Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!)

2004-08-25 Thread Owain Sutton
Dennis W. Manasco wrote: At 6:53 am -0400 8/24/04, dhbailey wrote: Microsoft has turned Windows into a de facto subscription service: All versions prior to XP are being deprecated. None will be supported after 3/31/05. Installation of XP, or following releases, will be required to receive

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:40 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: I rarely have several windows open at once. We went through this with the Exposé discussion as well. I just don't like having more than a couple of windows open anywhere. It feels like clutter to me. I'd rather close them and open them again

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 09:08 AM 8/25/04 -0400, Christopher Smith wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:40 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: I rarely have several windows open at once. We went through this with the Exposé discussion as well. I just don't like having more than a couple of windows open anywhere. It feels like

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:56 AM 8/25/04 -0700, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:39:55 -0400, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: now I've got a utility to minimize everything that's typically running into the system tray (mail, browser, audio editor, Finale, etc.). Out of curiosity, what utility is that?

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 6:08 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Ha ha! That's strange, because I LIKE having all my drawers and cupboards open (to the distress of my wife) but I don't like tabbed browsing! Maybe I should give it another look, since it seems to suit my personality type so well... Ha ha.

[Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Is there a way to automatically have Finale 2005 make existing Tuplets, Enhanced Tuplets? Couple of other things I noticed is that none of my program settings were transfered over. Like the location of Saved files, backsups, etc. ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread dhbailey
Eric Dannewitz wrote: Is there a way to automatically have Finale 2005 make existing Tuplets, Enhanced Tuplets? Couple of other things I noticed is that none of my program settings were transfered over. Like the location of Saved files, backsups, etc. 1) are you on Windows or Mac? 2)

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 25 Aug 2004, at 03:40 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: Anyway, it sounds to me like all you're describing is a system for loading pages in background. That's how I use it, yes. You asked about personality types -- the whole kitchen cupboards open vs. kitchen cupboards closed thing -- and there's a

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 and Tuplets

2004-08-25 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You da man! Allen Fisher wrote: Eric-- Mass Edit Select All MassEdit--Change--Tuplets The 2k5 defaults are: Placement: Stem/Beam Side Enhanced Tuplets: Checked Avoid Staff: Checked Never Bracket Beamed Notes on Beam Side Positioning Tuplet H: 0 V: 24 EVPU Shape H: 0 V: 0 Maximum Slope: 10 degrees

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Aug 2004 at 21:40, Mark D Lew wrote: On Aug 24, 2004, at 10:46 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: If you like re-using a single window for every document, and the lag time it takes to re-render when you go back, and if you don't mind the proliferation of multiple windows when you want to

Re: [Finale] finale v.s. Sibelius

2004-08-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Aug 2004 at 1:18, Darcy James Argue wrote: But Sibelius has gotten dramatically better with the last two major upgrades. They have closed the gap in many areas, and frankly, have pulled drmatically ahead in areas where they used to lag, especially when it comes to performance. In our

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread dhbailey
Carlberg Jones wrote: At 3:21 PM -0400 8/25/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 25 Aug 2004 at 11:41, Andrew Stiller wrote: What about piano to concert band? What would you call that (other than the generic arrangement? -- The term bandstration has been in widespread use for over 40 years. What would

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 25, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Carlberg Jones wrote: At 3:21 PM -0400 8/25/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 25 Aug 2004 at 11:41, Andrew Stiller wrote: What about piano to concert band? What would you call that (other than the generic arrangement? -- The term bandstration has been in widespread use for

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 25, 2004, at 3:42 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Bandstration? ? Someone please tell me WHAT the classical music world has against the word arrangement. What's wrong with saying Arranged for band? Arranged for string quartet? Arranged for wind octet? Well, it's kind of what this whole

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Someone please tell me WHAT the classical music world has against the word arrangement. What's wrong with saying Arranged for band? Arranged for string quartet? Arranged for wind octet? The classical music world has nothing against the

RE: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Fisher, Allen
Ouch. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlberg Jones Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription? At 3:21 PM -0400 8/25/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 25

Re: [Finale] Reply to Dwain (too long!) (It's Owain, btw! :D )

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:11 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Surely there are valid reasons, such as comparisons between web sites when you're buying something online (or just shopping online) or when selecting a batch of items on, say, Amazon, or doing research and collecting a group of references. Sure

OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread James Bailey
On 25.08.2004 14:14 Uhr, Mark D Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Walking isn't a very good translation of andante. The closest English equivalent would be going, and in the musical context it's more like moving. Perhaps you are getting confused with Spanish, where andar is associated more

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Aug 2004 at 14:51, Mark D Lew wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: I actually first started seeing the need for tabs with regard to Google searches. With tabs, you can open an interesting link from the results page in a new tab, then surf around the site for a

[Finale] FinaleScript capability?

2004-08-25 Thread Brad Beyenhof
In FinMac2k4c, does FinaleScript have the capability to Export Pages... from the Graphics tool? This would be amazingly productive if I were able to batch-process a whole score and parts to create EPS files for a publisher, rather than going through and creating EPS files for each individual

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 25 Aug 2004, at 05:51 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: I actually first started seeing the need for tabs with regard to Google searches. With tabs, you can open an interesting link from the results page in a new tab, then surf around the site for a while

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Aug 2004 at 18:13, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 25 Aug 2004, at 05:51 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: I actually first started seeing the need for tabs with regard to Google searches. With tabs, you can open an interesting link from the

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:30:35 -0400, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25 Aug 2004 at 18:13, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 25 Aug 2004, at 05:51 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Aug 25, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: I actually first started seeing the need for tabs with

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-25 Thread Howard Begun
David Bailey wrote: Are there any Windows users with wireless networks on this list who also use cordless keyboards and/or mice? I am very interested in it, but not if it eats batteries every few hours. I use an MS Wireless Desktop Elite which includes an Intellimouse Explorer 2.0. I have

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
And while all the debate has been furiously raging (well, squalling at least) I downloaded Firefox to see what thefuss was all about. I've sincebeen having a great time tabbing. C'est très frais! Thanks for passing on the word... Best, Les Les MarsdenFounding Music Director and

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Richard Yates
The term bandstration has been in widespread use for over 40 years. And you're advocating the use of such a monstrosity? I've never heard it, myself, and think it is ridiculous. -- David W. Fenton Googling bandstration (a common method of judging frequency of usage that is used in

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Aug 2004 at 16:55, Richard Yates wrote: The term bandstration has been in widespread use for over 40 years. And you're advocating the use of such a monstrosity? I've never heard it, myself, and think it is ridiculous. -- David W. Fenton Googling bandstration (a common

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Owain Sutton
Googling bandstration (a common method of judging frequency of usage that is used in alt.english.usage) turns up only 18 hits. This is a remarkably low total for a 40 year old term. (for comparison David W. Fenton turns up 4,950) ' David W. Fenton -finale' reduces that by 3/4. Clearly his

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript capability?

2004-08-25 Thread Harold Owen
Dear Brad, No. I just got my copy of 2005, and I'll check to see if it is included there. Hal In FinMac2k4c, does FinaleScript have the capability to Export Pages... from the Graphics tool? This would be amazingly productive if I were able to batch-process a whole score and parts to create EPS

Re: OT Meanings of words was: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 2:34 PM, James Bailey wrote: But this is the point. Words have meanings, but if, as you say (and I agree) the English meaning doesn't match the Italian meaning, what is the English meaning? That's the whole point, as far as I'm concerned. We have all the musical terms that

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 3:13 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: In fact, it's something I've mentioned every time we've had this discussion! I guess I didn't emphasize the surf around the site for a while part enough. We're talking about different things. Yes, you and David and others mentioned the

Re: [Finale] Tabbed Browsing

2004-08-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Aug 25, 2004, at 3:01 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: I described exactly this scenario more than once. Since you refuse to actually try it, you probably aren't understanding what people are describing, which really emphasizes the point several of us have made: try it yourself -- you may discover