[Finale] Re: Finale 2004b for Mac

2004-04-13 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> So no EPS with this update. :-( More bad news: I asked Makemusic if, for example, you have an installation of OS 9 Finale and OS X Finale on the same computer, if it counts as two installations on your installation count. Apparently it does. :-( I'm assuming that if you want Finale 2004b in

[Finale] Re: Finale 2004b for Mac

2004-04-13 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> So no EPS with this update. :-( More bad news: I asked Makemusic if, for example, you have an installation of OS 9 Finale and OS X Finale on the same computer, if it counts as two installations on your installation count. Apparently it does. :-( I'm assuming that if you want Finale 2004b in

[Finale] OT: Musicology job at University of Sydney

2004-04-08 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Forgive the Off -Topic nature of this post, but this is a new job available at Sydney Uni (where I teach), and maybe someone has a friend, colleague or recent graduate student who would be interested in applying. Matthew POSITION: Lecturer in Music (Western Musicology) DEPARTMENT: School of Socie

[Finale] Opentype fonts and Finale 2004 (Mac)

2004-03-13 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
>From reading on the Finale forums, it seems that Finale 2004 OS X will only allow Opentype fonts to be used for certain (hopefully not all!) elements. This is causing me quite a bit of grief as the Opus Font, for example, is a truetype or PS font, and so doesn't appear at all on the screen. Apart

Re: [Finale] Just noticed Graphire manual online [plus rant]

2004-02-27 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> > > Seeing other software's ease, speed, and contemporaneity reminds me of how > very tired I am of fighting with Finale's prehistoric functionality. > > I hate the requirement for plugins. [snip] > Finale has been an increasing mess for years, and unless something has > dramatically changed i

[Finale]

2004-02-22 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Anyway. In WinFin 2003, when I get done with the score and turn the key > sigs off on the horn staves on one particular score , a few of the sharps > (mainly written C# as I recall) didn't show in the score or parts (it still > plays OK, on the computer, anyway.) I had to go back through it and

[Finale] Non-disclosure agreements and Finale 2004

2004-01-15 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Now that it is 16 Jan and Finale is supposedly shipping, would any of the beta-testers of Finale 2004 OSX like to make any comments on its general effectiveness: especially speed? On a sidenote, Macosrumors.com says that they're going to release a 2.0, 2.3 dual and 2.6 dual G5s later this month.

[Finale] Re: Finale Navigation plugin

2004-01-15 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Liudas Motekaitis wrote: > I seem to recall something about a plugin extending the functionality of > bookmarks. Can somebody point me in the right direction? Does this exist? > > For example: setting a zoom "bookmark" which only remembers the zoom size > and screen scroll location instead of reme

[Finale] Re: TAN: Sound recording

2003-03-18 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> > Yesterday I purchased a pair of Audio Technica condensor mikes and an Alto 6 > channel sound mixer and did some recording with my computer, using Cool Edit > 2000 [demo]. I burned a CD of 3 piano pieces and I was impressed with the > results. > > I was also impressed with the range of the mike

Re:[Finale] Notation Question

2003-03-15 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> What I need to know is how I can notate three notes in this system that > have the quality of a pickup measure. They can't have any accent but the > mild stress of the phrase must be on the fourth note (the one after these > three, which in conventionally barred music, would be in the next measur

Re: [Finale] Changing Staccato Marks To Maestro Default?

2003-03-13 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> I have a piece I'm finally getting around to publishing, which was > originally draft engraved with Finale 1.0. I've recaptured it in > Fin2002/Mac, and find that the staccato marks (there are many) are erratic, > off-center, etc., many manually positioned and re-positioned over the years. > I

Re: [Finale] Questions - the Greatest Hits Collection

2003-03-11 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> 2) Missing Characters When Printing: Okay, I've recently switched to > the Adobe Postscript driver (v8.8) instead of the LaserWriter 8 driver > since the latter seems not to work under Classic. But I've run into a > problem... in my text font (Times), extended characters -- such as > accented c

Re: [Finale] Feathered beaming plugin?

2003-03-10 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Subject: [Finale] Feathered beaming plugin? > > Does 'unreleased' mean 'unavailable'? I would be interested in trying > this plugin, if it's available, particularly if it will adjust the note > spacing. It's unreleased (and unfinished as well I think, though currently very usable). Maybe if you

Re: [Finale] Mac macro utilities

2003-03-09 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> On WinFin I often use keyboard commands to switch tools (Alt-T-S: Speedy, > Alt-T-D: Mass Edit, etc.), and I have found no corollaries on the Mac. I > remember talk on this list a while back about the necessity of a third-party > macro utility to get such a task accomplished. From that convers

Re: [Finale] Copy

2003-03-07 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Is there an easy or quick way to copy and paste a smart shape (straight > diagonal line) from the smart shape tool? Put in into an empty bar, copy the bar and place it into the new document. I'm assuming that's what you want to do? Matthew ___ Final

Re: [Finale] Finale Wishes etc.

2003-03-05 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Subject: [Finale] Finale Wishes etc. > > staff optimizations were toast. For example, 46 measures from the beginning > were cut completely so an excerpt could be created for rehearsal > preparations. This meant all the staff optimization was lost since what was > system 12, was now system 1. F

[Finale] Re: Plugins

2003-03-04 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> thanks for the link. > > now, of course, this begs the question...what are some of your favorite plug > ins? I use each of these on an almost daily basis: Philip Aker's Classic Transposition plugin is amazingly convenient and very well done indeed. Text Editor, if for nothing else, for the App

Re: [Finale] TAN: Sound recording

2003-03-01 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Subject: [Finale] TAN: Sound recording > > I would like to record accompaniments for students and performances of > students and am looking for advice, please. > > > I am also interested in Mini Disk recorders. I like the idea of being able > to take your little player anywhere and then bring it

Re: [Finale] optimize 2

2003-02-26 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> Hi group: > > Yesterday, I sent a note about not being able to optimize. > I am using Mac Finale 2003a on a 1997 G3. I have always been able to > optimize before. I recently had my computer serviced and upgraded to OS > 9.2. The upgrade is the only thing different. I tried optimizing several > sc

[Finale] Re: Finale Plugin Wish

2003-02-12 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> > I would really like to have a > > plugin which can do a combination of system- > > and stff spacing automatically Hear hear! You sort of can do it manually with the Staff List Manager in TGTools and JW Space Systems. It would be great if it were automatic, of course. Matthew __

[Finale] Re: Mac double processors and Altivec

2003-02-08 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
> > - Find out if the software you use will take advantage of dual > processors. (Finale does not -- in fact, virtually all OS 9 software > does not.) > I am interested to guess whether Finale OS X will automatically take advantage of double processors. Indeed, I have made my own requests to Cod

[Finale] Re: Quartertones and transposing

2003-01-22 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail account
> Double flat and double sharp (the traditional ones) do not appear in the > piece at all. > > My plan is to use alternative accidental characters for double flat and > double sharp. On paper I get "quarter step up" by pressing flat, or "-" > in > speedy, twice, and on paper I would get "three qu

[Finale] Re: VST Instruments

2002-12-24 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail account
> Is there a way to use VST instrument plug-ins within Finale? Those > software instruments that can be used as standalones, such as Native > Instruments FM7, work perfectly with Finale via OMS. But there are some > very interesting non-stand-alone VST instruments on the market - the > Edirol Orche

[Finale] Crescendo Playback in Finale Guitar

2002-10-14 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail account
I see that Coda have created Finale Guitar - probably a sensible move one would think, given the large number of guitar players out there. An interesting thing in their advertising is that they state: LISTEN The ultimate way to proof. Every nuance of your performance plays back. Tempo variation,