Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

I beg to differ. That is not the expected behavior. Almost every OS X application I've done updates on will leave the older version there. Digital Performer, Protools to name the two that pop into mind at the moment. Darcy James Argue wrote: However, it's still weird that Finale updaters leave

Re: [Finale] MacOSX, FinMac 2003, HPLaserjet2200 and printing

Try searching the HP site. I found these: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?locale=en_US&pnameOID=28862&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=28861&submit.y=5&submit.x=4&lang=en&cc=us&swEnvOID=219 and http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.js

Re: [Finale] MacFin2004b in Classic?

Darcy James Argue wrote: Because native OS X performance of Finale 2004 is so abysmal -- even compared to, for example, Finale 2003 in Classic. If there were a separate app for Fin2004 for OS 9, and it ran at roughly the same speed as Finale 2003, it might conceivably be faster to run it in th

Re: [Finale] MacFin2004b in Classic?

Yeah, why would you want to run a classic app over a OS X app? I mean, I can't think of anything that runs better in classic than in OS X. I mean, classic is a layer over OS Xso...yeah Brad Beyenhof wrote: The website says that the download only updates the OSX version. For it to be

Re: [Finale] MacFin2004b in Classic?

Um, why would you want to? Or am I missing something as well? Darcy James Argue wrote: Unless there is some trick to it that I'm not aware of, it seems that peoples' fears were true -- there does not appear to be any way to run MacFin2004b in the Classic environment. Or am I missing something?

Re: [Finale] Re: David's issue

David W. Fenton wrote: Nasty? "Full of beans" is nasty? No, but the general response to that guy I thought was really kind of negative. Almost like an attack. He was just giving you an opinion. I can't speak about XP, but NTFS 5 (the file system in Win2K and WinXP) is the safest and most re

Re: [Finale] Re: David's issue

Wow, we are getting kind of nasty here. Have you tried running Disk Check on your filesystem? Windows Xp and 2000 are not the safest filesystems in the world, and I just had an XP computer totally mess up it's filesystem after I ran XP's disk defragmenter. Anyhow, I'd try running XP's disk chec

Re: [Finale] EPS Support Limitation: a Possible Solution?

I get excellent results with PDF files. I save them as postscript files first then run them through Adobe Distiller 6. d. collins wrote: In my experience, the conversion between Finale and Sibelius is often so disastrous that's it's of absolutely no use. As anyone ever obtained good results? I

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Mac Frustration

really now? I have a Quicksilver 933 with 768 megs of RAM and 10.3.3 and Finale 2004 runs great. I just got done with a score, and a patterns compilation. Finale was fast enough for me. However, working with the same files with my G4 450 cube, things are a lot slower. I see a big slow down in s

Re: [Finale] Os 9 status?

Gotcha. The only other thing I'd love to have Finale do would be some way to link a part with a score. That's probably the only thing I dread about extracting parts and getting them all nice and pretty. Changing something in the score, and then having to update the parts. It would be great if

[Finale] Os 9 status?

Since we have a Coda/Makemusic person on the list (woohoo), what is the status of Finale 2004 for OS 9? I see that we've already had a fix for the PDF printing for OS X. That works great! Keep up the good work! Fisher, Allen wrote: They're probably afraid that one of you will post back up her

Re: [Finale] Sibelius survey

Yeah. And it's not a toll free number if I remember correctly. Mark D Lew wrote: Did others on the group receive the email from a guy at Sibelius, inviting them to participate in a survey to discuss in a telephone interview how they use notation software? I was especially intrigued by this

Re: [Finale] printer comparison

Oooo, does this mean more excellent big band charts forthcoming? ;-) I hear excellent things about both printers. Things to consider would be costs of toner (if you plan on printing a lot of charts), and printer output. Bob Florence wrote: Hi All: It's time for a new printer. My HP 4mv is get

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius in this month's Keyboard Magazine

I'm waiting for the issue of Keyboard to read this, but, easier to learn is not always better. I like Finale cause I can get it to do what I want. Sibelius I feel I have to fight to do things that I want it to do... Christopher BJ Smith wrote: It might be me, but I was reading betw

Re: [Finale] Finale vs. Sibelius in this month's Keyboard Magazine

The latest versions of the programs right? What was the result?? Darcy James Argue wrote: (sadly, the article is not available online) Anyone read this? - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn NY ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Feature Request: Tabbed windows

Erg, they why spend all this time on these little frill things. Something like this would make my life a LOT easier. John Howell wrote: At 3:10 PM -0500 3/15/04, Darcy James Argue wrote: Eric, The two are not mutually exclusive. I believe some linkage between score and parts is event

Re: [Finale] Feature Request: Tabbed windows

Actually, I'd rather see some sort of linkage between parts and a score. That would make life so much easier. If you updated the score (notes, articulations, dynamics) it would update the related parts. Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, As a lot of us are getting used to tabbed windows

Re: [Finale] Opentype fonts and Finale 2004 (Mac)

Yeah. I found that the swing font (http://www.jazzfont.com/) didn't work for me at all in OS X with Finale 2004. I had to use FontLab to convert the font to opentype. Emails to the author went unanswered (rude, but oh well) Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 13.03.2004 23:15 Uhr, Matthew Hinds

Re: [Finale] Re: F2003a won't print to acrobat

Have you tried printing to a postscript file then running distiller on the file? Have you also tried the Check Document Fonts Against System Fonts? ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Nontree Paper

Tried this? http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-pull-web-t&p=paper+Kenaf Daniel Wolf wrote: As long as were on the subject of paper, does anyone know of a source for Kenaf paper? I know that the composer Lou Harrison was using it. Daniel Wolf Budapest

Re: [Finale] OS X PDF warning

Different than Mac OS X and Finale 2004 printing. Mac OS X has the ability to print to PDF built into the operating system natively. So, you, in theory, don't need Acrobat/Distiller.. Burt Fenner wrote: I just tried this using winfin2k4 and WindowsXP and Acrobat Distiller. There were no

Re: [Finale] NOVEMBER and OSX

Henry Howey wrote: I love the NOVEMBER font from Klemm in Germany; however, they have failed to respond to my inquiries about updating it for OSX and ACROBAT 6 on PC and MAC. Are there any FONTOGRAPHER or other fixes possible? I had the same problem with the SWING font. I emailed the author. N

Re: [Finale] Font Problems

Ok, so, what does one need to get to fix it? Johannes Gebauer wrote: It is almost certainly a font encoding problem. Johannes ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Font Problems

Well, option 1 is a ways off. Option 2 - I think I only HAVE SwingFont in my OS 9 system. Maybe it's a TrueType problem? I dunno if it is TrueType or Postscript I have in there.but should it matter? I mean, things worked fine in OS 9 Classic with Finale 2003. Though, using Swin

Re: [Finale] Font Problems

; > How frustrating it can be when something you have grown accustomed to > using doesn't work as you expect! > > David H. Bailey > > > > > Eric Dannewitz wrote: > > > So, I received my Finale 2004 update the other day. And, I notice that > > my nice loo

[Finale] Font Problems

So, I received my Finale 2004 update the other day. And, I notice that my nice looking Swing Font that I have been using from www.jazzfonts.com, doesn't seem to show up correctly anymore. Any ideas ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://li

Re: [Finale] OSX slower?

Darcy James Argue wrote: Steve, There are two "native" programming API's (application programming interfaces) for OS X. One is called "Carbon" and the other "Cocoa." Carbon was designed to allow companies to easily migrate their products from OS 9 to OS X, while Coca is preferred for develop

Re: [Finale] Finale Mac 2004 here - no go

You might want to check the MOTU-Mac list on Yahoo Groups. I remember there was a discussion about it a few weeks ago.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motu-mac JD wrote: on 1/26/04 11:38 AM, Eric Dannewitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not really that MOTU is supporting USB

Re: [Finale] Finale Mac 2004 here - no go

It's not really that MOTU is supporting USB only interfaces, it's a Mac OS X thing. OS X doesn't support serial interfaces. The Griffin Serial port adapter seems to work ok from what I hear on the MOTU list I subscribe to. JD wrote: on 1/26/04 11:10 AM, Tim Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: [Finale] Finale Mac 2004 here - no go

Um, well, from what I understand, OS X doesn't support serial ports anymore. You could try getting a Griffin Serial thingy. On the MOTU list some people have been able to get it to work ok JD wrote: Maybe I'm missing something. On OS 9 everything was installed for the interface via FreeMID

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

Well, you are running Quickkeys for OS X right? The latest version? I'll test it when I get my copy. Éric Dussault wrote: On 22/01/04 15:38, "Johannes Gebauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know the question wasn't aimed at me, but I do run Fin2k4 in OS 10.3.2 , with my G4 400 MHz, 512 MB of ram,

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

Ram ram ram. Get lots of Ram. OS X loves Ram. I have a 450Mhz G4 cube, and I have it maxed out. 1.5 gigs of Ram. I don't have any issues with Digital Performer 4.12 and it being slow. I use it mainly for doing 4 or so audio tracks and midi. I'm very much looking forward to ditching OS 9. Since

Re: [Finale]

Eh, I'll pass. Perhaps if it makes Band in a Box work better, but I'm looking forward to Finale 2004 for OS X..good by OS 9 Tim Thompson wrote: The irony of this is almost too much to bear. Those of you who haven't pre-ordered 2004 may be interested in this. From the website for the p

Re: [Finale] who wins the prize?

Yeah, I got Coda/Makemusic to take $20 off my price. I emailed them at the FIRST delay notice. So, I think mine is $69 or something. Still haven't seen it charged to my account...:-/ Brad Beyenhof wrote: What?!? How did you pull that? Mine is still $89.95... free shipping, but sti

Re: [Finale] Finale class

No, I did too. I just still am in shock that they are FINALLY shipping it ;-) Javier Ruiz wrote: Am I the only one who has received this? Dear Macintosh Customer, We are happy to report that the Finale Macintosh OS X disc has completed our rigorous testing cycle with flying colors and is curre

Re: [Finale] Rehearsal Numbers/Letters

Um, yeah. A couple of ways. What I usually do is make a STAFF LIST which contains all the parts, but only shows up at the top. Carl Dershem wrote: Hi, all. Is there a way to assign rehearsal letters or numbers in a score, and have them only show up at the top of the score (or even the instru

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

Darcy James Argue wrote: On 12 Dec 2003, at 02:42 PM, JD wrote: Finally. An intelligent, well-worded, well thought out, and non-emotional view of the situation. I'm sorry, no disrespect to JD or Brian, but this is reminiscent of a currently popular talking point among right-wing pundits that

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

Exactly. The only other application I can think of that I use that isn't OS X is Pgmusic's Band in a Box. I've pretty much given up on them doing a OS X version. All the other major things, even Quark, are OS X now. Protools. MOTU Digital Performer, etc, etc. I totally agree. Two years ago, ye

Re: [Finale] HP5000N Maintenance

I would consult HPs website and see exactly how much this would cost. You might need to ship it to HP, or maybe take it to a local dealer. I have a Lexmark printer which I have had since 1996, and this guy has been rock solid. And I had a similar maintenance done a couple of years ago..

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS X 10.3

I've noticed that OS X 10.3 is faster. Classic mode printing from Finale 2003a is a lot faster than under 10.2.8 I'd recommend going to 10.3 without hesitation (actually, we're up to 10.3.1 right now).. Brad Beyenhof wrote: To those that have now had OS X 10.3 running for a while: how

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

Wait, you think that they could MAKE a shipping deadline?!?!?! I think hell just froze over ;-) Joel Sears wrote: I wonder what they will charge us for Finale 2005 in August? Joel Sears ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

I, as a user, would like to see them get OS X happening and MIDI. All that other crap, the making of CDs, the sound playback stuff could wait. Just OS X, and Midi and the other features (like the new expression thing) working. I think some of the "fluff" is delaying it. Brad Beyenho

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

Makes me wonder if they are going to make it as a company. Seriously, missing 2 ship dates... I could do without the "soundfonts" or whatever they are called. And the making of audio CDs. I just want the program to run and do music and MIDI in OS X. I hope there is COAL in all the Makemusi

[Finale] 5 days till OS X?

So, anyone know if Finale 2004 for Mac is going to actually go out on the 15th? ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Fin 2002 to 2004 - was their a deal?

I dunno, but are they ACTUALLY going to ship it this month Anyone want to put bets on it? I'm thinking they won't ship it till Jan. RockyRoad wrote: Now that it is close to Mac Finale coming out, could someone refresh my memory - did MakeMusic do a one of special where Fin 2002 owners wer

Re: [Finale] Midisport 2x2

Do you have anything else in the USB chain? Have a USB hub? I had problems with the USB port not having enough juice to power devices, so I got a hub and everything worked fine from then on.. Jane Frasier wrote: Every time I have had to unplug my computer equipment and move it and set it u

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

OMS all the way. As I remember, there are no FreeMidi drivers for the Midiman interfaces... And yes, there is a OMS setup done for OS 9, and I believe I do have drivers in OS X for all the interfaces. Tim Thompson wrote: Don't forget that you have to have both OS 9 and OS X drivers instal

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

Yeah, I use Midiman/M-Audio interfaces under classic and they work fine! Darcy James Argue wrote: Wow. Coda are feeding you some seriously misleading information there. First off, despite what they told you the Roland UM2 does *not* work reliably in Classic mode for all users. Coda may have

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

I don't know about the Roland interfaces, but I use a Midiman Midisport 4x4 and a MOTU Fastlane 2x2 and they work fine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: greetings to the list - i'm sure this might have been discussed at some point, and if it has i hope you'll forgive my missing the postings - - in

Re: [Finale] Herbie Hancock interview

Yeah, I came across that interview as well. But he did say "works pretty much as well as Finale". Not AS well, but pretty much as well. I mean, I see his pointSibelius does run under OS Xthats about it ;-) Tim Thompson wrote: Are all your music programs OS X now? Yeah, you kn

Re: [Finale] Epson C84 in classic?

Its a USB printer right? It should work ok. I have a Brother Laser Printer that is USB, and when I start classic with the printer OFF, OS 9 doesn't find the printer. But, if the printer is on before I start classic, it usually finds it. Bonnie Harris wrote: Hi all, I've just upgraded to a Mac

Re: [Finale] [Fwd: Re: Finale 2004 Mac delay]

Sarcastic? No. I think its bad of them to promise a product and then, what, a week shy of the ship date, say its going to be delayed 2 months. Thats bad. Giving me another $20 off on the order and me keeping my order in their system..I'm happy. Richard Huggins wrote: From: Eric Dann

[Finale] [Fwd: Re: Finale 2004 Mac delay]

:30-5:00 Central Time Please make sure to include all previous correspondence when replying, including any pertinent information such as registered serial number, account number, sales order reference number, etc. -Original Message- From: Eric Dannewitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: We

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004 delayed

They have Digital Performer for OS X. Works great. I don't think they have done a release on Performer in like..two years? Tim Thompson wrote: Agreed... but MOTU has yet to release Performer and Freestyle for X! More aarghs all around! Tim __ Fina

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004 delayed

They really should consider giving people another $20 off for keeping their preorders active. I mean, it's another 2 months AT LEAST. "No Earlier Than DECEMBER 15,2003". Meaning, it could be December 15th, or could be Feb 15th 2004. Oh Coda, you have really dropped the ball...and people wer

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

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] Fin2k2 classic?

I could never get 2002 to work well under Classic. 2003a works ok in Classic. I'd wait another 3 weeks and get the OS X version of Finale. Bonnie Harris wrote: I'm sure this has been discussed on the list before, but can someone refresh my memory, will Finale 2002 run w/MIDI keyboards,

Re: [Finale] "bug" with auto spacing on FinMac 2003?

David Horne wrote: Hello, I've only recently upgraded to 2003. I was incredibly happy with 2000- but finally decided to go for the upgrade, mostly for the slurs. (2004 looks like it will be OS X only, so I'm not going _there_ anytime soon.) Well, no. It is going to run in OS 9 as well..

Re: [Finale] Taking copy protection seriously?

they've been doing that for years. Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, In today's mail, I found a nice glossy flier for Finale 2003. What appears on the address label, right above my name and address? Why, my Finale serial number, of course! Aaron. __

[Finale] 2004 on site

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Re: [Finale] Quasi public information...

So, any word on the features that you saw? OS X on mac? etc etc... Noel Stoutenburg wrote: In light of a couple of posts (one of which I posted several weeks ago) asking about Fin 2k4, it may be of some interest here that according to a flyer available at the last National Association of Musi

Re: [Finale] fonts

Ergh. What kind of "service" was performed? Sounds like during this "service" someone installed a new system folder instead of upgrading it. If they preserved the old system folder somewhere, you can simply copy the Fonts over to the new system folder. You might have to check in the extensions for

Re: [Finale] BUYing updated Finale

list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- - Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flautist(flutist?), macintosher, and often thought

Re: [Finale] A bit TAN: Netscape 7

: 78036563 ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- - Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flautist(flutist?), macintosher,

Re: [Finale] [TAN] Band in a Box - Mac

Um, because the last time BinaB was update was like 2+ years ago. Probably 3 years ago. Honestly, I think it works good in Classic. Not great, but it works. When Digital Performer, and Protools go OS X for REAL then I'll bitch about it being non-OSX. In the mean time, it works great. Rocky R

Re: [Finale] Music Fonts

vember > >Susato > >Partita (ReallyLoudFonts) > >Any more? > >Johannes > > -- - Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist, manic self-publicist, part-time flaut

Re: [Finale] Coda web site now taking FinMac 2k3 orders

> Randolph Peters > ___ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- - Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clarinetist

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 PC/Finale 2002 Mac can't trade files...

EXACTLY! It's BS! Craig Parmerlee wrote: > > The point is that they DON'T do that. Coda is the only major software > company I can think of that doesn't provide backwards compatibility, > either through SaveAs to older formats or by having the vision to use > an extensible structure from the

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 PC/Finale 2002 Mac can't trade files...

ack of backward compatibility), we DO have to > accept the fact. > > It would appear that midi is the only way, until the Mac2003 is released. > -- - Bureaucrats cut red tape, lengthwise Eric Dannewitz - Adventurer, saxophonist, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), clar

[Finale] Finale 2003 PC/Finale 2002 Mac can't trade files...

I am an owner of both the PC and Mac versions of Finale. I noticed that you can't import MUS nor ETF files from Finale 2003 into Finale 2002 on the Mac. I am wondering WHY Coda keeps changing the file format. Seems like nothing major changed in 2003. Not even Microsoft changes file formats. I