Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-22 Thread John Croft
, since we inhabit a society in which we are encouraged not to look beyond our own noses. Yours Comrade Dr Croft Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http://www.bmic.co.uk/Composers/nv_details.asp?ComposerID=2758 _

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-22 Thread John Croft
y can afford to. Seems reasonable to me. If the rationale is to help poor struggling individuals who can't afford to pay as much -- as John Croft seemed to suggest I didn't suggest that was the rationale (although not all student discounts are simply to get people "hooked"

[Finale] TAN: PACE question

2003-08-20 Thread John Croft
purchase for our studio. I wonder if someone could take the time to fill me in on why PACE is so evil, so that I can make an informed decision. Many thanks John Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http://www.bmic.co.uk/Composers/nv_details.asp

Re: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-20 Thread John Croft
x27;t be reduced to money, but some people have other motives for being educated, and simply cannot afford to buy hundreds of pounds worth of software at full price. Maybe your ire should be reserved for the executives who make enough in a month to provide fresh water to several million for a ye

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 17:47 Europe/London, Darcy James Argue wrote: I think if you follow the suggestions in the white paper you linked to -- especially "use only top-quality FireWire cables" and "replace old cables frequently" you should have no trouble. I hope so -- as I say, the cable

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 16:26 Europe/London, Darcy James Argue wrote: Don't the iBooks have a PCMCIA slot? I guess not. That's right, they don't. If it's any consolation (probably not), I've been following MacFixit (and similar sites) for years, and using a variety of FireWire devices fo

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 16:49 Europe/London, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: It seems like this article provides as good an answer as you are likely to get to the question. From section 5.2.1: The author believes that Apple has been implementing the technique in all recent and currently s

Re: [Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
ortable -- this gives me two computers and a faster processor for barely £100 more than the repair! Hence my interest in whether newer machines are less susceptible to FireWireFryer. John ________ Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http

[Finale] OT: Fried FireWire ports

2003-06-24 Thread John Croft
have some kind of protection built in that was absent in earlier models -- I'm hoping to avoid this happening again. Thanks John ____ Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/music/profile1

Re: [Finale] TAN: SoundFonts, QuickTime, and OS X

2003-06-08 Thread John Croft
ou have a MIDI controller but no sound module and occasionally need to play through something. John Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/music/profile145975.html

Re: [Finale] TAN: SoundFonts, QuickTime, and OS X

2003-06-07 Thread John Croft
(!). Then you can select a new SoundFont and play it directly from a MIDI controller. Hope this is of use to someone. John ____ Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RQ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/music/profile145975.html __

[Finale] TAN: SoundFonts, QuickTime, and OS X

2003-06-07 Thread John Croft
d just patch it in, but it doesn't.) (BTW, I *can* do this by using the Sibelius demo -- but this is cumbersome, and of course, it notates everything you play, which I don't need.) Thanks John ____ Dr John Croft Lecturer in Music University of Sussex B

Re: [Finale] TAN: Public support for the arts

2002-06-20 Thread John Croft
On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 08:21 , David H. Bailey wrote: > Great! Then I can expect your check for support of my composing by > return mail? Wonderful! Of course. I'll be happy to send you a cheque for £0.01, which is my rough estimate of my tax contribution to any one commission fu

Re: [Finale] TAN: Public support for the arts

2002-06-20 Thread John Croft
On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 12:01 , David H. Bailey wrote: > And those it DOES support I frequently would NOT support because I > don't happen to like the art they produce. The problem with this view is that, if you take each single act of funding individually, and make the criterion wheth

Re: [Finale] slightly ot: turkish and russian not displaying properly [mac]

2002-04-30 Thread John Croft
On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 03:15 , shirling & neueweise wrote: > i am working on a file which uses turkish and russian lyrics but > several of the characters don't display correctly on screen. they are > replaced by various symbols - % mostly. the fonts don't seem to be a > problem, i

Re: [Finale] TAN: Mac OS X gizmos

2002-04-21 Thread John Croft
On Saturday, April 20, 2002, at 06:27 , Philip Aker wrote: > John Croft: > >> http://www.bubblepop.com/index.html > > Thanks. I'm able to reduce desktop clutter considerably because of it. Glad you find it useful. I'd recommend it to any X people. > While at

Re: [Finale] TAN: Mac OS X gizmos

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
Hi Philip, >> "Open Subfolder" contextual menu is quite good (hierarchical menu of >> folders within folders, so that you don't need to open intermediate >> levels to go where you want). > > Hello John, > > Thanks. I could use this. What a nifty idea. Unfortunately I can only > find a version

Re: [Finale] new computer...

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 03:11 , Andrew Stiller wrote: > This is the one question from my original batch that hasn't quite been > answered yet. Am I correct in thinking that, using System 9, I will > still > need Suitcase and that it will work in that system? If you want to be able to tur

Re: [Finale] TAN: Mac OS X gizmos

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 03:14 , Philip Aker wrote: > Other suggestions anyone? "Open Subfolder" contextual menu is quite good (hierarchical menu of folders within folders, so that you don't need to open intermediate levels to go where you want). John _ http

Re: [Finale] new computer...

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 03:04 , Andrew Stiller wrote: > The > default folder hierarchy is totally counterintuitive for me, and there > is > an awful lot of screen real-estate wasted on duplications of icons and > menu > items. Could you be more specific? I don't think OS 9 is so differe

Re: [Finale] new computer...

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 03:07 , Andrew Stiller wrote: 2. How do I import my Internet Explorer 5.x favorites from my old machine into the same program on the new one? >> >> From Explorer Help: >> >> "1. On the Window menu, click Favorites. >> 2. On the File menu, click Import Fa

Fwd: [Finale] new computer...

2002-04-19 Thread John Croft
On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 01:02 , Rocky Road wrote: > And so it came to pass that Johannes Gebauer spake: > > >> On 19.04.2002 0:21 Uhr, Rocky Road wrote >> >> I would argue that, although more RAM is always a good idea, a minimum >> of >> 500 MB is definitely excessive. I run OS X fine on

Re: [Finale] new computer...

2002-04-18 Thread John Croft
On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 11:23 , Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 18.04.2002 23:12 Uhr, Andrew Stiller wrote > >> 1. How do I import my extensive sets of Eudora filters and addresses >> into whatever this machine's own e-mail program is called? > > I guess you are using Apple Mail. I don't kn

Re: [Finale] filter out those hude digests!

2002-04-18 Thread John Croft
On Thursday, April 18, 2002, at 02:04 , Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > At 08:36 PM 4/17/02 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote: > I hate to keep harping on my email reader My only reason for suggesting the use of an interface like mail2web.com is that it obviates the need to change email clients for a