Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread David W. Fenton
On 10 Dec 2003 at 18:49, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 10 Dec 2003, at 06:42 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > >> > >> This is most unusual. Were they all burned at the same time, from > >> the same batch of blank CD-Rs? How were they stored? Evidently > >> something went seriously wrong somewhere a

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 10 Dec 2003, at 06:42 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: This is most unusual. Were they all burned at the same time, from the same batch of blank CD-Rs? How were they stored? Evidently something went seriously wrong somewhere along the line. Well, the original minidisc was one format, recorded live

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread David W. Fenton
On 10 Dec 2003 at 17:27, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 10 Dec 2003, at 08:38 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 10 Dec 2003 at 3:57, Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > >> Also, upthread, people's worries about the longevity of optical > >> media (CD-R, DVD-R) are overblown. Optical media is *much m

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 10 Dec 2003, at 08:38 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 10 Dec 2003 at 3:57, Darcy James Argue wrote: Also, upthread, people's worries about the longevity of optical media (CD-R, DVD-R) are overblown. Optical media is *much more* reliable than hard drives. Yes, optical media fail occasionally (a

[Finale] Giving away FINALE files

2003-12-10 Thread Henry Howey
I am unwilling (generally) to part with FINALE files as they represent a meta-manuscript. Once anything is in FINALE, it is endlessly malleable to a variety of versions that is unknown to the "pen-and-ink" world. Granted, I have made a career of doing just this sort of thing, and I am unwilling

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 10.12.2003 13:03 Uhr, d. collins wrote > Knowing your good taste, I'd be curious to see what it looks like! Do any > of your sample pages on your web site use this music font? Or would you be > willing to send me a PDF privately? None of the PDF's on my web site use the font, and in fact I hav

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 10.12.2003 14:38 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Uh, every single CD of this particular concert is dead, less than 3 > years after they were created. So, multiple optical backups won't get > you anything more than a single optical backup. I recently read an article about poor quality CD Media, wh

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread David W. Fenton
On 10 Dec 2003 at 3:57, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Also, upthread, people's worries about the longevity of optical media > (CD-R, DVD-R) are overblown. Optical media is *much more* reliable > than hard drives. Yes, optical media fail occasionally (again, much > less frequently than hard drive fa

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 10.12.2003 10:14 Uhr, d. collins wrote > Johannes Gebauer écrit: >> I reserve certain templates for my very >> own use, which will not leave the house at all (and there wouldn't be much >> use in that anyway, since they use fonts which I made myself including the >> main music font, and which I

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-10 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Dec 2003, at 05:47 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 09.12.2003 23:19 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote Large hard drives. Store the source files or store the disk images. At 650-700MBs for the images, a 100GB hard drive will hold well over 100 CDs. And it just isn't all that expensive any more. Well

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Dec 2003 at 23:47, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 09.12.2003 23:19 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > Large hard drives. Store the source files or store the disk images. > > At 650-700MBs for the images, a 100GB hard drive will hold well over > > 100 CDs. And it just isn't all that expensive any

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.12.2003 23:19 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Large hard drives. Store the source files or store the disk images. > At 650-700MBs for the images, a 100GB hard drive will hold well over > 100 CDs. And it just isn't all that expensive any more. Well, after the latest Apple FireWire desaster I am

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Dec 2003 at 23:07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 09.12.2003 22:21 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > Yes, this is audio, so it's perhaps different from data, but the > > point is this: CDs are not even close to being a permanent data > > storage method. > > Same with Data. I had a concert reco

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.12.2003 22:21 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Yes, this is audio, so it's perhaps different from data, but the > point is this: CDs are not even close to being a permanent data > storage method. Same with Data. I had a concert recording stored as SD II files on a CD, which went bad. No way the

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I have actually decided that I will give away the files after all. I think my policy in the future will be that I reserve certain templates for my very own use, which will not leave the house at all (and there wouldn't be much use in that anyway, since they use fonts which I made myself including t

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Dec 2003 at 15:07, Richard Huggins wrote: > It seems to me that some sort of backstop scenario ought to be > followed by all of us by which we preserve in an organized way the > files that might be needed by clients in the event we no longer can > provide them or do the new work the publisher

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Richard Huggins
Again I have to put on my editor's hat and say that I fully understand the publisher's position on this. He wants to know he can get his hands on the original notation file if they decide to alter the original version, like with a simplification, or perhaps to change title fonts and sizes to match

RE: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Jim Mays
act with him to make future revisions. Perhaps hire him to develop those house standards. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:28 PM To: Finale 3 Subject: Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.12.2003 18:46 Uhr, Jim Mays wrote > How about sending the PDF and an XML file? Music XML is getting better and > better at capturing the basics of music notation. The publisher's primary > needs will be served and the "sweat of your brow" hasn't been compromised > either. > > I see no reas

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread David H. Bailey
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:07 AM To: Finale list Subject: [Finale] Giving away Finale files Hi, Can someone tell me about your standard practice in giving away Finale files? I have been working for someone to pr

RE: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Jim Mays
ect: [Finale] Giving away Finale files Hi, Can someone tell me about your standard practice in giving away Finale files? I have been working for someone to produce publishable material, which he publishes in his own small publishing firm. For this purpose I have always sent him PDFs, which worked j

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Johannes Gebauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Finale list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files > Johannes, > > Richard has given you some advice based

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Johannes Gebauer wrote: Can someone tell me about your standard practice in giving away Finale files? I anticipated this problem before I first sold my work in producing a Finale file, and I explicitly provided in the contract that I acknowledge that the music produced from my Finale file is s

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread David H. Bailey
Johannes, Richard has given you some advice based on experience. I would add to his advice that changing to some default template rather than the actual files from which you produce the PDF files may well ruin potential future work with the publisher. If this partnership grows, the larger pub

Re: [Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Richard Huggins
er way (or have in the past) and they can offer you their reasonings. Richard H. > From: Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:06:37 +0100 > To: Finale list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Finale] Giving away Finale files > > I am tempted t

[Finale] Giving away Finale files

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Hi, Can someone tell me about your standard practice in giving away Finale files? I have been working for someone to produce publishable material, which he publishes in his own small publishing firm. For this purpose I have always sent him PDFs, which worked just fine. Now he has agreed to publish