Re: [Finale] Re: JW Space systems

2004-03-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:04 PM 3/13/2002, Rudolf van Berkum wrote: >I'm running Win98SE and Fin2003a, and am experiencing no difficulties using >Jari's plug-ins (having reset my system back two years of course). Barbara's post was about using Jari's plugins under Win98 and Fin2004. She seems to have a problem with

Re: [Finale] Getting a barline at the start of ech line

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
Thank you both of you. -- Rocky Road - in Oz "Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag, fugitive fleet, on a lonely quest, for a shining planet known as Earth." ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list

Re: [Finale] Simple Entry in Fin(Mac)2004

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
>Can I change this back to how it behaved in 2002? There is no automatic way to have this happen. One of the supposed strengths of the new Simple Entry is that you can program your own keyboard shortcuts, and save them as a set. I suggested a while back that Coda should ship more default short

Re: [Finale] Mac G5 (ot)

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
I do a lot of big band music. They are large files sometimes up to 500 pages. I don't do any playback with reverbs or anything like that. Thanks: BF if the "music" you do is predominantly notation and playback of those files rather than live recording studio and mixing type-stuff, all of these G

[Finale] Re: JW Space systems

2004-03-13 Thread Rudolf van Berkum
Barbara Touburg asked on Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:16:50 +0100 Thanks to everyone who tried to help me. It looks like it's a Win98SE problem and I'll have to do the vertical spacing by hand. Next questions would be: are there any other Win98SE users who experience the same chrash with JW Space Systems?

Re: [Finale] Mac G5 (ot)

2004-03-13 Thread Bob Florence
I do a lot of big band music. They are large files sometimes up to 500 pages. I don't do any playback with reverbs or anything like that. Thanks: BF > The rumourmill has the next G5 upgrade (coming "Real Soon Now*") to be > > Single 2.0 gHz > Dual 2.4 gHz > Dual 2.6 gHz > > Most of what you h

Re: [Finale] Installing Finale2004 - Plugin Error

2004-03-13 Thread Harold Owen
I have tried installing twice now (clean install) and both times upon booting the program I get the following error dialog box: "Extract LyricsPlugin Icon Missing: -37" The program then seems to work, but I'd still like to get rid of the error. Can anyone help with what to do? The computer

Re: [Finale] Getting a barline at the start of ech line

2004-03-13 Thread Harold Owen
I have a single treble clef stave and and each line starts open ended. I have gone into the measure attributes and chosen "normal" for the left barline, but it doesn't show. How can I get each stave to start with a barline on the left (to the left of the clef)? Options/Document options/Barlines

Re: [Finale] Simple Entry in Fin(Mac)2004

2004-03-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:23 PM 3/13/2004, Rocky Road wrote: >Can I change this back to how it behaved in 2002? There is no automatic way to have this happen. One of the supposed strengths of the new Simple Entry is that you can program your own keyboard shortcuts, and save them as a set. I suggested a while back th

Re: [Finale] Getting a barline at the start of ech line

2004-03-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:23 PM 3/13/2004, Rocky Road wrote: >I have a single treble clef stave and and each line starts open >ended. I have gone into the measure attributes and chosen "normal" >for the left barline, but it doesn't show. > >How can I get each stave to start with a barline on the left (to the >left of

[Finale] Simple Entry in Fin(Mac)2004

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
I've been thrown by the change in keyboard shortcuts in simple entry. Being on a powerbook with no number keypad, I'm used to using the top number row to select note lengths, and keys like r, #, and b to select rests, sharps and flats. Now they are picking different things like note pitches. C

Re: [Finale] Mac G5 (ot)

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
Hi all: I am planning to purchase a Mac G5 this summer. I will be using Fin Mac 2004. I mainly use the computer for music, e mail, browsing, pictures and word processing. That's it. Which one would you all suggest? The rumourmill has the next G5 upgrade (coming "Real Soon Now") to be Single 2.0

[Finale] 30 day Disabled Fin2004 as a demo?

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
After 30 days without registering, Finale 2004 is still usable but cannot save or print, effectively a demo version of the software. Does anyone know if there is anything wrong with leaving this "demo" version installed on a computer, when you have your two registered versions installed somewhe

[Finale] Getting a barline at the start of ech line

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
I have a single treble clef stave and and each line starts open ended. I have gone into the measure attributes and chosen "normal" for the left barline, but it doesn't show. How can I get each stave to start with a barline on the left (to the left of the clef)? -- Rocky Road - in Oz "Fleeing

[Finale] Installing Finale2004 - Plugin Error

2004-03-13 Thread Rocky Road
I have tried installing twice now (clean install) and both times upon booting the program I get the following error dialog box: "Extract LyricsPlugin Icon Missing: -37" The program then seems to work, but I'd still like to get rid of the error. Can anyone help with what to do? The computer

[Finale] Opentype fonts and Finale 2004 (Mac)

2004-03-13 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
>From reading on the Finale forums, it seems that Finale 2004 OS X will only allow Opentype fonts to be used for certain (hopefully not all!) elements. This is causing me quite a bit of grief as the Opus Font, for example, is a truetype or PS font, and so doesn't appear at all on the screen. Apart

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread Richard Huggins
I chime in with the others. This is the first I've heard of such a notion; it sounds like watercooler stuff. I recall an excellent choral conductor who periodically would ask the group to sing for him their different dynamics, i.e., "Let me hear your mfLet me hear your p" etc. The point was

Re: [Finale] Smart hyphens = disappearing hyphens?

2004-03-13 Thread Wiz-of-Oz
Try the Lyrics menu: Update Hyphens There was a bug in FinWin2004, I couldn't see any hyphens in some files with autohyphens on, it's been fixed in 2004b update so maybe on Mac it's still there... good luck, Abel Korzeniowski ___ Finale mailing list [

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread John Howell
At 3:00 PM + 3/13/04, Colin Broom wrote: I've spoken to a number of musicians recently, including a noted orchestral conductor, and several composers who all seem to feel that the dynamic 'mezzo piano' is basically a meaningless dynamic, and they think it should never be used. I've even heard

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread Craig Parmerlee
At 10:00 AM 3/13/2004, you wrote: I've spoken to a number of musicians recently, including a noted orchestral conductor, and several composers who all seem to feel that the dynamic 'mezzo piano' is basically a meaningless dynamic, and they think it should never be used. Hard to see how they could

Re: [Finale] MacFin04 install issues

2004-03-13 Thread Steve G.
Could it possibly be that you need to run repair permissions? On Mar 13, 2004, at 8:28 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: Has anyone seen this? When I installed MacFin04 (finally) I get the following error message every time I start up: Extract Lyrics: Plugin icon missing: -1409 Also, I always

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread Raymond Horton
Nonsense. The more info, the better, especially, when it comes to dynamics. There's no more time-wasting question than "Should I have a dynamic marking here?" Ray Horton Louisville Orchestra - Original Message - From: "Colin Broom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Satu

RE: [Finale] JW Space systems

2004-03-13 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Except for the fact that WinXP has more problems than any other Windows OS in exporting EPS files or compiling PS listings. Though I mainly use WinXP, I still have my hard drive set to dual-boot XP and 98 (They're installed on separate partitions; FAT32 for 98 and NTFS for XP). I hardly ever go i

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
I think it depends on the piece. All dynamic markings are relative to the context and to the instrumentation, and to the venue. One evening you may play the same passage at one level, and another at another. In one hall in one way, in another in a another way. With one soloist one way, with another

[Finale] TAN: Is mp a redundant dynamic?

2004-03-13 Thread Colin Broom
I've spoken to a number of musicians recently, including a noted orchestral conductor, and several composers who all seem to feel that the dynamic 'mezzo piano' is basically a meaningless dynamic, and they think it should never be used. I've even heard one go as far as to say that the same is tru

Re: [Finale] MacFin04 install issues

2004-03-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Robert, I haven't seen that error message, and I don't have the problem with the MIDI setup settings not taking. I presume you've tried to save your preferences manually? - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn NY On 13 Mar 2004, at 09:28 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: Has anyone se

[Finale] MacFin04 install issues

2004-03-13 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Has anyone seen this? When I installed MacFin04 (finally) I get the following error message every time I start up: Extract Lyrics: Plugin icon missing: -1409 Also, I always have to go thru the Tips and MIDI Setup rigamarole, like it doesn't know how to save my settings. I know I should ask Mac

Re: [Finale] Smart hyphens = disappearing hyphens?

2004-03-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 13 Mar 2004, at 08:31 AM, d. collins wrote: Darcy James Argue écrit: I think I described it pretty exactly -- the hyphens are there in the document, and when you turn on smart hyphens, they disappear. They don't display and they don't print. When you turn smart hyphens off again, they reap

Re: [Finale] Smart hyphens = disappearing hyphens?

2004-03-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 13 Mar 2004, at 08:26 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I think I described it pretty exactly -- the hyphens are there in the document, and when you turn on smart hyphens, they disappear. They don't display and they don't print. When you turn smart hyphens off again, they reappear. I will send

Re: [Finale] Smart hyphens = disappearing hyphens?

2004-03-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
I think I described it pretty exactly -- the hyphens are there in the document, and when you turn on smart hyphens, they disappear. They don't display and they don't print. When you turn smart hyphens off again, they reappear. I will send you the file privately if you want to take a look. Ch

[Finale] Smart hyphens = disappearing hyphens?

2004-03-13 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hello, In FinMac 2004, I notice that turning on "Smart Hyphens" causes many hyphens to disappear entirely. Anyone else observe this behavior? Does this happen in the Windows version? - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn NY ___ Finale mailing l

Re: [Finale] JW Space systems

2004-03-13 Thread David H. Bailey
Upgrade to WinXP if anything, but if this is the only problem you are having with Win98, hold on until you get a new machine built around the specs of WinXP. David H. Bailey Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 03:16 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: Should I consider updrading to W