Re: [Finale] chromatic transposition

2004-04-02 Thread Robert Patterson
transposition for the rest of the piece, showing key signatures? Thanks; Bob Florence ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Re: F2003a won't print to acrobat (round 3)

2004-03-30 Thread Robert Patterson
. Best to use AR4. jef chippewa wrote: i also tried to open up the application DistillerLib Helper, something seems to open, DistillerLib Helper appears briefly in the top bar on the screen, then i am back in the Finder. is this application supposed to be able to do something? -- Robert

Re: [Finale] Meas-attached Titles in Fin04

2004-03-30 Thread Robert Patterson
PM To: 'Finale' Subject: Re: [Finale] Meas-attached Titles in Fin04 On 3/29/04 4:54 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Can anyone think of a continuing use for meas-attached titles in Fin04? It seems to me that the new text expressions have rendered them obsolete. What exactly do you mean

[Finale] Meas-attached Titles in Fin04

2004-03-29 Thread Robert Patterson
Can anyone think of a continuing use for meas-attached titles in Fin04? It seems to me that the new text expressions have rendered them obsolete. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Finale] Meas-attached Titles in Fin04

2004-03-29 Thread Robert Patterson
, (as Christopher implied) I would say they all could be converted to meas exps. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Robert Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can anyone think of a continuing use for meas-attached titles in Fin04? It seems to me that the new text expressions have rendered them obsolete

Re: [Finale] OT: VPC Taping Machine

2004-03-25 Thread Robert Patterson
The fanned front edge is a feature. It makes for much easier and quieter page turns. -Original Message- From: Darcy Jam.es Argue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 06:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] OT: VPC Taping Machine Hi all, I have a

Re: [Finale] Kyle Gann's Articles on Sibelius

2004-03-25 Thread Robert Patterson
Finale's user interface does not allow de-grouping tuplets. However, a plugin possibly could set up isolated tuplet notes. The problem is that the U.I. does not accept fractional values for the in the time of field. For example, to set up an isolated triplet 8th, you would have to assign a

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

2004-03-16 Thread Robert Patterson
I agree with those who say that starting a single-staff system with a barline is incorrect. But Finale can do it either way. It's in the barline options in doc options, but I don't remember the exact verbiage. Basically the option tells Finale whether to draw the left line on single-staff

[Finale] MacFin04 install issues

2004-03-13 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Has anyone seen this? When I installed MacFin04 (finally) I get the following error message every time I start up: Extract Lyrics: Plugin icon missing: -1409 Also, I always have to go thru the Tips and MIDI Setup rigamarole, like it doesn't know how to save my settings. I know I should ask

Re: [Finale] JW Space systems

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Patterson
The linkage for plugins changed for FinMac2004. Plugins for MacFin2003 and earlier will not work with MacFin2004 even in OS9. This is not an OS issue. It was a change in how MacFin talks to plugins. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] JW Space systems

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Patterson
of Jari's plugins on Win2000 and Fin2004b with no problem, including Forza (once I set my clock back to 2003). So whatever problems Barbara's having might be related to something specific to Win98. Aaron. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns staves

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Patterson
Erm. I don't mean to be insulting or facetious, but have you actually *looked* at the horn staves of any 19th century scores? Everything I've stated on this subject is based neither on books nor assumptions. It is based on studying (esp.) 19th cent. scores. If you go back to when natural horns

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns staves

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Patterson
John Bell: I do the 1/3, 2/4 thing because... I hope I made it clear that I agree there are many contexts where this makes sense. Personally I happen to think for homophonic chordal passages, it makes more sense to interlock the parts (i.e. 1/2, 3/4 staves), if for no other reason than to

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns staves

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Patterson
First of all, in this discussion I'm speaking only of how the parts are presented on the page. The topic of who plays higher than whom is huge and complicated and an entirely separate issue. The short of it is, no rigid standard should be applied to the horns or any other section of the

Re: [Finale] OT: Paypal in Europe

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Patterson
I must have missed the thrust of this thread. I use the shopping basket function of Paypal. It works exactly like the Buy Now button, from the perspective of the seller. I've never had an international transaction using the shopping cart, but I've had many using Buy Now. No problems. Paypal

Re: [Finale] [OT] Re: Horns and intonation

2004-02-24 Thread Robert Patterson
FWIW: Many professional players these days are playing triple horns. A triple horn adds the tubing-length of a mellophone as an option that is engaged with a thumb trigger. Phil Myers, principal horn of the NY Phil, has stated that since he started using the triple, his accuracy has improved

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
flat just because that's what Mozart asked for, so why shouldn't we add the proper key signatures to his music to bring it into line with modern notation standards? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
Precisely what makes it interesting. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 23.02.2004 17:12 Uhr, Robert Patterson wrote (An interesting situation *with* a key signature is the 3rd movement of the Brahms Horn Trio.) And wasn't that written for a valveless natural horn? Johannes -- Robert Patterson

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
century. Johannes -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] [OT] Re: Horns and intonation

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] Re: Horns staves

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
the parts on each line and thus making it easier to read at a glance. However, I have engraved it both ways, according to composer preference. Is there any historical evidence to point to one method or the other as being preferred? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] [OT] Assistant First Horn

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
-3rd horn! Andrew Stiller wrote: Despite the difficulty of many first-horn parts, I confess I regard this as more of a quasi-feudal perquisite of office than a real musical necessity. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-23 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] Copying hairpins.

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Patterson
work without success. I select the measure I want to copy, press set source, select the measure in which I want it to be copied then press paste. The screen jumps but otherwise is unchanged. Can you help me. BF -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Patterson
say you? Hal -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures

2004-02-22 Thread Robert Patterson
of the piece. In transposed view this displays as C major. All accidentals are handled correctly. Voila. For music not in a key, or music entirely in C major (a minor), use chromatic transposition. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Copying hairpins.

2004-02-21 Thread Robert Patterson
to the other eighth notes so that they will all be the same? TIA, BF ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Phantom attachments

2004-02-18 Thread Robert Patterson
There's another email worm traversing the internet. It appears to affect Windows (as before). No doubt this is the source of many of these attachments. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: binding oversize pages

2004-02-15 Thread Robert Patterson
convenient, and allow me to order directly from the mill for special sizes like 13x20. (What happens is: you order the large printer sheets, like 22x34 or larger, and they cut them to the size you need.) Darcy James Argue wrote: http://www.kellypaper.com/ -- Robert Patterson http

Re: [Finale] Delete all notes except top from chord

2004-02-15 Thread Robert Patterson
but the bottom note is much more difficult. Johannes Gebauer wrote: Does anyone know a method to delete all notes from chords except for the top note (for a mass mover selection)? Johannes -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] TAN: binding oversize pages

2004-02-14 Thread Robert Patterson
NY ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] TAN: binding oversize pages

2004-02-14 Thread Robert Patterson
and replace sheets, although they aren't as secure when you do. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] TAN: More QuicKeys in Classic

2004-02-07 Thread Robert Patterson
I installed my QuicKeys (v4.1) in my Classic folder. It works, but the commands (esp. the menu commands for Finale tools) are unacceptably sluggish. Has anyone else experienced this? Do QK5 users have the same problem? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

[Finale] TAN: Running QuickKeys in Classic

2004-02-03 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I've been playing with Fin03 in Classic using the MidiBridge9X program for Midi, and I must say it works really well. The only thing keeping me in OS9 (beside screen rotation which I'm not using at the moment) is QuickKeys. Does anyone know if OS9 QuickKeys will work in Classic if I install the

Re: [Finale] TAN: Running QuickKeys in Classic

2004-02-03 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I use a clean system folder for Classic for a number of reasons. Classic gave me nothing but trouble until I did this. It was excellent advice from (I believe) Darcy. I use several extension in OS9 that either don't work in Classic (like MacPortrait) or aren't needed (like MasterJuggler). A

[Finale] Note Spacing Quits Working

2004-02-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Has anyone seen this? Basically, note spacing suddenly started producing wacky results on a particular measure in a piece. Essentially, it seems not to see the accidentals. Furthermore, it only happens when certain staves are selected. MacFin03. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Robert Patterson
the built-in ones, for this very reason (and others). -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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

2004-01-26 Thread Robert Patterson
OR http://www.thomastudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http

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

2004-01-25 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] Beaming 16th Notes

2004-01-22 Thread Robert Patterson
: No, because it's in the the last bar of a system; it's a single-standing 16 note, and I would like to have it beamed like if it had to be beamed to another 16th note -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

[Finale] TAN: Crotales

2004-01-18 Thread Robert Patterson
from what I've seen, and notating them 2 8ves below sounding pitch would seem to be the most optimal solution for fitting them on the clef. (I.e., written c'-c'''.) -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

[Finale] Scroll View Guides?

2004-01-17 Thread Robert Patterson
I was recently made aware of the Guides function. Even though it has been around for a long time I had never examined it before. What is mysterious is the apparent absence of guides in scroll view. In scroll view is where I see them as particularly useful. Have I missed something? -- Robert

Re: [Finale] Do plug-ins carry over?

2004-01-15 Thread Robert Patterson
As of now, plugins are only automated editing tools. That is, their effects do not depend on the existence of the plugin. This may change in the future, but it should be obvious if it does. -Original Message- From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: [Finale] Fixing Bass Clef horn notes (was: TG Tools tremolo question)

2004-01-14 Thread Robert Patterson
to a much wider compass--a fully-realized alto bass clef if you will. But the rest of the world did not follow them, adopting instead the true bass clef for the horn. Hence the confusion among many horn players now. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] OT: Double harps

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Patterson
I may not have seen all the other posts on this subject, so pardon me if this is a duplicate. In addition to adding volumn and texture, another reason to use multiple harps is to avoid awkward pedal changes in chromatic passages. I believe as early as the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique you can

Re: [Finale] OT: Double harps

2004-01-05 Thread Robert Patterson
In the Berlioz Fantastique score from Dover, I do not see how the harps could perform the opening of the Ball without pedals or something equally effective, but I do not know the history of harp pedals. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 05.01.2004 23:51 Uhr, Robert Patterson wrote I may not have

Re: [Finale] Plugin or Program: You Decide (was: Explode!)

2003-12-31 Thread Robert Patterson
to buy some software upgrades and the occasional toy, but it hardly makes a living. -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

2003-12-15 Thread Robert Patterson
I still have. To get decent printing from any app in classic, I had to install the Adobe Type Manager ctrl panel in my Classic system folder. Once I did that, I've had no printing problems in Classic, generally speaking. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Panther Classic (was: Aaargh... More delays)

2003-12-14 Thread Robert Patterson
time anybody orders a copy. The number of files I have in pre-2K2 versions I would estimate to be in the hundreds. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Combining staves

2003-12-04 Thread Robert Patterson
Implode and Explode Music are essentially useless because they always requantize the music. This is a long-standing problem about which I have bitterly complained for many years (since v1.0.) You are correct that this is a prime consideration for a plugin. (Lightbulb going off in head.)

Re: [Finale] Combining staves

2003-12-04 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] Staff Spacing Within System -- How to change it for some (but not all) pages?

2003-11-27 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] tuplets

2003-11-23 Thread Robert Patterson
Christopher BJ Smith wrote: Sheesh! Maybe a macro would help. Erm. You can mass copy a tuplet to an arbitrarily large selection range (vertical as well as horizontal) in a matter of a few seconds using my Mass Copy plugin. Better than a macro by far. -- Robert Patterson http

Re: [Finale] tuplets

2003-11-21 Thread Robert Patterson
this to 16th-note triplets, in 3/4. No problem changing time sig and converting to tuplets one tuplet at a time, BUT: is there a way to select a region and tupletize the whole region in one go? Thanks, Ch.S. (PS-- Finale 2000c, Mac) -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Beam over rests

2003-11-18 Thread Robert Patterson
Hello, Ole. The responses you have gotten so far are correct in that this is major deficiency in Finale. I don't think there is any need for an additional global setting, but a way to shorten individual secondary beams is definitely missing. But no one has told you the best workaround. This

Re: [Finale] copying staff names

2003-11-17 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] copying staff names

2003-11-17 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] copying staff names

2003-11-17 Thread Robert Patterson
I think SS will do what you need. It copies the staves by position, not by number. So if 4 staves exist in the source and 4 in the target, the names and positions in the target should be overwritten with those from the source. d. collins wrote: Robert Patterson écrit: With Settings Scrapbook

Re: [Finale] FW: 2004 slowness problem

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] 8ths stem length

2003-10-28 Thread Robert Patterson
Patterson Beams can modify any flagged stem the same as stems without flags. It depends on your options, which are fully explained at http://www.robertgpatterson.com The answer to the original poster's question is Patterson Beams. -Original Message- From: Ole Buck [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Finale] 8th stem length

2003-10-27 Thread Robert Patterson
Patterson Beams adjusts stem lengths in these situations. PB comes free w/ Fin02 or later. It also part of my plugin pkg that works w/ Fin2000 and later. Pierre Bailleul wrote: Do you know a way to change this globally without utilizing stem length tool for each notes? -- Robert Patterson

Re: [Finale] Mac: OS X 10.3

2003-10-27 Thread Robert Patterson
Check out this article on changes in Audio and MIDI for Panther. http://www.macmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/EN/id/1125/?vRmtQjpAznOhM=1 -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Re: CLIP FILES question

2003-10-21 Thread Robert Patterson
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Re: [Finale] MacFin 2004 - UK?

2003-10-16 Thread Robert Patterson
To install Finale 2002 in Classic, just run the installer. However, getting Midi to work in Classic is dicey. It is possible with certain interfaces and a bit of voodoo. If you can boot into OS9, you are better off using Finale there. ___ Finale

[Finale] Transpose half a chord

2003-10-12 Thread Robert Patterson
Is there some simple way to transpose only one note of two note chords (over a larger region)? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Transpose half a chord

2003-10-12 Thread Robert Patterson
section I entered (Change) G# and (To) Ab. It worked perfectly for all measures. Richard Huggins From: Robert Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Ars Nova Technologies, LLC Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:07:30 -0500 To: Finale Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale

Re: [Finale] Copying expressions

2003-10-11 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
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Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: You can do everything you need to with Key Sig transposition by combining with independent key signatures. For example, to set up an Alto Sax part, 1. Set the transposition on the staff to Eb Key Signature

Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
] Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2003 06:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Finale List' Subject: Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: You can do everything you need to with Key Sig

[Finale] trill playback

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I have been under the impression that TGTools will create trill playback, but now I can't find it. (I found tremolo playback and I found trill paren notes, but no trill playback.) Have I missed something? ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Finale] Extending 2ndary Beams

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I routinely use the Extend Secondary Beams over Rests option, but it creates a most vexing problem. Consider the pattern 16th note, 16th rest, 8th note. If this falls withing a quarter beat, all three are beamed together. The problem is, the 16th beam extends all the way over the 16th rest. I

Re: [Finale] Extending 2ndary Beams

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
note. In any case, I will share the workaround I thought up. It's fairly easy and works fairly well. The pattern is 16th note, 16th rest, 8th note. Simply hide the 16th rest and then insert a visible one in V2. Hiding the V1 rest removes the beam. -- Robert Patterson http

Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols

2003-10-10 Thread Robert Patterson
] Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2003 06:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Finale List' Subject: Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: You can do everything you need to with Key Sig

Re: [Finale] MM response to query about non-transposing chord symbols

2003-10-09 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
You can do everything you need to with Key Sig transposition by combining with independent key signatures. For example, to set up an Alto Sax part, 1. Set the transposition on the staff to Eb Key Signature transposition. 2. Set Independent Elements Key Signatures. 3. Change the key signature of

Re: [Finale] Using Finale on Mac with Protools 002

2003-10-07 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
problems/issues they have encountered especially in regard to playback of Finale files. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] TAN: leger lines (was: Extension ranges on ... Bass Clarinet)

2003-09-30 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I, too, have heard that many instrumentalists (specifically violinists) prefer leger lines to 8va symbols. I can accept this up to 5-leger-line (and a half) c4. Do players really prefer leger lines even higher? I'm currently working on a passage for violin that hangs around e4 (6 leger lines in

Re: [Finale] Glisses and Accis (was: The Joys of Custom Lines)

2003-09-29 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
meaning of table and not the American one. Here we go yet further into the usage quagmire.) previous poster(s): Another problem with custom lines is that there really should be an option whereby note-attached ones can automatically avoid accidentals and augmentation dots. -- Robert Patterson

Re: [Finale] Glisses and Accis (was: The Joys of Custom Lines)

2003-09-29 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
. Some may not... ric Dussault ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] standard whole and half measure rest in 6/1

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
can't manage to find this in my files. Apologies.) Thanks, Dennis ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

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

2003-09-27 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Andrew Stiller's instrumentation book gave the state-of-the-art c. 1979 for extensions as about 25% each of barry saxes and b. cls. have extension keys. (The barry sax to written low a, and the b. cl. to written low c.) I seem to remember on a discussion on this list that these extension keys

[Finale] The Joys of Custom Lines

2003-09-26 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I sometimes have the impression that the Custom Line tool may be one of the most underused really powerful things in Finale. In an offline conversation with a Coda person, I complained that a major drawback of the CLT is that text (i.e., Left, Center Full, or Right) that is visible in a score

[Finale] Fixed Line Widths and System Scaling

2003-09-24 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
staff scaling. This would achieve the other half of this requirement (like pno chamber music): the ability to have consistent lines within systems that have varying staff sizes. -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Re: Fixed Line Widths and System Scaling (DOH!)

2003-09-24 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Never mind. I was mistaken about staff height. The lines are scaled with staff height. I think I was fooled by a rounding error. So (those of us who care) do still need a fixed line width option. And I still don't know what Coda added staff height. -- Robert Patterson http

Re: [Finale] Staff names

2003-09-22 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
from one file to another? Thanks, Dennis ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Rotate this! Mega-monitors

2003-09-22 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
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Re: [Finale] Rotate this! Mega-monitors

2003-09-22 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I read a review of Versavision somewhere that claimed that the ATI panel for it is grayed out on G5's with 9800 graphics. Darcy James Argue wrote: On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 06:05 PM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: On the rotating-in-OSX front, the picture is not as rosy as I first

Re: [Finale] Page reduction vs. Staff reduction (again!)

2003-09-20 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
on letter size. My page text no longer explodes all over the pages of such print runs. We system-reducers have led you page-reducers to water. Will you drink? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Page reduction vs. Staff reduction (again!)

2003-09-20 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
system redux from the start, you don't really gain any of its advantages. -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Page reduction vs. Staff reduction (again!)

2003-09-20 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
. This particular aspect is just foreign to me since I've never faced it; I'd like to be conversant with the kind of situation that produces it or that could benefit from using it. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Page reduction vs. Staff reduction (again!)

2003-09-19 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I, for one, have never advocated changing old files. I'm talking only about going forwards. David H. Bailey wrote: So tell me again how that is easier than doing page reduction where all that stuff is done automatically? -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Page reduction vs. Staff reduction (again!)

2003-09-18 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
The primary advantage is that scaling systems gives you precise control over system margins. Also, if you have varying system percentages, your page text remains the same size without the need for fixed font attributes. The problem with fixed font attributes is that when you want to produce a

Re: [Finale] Mac related question

2003-09-14 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
which I would need to be able to access from time to time. Thanks. Martin Martin Banner Monticello, New York ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- Robert Patterson

Re: [Finale] I could care less (was Re: Finale Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10)

2003-09-12 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
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Re: [Finale] Articulations Change during

2003-09-09 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
My Mass Copy plugin can copy articulations correctly. (And it can clear the bogus ones.) I use it all the time. -Original Message- From: Ole Buck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2003 07:07 AM To: 'finale' Subject: [Finale] Articulations Change during copy and

Re: [Finale] feature request

2003-09-04 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Several years ago, when Randy Stokes was still a regular contributor to this list, he floated the idea of fixed-width lines. I've wanted this for years for exactly the same reasons Andrew does. At the time the idea was roundly derided as a waste of time by almost all other list members. Oh

[Finale] TAN: PDF Versions

2003-09-03 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
it is OSX-compatible.) -- Robert Patterson http://www.robertgpatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: PDF Versions

2003-09-03 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
-Original Message- From: Brad Beyenhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the advantage of 4 over 5, in your opinion? Speed, speed, and speed. Reader 4 launches in a fraction of the time of 5 and esp. shudder 6. And where is it available for download these days? You might

Re: [Finale] OT: MacOS 9 help needed

2003-08-31 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
directory. The new DiskWarrior boots in OSX, so you'll get to see your iMac running OSX if you use DiskWarrior. Andrew Stiller wrote: Now *that* is news I can use! I'll call Mac Warehouse as soon as I get off line. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] OT: MacOS 9 help needed

2003-08-31 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
the new directory. (This would allow you to be assured that you weren't going to lose your important files.) But it's so reliable I long ago quit being cautious with it. Now I just breezily OK thru all the dialogs. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com

Re: [Finale] Expression placement

2003-08-30 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
Craig Parmerlee wrote: Every time, Finale is using the measure-attached properties, not the note-attached properties. Check the metatool setting in the Expression Menu. Also, turn on colors. Then you can tell immediately if you've put in a note-attached or meas-attached exp. -- Robert

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