[Finale] reducing redraw

2005-03-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
many probably know this already, but for those who don't, you can speed things up and eliminate much of the screen redraw when copying across measures by reducing the width (and height if you like) of the screen as much as possible, so that only the beginning of the target measure is seen (opt-

[Finale] Missing part to Organ Symphony

2005-03-29 Thread John Wyman
The University of California, San Diego is preparing for an all-symphony concert in June. We were surprised to find the organ part to Camille Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3 in C opus 78 is missing and probably has been since it was last performed in 1998. Specifically we need the part for the Fina

[Finale] thanks

2005-03-29 Thread Eden - Lawrence D.
Thanks to the members of the List who offered help with the Mac upgrade that I am considering. I know of no better place to get accurate information. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Lyrics question - never mind...

2005-03-29 Thread Taris L Flashpaw
Problem solved. I thought I'd checked the lyrics last night, but somehow two extra hyphens (with no text attached to them) had snuck into the lyrics between words. Taris ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fin

[Finale] OT: 18th Century Trumpet question

2005-03-29 Thread Ken Moore
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M Lawlor writes: >Valentini, who worked at the Imperial Court in Vienna (he succeeded Priuli >in 1626), wrote trumpet parts for the usually unwritten lower trumpets, even >providing rhythmic patterns to accompany voices in liturgical music [See >Stephen Saunders, C

Re: [Finale] Lyrics question...

2005-03-29 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Taris L Flashpaw wrote: Hi all! I've been having this problem with lyrics for a while now. Every so often, the hyphens for syllable breaks will continue even after another syllable and sometimes through the next word. I've tried re-entering the syllables, but I get the same thing. How do I f

RE: [Finale] Lyrics question...

2005-03-29 Thread Dan Rupert
Hi Taris: The first thing I'd try is: Edit\Update Smart Word Extensions & Hyphens Dan Rupert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taris L Flashpaw Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:52 AM To: finale@lists.shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Lyric

[Finale] TGTools modify rests does notes too

2005-03-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
i was looking for a way to auto-combine tied notes into a single duration, and although there is no indication a PI function called "simplify rests" should be able to do such a thing, well i tried TGTools' modify->rests->simplify and discovered that it can do exactly that. dotted values too.

[Finale] Lyrics question...

2005-03-29 Thread Taris L Flashpaw
Hi all! I've been having this problem with lyrics for a while now. Every so often, the hyphens for syllable breaks will continue even after another syllable and sometimes through the next word. I've tried re-entering the syllables, but I get the same thing. How do I fix this? Taris ___

[Finale] More File Overwrite Bug Info

2005-03-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Allen, Actually, now that I think of it, I was probably in the Measure tool when I quit. I was trying to increase the width of a measure, but the Measure tool wasn't working -- I couldn't select anything. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY __

[Finale] More File Overwrite Bug Info

2005-03-29 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Allen, I don't know if this helps, but... I had the File Overwrite bug bite me again. However, this is the first time I've had the contents of a score replaced by the contents of a file that was *not* a part generated from that score. The file whose contents overwrote my score was actually

Re: [Finale] Re: Preparing Orchestral Score and Parts

2005-03-29 Thread John McGann/Original Custom Transcription Service
[Finale] Re: Preparing Orchestral Score and Parts Thanks very much for all your help, all who replied! -- ___ John McGann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PO Box 688 Jamaica Plain, Ma. 02130-0006 USA http://www.johnmcgann.com 617-731-0475 Custom Tr

[Finale] Re: copying rests = new (wrong) durations

2005-03-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
David H. Bailey wrat: Sometimes changing the quantization settings solves your problem... YES oh man thank you, there was an "allow dotted rests" option! which of course caused me to spasm and giggle and clap my hands like a baby... or like christopher. i blow you an internet kiss: (o-o)

Re: [Finale] Mac upgrade

2005-03-29 Thread Simon Troup
> Question: What happens to the peripherals? Be aware that some of your PCI cards may not work. When I upgraded to a G5 I had to send my M-Audio PCI card off to get it "upgraded" at a cost of £50. To quote from a sound on sound article on PCI: "Many Mac users will also already know a lot more a

Re: [Finale] Mac upgrade

2005-03-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I am not entirely sure, whether you are about to purchase a new Mac, or just install OS X on your existing Mac. Here is the basics: Old Mac, New System: Anything connected by Local Talk will not work anymore or require a LocalTalk bridge. This concerns typically postscript laser printers, but n

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO buffer

2005-03-29 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 05.3.29 / 00:39 AM wrote: >How large a buffer do you think GPO should allow? More the instances, bigger the buffer. Buffer size is usually determined by the hardware driver, i.e., built-in is set to 512. All of pro audio hardware allows up to 2048. Before I got G5 Dual-2.5G

Re: [Finale] Mac upgrade

2005-03-29 Thread Chuck Israels
Lawrence, I made this transition rather painlessly. If you have an older MIDI keyboard, you will need a MIDI to USB interface (and the appropriate downloadable driver. M - Audio makes inexpensive good ones - maybe $30 - 50). However, new (also relatively inexpensive) MIDI keyboards have outputs

Re: [Finale] Mac upgrade

2005-03-29 Thread Michael Cook
It depends on what the peripherals are and how they're connected. I recently bought an iMac G5 to replace my old G3 (still running OS 8.6). The only extra bit of hardware I needed to buy was a simple USB MIDI interface for the MIDI keyboard (I used the modem port for MIDI on the G3). My printer

[Finale] Mac upgrade

2005-03-29 Thread Eden - Lawrence D.
This my be a little OT, but a friend of mine and I are still in the OS9 camp, and are looking into the purchase of a newer system. We both still have PCI based Macs, but are feeling the pull towards OS X. Question: What happens to the peripherals? Do I need a new printer, and MIDI to make Final

[Finale] OT: 18th Century Trumpet question

2005-03-29 Thread m_lawlor
--Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:16:02 +0100 --From: Ken Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --Very interesting. I had come across trumpet specialisation, but had --assumed that it applied to 15th and 16th centuries only. Do you know --how many trumpet bands survived into the 17th C.? and when the last --disb

Re: [Finale] copying rests = new (wrong) durations

2005-03-29 Thread dhbailey
shirling & neueweise wrote: is there a way (plugin?) to copy partial measures and have the rest durations as i have defined them NOT be altered? i need to copy a pattern [4+1/16 notes, dotted 8th rest] across 8 instruments with 4 layers, as well as into various parts of the following measures

Re: [Finale] Time Signature bug

2005-03-29 Thread dhbailey
Richard Yates wrote: The whole system works like it should with TWO or more staves, which is the only situation I can think of where one would even want independent key or independent time signatures enabled. I only discovered it because the SmartScore scanning default leaves that box checked even

Re: [Finale] EPS response from MM (forwarded)

2005-03-29 Thread Kurt Gnos
That IS good news. I hope soon won't mean another ten years... Kurt At 03:34 29.03.2005, you wrote: Hello, All I can say in this matter is we are working on fixing EPS on Windows. We hope to have a solution soon. Phil Sr. Customer Support Representative MakeMusic! Inc. __