RE: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-21 Thread Fisher, Allen
Toast did this as well the last time I updated it... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Dannewitz Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC I beg to differ. That i

RE: [Finale] INSTALLATION ALERT - 2004B MAC

2004-04-21 Thread Fisher, Allen
The reason that we ask is so that we don't overwrite anything that you've already customized. The user backlash would be quite bad (am I right guys? ) if we deleted everyone's cusomized FinaleScripts, instrument.txt, and pagesizes.txt files without asking. There's no harm done in writing or not ove

RE: [Finale] TimeBug?

2004-04-19 Thread Fisher, Allen
Did this file originate from a scanned file? We did have a problem some years ago with these symptoms related to a scanned file. Richard Yates wrote: > Can someone try this: > > Download http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/TimeBug.MUS > > Open in Finale 2004b. > > Time Signature Tool > > Select

RE: [Finale] Dash Line on Hook Length

2004-04-07 Thread Fisher, Allen
You could make a custom line style. Then the hook would be adjustable... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher BJ Smith Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Dash Line on Hook Length >He

RE: [Finale] Mac Fin2002 wont do EPS after installing Fin2004

2004-04-06 Thread Fisher, Allen
Download and install the Font pack. You've got some old fonts that are being used for display. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Road Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:44 PM To: Finale List Subject: [Finale] Mac Fin2002 wont do EPS after

RE: [Finale] Help with scripting

2004-04-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
If you have Finale 2004, you can use Finale Script to do this. It will open all MIDI files in a directory and cut and paste them into a template. Try the pre-installed script named "Batch Open MIDI files (Paste into Template)" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Finale] Os 9 status?

2004-03-31 Thread Fisher, Allen
he 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 here what >they were asked, and some schmuck like me passes it on to our Sales and >Marketing department. I can underst

RE: [Finale] Sibelius survey

2004-03-31 Thread Fisher, Allen
They're probably afraid that one of you will post back up here what they were asked, and some schmuck like me passes it on to our Sales and Marketing department. I can understand why they don't want their thunder stolen...as much as I'd enjoy stealing it... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [Finale] Split Points in Imported MIDI Files

2004-03-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
If you really want, you can go into the Track/Channel mapping dialog and set them in there...(Click set track to staff list and click the associated button.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:09

RE: [Finale] Re: New Time Sig Metatools

2004-03-23 Thread Fisher, Allen
Can't comment on your actual question for obvious reasons, but Time Sig metatools have been around since about 2k2, we programmed some by default for use in simple entry. You can program your own. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clay Zambo

RE: [Finale] instrument list dialog box

2004-03-22 Thread Fisher, Allen
If there is indeed a checkmark next to it in the window menu, go to Options-->Program Options-->View UNCHECK: Load Window States When Starting Finale, and Save Window States When Exiting Finale. Restart Finale, choose the instrument list, (you should be able to see it this time), and then re-che

RE: [Finale] Graphics tablets

2004-03-18 Thread Fisher, Allen
I use a Microsoft Trackball Optical. I found that since it's operated with your thumb instead of the index finger it was much easier to get control of (and is far more precise). I have terrible problems with wrist pain that have all but disappeared with the introduction of this device. I tried a gr

RE: [Finale] Batch printing in OSX!

2004-03-18 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>Batch printing *does* exist in OSX! If the Print Center is in your dock (whether it's running or not), you can drag groups of documents to it, and they will print with your default printer. If you want something other than your default printer, open the Print Center window and drag the file

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
View Menu-->Hidden Notes and Rests -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burt Fenner Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1 (BTW, in 2004, one can turn on the v

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

2004-03-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
Brad et. All, When you put that measure at the start of a system, the left barline setting is used. - A -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Beyenhof Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Get

RE: [Finale] Installing Finale2004 - Plugin Error

2004-03-15 Thread Fisher, Allen
Remove the extract lyrics plug-in from \applications\Finale 2004\Plug-ins\lyrics -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rocky Road Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 6:25 PM To: Finale List Subject: [Finale] Installing Finale2004 - Plugin Error I ha

RE: [Finale] 12x18 printing on Ricoh AP2610

2004-03-11 Thread Fisher, Allen
I don't have my Mac in front of me (I can't remember if this option exists on the mac without looking it up), but can you check "Ignore Margins for N-up Printing" In the print dialog? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Darcy James Argue Sent

RE: [Finale] FinMac04 , speed, and a MIDI question

2004-03-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
riginal Message- From: Darcy James Argue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:59 PM To: Fisher, Allen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Froom Subject: Re: [Finale] FinMac04 , speed, and a MIDI question Hi Allen, Finale 2004's performance is, unfortunately, bad all arou

RE: [Finale] FinMac04 , speed, and a MIDI question

2004-03-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
Thus Saith Darcy: >Yes. Write to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and tell them speed should be >their #1 priority for MacFin2005. Remind them that Sibelius is now >*much, much* faster than Finale, with virtually no redraws, and they'd >better catch up. When you do, please be sure to list *specific* step

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004: Speedy entry suddenly slow

2004-03-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
Lyrics can slow down a piece with SmartHyphens and Smart Word Extensions set to Update automatically in program options. Deleting the lyrics is unnecessary, simply go to Program Options, click View, and Set Smart Hyphens and Word Extensions to update Manually. -Original Message- From: [EMA

RE: [Finale] Lab setup problems FinMac 2k4

2004-03-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] They can help you get the lab set up properly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Cronin Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Lab setup problems FinMac 2k4 Hello

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004: Speedy entry suddenly slow

2004-03-01 Thread Fisher, Allen
Do you have lyrics in the document? - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:21 PM Subject: [Finale] Finale 2004: Speedy entry suddenly slow > Dear Finale list: > > My speedy entry in Finale 2004 has suddenly slowed to a snai

[Finale] One More tuplet question...

2004-02-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
Darcy may have indirectly answered this one... Are tuplet brackets allowed to fall inside the staff? (as you can probably tell, I do very little with unbeamed tuplets...) Thanks, Allen ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/ma

[Finale] Tuplet Question

2004-02-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
List-- I'm engraving a 4 and/or 5 staff choral piece. One page has many bracketed tuplets on it that have slurs that fall on the same side as the tuplet bracket sits. I'm unsure where the slurs should be in relation to the tuplet brackets. My scouring of Read, Ross, and the like seem to contradict

RE: [Finale] Upgrading Finale on Mac OSX

2004-02-26 Thread Fisher, Allen
Aaron is correct. Upgrades (the things we charge you money for every year) do not require you to have last year's version installed. Updates (those things that we stick on the site for you to download for free) only require that you have the current version on your machine. We also stopped uninsta

RE: [Finale] Spacing of hidden notes

2004-02-25 Thread Fisher, Allen
tes > > >From: "Fisher, Allen" > >Just to clarify, in 2k3 and 2k4 you can turn the spacing of hidden >notes on and off in layer options. > Maybe, but not with note spacing. All notes will then consequently collide when hidden. But with Tobias plugin you can both hid

RE: [Finale] context sensitive accidentals

2004-02-25 Thread Fisher, Allen
You can get finale to do this. Options-->Enharmonic spelling-->Use Default Spelling. I just did a scale and I had sharps on the way up and flats on the way down. HTH, Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MDM Sent: Tuesday, February 24,

RE: [Finale] From: Javier Ruiz

2004-02-20 Thread Fisher, Allen
Just to clarify, in 2k3 and 2k4 you can turn the spacing of hidden notes on and off in layer options. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ole Buck Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] From: Javier Ru

RE: [Finale] C-flat/C-sharp

2004-02-20 Thread Fisher, Allen
If this is a transposed staff, Click the transposition button in staff attrributes and turn off "Simplify Key" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henry Howey Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: MacSupport; WinSup

RE: [Finale] Spacing of hidden notes

2004-02-20 Thread Fisher, Allen
Options-->Document Options-->Layers. Switch to the layer in question and check "Affects Music Spacing" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Javier Ruiz Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:28 AM To: Finale list Subject: [Finale] Spacing of hidden

RE: [Finale] TAN: Paper Sources

2004-02-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
A link might help too ;-) http://www.anchorpaper.com/ http://www.anchorpaper.com/retail/index.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fisher, Allen Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:13 AM To: Darcy James Argue; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

RE: [Finale] TAN: Paper Sources

2004-02-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
Try Anchor paper in St. Paul, MN. They have an online store and are downright friendly. HTH, Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darcy James Argue Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] TAN: Pa

RE: [Finale] Ties into second endings

2004-02-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
We added a keystroke for it in Finale 2000 or 2001 I think... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gebauer, Johannes Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:41 PM To: Finale list Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties into second endings On 16.02.2004 22:33 Uhr

RE: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-10 Thread Fisher, Allen
You guys need to also remember that the version of SmartScore we ship is SmartScore *LITE*, which we simply licence from the company who makes it. SmartScore Pro will import more than 16 staves at a time. I've had pretty good luck with it like Johannes says: if the source is clean the scanning is g

RE: [Finale] Re: November Font

2004-02-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
He's also the author of FinaleScript and the Text Search and Replace plug-ins... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Williams, Jim Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 3:05 PM To: Rob Deemer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] Re: November Fo

RE: [Finale] TAN: Mac OS 9.2.2 question

2004-02-05 Thread Fisher, Allen
Go to Apple Menu-->Control Panels-->Appearance. Click the options Tab Uncheck "Use Smart Scrolling." (I hate it too--why did apple default to this :-)) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Hart Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:31 AM To:

RE: [Finale] midi capable laptop a dream?

2004-02-03 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>1. There are PCMCIA cards with the 15-pin GamePort/MPU-401 MIDI connector. These then require a fairly standard 15-pin-to-MIDI cable.<< These (at least used to be) very difficult to find. We had a couple here in the office and I seem to remember lots of problems with them... >>2. If the MIDI

RE: [Finale] midi capable laptop a dream?

2004-02-03 Thread Fisher, Allen
This is most certainly possible, I do it all the time. Here's some things you can look into: You don't necessarily need a sound card. I have a Roland PC300 USB MIDI keyboard. All I did was load the drivers and plug it in. No fuss, no muss (Maudio also makes some good ones like this). You can also

RE: [Finale] Font Problems

2004-01-31 Thread Fisher, Allen
You either need to get a font editor and change the encoding yourself, or go to the font creator and tell them you need an OSX-compatible version of the font. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Eric Dannewitz Sent: Sat 1/31/2004 1:54 AM

RE: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610 Discontinued?

2004-01-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
It was discontinued once before. It made a comeback due to its popularity. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Adams Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610 Discontinued? Just my lu

RE: [Finale] Horizontal scrolling in FinMac2004

2004-01-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
My thumbball's scroll wheel would not work until I downloaded the drivers for it. Once I got the driver, I could scroll horizontally and vertically. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of d. collins Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:44 AM To: [

RE: [Finale] FinMac 04 Simple Entry annoyances

2004-01-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
Lon-- >>When a note is entered it stays active until the next note is entered. This means that when I change the cursor to the note value of the next note to be entered, the note I just entered gets changed to the new value!<< How are you changing values? For me, I press 5 on the numpad, press A

RE: [Finale] OSX slower?

2004-01-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>when the Mozilla.org guys decided to go strictly OS X Native (Mach-O), the speed increase was VERY noticable. Hopefully at some point Coda/MakeMusic will dump Carbon and go Coca...<< One point of clarification. Carbon Applications can be Mach-O or CFM. CFM applications can run in either 9

RE: [Finale] Playing back sfz Expressions

2004-01-19 Thread Fisher, Allen
All, This is currently windows only (it got fixed for the initial mac release), but there is a workaround. * Create a measure expression that has a shape but don't worry about editing the shape yet. To edit the shape: * On the score, right-click on the expression and click "Edit Measure Text Expr

RE: [Finale] Finale to mp3 or wav

2003-11-24 Thread Fisher, Allen
Noel et all-- iTunes is FREE for both Mac and Windows. www.itunes.com. Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noel Stoutenburg Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale to mp3 or wav I wro

RE: [Finale] FAT32 to NTFS

2003-11-07 Thread Fisher, Allen
Either that, or the computer won't boot (ie both jumpered to master) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] FAT32 to NTFS At 09:20 PM 11/6/2003,

RE: [Finale] rests in 18/8

2003-11-03 Thread Fisher, Allen
Hmm...Even though I do not like dotted rests, I'd probably do it as a dotted half rest and a dotted quarter rest or as three dotted quarter rests... Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gebauer, Johannes Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:

RE: [Finale] alto clef

2003-10-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
I'd put it in treble clef. If you put in the treble octave down clef, alti will have to be reminded often which octave to sing in. Alto's usually can read some ledger lines (E,F,G are usually common in 'true' alto parts). If not, they can write in note names if they read music. You could leave

RE: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-22 Thread Fisher, Allen
D'oh! Sent out the wrong link: http://pete.yandell.com/software/ Snoize has a great diagnostic tool called MIDI Monitor, I always get which site has what confused... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fisher, Allen Sent: Wednesday, Oc

RE: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-22 Thread Fisher, Allen
I don't have the original message, but check out SimpleSynth (www.snoize.com). It's a good software synth that is completely FREE. There might be a sequencer out ther too, not sure though. There's a free sequencer available at www.jazzware.com, not sure if they have a mac version, though. Hope th

RE: [Finale] Remapping the F1 key (win)

2003-10-13 Thread Fisher, Allen
Title: Message Nope. This is a system-wide key for firing up context sensitive help (hit F1 in any other program and chances are pretty good you'll get help, too). F6 and F10 are also reserved, but I don't think are used nearly as wide-spread as F1. -Original Message-From: [

RE: [Finale] WINFIN 2k4 "A"

2003-10-11 Thread Fisher, Allen
Tobias is correct. This was purposely very small just to get the most urgent issues addressed... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Giesen, Tobias Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] WINFIN 2k4 "

RE: [Finale] Twilight Zone

2003-10-10 Thread Fisher, Allen
I just sent a message about this too. Apparently, my mails aren't even making it to the list... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Thompson Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:53 AM To: Finale List Subject: [Finale] Twilight Zone HELP!! I

RE: [Finale] OT: Percussion boxes

2003-10-07 Thread Fisher, Allen
Aaron-- Try musiciansfriend.com. I've had good luck with them in the past... http://tinyurl.com/q2jx -Original Message- From: Aaron Sherber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] OT: Percussion boxes Hi all, I am look

RE: [Finale] Glossary.

2003-10-03 Thread Fisher, Allen
Keith, Go to www.acronymfinder.com or www.dictionary.com and type them in. Do a google.com search on them. Look them up in your Finale manual-- ;-) DPI = Dots Per Inch--this is how graphic quality/resolution (printed and displayed on screen) is measured. The higher the DPI the higher the resoluti

RE: [Finale] what did I do wrong?

2003-09-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
> If I can't set this for a document or passage, I wonder why the > beaming was forgotten after revisions? Dynamics and articulation > stayed intact. If you don't wanna change the time sig to composites, you can go to MassEdit-->Rebeam-->Rebeam to Time Signature. Setup a composite TS in there an

RE: [Finale] MIDI & "practice tapes"

2003-09-24 Thread Fisher, Allen
I don't want to sound like a pathetic salesman/marketing "hack", but Finale is able to save SmartMusic accompaniments that allow you set up SMS to say "I want to hear all parts except the bass" or "I want to hear bass and soprano". All you do is save your file as a smart music accompaniment and you

RE: [Finale] FinWin2004 bugs

2003-09-23 Thread Fisher, Allen
Have you emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] They can help you. Complaining to the list doesn't do much... -Original Message- From: Vitaly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] FinWin2004 bugs 1.Text tool. On second and other p

RE: [Finale] PCFIN2004 MP3 Hell

2003-09-16 Thread Fisher, Allen
03 10:19 AM To: Finale Subject: Re: [Finale] PCFIN2004 MP3 Hell On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 06:06 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: > There's more to MP3's than just compression. What? A .mp3 file extension? Allen, would you mind explaining this statement? - Br

RE: [Finale] Nukey-ler mus-kulls

2003-09-16 Thread Fisher, Allen
I grew up saying TROMbone with a good ol' Ohio twang...Matter of fact I never heard it said the other way regularly until I moved to Minnesota. (and I shudder every time I hear a certain politician say the word that started this whole thing... ;-)) -Original Message- From: Stokes, Randy [

RE: [Finale] PCFIN2004 MP3 Hell

2003-09-16 Thread Fisher, Allen
I believe (haven't confirmed this with engineering yet) that if you have MP3 codecs installed, our routines will use them. But "out of the box" we do not create MP3's. As Jari said, we use MP3 compression but we do not actually create MP3's. There's more to MP3's than just compression. -Origin

RE: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610 question

2003-09-15 Thread Fisher, Allen
Craig-- Sorry I didn't answer sooner (I was out on R&R last week...). You don't need to buy a separate tray. You can adjust the tray that comes with it. Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s] in Residence www.finalemusic.com -Original Message- From: Craig Parmerlee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Finale] RE: Where did TGTools go?

2003-09-10 Thread Fisher, Allen
Could this be a windows 9x thing? In my factory installs (trust me--I've done dozens) they're in alphabetical order. I'm running XP... -Original Message- From: David H. Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:53 AM To: Aaron Sherber Cc: Tobias Giesen; [EMAI

RE: [Finale] A request of Alan Fischer...

2003-09-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
fine. It's just insane how fast it is. I send a four page job to the printer, and by the time I turn around to wait for it, it's done. One other thing I noticed is that it is kinda noisy but then again the room that is my office has a hardwood floor so the room is kinda live. -Origina

RE: [Finale] A request of Alan Fischer...

2003-09-08 Thread Fisher, Allen
Noel et All-- I hope you mean me since that's not how I spell my name! The things that I have printed thus far look FABULOUS (can't go wrong with 1200dpi PS). The printer is fast, even in PS mode (although it doesn't get 26ppm when printing via PS). I'm having a bit of an issue with having both

RE: [Finale] Fonts

2003-09-08 Thread Fisher, Allen
Ah. What you are asking about is UNICODE support. That's something we're not doing yet. Please pester Tech support about it, so that your request gets heard. Allen -Original Message- From: d. collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:09 AM To: Fis

RE: [Finale] Fonts

2003-09-08 Thread Fisher, Allen
Dennis-- It depends on what you mean by "support". I regularly use OTF's in my scores... Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s] in Residence www.finalemusic.com -Original Message- From: d. collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 5:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sub

RE: [Finale] Expression alignment - Baselines

2003-09-02 Thread Fisher, Allen
Mike-- If you want all tempo markings to be a fixed distance above the staff. I suggest using Staff reference line positioning with an offset. This will position an expression a fixed distance above or below the staff reference line, which is typically the top line of the staff. HTH, Allen

RE: [Finale] Grace notes

2003-09-02 Thread Fisher, Allen
Martin-- Yes. Go to Options-->Doc Options-->Grace Notes and Uncheck Slash Flagged Grace Notes. Then, as you enter grace notes (working in speedy here...), the first time you press ";" you'll get an unslashed grace note. Second time you press ";" the grace note gets a slash. HTH, Allen -Orig

RE: [Finale] Expression alignment

2003-08-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
lness in the real world.<< Little harsh, don't you think? You entered four quarter notes, saw that Finale avoided a collision for you, and you call it a "marketing tool of limited usefulness". Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s] in Residence www.finalemusic.com -Original

RE: [Finale] Expression alignment

2003-08-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
Sorry-- my message got sent prematurely... Sorry for the WOB... -Original Message- From: Fisher, Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:08 AM To: 'David H. Bailey'; Finale; WinSupport Subject: RE: [Finale] Expression alignment David, I hope I under

RE: [Finale] Expression alignment

2003-08-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
David, Finale is avoiding the collision between that last expression and the entry. The dynamics in Finale 2004 are set to "Below Staff Baseline or Entry" vertical positioning in the expression definition dialog. Here's how "Above/Below Staff Baseline or Entry" works. Finale calculates the distan

RE: [Finale] Expression alignment

2003-08-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
David, I hope I understand this correctly. What you've run into is this. When an expression is set to "Above Staff Baseline or Entry" in the expression definition, it calculates the distance from the baseline to the entry and calculates the distance from the entry and the entry offset. If the expr

RE: [Finale] Finale Script questions

2003-08-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
James-- You don't set the folder location in the script itself. Click the Batch process folder button on the main script window (it's the second button in from the right). Don't forget to change the script back to the way it was...;-) Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s] in Residence www.finalemusic

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 arrival

2003-08-28 Thread Fisher, Allen
Well, I *was* talking just about the differences between simple and Sibelius entry, but you are correct. :-) Thanks. This email made my day... -Original Message- From: David H. Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:21 AM To: Fisher, Allen Cc: 'Ri

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 arrival

2003-08-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
day, August 27, 2003 11:03 AM To: Finale List Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 arrival > From: "Fisher, Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes. Using Finale's new simple entry you can use a MIDI keyboard. (For me > personally, I prefer it to speedy in most situations)

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 arrival

2003-08-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
Richard-- Yes. Using Finale's new simple entry you can use a MIDI keyboard. (For me personally, I prefer it to speedy in most situations) -Original Message- From: Richard Huggins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:05 AM To: Finale List Subject: Re: [Finale] Fi

RE: [Finale] (OT) Makemusic Financials

2003-08-22 Thread Fisher, Allen
Matthew, David, et al-- If you have any questions about our financials, please direct them to the contact person listed on the press release. They can answer all your questions. Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s] in Residence www.finalemusic.com ___ Fi

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 shipping?

2003-08-22 Thread Fisher, Allen
All-- We shipped a some yesterday, and a TON of them are going out today. Cut us some slack, eh? :-) We're less than 24 hours off our annouced ship date. How close was Igor to it's first published ship date? ;-) You all will wanna keep your eyes out for tracking numbers over the next few days.

FW: [Finale] FROM FRANK WILLIAMS

2003-08-21 Thread Fisher, Allen
Second "Nigerian Money" email today... Everybody "duck and cover" get ready with their delete keys... ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-21 Thread Fisher, Allen
MTNA = Music Teachers National Association. It's one of, if not the largest, professional "guilds" for private music teachers (a lot like the National Guild of Organists, except for private music teachers). I was a member for about six months before I gave up teaching entirely. http://www.mtna.org

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-20 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>That's approximately how I feel about academic discounts. I understand the software company's motivation for offering them, of course, but it still ticks me off to know that kids who are living off their parents and/or taxpayers get a better deal than others who have to work for a living.<<

RE: [Finale] Rhyming Dictionary

2003-08-20 Thread Fisher, Allen
Ray, Brad, et. All-- Lyric tool Lyric Menu-->Rhymer (last option in the menu) Later Allen -Original Message- From: Brad Beyenhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:49 PM To: Finale Subject: Re: [Finale] Rhyming Dictionary On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 10

[Finale] Ricoh AP2610

2003-08-14 Thread Fisher, Allen
Hi All... I recently asked if anyone had one of these printers. (to recap, it's a 1200 dpi PS3 laser that does large format paper for $600) I went ahead and took the plunge and bought it. It seems pretty well contsructed, is USB 2.0 and the prints I've pulled from it so far are spectacular and it'

RE: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610

2003-08-14 Thread Fisher, Allen
inale list Subject: Re: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610 On 13.08.2003 23:58 Uhr, Fisher, Allen wrote > I recently asked if anyone had one of these printers. (to recap, it's a 1200 > dpi PS3 laser that does large format paper for $600) I went ahead and took > the plunge and bought it. I

RE: [Finale] New Printer for Finale

2003-08-14 Thread Fisher, Allen
Ken-- Check out my thread from the last couple days--I recommend a Ricoh AP 2610. Large format laser, 1200dpi PS level 3. $600. www.ricoh.com HTH Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Finale] No new news? (was: HMMMM????)

2003-07-30 Thread Fisher, Allen
OTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:30 AM To: Finale List Subject: Re: [Finale] No new news? (was: H) On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 08:55 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: > No new news coming in the next few days as far as I know... I suppose you would know best, but didn't t

RE: [Finale] HMMMM????

2003-07-30 Thread Fisher, Allen
I think the server was just down last night (it happens) ...I noticed it too. No new news coming in the next few days as far as I know...then again I sit about (as far as humanly possible from marketing...(although I do have a straight line shot into their area.) Allen [one of the] Codapolitan[s]

RE: [Finale] Pedal markings

2003-07-10 Thread Fisher, Allen
If you have 2k2 or later, drag-select handles with the smart shape tool and right-click (mac:control-click) the handle of the pedal line you want them all to line up to and choose Align horizontally. They'll all snap into place. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PRO

RE: [Finale] Looking for lap top PC

2003-07-08 Thread Fisher, Allen
I have a Roland PC 300 controlller (no sounds) that works great on any PC with a USB port. It has a built-in interface and a USB direct to computer, or if you prefer the old school method, there is a MIDI port to be connected to either an interface or the game port. -Original Message- From

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 *not* to be OS X compatible?

2003-07-02 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>I was speaking to a colleague of mine in another school the other day, and he told me two little snippets that have me a bit worried!<< Is he a proponent of that software that whose name starts with S and ends in ibelius? ;-) >>Secondly, though, he said that he'd called the Coda support line, a

RE: [Finale] Text Block Bug?

2003-06-30 Thread Fisher, Allen
One of the things I remember from my tech support days was that one of the Norton utilities would get in the way and not allow files to be deleted (I've been out of tech support for close to 4 years, so I'll be d**ned if I could remember what it was). Here at work, I have lotsa temp files left over

RE: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
Mark D. Lew Saith: At 8:54 AM 06/27/03, Linda Worsley wrote: >>>I was spared the process of >learning intervals by attaching them to songs. I had an early piano >teacher who taught me to sing and recognize intervals by practicing >singing them on both numbers and solfege syllables, and it worked

RE: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>a soprano singer with a big vibrato.<< Is there any other kind? -Original Message- From: Christopher BJ Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:32 AM To: Tim Thompson; RockyRoad Cc: Finale List Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals At 10:25 AM -0400 6/27

RE: [Finale] complaints about articulations in 2003

2003-06-27 Thread Fisher, Allen
>>I hope someone from Coda is reading this...<< There are some of us out here reading this list, but Coda doesn't officially monitor it. Please send your feature requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to complain and be heard by "the powers that be" Us "wage slaves" can't

RE: [Finale] Plea for platform/version info

2003-06-11 Thread Fisher, Allen
There were non programmable "metatools" starting in Finale 2000b I think. They didn't become programmable until 2k2 or 2k3--I'm kinda fuzzy on when that came about. -Original Message- From: Christopher BJ Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:01 PM To: [EMAIL PR

[Finale] Seeking Opinons...

2003-06-10 Thread Fisher, Allen
Listers: I am looking to cut down the overhead in my engraving operation by purchasing a good large format laser (going to kinkos is a pain and it costs too much). In my search, I came across the following printer: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=R50 0-102

RE: [Finale] New Finale release

2003-06-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
the feature request bin (if you haven't already). Be sure to include what you changed things to, that way we don't have to try to hunt you down later... Hope this helps. Allen -Original Message- From: Christopher BJ Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003

RE: [Finale] New Finale release

2003-06-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
Default metatools for articulations are on page A1 of the appendix (Finale 2003a) We've had metatools in there as long as I can remember... -Original Message- From: Aaron Sherber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] N

RE: [Finale] New Finale release

2003-06-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
Christopher Saith: "If Coda could supply more usable default files to start with..." The default files got much improved in Finale 2003. "For example, almost everything in Sibelius plays back out correctly of the box. To set up Finale so that everything plays back in the same way is a week's wo

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