Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not to upgrade

2004-04-20 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/20/04 5:42:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like 2004, but I admit that I haven't had a whole lot of time to delve into its new features.  The biggest problem that exists at this point is the inability to save EPS files. I've been waiting to hear from anyone -

[Finale] Finale crashes when Quitting

2004-03-19 Thread JohnBlane
Can someone please refresh my memory as to the solution to this problem? Thanks! ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Articulation/Slurs question

2004-03-08 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/8/04 4:47:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The default Articulation definition for staccato and tenuto includes inside slurs checked, for accent it does not. There is no outside slurs option, though that would REALLY be nice. As it is, there is no way to fix it but to

Re: [Finale] Articulation/Slurs question

2004-03-08 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/8/04 5:45:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 3/8/04 4:47:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As it is, there is no way to fix it but to move accents away from the notehead manually so that they don't collide. Not so - TGTools can do it. Sounds good...

Re: [Finale] Explode!

2003-12-30 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/30/03 9:46:12 PM, JohnBlane writes: In a message dated 12/30/03 7:02:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Aaron, but it leaves me wondering why the basic Finale doesn't do these things. And while I am totally in awe of folks like Tobias and Robert Patterson who

Re: [Finale] curves resolution

2003-11-29 Thread JohnBlane
My understanding of these options was that they affect the screen resolution/redraw speed only. In a message dated 11/29/03 2:38:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just tried it and if you click on High Resolution -- Better Printing, the program puts the number 64 in the blank. I manually

Re: [Finale] what did I do wrong?

2003-09-29 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/29/03 12:05:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can I tell Finale 2003a that in this document, or a range of measures, all 5/8 should be grouped 3+2 and all 7/8 should be grouped 3+2+2? If not, that's a good feature to look forward too. If I can't set this for a document or

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-27 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/27/03 12:18:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can't believe I can't think of a tune that opens with an ascending minor sixth -- I'm sure there are any number of Weill songs, but I'll be damned if I can think of one. How about Jobim's No More Blues?

Re: [Finale] Layout procedures

2003-06-11 Thread JohnBlane
C'mon Darcy - I can also cite many pages where there IS consistent size proportions from page to page - but you've missed the point - I consider your examples to be the exception and not the rule and besides, I wouldn't make a habit of emulating Dover scores as examples of fine music

Re: [Finale] Layout procedures

2003-06-11 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/11/03 8:16:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that the examples that Darcy gives are more the rule than the exception. Just glancing at some scores of large orchestral works and operas from eminent publishers such as Schott, Boosey, Universal and Bärenreiter, I

Re: [Finale] Layout procedures

2003-06-10 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/9/03 10:08:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, it's very useful in orchestral scores, where your system reduction can change dramatically from page to page, but you want page numbers, headers and footers, etc, to remain a consistent size, and you don't want to check

Re: [Finale] Metatools

2003-06-08 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/8/03 1:51:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Patterson's Setting Scrapbook can copy Metatool for Articulations, Expressions and Tuplets. And Forza! (the Settings Transfer component) can copy those and a couple of more to a bunch of files in one go. FinWin2003 is

Re: [Finale] Reliability of Sibelius opening Finale files

2003-04-05 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/5/03 9:26:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was wondering if anyone has heard of bugs or quirks regarding Sibelius (Win) opening Finale (Mac) files. In other words, if a client only has Sibelius, can Sibelius (Win) be *trusted 100%* to convert a Finale (Mac) file of a

Re: [Finale] Fermatas

2003-02-28 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/28/03 7:40:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But why is it wrong in the first place? All the best, Lawrence Without appearing to defend Finale's shortcomings, I think it because of the way the handles are set on the fermata symbol, compared to where Finale thinks the

Re: [Finale] Cautionary time signature

2003-02-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/21/03 3:46:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm working on a single instrument part with a lot of time signature changings. At the end of a staff, the last measure show a cautionary time signature. That is wrong : I don't understand why the staff lines of this measure

Re: [Finale] Opening Finale in Sibelius

2003-01-16 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/16/03 6:59:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of my colleagues uses Sibelius (despite my numerous attempts to convert him). He is having trouble opening my FinWin2003 files in Sibelius though. Any ideas? File format has changed in 2003 (probably to screw up people who

Re: [Finale] EPS export and X-Press (on Mac)

2003-01-06 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/6/03 9:08:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you know why it does that ? I tried importing the EPS graphs on Photoshop or Illustrator and it worked fine but on a distant computer using X-Press, the EPS graphs don't show up properly. Your publisher is missing your

Re: [Finale] fermata on rests

2003-01-04 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/4/03 7:41:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The whole business with placing fermatas on rests in a score is quite time-consuming. Here is the problem. I want to place a fermata in an empty measure in a score. First I have to create at rest in the measure, then I insert a

Re: [Finale] Phantom arrow

2002-12-24 Thread JohnBlane
Don - The arrow signifies that the measure attribute for that measure is set to Begin New Staff System. Happy Holidays! ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Hiding notes with TG Tools

2002-12-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/12/02 9:53:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: TG Tools Modify Special ModificationsNth note in chord (from top)2Change notehead to8 [in Maestro (mac) that is a blank]. This worked perfectly. For starters, try using the spacebar (asc#32) as your blank

Re: [Finale] Harp stop sound symbol

2002-12-07 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/7/02 10:28:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is, in harp notation, the correct notation symbol to use for stopping the sound from the harp. The sources I have differ: Some say it looks like a perfect circle with a cross (where the lines of the cross extend somewhat

Re: [Finale] Chord note spacing

2002-11-10 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 11/10/02 12:20:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: select it with the Mass Mover and hit 4 (above letter E on the computer keyboard, not the numeric keypad) What would be the difference between which 4 is pressed? BTW - You are the ONLY 2 people I know (yes-I am sure there

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/12/02 3:53:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok, this is a new one on me. I'm putting in a bass clarinet part at the moment (in transposed pitch), and I can't seem to insert a bass clef in one particular bar. It just seems to refuse to display, no matter what settings

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/12/02 5:13:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: if it is in bass clef, it is played a major 2nd lower. Considering the pitch range of the instrument, I would have thought the bass clef to be the better choice, and the one I would prefer. Don't you mean sounds a major 2nd

Re: [Finale] Re: Measure number regions

2002-10-03 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/3/02 6:07:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, but they're still ahead of Harry Connick Jr., whose idea amounts to little more than having everyone in the band sit in front of a Mac monitor displaying a Finale file. ActualIy I think they're PDF files but I agree with

Re: [Finale] OT: ProTools 5.1.1 warning

2002-09-24 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/22/02 5:02:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I figure many Finale users may also be ProTools users, so I want to warn you about what I've discovered. I recently purchased the 5.1.1 upgrade and was horrified to discover that apparently it can only bounce a mix to disk in

Re: [Finale] OT: ProTools 5.1.1 warning

2002-09-24 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/24/02 3:07:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On my new G4, bouncing a 5-min. stereo mix to disk takes 5 minutes in ProTools 5.1.1. Bouncing that same mix to disk in ProTools 4.3 takes about 30 seconds. In both cases, I'm using no inserts and bouncing to an interleaved

Re: [Finale] Lyrics Freakout

2002-09-17 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/17/02 4:45:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What the hell am I going to do here? You can start by calming down. Once you know how this works (or doesn't - for you) you can plan your approach. First of all - you can NOT selectively copy different elements BETWEEN

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

2002-06-26 Thread JohnBlane
I have this one and love it (and w/a programmed shift key, you get 116 button functions) - they have usb and ps-2 versions. http://www.xkeys.com/product/catalogframeset.htm ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2002-06-26 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/26/02 2:01:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 2:16 PM -0400 6/26/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this one and love it (and w/a programmed shift key, you get 116 button functions) - they have usb and ps-2 versions. http://www.xkeys.com/product/catalogframeset.htm Am

Re: [Finale] Removing repeats, lyrics get bigger

2002-05-24 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 5/24/02 8:57:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My hunch: before using page reduction, my guess is that you also used system reduction first, and when you inserted your measures, they were inserted without the reduction. When you copied the music without the lyrics, it

Re: [Finale] font problem

2002-05-06 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 5/6/02 2:54:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I cannot get the music-in-text font MetTimes to appear properly in my Finale font lists any more. Instead of a single font name, I get separate listings for each style, and the plain style is not there so I can't select it.