[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 8, Issue 16

2004-03-16 Thread Chuck Israels
at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Jari

2004-03-12 Thread Chuck Israels
Jari gossip. I was in Gothenberg in the Fall and had the good fortune of spending a nice leisurely breakfast with Jari. He and his wife were about to have a child. So this may explain why demands on his time may be pulling him away from Finale concerns. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden

Re: [Finale] 2K4 Mac bugs

2004-02-11 Thread Chuck Israels
response. Chuck On Feb 11, 2004, at 6:01 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: Chuck, Make sure you send this in to Tech Support. We can't address things unless we know about 'em. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels Sent: Tuesday

[Finale] pronunciation and hyphens

2003-12-18 Thread Chuck Israels
into the written code that is assumed to represent it most often misrepresents it by losing the variety and nuance that is more naturally conveyed and preserved by oral/aural data transmission. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055

[Finale] Re: Tuplet brackets in slurred passages - Darcy

2003-12-01 Thread Chuck Israels
. Slurs crashing through tuplet brackets are not beautiful, and I'd avoid the condition when possible but, if it's the only solution, I prefer it to moving the brackets. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055

[Finale] Re: confirming Darcy's experience

2003-11-16 Thread Chuck Israels
is (as usual) correct in stating that both OS X and OS 9 drivers are necessary. I'm eagerly awaiting FinMac 2004, but working happily on the G5 (having delivered on a promise to recycle my G4 to a friend in Sweden on a recent trip - thereby forcing the conversion). Chuck Israels 230 North Garden

[Finale] More on octave jumps in speedy

2003-10-20 Thread Chuck Israels
this? Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Schools and degrees

2003-10-13 Thread Chuck Israels
to a person within that institution that is sympathetic and can make adjustments on your behalf, and do the best you can. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com

[Finale] system margins

2003-10-10 Thread Chuck Israels
confusing than putting various numbers in many boxes. I can't see any advantage to another method for the work that I do. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Finale] midi in classic on a G5

2003-09-19 Thread Chuck Israels
Informational post: My talented Mac guru has succeeded in getting rudimentary midi input and output on my new G5 using 2003 in classic mode! He works so fast that I can give no helpful hints as to how this was accomplished (but I am using the midiman uno interface that Darcy recommended). I

[Finale] midiman driver problem - update

2003-09-17 Thread Chuck Israels
Yesterday I wrote: On Darcy's advice, I just got what I thought would be the only midi interface that would work in Classic, so that I might be able to work in FinMac 2003 for a couple of weeks while waiting for 2004, and the installer seems to get to the end of the installation, and then there

[Finale] M-Audio midiman installer trouble

2003-09-16 Thread Chuck Israels
This is a Mac OS X, Classic emulation question: On Darcy's advice, I just got what I thought would be the only midi interface that would work in Classic, so that I might be able to work in FinMac 2003 for a couple of weeks while waiting for 2004, and the installer seems to get to the end of

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10

2003-09-10 Thread Chuck Israels
David H. Bailey wrote: Fly Me to the Moon is a great song for starting a new life -- my niece and her new husband danced to it as the final dance at their reception before departing on their honeymoon. Some years ago (many, actually!), I played in a review of Bart Howard songs (He also wrote

[Finale] Keyboard shortcuts - Finale scripts

2003-09-02 Thread Chuck Israels
done) and mapping them to the X-keys but, once it's set up, does it really matter? Is my relative lack of computer savvy making me miss something? Thanks, Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com

[Finale] Blues mode key signature

2003-08-30 Thread Chuck Israels
and away the normal convention. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu

[Finale] human playback

2003-08-27 Thread Chuck Israels
this, speculating on the range between the possible, the practical, and the unlikely, but I'm not surprised to hear that this aspect of computer playback remains imperfect - part of the Music Approximation Society. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax

[Finale] Subito p

2003-07-14 Thread Chuck Israels
mass migration). But, do any of you have an elegant solution for subito or sub. p? Is there a text font which closely matches the m,p, and f in Maestro? Am I missing something that others have trolled around and found? Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836

[Finale] feature requests

2003-07-13 Thread Chuck Israels
, but maybe someone who knows more than I has an idea. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Finale] Easiest way to change meter globally

2003-05-27 Thread Chuck Israels
. Nonetheless, I'm grateful for the advice about how to do this, if the issue comes up again. Thanks, Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Finale] TAN eighth notes/blessing curse

2003-03-06 Thread Chuck Israels
idealized, robotic, version. It's a choice. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[Finale] Re: Swing indication

2003-03-05 Thread Chuck Israels
separates things into groups of two, strong - weak - strong - weak, kills any sense of line, and sounds plain silly. Jazz musicians do not play this way. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com

[Finale] Re: Swing indication

2003-03-05 Thread Chuck Israels
separates things into groups of two, strong - weak - strong - weak, kills any sense of line, and sounds plain silly. Jazz musicians do not play this way. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com

[Finale] Re: Reduced activity

2003-01-23 Thread Chuck Israels
From Philip Aker: Have patience Randy, the OS X version of Finale will be out RSN, and you'll have comments galore! 8-) None too soon. Lurking. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 http://www.chuckisraels.com

Re: [Finale] Globally changing measure nos position

2002-07-17 Thread Chuck Israels
it, but if there is more than one region, you have to do it by hand.) Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] RE: orchestral MIDI

2002-07-16 Thread Chuck Israels
, and it's hard to conceive of going back to working without it. (I have limited keyboard skills.) That's my story, and I'm sticking with it (for the time being). Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Finale] Jazzfont falls

2002-07-12 Thread Chuck Israels
___ Christopher, It's in my set. One goes from noon to 3 o'clock, another one (for scoops) goes from 6 o'clock to 3 o'clock. (But they are too skinny, and not very elegant.) Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671

Re: [Finale] Jazz articulations

2002-07-10 Thread Chuck Israels
to my eye (the quarter rest is the worst offender), so I continue to use these simple curved shapes. Is there a way to make them available to others who might find them useful? Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] metatool functioning [was fin vs sib scrapathon]

2002-07-10 Thread Chuck Israels
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RE: [Finale] Fin 2k3

2002-07-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Jari, Mac users? Will these become available for us? Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu

RE: [Finale] Fin 2k3

2002-07-09 Thread Chuck Israels
more than you need, 36 will probably do it in most instances), seems to be a good compromise. I rather like the way it looks not to have the bar extend so close to the end of the measure block. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676

[Finale] System size for parts

2002-07-07 Thread Chuck Israels
appreciate hearing from someone who understands just what each of these settings controls. TIA Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] System size for parts

2002-07-07 Thread Chuck Israels
Thank you both, Jari and Robert All is now clear. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman

Re: [Finale] Tie end in second ending

2002-07-05 Thread Chuck Israels
-click. Mark, This is news to me. Thanks you. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Finale] Have a look: PC Dash 2 (in US P8000) from Saitek

2002-06-26 Thread Chuck Israels
doing some arranging work with it, i couldn't resist telling you. www.saitek.com Jorg - I looked on this site (the U.S. version) and saw nothing that fits this intriguing description. I'll go back and take a look at the German site. Perhaps this is only on that one. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230

Re: [Finale] Have a look: PC Dash 2 (in US P8000) from Saitek

2002-06-26 Thread Chuck Israels
this lovely little device will not accommodate the Mac OS? Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-23 Thread Chuck Israels
elliptical (and kind hearted) suggestion that I might be due points on the resulting album. I never could figure out how to make real money out of music. OK - enough. Cheers, Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
keep me posted of your successes and failures in communicating the principles and details of our musical language to this student. I hope there is something helpful in this. Best of luck. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
At 2:46 PM -0700 6/22/02, Linda Worsley wrote: At 11:19 AM -0700 6/22/02, Chuck Israels wrote: For learning harmony and voice leading in the 21st Century (and according to your description of this man's music), I would assume the seventh chord as the basic unit rather than the triad

Re: [Finale] File formats - security anyone?

2002-06-18 Thread Chuck Israels
to take advantage of the progress of the world's delivery systems. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] TAN: String fingerings in Pops work?

2002-06-13 Thread Chuck Israels
leaders. Bowings are a slightly different issue. Yes, they are almost always changed, but they serve a useful purpose in indicating phrasing, (and I sometimes get them right). Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Re: conveying musical meaning

2002-06-05 Thread Chuck Israels
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Re: [Finale] TAN - Help with class curricula

2002-05-24 Thread Chuck Israels
skewed version of a history, a large part of which I experienced first hand, is still disturbing. I had long ago dropped this from my consciousness, and only Jamin's request made me think of it again. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676

Re: [Finale] Plea for help TAN

2002-05-21 Thread Chuck Israels
, this is unquestionably recognized as a 69 chord. Calling it something else (for the community described above) is less descriptive. Chuck ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden

Re: [Finale] Finale Porn

2002-05-19 Thread Chuck Israels
embarrassed to admit it? Regards, Keith in OZ. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale I got this too - annoying. I do feel invaded by this, but am at a loss as to how to prevent it. Chuck -- Chuck Israels

Re: [Finale] TAN: Mac OS question

2002-05-18 Thread Chuck Israels
a query so that I might better understand how the Mac works. Also, is there virtual memory in OS - X? Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list

[Finale] small bug work-around

2002-05-16 Thread Chuck Israels
not understand the tuplet assignment in that measure, and it leaves out the first note of the triplet. I'm sure that the work-around would be to select a dotted quarter pickup, and that'd be likely to work without a hitch, but someone should take note of this. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North

Re: [Finale] Getting no messages

2002-05-05 Thread Chuck Israels
was beginning to think that something had happened. Nevertheless, your message got through to me. About Hyperscribe, my sense is that it would be far, far, more trouble than step time speedy entry with a midi keyboard. Others may have another opinion. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden

Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-01 Thread Chuck Israels
, but in fact turns out not to be a big deal. Thanks for asking, Phil Shaw - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://okshaw.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace

Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-01 Thread Chuck Israels
used to be done by hand. I still think that the software is, overall, a great help to me personally. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Cue note problem (Tgtools?)

2002-04-25 Thread Chuck Israels
will answer with a more efficient way to deal with the situation, but this seems worth a try. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL