[Finale] archives down?

2004-12-29 Thread shirling neueweise
i've been trying to access the archives since early yesterday afternoon via the link at the end of the digests but the server apparently can't be found. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale please respond privately: since i receive the digest and not individual messages, i don't know

Re: [Finale] archives down?

2004-12-29 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Jef: An email from Henry Howey confirmed that the SHSU computer network is down for maintenance. According to him, the archive should be back up and running by next Monday. The list is still functioning as normal; it's just the archive server that is currently affected. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] OT: inexpensivere shoppng cart for web site [was: OT: Who are you?]

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Ralph Whitfield wrote: [snip] I compose music for voices, orchestra and band. I have a publishing company that specializes in trombones and trombone ensembles. (www.rainbowbrassmusic.com...but it's down right now...I'm looking for a good inexpensive shopping cart for a re-vamp...anyone know

[Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew Stiller
A bulk font substitution problem: Apple used to licence the Zapf Chancery font from ITC, but starting w. OSX, they've stopped doing that, and created a similar font called Apple Chancery to take its place. The formerly-licensed Zapf Chancery will not display in OSX, and cannot be opened in

RE: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
Title: [Finale] mass font substitution Andrew-- Use either the Text Search and Replace plug-in (expand the dialog for more options) or create a FinaleScript: batch process folder process subdirectories search [Zapf Chancery] ascii character number replace [klogo] ascii character number

Re: [Finale] OT: inexpensivere shoppng cart for web site [was: OT: Who are you?]

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew Stiller
www.2checkout.com is an inexpensive merchant system. I've been using them for 2 years (I don't have much traffic or sales volume) and have no complaints. -- David H. Bailey Me too. They make it possible to set up a complete, secure shopping cart system at your website at very low cost.

RE: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread Fisher, Allen
Title: Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you? Now there's two things I thought I'd never hear in the same sentence: Rock _n_ Roll and Euphonium... -Original Message- From: Williams, Jimon behalf ofWilliams, Jim Sent: Mon 12/27/2004 2:41 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Cc: Subject: RE:

[Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 29, 2004, at 3:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I currently live in Los Angeles and make my living as a full time musician. Most of my income comes from being a proofreader, copyist, midi transcriptionist and music librarian for feature films and television. But I also compose, arrange,

Re: [Finale] OT: inexpensivere shoppng cart for web site [was: OT:Who are you?]

2004-12-29 Thread Cecil Rigby
I use Comersus software - http://www.comersus.com You only have to pay if you want special program adaptations or extended functions in the administration's web interface. There are templates available for various types of stores. It includes linking software for several online payment

RE: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread Williams, Jim
So check it out, Allen! The chart was done on FinWin 2002 jazz font--even got at least one horn player to swing ;-) Jim W. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Fisher, Allen Sent: Wed 29-Dec-04 13:23 To: finale@shsu.edu;

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Andrew Stiller wrote: A bulk font substitution problem: Apple used to licence the Zapf Chancery font from ITC, but starting w. OSX, they've stopped doing that, and created a similar font called Apple Chancery to take its place. The formerly-licensed Zapf Chancery will not display in OSX, and

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Son of a gun ... I thought John Williams did all his own orchestration. Learn something every day. Dean [snip] I bet if you asked him, he would tell you he DOES do his own orchestration -- meaning that he specifies which instruments play which notes when. I doubt that

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:20:57 -0500, dhbailey wrote: [snip] The degree of orchestration and how that affects who should get the actual credit is one that I am sure there isn't much consensus on, with the actual composers claiming one thing and the orchestrators claiming another. Somewhere

RE: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Michael O'Connor
Actually, I'd love to see one of John Williams' (or maybe Howard Shore's) sketch scripts. How much orchestrating do they really do? In the case of John Williams, I think he does quite a bit since he has made a living by borrowing orchestrations from Romantic and Modern concert music. In the film

Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread John Howell
At 12:14 AM -0800 12/29/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. to John Howell...my mother hails from Radford. I can remember going to Blacksburg many times as a child with my mother and grandmother. Ever catch a New Virginians show, Karen? I directed the group and produced the shows starting in

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:23:56 -0500, dhbailey wrote: You said that you charge more (much more) for this sort of midi-file-to-orchestration work than for other similar work (I assume that would mean paper sketch to full orchestration engraved with finale) so my question back to you, what does

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:23:56 -0500, dhbailey wrote: You said that you charge more (much more) for this sort of midi-file-to-orchestration work than for other similar work (I assume that would mean paper sketch to full orchestration engraved with finale) so my question back to

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 04.12.29 / 04:14 PM wrote: Allen Fischer gave you a couple of things to try -- how about simply renaming your KLOGO font to be the same as the name of the Zapf Chancery font file? I don't claim I know font in OSX, but font is recognized by fontID instead of name in general. --

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Dean M. Estabrook / 04.12.29 / 02:32 PM wrote: Son of a gun ... I thought John Williams did all his own orchestration. I play in a same orchestra with one who used to be a ghost writer of his. I don't think I can say the name in public without permission. I can tell you the name of the

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 29, 2004, at 4:23 PM, dhbailey wrote: You said that you charge more (much more) for this sort of midi-file-to-orchestration work than for other similar work (I assume that would mean paper sketch to full orchestration engraved with finale) so my question back to you, what does it matter

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Very interesting ... I was unaware of the complex relationship between composer/arr./orchestrator. Now I'm thinking, did any of the Great composers farm out their work to orchestrators, e.g., Beethoven, Mozart, etc..? Dean On Dec 29, 2004, at 1:20 PM, dhbailey wrote: Dean M. Estabrook wrote:

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread David W. Fenton
On 29 Dec 2004 at 16:44, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Very interesting ... I was unaware of the complex relationship between composer/arr./orchestrator. Now I'm thinking, did any of the Great composers farm out their work to orchestrators, e.g., Beethoven, Mozart, etc..? I'm unaware of any

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread Richard Yates
I notice that most responders seem to have overlooked this sentence in your post: Unfortunately, merely switching fonts won't do, as the K needs to be both repositioned and resized after the substitution. Since you have made a new font character anyway, can you simply design that character so

Re: [Finale] mass font substitution

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: dhbailey / 04.12.29 / 04:14 PM wrote: Allen Fischer gave you a couple of things to try -- how about simply renaming your KLOGO font to be the same as the name of the Zapf Chancery font file? I don't claim I know font in OSX, but font is recognized by fontID instead of name

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Dec 29, 2004, at 4:23 PM, dhbailey wrote: You said that you charge more (much more) for this sort of midi-file-to-orchestration work than for other similar work (I assume that would mean paper sketch to full orchestration engraved with finale) so my question back to

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread dhbailey
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Very interesting ... I was unaware of the complex relationship between composer/arr./orchestrator. Now I'm thinking, did any of the Great composers farm out their work to orchestrators, e.g., Beethoven, Mozart, etc..? Beethoven, Mozart and the other giants of the

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-29 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Interesting new thread... Though not considered to be one (or two) of the 'great' ones, there was that very interesting relationship between Liszt and Raff; the young Raff was amanuensis to the older man and the whelp claimed (at least) he had orchestrated some of Liszt's symphonic poems

Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread Carl Dershem
Fisher, Allen wrote: Now there's two things I thought I'd never hear in the same sentence: Rock _n_ Roll and Euphonium... Heh. If you listen closely, the brass in the Tower of Power chart Just another day are cornet and baritone. With the proper musicians, *anything* is possible. :) cd

Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread Carl Dershem
Carl Dershem wrote: Fisher, Allen wrote: Now there's two things I thought I'd never hear in the same sentence: Rock _n_ Roll and Euphonium... Heh. If you listen closely, the brass in the Tower of Power chart Just another day are cornet and baritone. With the proper musicians, *anything* is

Re: [Finale] OT: Who are you?

2004-12-29 Thread laloba2
At 12:14 AM -0800 12/29/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. to John Howell...my mother hails from Radford. I can remember going to Blacksburg many times as a child with my mother and grandmother. Ever catch a New Virginians show, Karen? I directed the group and produced the shows starting in