[Finale] How to get Aladding StuffIt Expander 5 for Windows

2004-03-28 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, you can use http://www.filemirrors.com to search for ALEX5. which gives us this download link: ftp://ftp.ware.ru/win/ALEX51.EXE This was previously available for free from the original manufacturer. The newer version that they distribute is less easy to use, I think. Cheers, Tobias __

Re: [Finale] Mac to PC

2004-03-28 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I still don't get how to use StuffIt for this. On my system, with Aladdin StuffIt Expander v5.1, which is no longer officially available, I have two options: a) right-click the .bin file and choose "Expand" b) drop the .bin file on the Expander icon on the desktop. Cheers, Tobias

Re: [Finale] Mac to PC

2004-03-26 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I tried the StuffIt Expander, but coudn't find a > way to get that to work. You have to rename the .dat attachment file to .bin and then drop it onto the Expander ... ;=) -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale ma

Re: [Finale] FinWin 2004b

2004-03-04 Thread Tobias Giesen
bout the size of the expression, not the position. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Solution for "TGTools cannot install its keyboard hook"

2004-02-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
heers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Find Parallels Plug-in

2004-01-31 Thread Tobias Giesen
ones. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Find Parallels Plug-in

2004-01-31 Thread Tobias Giesen
ns, i.e. chords, V1/V2, layers, and multiple staves. And of course it sees and follows _voices_. You can tell it whether to detect hidden paralellisms too, or not. I would be happy if you tried that, and if you find room for improvement please tell me. Cheers, Tobias http://www.tgtools.com

Re: [Finale] Center a whole note

2004-01-23 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I remembered one time seeing an option to center > whole notes in a bar. Me too! I saw it in TGTools->Modify->Shift ... -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-22 Thread Tobias Giesen
> ResEdit? I thought that was OS 9 only? It *runs* in OS 9 or Classic. But it can do lots of wonderful things for Carbon applications! Just use it to open the resources stored deep within the Finale application package ... -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [Finale] Finale for Mac OSX delivered

2004-01-22 Thread Tobias Giesen
ick available for all Finale menus ... Has somebody tried putting the shortcuts into the Finale resources via ResEdit? You just have to go inside the Finale application package. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] FinMac2004/Panther font question

2004-01-21 Thread Tobias Giesen
ary and possibly /Users). Then re-install Finale 2004 and possibly reboot. About November, I have no idea! Squares are not a Font Annotation problem. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Finale] TGTools for OS X

2004-01-19 Thread Tobias Giesen
ce every day: http://www.tgtools.com/TGTools.sit http://www.tgtools.com/PDKTools.sit Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Menus, keyboard shortcuts and TGTools

2004-01-17 Thread Tobias Giesen
04a - choose Graphics tool - choose TGTools->Options - add your keyboard shortcut. On my system, the Graphics menu is now full available. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Menus, keyboard shortcuts and TGTools

2004-01-17 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Anything so I can use my Graphics menu with my keyboard. Hi, I agree this is a bit unfortunate, but of course you can use the menu? For example, on my Windows, I hit Alt-G, Enter, and now I am in the Graphics menu. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [Finale] TG Tools tremolo question

2004-01-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
a stem, you actually want an eighth note. To create eighth note tremolos, enter sixteenth notes first, then use the plug-in. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] TG Tools tremolo question

2004-01-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> the tab that says 'Beams' Actually, I think Mark needs these options on the first tabsheet: Number of beams: 3 For half notes: connect how many outer beams to stem: 1 Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: [Finale] TG Tools tremolo question

2004-01-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, when you have the full TGTools set installed (from www.tgtools.com), then the Tremolo plug-in provides all kinds of options that will allow to create non-standard tremolos too. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: [Finale] Installing 2004 with only 64 MB Ram?

2003-12-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
m) on a computer with only 64MB ram. No, there is no relation. And I doubt that Finale 2004 actually does require 128 MB, especially when it's not running ;=)) Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [E

Re: [Finale] tuplets

2003-11-23 Thread Tobias Giesen
n once more. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Plugin develpment question

2003-11-19 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, unfortunately, handles are totally inaccessible to plug-ins. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TGTools Find 2.17b

2003-11-07 Thread Tobias Giesen
lection list and it should take you to (or near) the first measure in the region. But apparently this particular feature doesn't work on all systems, I'll have to install Windows 2000 tonight in order to test it ... -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: [Finale] FAT32 to NTFS

2003-11-07 Thread Tobias Giesen
ase it should be the same mode it was on the old computer. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TGTools Find 2.17b

2003-11-07 Thread Tobias Giesen
> It says: "Double-click any listed measure to display it." I think I fixed that recently! The current version of TGTools ist 2.25b! Cheers, Tobias http://www.tgtools.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinf

Re: [Finale] FAT32 to NTFS

2003-11-06 Thread Tobias Giesen
ails you can also try tools like Norton Utilities or other disk repair software. DO NOT attempt to convert a partially broken drive to NTFS. > Neither are partitioned. Every hard drive is partitioned, even if it has only one partition ;=)) If you had no partition you would have no drive letter. -

Re: [Finale] FAT32 to NTFS

2003-11-06 Thread Tobias Giesen
in one system, whether on one or several hard disks. This is not that cause ... What does disk checking say about your old hard disk? -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] cut time

2003-11-01 Thread Tobias Giesen
gous manner to do it would be to write 6/4 with a line through it, not 3/4. But then it's not quite the same either since the commonly used accent pattern in 6/4 is different from 3/2, while 4/4 is similar to 2/2. -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

Re: [Finale] Patterson plugins yahoolist has a worm?

2003-11-01 Thread Tobias Giesen
> a worm inside Yahoo? No, it's just another kind of spam. > "Click here for a great dating service" -- Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Tgtools align/move Hotkeys

2003-10-30 Thread Tobias Giesen
der to fix it. I'm not sure whether this is the problem in your case, but an update can't do any harm ... Tobias Giesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tgtools.com no fiddling, just music. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] TGTools slow reaction

2003-10-23 Thread Tobias Giesen
Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: Actually, TGTools Options lets you turn Update Layout off for TGTools-specific changes, which lets you leave the Finale option "Automatic Update Layout" on. Both methods yield the same quicker speed. Hi, that's intriguing. Because the TGTools option doesn't have an

[Finale] RE: Resetting lyrics to default alignment and justification

2003-10-17 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Is there any way I can reset the alignment and > justification of lyrics already entered to the > "default". The TGTools plug-in for that was formerly called Lyrics->Reset. Today it's TGTools->Lyrics->Adjustments, Baselines, Assignments. On the first tab sheet, you can reset lyrics alignment

RE: [Finale] WINFIN 2k4 "A"

2003-10-11 Thread Tobias Giesen
> This seems to be a disappointingly small list of > fixes. I think these were just the most urgent ones, and a bigger maintenance release including the ability to transfer registration from one PC to another will follow later. Cheers, Tobias ___ Fina

RE: [Finale] trill playback

2003-10-10 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the command is TGTools->Modify->Playback. It does trills, "string" tremolos, glissandi (pitch bend or fingered), and hairpins (Midi volume only). Cheers, Tobias www.tgtools.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Patterson Finale

RE: [Finale] RE: Where did TGTools go?

2003-09-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
>>Finale probably just uses the on-disk order, which you >>can't see in Windows explorer, but which you can see >>using the DIR command. >Yes! That's it! Now if I can just get Makemusic to fix this... Well, unless you want to take advantage of it! It's not like you have no influence on the on-d

RE: [Finale] RE: Where did TGTools go?

2003-09-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi Aaron, on Windows, PDKTools stores its few settings in the registry. But there is no known situation where deleting these settings can be of any advantage. I'm sure it isn't related to the order in which Finale displays plug-ins. Finale probably just uses the on-disk order, which you can't see

RE: [Finale] Pasting from parts into new score

2003-09-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, I would probably use copy/insert or clip files. After inserting a new part after the end of the score, use drag & drop to move it back were it belongs (i.e. Ctrl-Shift-Click). Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sh

[Finale] RE: Where did TGTools go?

2003-09-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the other possibility is to delete the PDKTools Prefs from your Preferences folder. If that doesn't help, you can also delete the TGTools Prefs. But I really think it's the PDKTools Prefs. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

[Finale] RE: Where did TGTools go?

2003-09-08 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi Brad, normally this behavior only occurs when no Finale document is open. Also, I have just uploaded an updated, newer "beta3" version. You may also want to try that one. When installing TGTools, make sure you don't have any duplicate TGToolsPPC files in any subfolder within the Plug-Ins tree.

RE: [Finale] Articulations Change during "copy and paste"

2003-09-07 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, well that's a shocker! One thing to know is that Finale does not have a "paste" command. You may want to check the EDIT menu where it says that Ctrl-V = "Replace Entries". The problem is that replacing entries doesn't make exact copies at all: it just replaces entries along with anything else

RE: [Finale] Finale Update outside of the US

2003-09-01 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, Klemm usually sells the English updates shortly after MakeMusic does. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004: Let the Bugs Begin

2003-08-30 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Has anyone seen this: when multiple page view/page > view is enabled, using Speedy Entry causes the 2nd > page to disappear. This doesn't happen on my machine. What view percentage and screen and color resolution are you using? > This WAS beta tested, right? Yes. Some things might still be

RE: [Finale] Fin2004 Sound Fonts

2003-08-28 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Can this feature be disabled? Can you select your > own midi device to produce sounds? I understand that > software synths are resource hogs... Of course. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Fin2004 Sound Fonts

2003-08-28 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, I don't think you need any special soundcard. All you need to do is select the new Midi device that Finale installs - the SmartMusic SoftSynth. Aaron, did you do that? And if you don't like the sound, just download a different one from one of those free soundfont sites and replace the file s

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-21 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Every request must have some proof I doubt that. It seems to depend on where you order. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] trill playback

2003-08-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the command is TGTools->Modify->Playback. It does trills, "string" tremolos, glissandi (pitch bend or fingered), and hairpins (Midi volume only). Cheers, Tobias www.tgtools.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Patterson Finale

RE: [Finale] First FIN 2k5 question

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> MAC OS-X is a variant of UNIX Well, one half is. The kernel (Darwin) is a Unix system. But anything you see - the whole GUI - has nothing to do with Unix. MacOS X has a huge API with thousands of functions etc., none of which are related to Unix. Finale uses those extensively. Linux users aren

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru registration (challenge/response). I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to somebody at MakeMusic and explain what happe

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific > challenge/response and not a computer/specific system. I see, like measuring nose and ears? > Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will print and

[Finale] RE: 2004 Panic

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> In laymans terms- then what? > What IS challenge/response? You won't even notice it. It feels like a simple online registration, but what's really happening is that your specific computer is registered and activated using a most likely globally unique ID. You will only notice it when trying t

RE: [Finale] Human Playback (was: Finale 2004 Review)

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> You cannot use your own sounds and samples together > with Human Playback except by replacing soundfonts > in the new synth/sampler engine. YES YOU CAN!! Human Playback just processes Midi messages, so it's totally independent of the new software synthesizer. It may prepare some Midi messages

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru registration (challenge/response). I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to somebody at MakeMusic and explain what happe

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> This action depended on Gadget Labs' essential integrity. I think > Makemusic damaged that integrity by their dissembling description > of 'no copy protection' on the website. That means I don't trust > them to do what Gadget Labs did. Just because the *marketing* guys found euphemisms for s

RE: [Finale] (no subject)

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the escrow idea is great. Doesn't even have to be a universal key. They could alternatively escrow the activation code generator (not its source code). Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/f

[Finale] Benefits of the required Software Activation

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello there, please keep in mind that Coda does offer great things in order to appease their critics: - they allow two installations and make them definitely legal and approved! That's pretty cool I think, and fairly unique. Both installations are fully functional. - second platform disk fo

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
David: > I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific > challenge/response and not a computer/specific system. I see, like measuring nose and ears? > Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will prin

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
At 12:50 PM 8/8/03 +0200, I wrote: >I know many people are against such things but they are starting to be >a fact of the new decade. Dennis: >Not yet in my experience. I'll do without. >... >I stopped at Win98SE for the same reason -- >no Big Brother in my pockets. See, you're still in last d

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Dennis: > I'm not a tech junkie, and my tools are not obsolete. Forgive me, but Windows 98 IS obsolete. It's a piece of you-know-what. Admittedly, it's not your fault that it took Microsoft until Windows XP to get it right. > ... if you can show me one thing that I need to > do on XP that I can

RE: The Panic Room, was: RE: [Finale] Re: Registration codes and copyright

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> but most end-user licenses I have ever read contain > a clause which removes all liability from the > publisher of the product. Yeah but those clauses aren't valid, they are void. At least in Europe, but it should be similar in the States. Cheers, Tobias

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> I hope Finale's system will be a user-specific > challenge/response and not a computer/specific system. I see, like measuring nose and ears? > Or, worse yet, I certainly hope it isn't like Sibelius's system No, it isn't. I think you can actually install it three times and all will print and

RE: [Finale] (no subject)

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
Robert: > The statement is correct so long as you keep > your current computer (actually optionally 2 > of em) running as long as you live. But most > people upgrade computers periodically, or have > hard drive crashes, etc. When that happens, you'll > have to get a new reg code, and that mean

RE: The Panic Room, was: RE: [Finale] Re: Registration codes and copyright

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> ... a clause which removes all liability from the > publisher of the product ... In addition, if software activation is stopped after a few years, then that is purposeful sabotage on the part of the publisher, and no license agreement in the world can make that legal. They are liable, sure they

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Copy Protection

2003-08-14 Thread Tobias Giesen
> If we switch to Fin04, *we can't go back*!!! The technology to "go back" can and will be developed (if needed) as a plug-in, even if Finale dies. In fact, MusicXML already provides backwards compatibility to an amazing extent. Cheers, Tobias ___ Fina

RE: [Finale] Human Playback (was: Finale 2004 Review)

2003-08-12 Thread Tobias Giesen
>> A TGTools version for Finale 2004 will be >> available soon (in addition to the 5 or 6 >> plug-ins shipped with Finale). > Will this be a free upgrade to registered users > (like Robert's plug-ins)? Yep, including the OS X version! Cheers, Tobias __

RE: [Finale] Re: Registration codes and copyright

2003-08-11 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Several months may mean the end of your business. Not at all. All ya gotta do is reinstall Windows and Finale once a month. If your business depends on it, you will probably be able to have a separate machine for this. But not even that is necessary. There are lots of ways to abbreviate it, so t

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

2003-08-10 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the release dates are not on every page, but they are on many, right below the "Pre-Order" button. For example, on: http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/f2k4/ftr-smsenhancements.asp Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.

RE: [Finale] Re: Registration codes and copyright

2003-08-10 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, a) Win98 does not need activation codes, so Microsoft can phase it out and not worry about it any more. b) as Benjamin pointed out, making your product unusable by refusing activation codes at some point in the future is illegal in the States as well as in Europe. It is therefore cr

RE: [Finale] Finale 2004 Review

2003-08-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, well there is no copy protection in that the CD can be copied freely and installed freely but the installed product needs to be activated thru registration (challenge/response). I think you can install it on three computers before having to talk to somebody at MakeMusic and explain what happe

RE: The Panic Room, was: RE: [Finale] Re: Registration codes and copyright

2003-08-09 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Now, not too tangentially: Tobias, you seem certain Makemusic > would have to support this product into the future. Why? Can > you point me to any law which requires Makemusic or its successor > to provide license keys? ... I don't think it would require a specific law. They sell you the soft

RE: [Finale] RE: 2004 Panic

2003-08-08 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Sibelius apparently manages the transfer of licenses > from one machine to another via floppies, which > strikes me as not such a great idea. (What do Mac users do?) I would say that finally, after 20 years of IBM PC compatible floppies, we have a successor to the floppy which fits into ALL

RE: [Finale] HMMMM????

2003-07-30 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, the last time this happened a few years ago, they were switching the Internet Service Provider. It took a couple of days back then. This time it might just be a breakdown - their email addresses still work. Cheers, Tobias -Original Message- from Noel Stoutenburg Finale Website (tho

RE: [Finale] FW: Resetting tuplet numerals

2003-07-21 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, it's MassEdit->Change->Tuplets. Cheers, Tobias -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Huggins Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:55 PM To: Finale List Subject: [Finale] FW: Resetting tuplet numerals Is there a plug-in that can change

RE: [Finale] new plugin?

2003-06-12 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, actually, the Bells Used thing is currently under testing and it's in TGTools 2.18i, the command is Parts->Pitches Used, Handbells, ... Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Word Extensions Plug-In Not Working

2003-06-10 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi Marc, a great many versions of that plug-in exist. Even if you're not using Finale 2003, try that latest version. It works with some earlier versions of Finale too. Also try TGTools->Lyrics->Word Extensions. Let me know about your results! Cheers, Tobias -Original Message- From: [EMA

RE: [Finale] Removing forced appearances of courtesy accidentals

2003-03-18 Thread Tobias Giesen
TGTools->Music->Accidentals maybe? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher BJ Smith Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Removing forced appearances of courtesy accidentals I have a large fil

RE: [Finale] TGTools redraw slurs

2003-03-18 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello, the option "Recalculate contour for note-attached slurs" uses the Slur Contour settings from the file that you are currently working on. It does not look into your default file. In recent TGTools versions, you have the option to use Finale 2003's Engraver Slurs which means that TGTools its

RE: [Finale] TAN: Sound recording

2003-03-02 Thread Tobias Giesen
> a certain risk of loosing complete recordings ... Obviously any serious recording endeavor will use a backup system, i.e. DAT + MiniDisk or Hard Disk + DAT or whatever. No medium is safe. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

[Finale] Jari

2003-02-03 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, OK I know now that Jari's fine but he isn't reading email for a while (I guess he needs a break or something like that). Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Moving systems

2003-01-27 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, I guess you need an additional page as a temporary buffer to hold one piece while copying the other. You can copy optimization from one system to another using TGTools. The optimization of one piece of the two will need use the buffer too. Cheers, Tobias _

RE: [Finale] OT: Superball on Gong substitute

2003-01-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, I think you might get some at eBay. Are these the right ones: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3107382278 or this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3107830703 ? Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAI

RE: [Finale] OT: Studio 3 compatibility w/ PC

2003-01-12 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Is it possible to simply use a serial to > USB converter to connect the studio 3 to > the PC I would guess: only if it is explicitly a converter for serial Midi interfaces, and if USB drivers for such interfaces are provided (IOW: not). > any way that we can use the studio 3 on his > compute

RE: [Finale] double whole

2003-01-05 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, this can be done with TGTools->Modify->Shift (with default options). If the double whole option is not there, please download the latest version. Current version is 2.13e for Windows and 2.13c for Mac. The latest Windows version solves compatibility problems between Finale 2003a and Smart Ex

RE: [Finale] globally adjusting brackets

2002-12-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Is there any way, after optimization, to > change all the bracket settings (distance > from left edge of staff, etc.) at once, > rather than going over them one by one? TGTools->Layout->Update Groups should do it. May want to try latest version 2.13c because of recent improvements. Cheers,

RE: [Finale] Hiding notes with TG Tools

2002-12-13 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello John, yes please try change notehead to 32. Is that better? Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Quartertone Transposition now available

2002-12-06 Thread Tobias Giesen
pacing Parts->Explode To Layers Smart Explosion Modify->Transfer Modify->Playback Cheers, Tobias ------- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com --- ___ Fina

[Finale] TGTools 2.12: a better "Update Groups" and more

2002-11-23 Thread Tobias Giesen
t that was used last. As well as a couple of fixes. Cheers, Tobias --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com --- ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RE: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-23 Thread Tobias Giesen
> But what is going on here? Why does it now > behave the way it does, and what can it > actually do in its current state? It tries to find which groups are already there and update only certain properties. If it can't match scroll view against optimized groups, and it can't even detect whether

RE: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Tobias Giesen
Andrew Stiller wrote: >I tried that. The plugin tells me it "cannot positively identify at >least one group," then does nothing. Hmm. Yes, that can be a problem. I will have to find a way to make the plug-in rebuild groups from scratch. Best wishes, Tobias __

[Finale] Tempo Studio FP

2002-11-21 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello, was anybody aware of this Finale plug-in?! http://www.eternalcrafts.com/tsfp.htm --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com --- ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

RE: [Finale] new to board...got a question...

2002-11-19 Thread Tobias Giesen
> move them to a different staff ... > say a left hand part to a right hand > part. Wouldn't you normally do that with the mass mover tool? You can select many measures as well as partial measures with it. Cheers, Tobias ------- Tobias Giesen, Composer Develo

RE: [Finale] Backwards Compatibility 2003 <-> 2001

2002-11-18 Thread Tobias Giesen
> Could you please tell me if I'll have some > problems when sending my files to my editor > or not ? He will not be able to open or print the files using his Finale version. He must download the free Finale Notepad 2003 from http://www.codamusic.com/coda . That way he will be able to open and p

[Finale] News from TGTools (explode to layers)

2002-11-18 Thread Tobias Giesen
Best wishes, Tobias ------- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com --- ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Octave plug-in

2002-11-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
> What I need to do is actually ADD a note to the > existing note, Now take another good look at Finale's Transpose dialog box. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Octave plug-in

2002-11-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello, the doubling itself is done using Finale's transpose function (PRESERVE ORIGINAL NOTES). If you want to make the upper notes smaller, you can do that using TGTools->Modify->Special Modifications. The options would be: SEARCH CRITERIA - Nth note in chord (from top): 1 ACTIONS - Resize hea

[Finale] Continuing Hyphens across Systems

2002-11-15 Thread Tobias Giesen
icely under the first note, and it doesn't have ill effects on Note Spacing. If you follow the manual and use a hard space and drag it to the left in order to indirectly position your first hyphen, Music Spacing will screw up. Cheers, Tobias ------- Tobias Giesen, Composer

RE: [Finale] 4/4 to 2/2

2002-11-12 Thread Tobias Giesen
>>I have two measures of four quarter notes in 4/4 time, followed by two >>measures of four quarter notes in 2/2 time. >I don't think there's a general rule for this. Oh yes there is. Unless specified otherwise, the duration of any particular note value remains constant. Time signature changes ha

RE: [Finale] Add cue notes bug?

2002-11-07 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hello Aaron, this is a known issue and it will be fixed in the maintenance release. Best wishes, Tobias --- Tobias Giesen, Composer Developer of TGTools www.tobiasgiesen.de www.tgtools.com --- ___ Finale

RE: [Finale] Copying Meas Expressions and clef changes to another file

2002-11-04 Thread Tobias Giesen
> The limitation is in Fin2k2, not in the plugin. Well, but you could offer an alternative Copy & Paste method like Settings Scrapbook. It's entirely your choice whether to limit plug-ins to Finale 2003 or not. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [E

RE: [Finale] Copying Meas Expressions and clef changes to another file

2002-11-04 Thread Tobias Giesen
> But the best part is that in Finale 2003 you can > copy them from one document to another, and they maintain their staff > assignments... > So this feature won't work in any version previous to 2k3? If it doesn't you can do that with TGTools->Modify->Transfer. Cheers, Tobias

RE: [Finale] Moving notes in a chord to another layer

2002-11-02 Thread Tobias Giesen
> TGTools has this, in Modify | Special > Modifications | Alter Smart Shapes. Yes indeed, and in the TGTools INDEX you will find it listed under slurs (the "replace" item): Slurs * convert measure-attached to note-attached: Modify>Slurs * convert to ties: Modify>Slurs * increase slur height

[Finale] The New TGTools INDEX

2002-10-31 Thread Tobias Giesen
9a, and various specialized features have been added since V2.0. Some recent improvements/additions concern Fit Measures, Convert Slurs To Ties, Calculate Duration, Word Extensions and many others (see the version history for details). Best wishes, Tobias Giesen ------- Tobias G

RE: [Finale] Halving note values

2002-10-30 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, using TGTools->Modify->Expressions, you can multiply the positions with 0.5. Cheers, Tobias ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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