don't get along. Then, what a deal! RH

Re: [Finale] Keyspan Serial to USB converters

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
Wow, in my part of the country (and in the President' part of the country, I think, and quite possibly most of the way inbetween, too) Keyspan is a natural gas provider. Didn't know they were branching out into computer hardware! Phil Lehman wrote: Does anyone have any experience with Keyspan

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David Horne
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:58:27 -0400, "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > The juxtaposition of your final two sentences is curious -- would it be > more impressive if you knew someone had spent two months on it? Would > it be more impressive if you knew someone spent two hours on it? O

[Finale] Keyspan Serial to USB converters

2003-10-21 Thread Phil Lehman
Does anyone have any experience with Keyspan serial (MAC) to USB converters? Finale tech support says that a serial midi interface and this device will work in Classic Mode in OSX. Since my G5 will not boot into system 9 I need some midi support for the remainder of the year. Phil Lehman _

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
The juxtaposition of your final two sentences is curious -- would it be more impressive if you knew someone had spent two months on it? Would it be more impressive if you knew someone spent two hours on it? I would think the appearance would make it impressive or not, regardless of how much ti

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David Horne
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:09:12 -0500, "Richard Huggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Several years ago I actually tried Graphire for awhile, even bought a key > for something like 90 hours or so. I forget what transpired but I decided > that wasn't going to work for me and I sought to sell the key to

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
Several years ago I actually tried Graphire for awhile, even bought a key for something like 90 hours or so. I forget what transpired but I decided that wasn't going to work for me and I sought to sell the key to someone else. The folks at Graphire went above and beyond to help me do that, since re

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
There are none at this level. There is Graphire Music Press, which is supposedly bringing a new version with a new pricing scheme (they had a "pay for so many hours and then the meter stops") where you actually buy unlimited usage. But this is still only in the rumor stages. But from what I

[Finale] Hyperscribe Problems

2003-10-21 Thread Hugh Lee
I just upgraded from Finale 98 (that's right!) to Finale 2004.  I have always used hyperscribe with my Kawaii midi keyboard.  I have everything set up the same way - midi in through an Audigy 2 soundcard - but for some reason, it doesn't register the signal in hyperscribe.   I have checked out th

[Finale] TAN - WTB

2003-10-21 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friends: An aquaintance has a quantity of files in the old MAC version of Micro$oft Works, but needs to replace his copy. Anyone have a copy of the program (with authorization code) that they would like to sell, or alternatively, know where there might be one? ns

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
I know there are a few other notation programs out there, but If there were no Finale, would there be a serious competitor to Sibelius (that INCLUDED the Macintosh platform)? What would keep Sibelius honest and interested in upgrading/improving their features? --Richard _

Re: [Finale] more french to english

2003-10-21 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
It actually works if its more than a day old and it hasn't seen any mustard... This reminds me of the joke about the percussionist who could no longer stand the bad, bad conducting by the talentless local conductor. After three hours of rehearsal he could no longer control his temper, and started

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 01:17 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: It just does not seem to fit the personality of the members of this list to willingly give up an original program CD. Count me as surprised. (And once copy protection comes into play I don't think burning a CD solves anything, d

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 02:12 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: Sibelius is bragging these days that even hard-core Finale corporations such as Hal Leonard are switching to Sibelius because of its on-line publishing capabilities and the Scorch plug-in for browsers. When I worked in a Sibeliu

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
Sibelius IS easier to use right out of the box. And that's about how far it goes. For a large number of users, that's all that's needed. I agree with you that Finale is definitely on the fasttrack to becoming the WordPerfect of notation packages. Let's just hope that some adventurous company

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
How would they know that wasn't your latest upgrade? Richard Huggins wrote: It just does not seem to fit the personality of the members of this list to willingly give up an original program CD. Count me as surprised. (And once copy protection comes into play I don't think burning a CD solves an

Re: [Finale] more french to english

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
So let me get this straight, you hit the bass drum with a loaf of French bread?? (:>) --Richard P.S. Leads to possibilities where controlled consumption of the device can be used to fine-tune the tonal response. > From: "d. collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (*baguette* in french). __

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Oct 2003 at 13:14, David H. Bailey wrote: > Well, they're hoping you won't ever use any other software again. > Having bought last year's competitive upgrade (I sent in the pages > from the table of contents), I can assure you that most hard-core > Finale users will not enjoy using Sibelius

[Finale] HP duplex unit

2003-10-21 Thread Bob Florence
I'm getting close to purchasing a new printer. I have not had good luck printing on both sides of the paper. Is a duplex unit for an Hp or a Ricoh fool-proof? Thanks; Bob F. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinf

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
It just does not seem to fit the personality of the members of this list to willingly give up an original program CD. Count me as surprised. (And once copy protection comes into play I don't think burning a CD solves anything, does it?) However, the sending in of an earlier program CD (e.g., Final

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
Well, they're hoping you won't ever use any other software again. Having bought last year's competitive upgrade (I sent in the pages from the table of contents), I can assure you that most hard-core Finale users will not enjoy using Sibelius very much. It has a couple of neat things, but when

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
Yes, indeed, that would have made the meaning clear. But the fact that CDs don't have first or second pages of a table of contents also made the meaning clear. d. collins wrote: David H. Bailey écrit: The OR stops the modifier of "pages of the." Proof of ownership must be provided by mailing

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Well, I'm sure you have more than one program CD. I, for instance, have CDs for all versions 2000-2004. Also, it's not difficult to make a backup copy before sending out the original (if you actually wanted to buy Sibelius...). I think that their point of doing the whole "competitive upgrade

Re: [Finale] part name in optimized score

2003-10-21 Thread Harold Owen
Dennis Collins writes: If I have an "optimized" score with empty staves removed, and if, for some reason, the staff names don't appear at the beginning of each stave, what is the proper or the best way to indicate the name of the part when it appears. I assume above the staff, I assume, but al

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 12:51 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: Okay...do they send it back? I mean, are there people that actually would give up their original program CD (not getting it back)? Well, yes. Lots. The whole point of the promotion is that you are in theory *switching* to Sib

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
Okay...do they send it back? I mean, are there people that actually would give up their original program CD (not getting it back)? --RH > From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The OR stops the modifier of "pages of the." > > Proof of ownership must be provided by mailing (the first & se

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread David H. Bailey
The OR stops the modifier of "pages of the." Proof of ownership must be provided by mailing (the first & second pages of the table of contents in the user manual) or (original program CD.) Richard Huggins wrote: How would you provide "pages" of a program CD? --RH From: John Hinchey <[EMAIL

Re: [Finale] more french to english

2003-10-21 Thread Hans Swinnen
According Kotonsky, Schlaginstrumente im Modernen Orchester: *Mailloche* should be translated to *bass drum beater*. Mallet is a beater to be used with Glocksp, Marimba, Xylo, etc. (*baguette* in french). Hans d. collins wrote: > Mr. Liudas Motekaitis écrit: > >> Can someone please provide Engli

Re: [Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread Richard Huggins
How would you provide "pages" of a program CD? --RH > From: John Hinchey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Proof of ownership must be provided by mailing the first & second pages of the > table of contents in the user manual or original program CD. ___ Finale mai

[Finale] FYI Finale or Mosaic to Sibelius competitive upgrade

2003-10-21 Thread John Hinchey
Hell all, I know there are many of us who have to use several different notation packages to keep clients happy. So FYI I got the following e mail from Larry Marchese the Director of US Marketing for Sibelius. You can now get a competitive upgrade from Mosaic to Sibelius (which you couldno

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

2003-10-21 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 6:13 AM -0400 10/21/03, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: This discussion is the reason that I (and many others) are still using older Macs... I don't know if this is MM's fault or Apple's, but I have no desire to get into these problems until MM and Apple work things out. The Mac has always been a use

[Finale] more french to english

2003-10-21 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Can someone please provide English for: Mailloches? Liudas ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

2003-10-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.10.2003 12:13 Uhr, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote > This discussion is the reason that I (and many others) are still using > older Macs... > > I don't know if this is MM's fault or Apple's, but I have no desire to get > into these problems until MM and Apple work things out. The Mac has > always

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

2003-10-21 Thread Eden - Lawrence D.
This discussion is the reason that I (and many others) are still using older Macs... I don't know if this is MM's fault or Apple's, but I have no desire to get into these problems until MM and Apple work things out. The Mac has always been a user friendly computer, but now, OSX sounds like a can

[Finale] french to english

2003-10-21 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Can somebody please provide the english and/or german equivalent to: - Jouer derrière le chevalet (1 à 6 cordes) - Jouer entre le sillet et les chevilles (1 à 6 cordes) Thank you, Liudas ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shs

Re: [Finale] CLIP FILES

2003-10-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 02:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to copy music from one document to another using a clip file. One type of item that will not copy is Measure Expressions. Any way to do this? Also, will not Time Signatures copy over? JazzKim Hold down option, and ch