Re: [Finale] EPS support (and other things)

2004-04-15 Thread Tim Thompson
issues NOW. David Froom Underwritten by Giovanni Andreani - Italy, your registered customer since Finale 2001 for Mac Éric Dussault - Canada, registered since FinWin 97 and Mac since 2001 Hans Swinnen - Belgium, reg since FinMac 1.0 Jon Kristinn Cortez - Iceland, registred since FinMac 2.0.6 Ti

Re: [Finale] No keyboard PANIC

2004-02-27 Thread Tim Thompson
Have you checked the USB/MidiThru switch on the interface? I have a lab where the interfaces hang underneath the keyboards (motu fastlanes), and sometimes that little switch gets kicked, and it takes a while for someone to figure out what happened! Tim On Feb 27, 2004, at 8:20 PM, Crystal Pre

Re: [Finale] Chord Entry

2004-02-09 Thread Tim Thompson
Sure--Chord Tool, Chord Menu, choose 1-staff or 2-staff analysis. If your score is one part per staff, then you will have to implode first. I don't know how accurate it would be--I'm sure it depends on the degree of correlation between the harmonies in the piece and the contents of your chord

Re: [Finale] Is the same Sfp and Sfzp?

2004-01-28 Thread Tim Thompson
On Jan 28, 2004, at 3:33 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Also, Johannes said it makes a difference to string players whether it's "sfp" or "fp." Maybe he could elaborate on what that difference is? I'm still not exactly clear what the audible distinction is between all of the markings under disc

Re: [Finale] Custom Keyboard Shortcuts in OS X

2004-01-28 Thread Tim Thompson
Okay, I found the rub. For the custom shortcuts to work in FinMac04, they must include the command key. Otherwise, they don't work, as reported by others. Tim On Jan 28, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Éric Dussault wrote: On 28/01/04 01:26, "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I see the "F5" n

Re: [Finale] FinMac 04 Simple Entry annoyances, and Keyboard Shortcuts

2004-01-27 Thread Tim Thompson
I was looking forward to working with the new Simple Entry method, but it is so painfully slow, that I didn't last too long. I was back to Speedy. On the issue of Panther programmable keyboard shortcuts, I had no trouble getting any custom mappings for menu items working with FinMac04 and X.3

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

2004-01-26 Thread Tim Thompson
Did you try reinstalling (or updating) the driver for your MIDI interface? I have had to reinstall mine from M-Audio a couple of times... Tim On Jan 26, 2004, at 12:39 PM, JD wrote: on 1/25/04 10:25 PM, Earl Price at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I got Finale in

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Thompson
No ideas. Will have to play with it some more. Let us know if you get it to work, and I will do the same. Tim On Jan 23, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Éric Dussault wrote: From: Éric Dussault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:50:02 -0500 To: Tim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004 patch lists and other annoyances

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Thompson
This is disturbing news. I thought that the MOTU fix set the patch lists system-wide. H. Tim On Jan 23, 2004, at 1:02 PM, Earl Price wrote: It seems that patchlists containing instrument names don't show up in FinMac 2004. This was a major issue when Digital Performer came out for OS X, bu

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Thompson
I can't confirm specifically, because I don't have 2k4 yet (should arrive today), but the behavior with other apps demonstrates that it should work. Tim On Jan 23, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 23.01.2004 16:54 Uhr, Tim Thompson wrote I just tried it, and submen

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Thompson
ed to have stumbled across in Panther (was perhaps previously in X?) is "Full Keyboard Control"--a la Windows allowing tabbing through all elements of dialogs, switching states of buttons and check boxes, etc. from the keyboard. Tim On Jan 22, 2004, at 11:25 PM, Éric Dussault wrote: On

Re: [Finale] 9x12 printing problems in OS X

2004-01-22 Thread Tim Thompson
Right, the Page Format for Score... sets the default, but the changes made with the menu command in the Page Layout menu actually makes the change for existing or selected pages. Brad, have you contacted HP or MM about this? I would be interested to know the result. Haven't got my 2k4 yet, b

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-22 Thread Tim Thompson
Please correct me if I am missing something here-- Do you need QuickKeys to access menu items, when 10.3 has that functionality? I don't know QuickKeys, but perhaps it is because a greater variety of key mappings are possible? But I wanted to mention it in case you weren't aware that 10.3 allo

[Finale]

2004-01-21 Thread Tim Thompson
The irony of this is almost too much to bear. Those of you who haven't pre-ordered 2004 may be interested in this. From the website for the product (http://www.troikatronix.com/midibridge9x.html): MidiBridge9X is an emulator for OMS that allows applications running under Classic in MacOS X to

Re: [Finale] Scroll View Guides?

2004-01-17 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, I use them when necessary. Hopefully a lot less with self-aligning expressions. They are pretty useful, and are tied to page positions, rather than staff or system-related positions. That makes it a bit of a pain when different pages have different staff positions, but they are easily a

Re: [Finale] Sound fonts and Mac

2004-01-17 Thread Tim Thompson
There is a nice freeware from Pete Yandell called SimpleSynth. You can access patches from any soundfonts or DLS files found on your system, and it has a virtual input mode. Launch it, and any app using CoreMidi will see it and add it to the list of midi outputs. An easy way to access DLS fi

Re: [Finale] Reducing the size of time signatures, clefs,

2004-01-15 Thread Tim Thompson
Neat trick! Thanks. Tim On Jan 15, 2004, at 10:03 AM, Michael Cook wrote: TGTools has a function for making space at the beginning of a measure. You can also make the space manually by fiddling with beat charts, but this is not much fun if you have a lot of notes in the measure. But here is a

Re: [Finale] Multiple Win OS on a system

2003-12-19 Thread Tim Thompson
he widows, or resize them. Looks like a bug in the X11 system. Oh well--fix later! Tim On Dec 19, 2003, at 4:16 PM, Philip Aker wrote: On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 11:36 AM, Tim Thompson wrote: Yes, Apple includes their own X11 system on one of the CDs that come with 10.3. ... I have

Re: [Finale] Multiple Win OS on a system

2003-12-19 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, Apple includes their own X11 system on one of the CDs that come with 10.3. It can also be downloaded from Apple, and will run on earlier versions of OS X (I don't remember how far back--perhaps only 10.2). I have only used it to run Open Office, and it works just fine. The only problem

Re: [Finale] Multiple Win OS on a system

2003-12-19 Thread Tim Thompson
Also, MS some time ago purchased Virtual PC from Connectix, and is aiming the technology at this kind of need. The user can use an older version of Windows in emulation on top of a newer version to run legacy software, and to ease the system upgrade process. Tim On Dec 19, 2003, at 1:46 PM, P

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

2003-12-19 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, it is a clever UI feature made possible by Quartz. AND it is quite useful. Everyone seems to be surprised by its functionality once they actually use it and realize some of the handy things you can do with it, especially combined with drag and drop. The original statement on this was tha

[Finale] Panther keyboard shortcuts

2003-12-12 Thread Tim Thompson
There was some discussion earlier about Panther's feature that lets the user do his own key bindings for menu commands. Couple that with a selection of shareware apps that can launch scripts from a keyboard command, and things get a little better. I just saw a new simple-but-elegant shareware p

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

2003-12-12 Thread Tim Thompson
You could say that about this assessment, and be correct, maybe two years ago. Most other companies finished the migration well over a year ago, and even Quark, purported to be the last major manufacturer of Mac software to complete the migration, got there several months ago. We are now in t

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac OS X 10.3

2003-12-11 Thread Tim Thompson
Brad, 10.3 is really nice. All of the apps have added touches that I keep discovering. I really like the Finder improvements. Fast user switching is really nice too. And it all looks considerably more refined. It is already worth the price in dozens of ways, and I still have much to disco

Re: [Finale] Aaargh... More delays

2003-12-11 Thread Tim Thompson
I can't imagine that the soundfonts and save as audio would be the holdup--it seems like that kind of thing is very easy in OS X. I wonder if Panther somehow threw it off...? In any case, can there be any doubt that this migration wasn't ever well planned? Tim On Dec 11, 2003, at 4:16 PM, Er

Re: [Finale] 5 days till OS X?

2003-12-10 Thread Tim Thompson
I try not to think about it... ;-) Tim On Dec 10, 2003, at 2:47 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: So, anyone know if Finale 2004 for Mac is going to actually go out on the 15th? ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: [Finale] OT: Urgent MAC MIDI Interface Help Needed

2003-11-22 Thread Tim Thompson
So long as you can dual-boot, then I would not try to run Finale in Classic, but having booted in 9.2. Then any interface that has 9 drivers will work, and as long as the same interface has X drivers, then you can use it in X as well. Just avoid the classic mess altogether. M-Audio is very g

Re: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-28 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, the little wires are supposed to stay visible. Did your interface show up automatically in AMS? If not, then perhaps you need to try to reinstall the OS X driver for it, and while you are at it, make sure you have the latest one. I think I remember someone mentioning for you to get Simpl

Re: [Finale] alto clef

2003-10-28 Thread Tim Thompson
I'd say that this topic is similar to the ledger line discussion that we recently had. The modern standard of practice is to put alto vocal parts in treble clef. They are used to reading f's and g's on ledger lines. Of course, that means you need lots of space below the staff for lyrics, etc

[Finale] new MOTU Fastlane driver

2003-10-26 Thread Tim Thompson
Since there has recently been discussion about using USB MIDI interfaces with OS X, I wanted to pass this along to the list, quoted from a recently posted page about Panther compatibility on MOTU's website. "MOTU has also updated the MOTU USB MIDI driver to Version 1.2.1. This update (not rela

Re: [Finale] Pan staves

2003-10-26 Thread Tim Thompson
, and now (as long as a smooth scale between two values is what is wanted), Executable Shapes and that madness can be averted. - Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday, October 25, 2003 5:48 PM, Tim Thompson queried: I am pretty sure that the MIDI spec allows for a range of 0-127 f

Re: [Finale] Pan staves

2003-10-25 Thread Tim Thompson
You don't _have to_ use an expression. I tend to use the MIDI tool for this sort of thing. But if controller 10 (pan) can be set with that kind of resolution, then I am really missing something. I am pretty sure that the MIDI spec allows for a range of 0-127 for controller 10, with 0 being h

Re: [Finale] soft synth/sequencer?

2003-10-21 Thread Tim Thompson
Not anything exactly like that, but in terms of really easy to use sequencers, I would look at Intuem for OS X, and MOTU's Freestyle, which is still back in the OS 9 dark ages. In terms of sounds, sound fonts are easy to get, and easy to use in OS X. Of course, there are so many software synth

Re: [Finale] midi interfaces

2003-10-20 Thread Tim Thompson
Don't forget that you have to have both OS 9 and OS X drivers installed. Are you using OMS or FreeMIDI? Have you done a MIDI setup that includes the interface in 9? Finale will look to the OMS of FM setup for the interface and your I/O gear, but the computer will need the OS X driver in orde

Re: [Finale] Herbie Hancock interview

2003-10-18 Thread Tim Thompson
notes-- complex stuff like that. So I switched!" --Richard From: Tim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:43:44 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Herbie Hancock interview Are all your music programs OS X now? Yeah, you know the program Finale. Well in a

[Finale] Herbie Hancock interview

2003-10-18 Thread Tim Thompson
I just came across this interview with Herbie Hancock (http://www.applematters.com/comments.php?id=98_0_1_0_C) concerning his use of apple products over the years. Below is an interesting excerpt: Tim Are you using OS X now? I was using it before other musicians were using it. Do you like

Re: [Finale] Please have a look

2003-10-18 Thread Tim Thompson
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 06:37 AM, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: Regarding spacing, people have mentioned that you can tinker with the options regarding spacing before and after the music at barlines. In such a piece as the one here, I would have gone a different route: in the unmetered

Re: [Finale] MacFin 2004 - UK?

2003-10-16 Thread Tim Thompson
Seconded. Tim On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 04:58 AM, Philip Aker wrote: Secondly, how *do* you go about installing Finale into Classic? Must I boot into OS9 and then continue as normal... Yes. And stay there for Finale until the combo is Finale2004/OS X.

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004 delayed

2003-10-15 Thread Tim Thompson
Agreed... but MOTU has yet to release Performer and Freestyle for X! More aarghs all around! Tim On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 01:18 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: They really should consider giving people another $20 off for keeping their preorders active. I mean, it's another 2 months

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2004 delayed

2003-10-15 Thread Tim Thompson
You're joking, right? Unfortunately, I know you are not. I just did my pre-order this morning. Disappointing, yes. But I would not have expected it, given how long we have waited to this point, and given that the Windows release was on schedule. If it's any later, then we'll be another full

Re: [Finale] Re: [Olist] Why Are Artists Poor? (book review--long)

2003-10-13 Thread Tim Thompson
Very good! I have a colleague who teaches commercial music type courses (improvisation, songwriting, etc), and he often has students who just think they can wing it and be a successful musician. He says to them: "What if you were undergoing brain surgery, and the surgeon walks in and says to

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

2003-10-13 Thread Tim Thompson
Sometimes I don't pay attention to the actual numbers of the F keys, and assign them in groups. They are grouped in fours on most keyboards, so any group of 4 can be the four layers. Are you giving up the ability to use the F keys for tool selection? I find that built-in mapping on WinFin hig

Re: [Finale] EPS and PS

2003-10-13 Thread Tim Thompson
Please, no!! I use .ps output in a variety of situations. Just because it doesn't work properly for all people in all situations is not a reason to do away with it! Tim On Sunday, October 12, 2003, at 11:57 PM, Richard Yates wrote: Hi MakeMusic, I have used Finale since about version 2.0.

[Finale] Twilight Zone

2003-10-10 Thread Tim Thompson
HELP!! I am drowning in a sea of re-sent emails!! I am getting several a minute from mid August, and everything from the last couple of days comes at least twice. A header shows that my provider (.Mac) is getting the email from unxmail.shsu.edu today, even though the origination time might b

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

2003-10-10 Thread Tim Thompson
y of Eb. Voila. Now your music has no key signature, yet the part transposes and so do the chord symbols. Finale added Chromatic Transposition as an ease-of-use feature. It was never strictly necessary. -Original Message- From: Tim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Oc

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

2003-10-09 Thread Tim Thompson
I reported the problem of chord symbols not transposing while using Chromatic Transposition, and that it was necessary to revert to Key Signature Transposition to get them to transpose properly. I asked if there were plans to fix this, or if I was missing something. Here is the response I got

[Finale] Try again--non-transposing chords

2003-10-06 Thread Tim Thompson
I never noticed this before, but I would consider it a flaw in the way finale works, unless I am missing something. Before I start emailing feature requests to MM, perhaps some of you can help. I did a quick jazz arrangement for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, and rhythm. The tune is Black Narc

[Finale] mac2k3 problem with non-transposing chord symbols

2003-10-06 Thread Tim Thompson
I never noticed this before, but I would consider it a flaw in the way finale works, unless I am missing something. Before I start emailing feature requests to MM, perhaps some of you can help. I did a quick jazz arrangement for alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, and rhythm. The tune is Black Narc

[Finale] non-transposing chords MacFin2k3

2003-10-03 Thread Tim Thompson
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Re: [Finale] Staff tool

2003-09-30 Thread Tim Thompson
Did you look at the staff style definition box? Check to make sure that the alternate notation box is checked, and that the slash notation is selected as the alternate notation. If that is all right, you will want to go to Document Options > Alternate Notation, and make sure the correct chara

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on ... Bass Clarinet

2003-09-30 Thread Tim Thompson
Based on anecdotal evidence, I would agree with this theory (in most cases). Tim On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:52 AM, Daniel Dorff wrote: I've heard some editors point out that the piano keyboard looks the same in each octave and requires the same eye/hand coordination patterns in any

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on ... Bass Clarinet

2003-09-30 Thread Tim Thompson
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 09:20 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: To return to the ledger lines question: I use the clear-at-three-feet rule, based on my aging vision. Good rule. I haven't quite hit 40 yet, and I'm sure that when I do, I will have a new appreciation for that! On the s

Re: [Finale] TAN: Extension ranges on ... Bass Clarinet

2003-09-29 Thread Tim Thompson
I was rehearsing a piece today on tenor sax with a pianist. My part went up to C (5 lines above), and I don't have to think too hard about that, as I am only reading one line, but the pianist was constantly asking "what's that note?" His part frequently had 6 ledger lines on both ends, and on

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

2003-09-29 Thread Tim Thompson
In my own practice, I stop the line short of the accidental, because it works, and is clean (in my opinion), but my opinion may not be that of a publisher such as Boosey and Hawkes--and obviously, Bartok had a great deal of influence in the final result. Music typesetting has always been evolv

Re: [Finale] what did I do wrong?

2003-09-29 Thread Tim Thompson
I'll jump in. At some point, Finale automatically checked the beaming, and rebeamed to the meter. (Look at speedy options, etc). Yes, you can set the beaming for the meter. In the change meter dialog, click the composite button, check the box for using EDU's, and enter the following values f

Re: [Finale] Staff style

2003-09-28 Thread Tim Thompson
1. Go into the definition dialog for Slash style and make sure settings are correct. Maybe they got messed with at some point. 2. Under the edit menu, click on "select partial measures," then select the three beats that you wish to convert to slash notation, and apply the staff style. On Sund

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

2003-09-27 Thread Tim Thompson
The university bands that I know of in the US have low C bass clarinets. In an orchestra situation, I would write for it, and perhaps cue it in bsn or contra bsn in case it is not available. Tim ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.

Re: [Finale] MIDI bass sax

2003-09-21 Thread Tim Thompson
Perhaps a protocol that is not serial for starters. And higher resolution is something to look forward to. With the proliferation of high-bandwidth data transfer protocols, I wouldn't much doubt that the industry will move to either a reworked MIDI or some other standard before 2030. But whe

Re: [Finale] New MIDI interface

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Thompson
I would probably go with a new interface, because drivers will be available and updated for the newer USB interfaces. The biggest suppliers are MOTU and Midiman (M-Audio). Both have a variety to choose from, and keep drivers up to date pretty well. Tim On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 04:27

Re: [Finale] Re: lyrics discussion [LONG] (was Re: BUG fix / FIN 2k5 Feature Request)

2003-09-19 Thread Tim Thompson
With monospaced fonts, there aren't true en-dashes and em-dashes, and option-hyphen makes a hyphen, while shift-option-hyphen makes a double-length hyphen. In proportionally-spaced fonts however, then option-hyphen is indeed mapped to a true en-dash, while shift-option-hyphen is mapped to a tr

Re: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610 question

2003-09-12 Thread Tim Thompson
We have Ricoh Aficio 3200 and 1035p units, both of which will handle up to 12x18, and duplex the large paper as well. I don't know how the options were purchased, but I can tell you that it all works just fine. Tim On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 06:39 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: My HP lase

Re: [Finale] lyrics (was Re: BUG fix / FIN 2k5 Feature Request)

2003-09-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Actually, option-hyphen is an en-dash, while shift-option-hyphen is an em-dash. But I can't remember at the moment how Finale treats option-hyphen in the edit lyrics dialog... Tim On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 12:00 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 8:57 AM -0500 9/12/03, Richard Huggin

Re: [Finale] Barline question

2003-09-06 Thread Tim Thompson
I believe the easiest way is to use a measure expression graphic. Tim On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 01:53 PM, James Brody wrote: I would like to be able to put dividing bar lines (section indicators) in the middle of measures of a score for a large ensemble. I don't know if it's easy or di

Re: [Finale] Space within system

2003-09-06 Thread Tim Thompson
Do you mean the space from the top of the system boundary to the top of the top staff? This is the first staff position, and can be set with the staff tool. You can select all staves and drag them up in scroll view, or use the respace staves dialog to set the first staff position. Tim On Fri

Re: [Finale] TAN: PDF Versions

2003-09-03 Thread Tim Thompson
On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 01:15 PM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: -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. <> 6. I w

Re: [Finale] Keyboard shortcuts - Finale scripts

2003-09-02 Thread Tim Thompson
Don't forget that Panther is supposed to include QuicKeys-like creation of keyboard shortcuts--if I heard correctly, application specific. Tim On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 03:04 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: Write an email to MacSupport! I have. They still have over a month and a half; and if

Re: [Finale] OS X and MIDI

2003-08-30 Thread Tim Thompson
e) and especially in performance. I'm not worried about AMS growing up, because I expect it to pretty quickly. Tim On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 09:48 AM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote: I agree with Tim Thompson that it "just works". I'm not quite so sanguine about it, h

Re: [Finale] OS X and MIDI

2003-08-30 Thread Tim Thompson
OSX MIDI and audio really beats anything on any other OS out there by miles. Once you have apps that can take advantage of it, it is really great--it just works! Tim On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 07:00 AM, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: To those of you using OS X: Is MIDI implementation still

Re: [Finale] Key signature question

2003-08-30 Thread Tim Thompson
In jazz/blues charts, the major (or minor) key signature is always used. If you are talking about a piece to be played by a standard jazz-type of ensemble, players would be confused if you used a modal key sig. because it would seem to them that you want the piece to be in G, but they would im

[Finale] I stand corrected

2003-08-20 Thread Tim Thompson
Before everyone jumps in, Robert politely corrected my numbers a last time. My only excuses might be the lateness of the hour, the chaos surrounding beginning a new school year, or the liquid elixir here by my right hand... one 1600x1200 above another same gives an effective total resolution o

Re: [Finale] screen rotation

2003-08-20 Thread Tim Thompson
ly natural and effortless. I tried all those other kinds of ways of skinning the cat, but nothing matches the real thing. I dare you to try it. -Original Message----- From: Tim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 03:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

[Finale] whoops--check that resolution figure...

2003-08-20 Thread Tim Thompson
I should have typed 3200 pixels tall by 1200 wide--hmmm--that would be pretty cool. Four displays?? Tim On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 10:08 PM, Tim Thompson wrote: I've been out of the loop for the last couple of days, and am really surprised by this big discussion of screen rotation

Re: [Finale] screen rotation

2003-08-20 Thread Tim Thompson
I've been out of the loop for the last couple of days, and am really surprised by this big discussion of screen rotation--and have to say I agree with the initial response of "what does that have to do with anything?" True, 4x3 monitors are not great for working on tall scores, and a portrait

Re: [Finale] It's here -- Finale 2004!

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
It sure looks like a big upgrade so far. I will be interested to see if the MIDI workings have been redesigned, or if all of that human playback stuff is internal. I'm a little bothered that the web site is haphazard, and not Mac friendly (which means not standards compliant). The menus at th

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript question

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
FWIW, the next release of OS X (Panther) will have a customizable macro system built in, which is supposed to include menu actions if I remember correctly. Tim > From: Brad Beyenhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:10:09 -0700 > To: Finale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Finale] Fi

Re: [Finale] Strategy for scores

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
I too am keenly interested to hear responses to these questions, while we are all waiting for Finale to incorporate some sort of smart part management system. Tim On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 03:02 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: This may be a message mainly for Tobias, as part of it seems to

Re: [Finale] Greater than 16 MIDI channels

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: Solution 1: Multiple software synthesizers. I haven't seen a software synth that does more than 16 channels. However, if you have several different software synths on your machine, you can assign one of them to 1-16, another to 1

Re: [Finale] Ricoh AP2610

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
Our university just got rid of all of our HP and Xerox printers and got Ricoh printers and multi-function units. They work great, they are very fast, and they support PS using the Adobe driver. There is an OS X package that can be downloaded from the website. Right now our print servers are

Re: [Finale] It's here -- Finale 2004!

2003-08-14 Thread Tim Thompson
Okay, I missed it. Thanks. The release date itself still has me down--I was hoping for a miracle I guess. Tim On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 03:08 PM, Tobias Giesen wrote: Hi, the release dates are not on every page, but they are on many, right below the "Pre-Order" button. For example, o

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2004 and hyperscribe ties

2003-08-11 Thread Tim Thompson
Ties across barlines is an option in Hyperscribe, which you probably have unchecked. It is very useful to have this as an option at times. Tim On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 03:35 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: One of the little nuisances in older Finale releases is that hyperscribe would never

Re: [Finale] Fin2004 Discount

2003-08-10 Thread Tim Thompson
I'm wondering if the promo code thing was sent only to macfin 2002 registered users, to accommodate the situation previously described... Tim On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 10:31 AM, Cecil Rigby wrote: I finally upgraded from WIN 97c to 2003 about three months ago. I, too, have not received a

Re: [Finale] It's here -- Finale 2004!

2003-08-10 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, I see it now on the email, but didn't see it on the website. Tim On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 02:37 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 2:19 PM -0400 8/06/03, Tim Thompson wrote: It sure looks like a big upgrade so far. I will be interested to see if the MIDI workings have

Re: [Finale] Strange compression

2003-07-25 Thread Tim Thompson
ile I open and add measures to has the same problem. Perhaps the newly added measures are somehow set to a max width of 0? Try getting into the measure dialog in any measure, and then type the measure number of one of the squashed measures, and see about this parameter or any other weirdn

Re: [Finale] MacFin - QuickTime Playback as-you-go in Speedy Entry?

2003-07-14 Thread Tim Thompson
Darcy, Are you using OMS? If so, open your OMS setup and check to see if the QT synth is enabled. If not, it will have a red slash over it. QT shows up in Finale's output list even if it is "turned off" in OMS. Are you getting playback via QT? Are your instruments set up to the correct ch

Re: [Finale] Feature request (#3 in a series)

2003-07-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Not only line breaks, but other text manipulation as in text blocks, especially justification (which is not necessary with a single line). Along those lines, I wonder why it is not possible to manipulate character positioning in lyrics. I've often had situations where it would be nice...time t

Re: [Finale] Altering Finale Output

2003-07-09 Thread Tim Thompson
Sounds like a job for Illustrator! I am not sure how to do that in Illustrator, but I suppose it may be possible. Definitely not possible in Word!! If you have Illustrator, or have a friend who does, you can output from Finale directly to Illustrator format, then save your final Illustrator

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-28 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, I was counting the pickup triplet, as I'm sure the other poster was as well. Tim On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 02:55 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 11:11 AM -0400 6/28/03, Tim Thompson wrote: On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 04:53 PM, RockyRoad wrote: P5: Main Theme to Star Wars

Re: [Finale] Printing in Classic environment

2003-06-28 Thread Tim Thompson
I would be all over Finale tech support about this until they solve it for you. But I'm afraid they'll say that they only guarantee 2003 to work in Classic. But it's worth a try. There has to be dozens of other folks in the same boat. I avoid using Finale in Classic, and have had mixed resu

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-28 Thread Tim Thompson
On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 04:53 PM, RockyRoad wrote: P5: Main Theme to Star Wars isnt that a 4th? sol..-do-sol; up, up. P4 then P5 making a P8. So you have both. Might be a confusing example. Tim ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-28 Thread Tim Thompson
That's a good topic for the SMT or CMS Teaching Music Theory lists. I'd like to see what they so with these comments. Fact is that most teachers of aural skills do drill intervals without tonal context. It seems to be pretty useful for young singers, but arguable about how much it helps with

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-27 Thread Tim Thompson
Oh. Okay. Now that you say that, I remember always thinking it was a soprano, but I guess somewhere along the way someone told me it was a theremin. Haven't heard it in years! Tim On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 10:32 AM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 10:25 AM -0400 6/27/03, Tim Tho

Re: [Finale] OT: Songs for intervals

2003-06-27 Thread Tim Thompson
M7 descending!!--two instances in Cole Porter's "I Love You." m7 both directions--bridge to J. Williams Superman song "Can You Read my Mind?"--probably many other Williams instances as well as other modern film composers. Also Star Trek theme (the one with the theremin). Have fun, Tim On Frida

Re: [Finale] Printing in Classic environment

2003-06-26 Thread Tim Thompson
Sure. And if you don't have Acrobat, some of the other suggestions will work just fine. I just use Acrobat for it. Once you have your .pdf files, you can certainly open them on any other computer and print them to your liking. On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 09:43 PM, Crystal Premo wrote: O

Re: [Finale] Printing in Classic environment

2003-06-25 Thread Tim Thompson
Crystal, One work-around I have used in situations where the printing didn't work in Classic is this: Save as PDF, and then open the PDF in Acrobat Reader or even in Preview, and print via OS X. Tim On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 10:43 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On Wednesday, June 25, 200

Re: [Finale] OT: New G5 Tower specs leaked by Apple

2003-06-20 Thread Tim Thompson
Wow. I better start saving now... Tim On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 05:04 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: For the curious... The following item appeared on the online Apple store for a few minutes around 11:45 PM last night. From what I understand, someone misnamed a GIF and so it was posted p

Re: [Finale] Soft Synths

2003-06-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Yes, VSC has bad latency, but with the better samplers running on today's hardware, it is negligible, especially on OSX (which I know Darcy runs!). On 6/12/03 4:52 PM, "Jim Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hmm... >> >> I've been followin

Re: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Preparation > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tim Thompson > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:28 PM > To: finale list > Subject: Re: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players > > And I don't

Re: [Finale] Most accurate performance package for auditioning?

2003-06-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Title: Re: [Finale] Most accurate performance package for auditioning? On 6/10/03 12:47 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Like some of you, I use Finale to help with arranging as well. I have gotten to the point where the cheesy sound from GM is no longer accceptable for auditi

Re: [Finale] Most accurate performance package for auditioning?

2003-06-12 Thread Tim Thompson
Title: Re: [Finale] Most accurate performance package for auditioning? Tammy, IMO, in your situation, there is absolutely no reason to buy expensive sampling hardware!  If you want hardware, the E-mu Virtuoso 2000 is not bad for under $1000 (and is 32-part). Software is really the way to go th

Re: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Tim Thompson
On 6/12/03 8:18 AM, "Andrew Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a clarinettist and bassoonist I can testify that this is hooey. I > have played professionally on every size of clarinet from Ab piccolo > to contrabass; it takes about 30 minutes to master any one of these > if you play the regul

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