Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread Stan Lord
On 10 May 2005, at 18:25, Simon Troup wrote: Hi just wondering if anyone knows if Garritan Personal Orchestra is about to be updated or something? Finales UK distributors are suddenly doing a good deal on GPO (£89 inc. VAT) for Finale owners if bought before 30th May, I looked at the "Etcetera"

[Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread laloba2
Ladies and Gentlemen, O.K...this is very off topic..but I know many of you will appreciate this! This bit of programming has me stunned. Full details are in this link: Once you read about it, go ahead and try the insanely cool versio

Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread Simon Troup
> I looked at the "Etcetera" sight and they want Â99. > Is this where you mean? > > Stan Lord Hi Stan yes it's etcetera ... http://www.etcetera.co.uk/products/GAR900.shtml ... the link is for Finale users registered through etcetera (I think) - maybe if you registered direct with MM you won't

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Simon Troup
> Once you read about it, go ahead and try the insanely cool version > that's been working since 1988. > > > > -Karen That's pretty funny, it guessed a guitar pick in 17 questions which I think is pretty good, and then it added the following ... --- Uncommon Knowledge about

Re: [Finale] OT: Composing tools

2005-05-11 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:14 PM 5/10/05 -0400, you wrote: >And you thought composing in Finale could be difficult: >http://www.ded.kiev.ua/mus.swf Made my day. Thanks for that! Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Time Signature

2005-05-11 Thread George Ports
Thanks so much for helping me David. Tried to find the answer in the manual before I asked the list but, really had trouble finding the answer. Sure feel fortunate that there are such helpful people in this group. George - Original Message - From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread James E. Bailey
try http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html it works great on a text-only browser (lynx) and provided me with hours of entertainment when I was in college. (Usually about 2 AM) Am 11.05.2005 um 00:28 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ladies and Gentlemen, O.K...this is very off topic..but I know many of

Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread Jim Williamson
Chuck, Do you know if the Garritan Jazz Orch and the marching orch are both coming out this summer and, if you want both, is there a special deal for that? I assume they'll be separate programs. Also, is the Kontakt engine going to be beefed up a bit? I write for the Nashville Jazz Orch and also

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread laloba2
--- What the hell does it mean by ... --- Does it slobber? I say Probably. --- ... who's been training this thing?? Simon Troup Digital Media Art Heehee...maybe someone who contributed was thinkingif I hold a guitar pick in my mouth long enough while I am playing"Does it slobber? I s

[Finale] Converting a file

2005-05-11 Thread Harold Owen
Dear folks, I have a very simple 16-bar example that I created using FinMac2k5b. I would like to convert it to a FinMac2k4c file by saving it as an ETF file, altering the text, then saving it as a 2k4 ETF file. I remember someone giving the details that need to be changed. Could you run them by

Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread dhbailey
Jim Williamson wrote: Chuck, Do you know if the Garritan Jazz Orch and the marching orch are both coming out this summer and, if you want both, is there a special deal for that? I assume they'll be separate programs. Also, is the Kontakt engine going to be beefed up a bit? I write for the Nashville

Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread Jim Williamson
The standard policy, in the past, was that you could write 1 and 1 only custom chart for 1 band without getting pemission. If you sold a second copy to someone, that would be considered unauthorised publishing. BUT NOW, things are different. Often times it's not difficult to get permission but the

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Simon Troup
> > try > > > > http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html > > > > it works great on a text-only browser (lynx) and provided me with > > hours of entertainment when I was in college. (Usually about 2 AM) > > Well, I win this round. You are player number 48 to pick Robert > Mugabe from Zimbabwe, and

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 11, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Simon Troup wrote: Well, I feel quite chuffed. Friendly little dictator game isn't it! Hmm, I had to look that one up. I'm pretty sure that the meaning of "chuff" that you had in mind wasn't a loud explosion of gas (like a fart?) nor that you were propelled by a nois

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Owain Sutton
> like "poofta" instead of "poofter" (about which I still haven't found out whether it is considered to be pejorative, but the answer is purely academic since I don't use the word myself.) Christopher Just in case you are tempted to use it - yes it is! Owain

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Christopher Smith / 2005/05/11 / 03:46 PM wrote: >After consulting a few online dictionaries, I'm convinced that you are >"very pleased" with the game. Wht?!!! You didn't hit F12? You are on Tiger, yes? I got the answer right away! Chuffed = "very pleased" ... which appeared on my des

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Gerald Berg
The one I like -- read in many Brit novels is 'boiled candy' It sounds as appetizing as boiled cabbage. I was always confused if this meant Brits had an intimate knowledge of the process for making candy. I took it as an indication of what to expect from British cooking. Jerry On 11-May-05, at

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 11, 2005, at 4:36 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Christopher Smith / 2005/05/11 / 03:46 PM wrote: After consulting a few online dictionaries, I'm convinced that you are "very pleased" with the game. Wht?!!! You didn't hit F12? You are on Tiger, yes? I got the answer right away! Chuffed =

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Andrew Stiller
On May 11, 2005, at 4:20 AM, Simon Troup wrote: Once you read about it, go ahead and try the insanely cool version that's been working since 1988. -Karen That's pretty funny, it guessed a guitar pick in 17 questions which I think is pretty good, and then it added the following ..

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Christopher Smith / 2005/05/11 / 05:02 PM wrote: >F12 in Mail gives me a "chuff" (sheer coincidence that it happens to be >my alert sound!) sound but nothing written. What app are you running >where you hit F12 to get a dictionary? The one and only "Dashboard"! For this reason alone, I

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Neal Gittleman
Figuring that any conductor can count as a small-time dictator, I played as myself and won. It thought I was Sharon Osbourne! ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Simon Troup
> > Well, I feel quite chuffed. Friendly little dictator game isn't it! > > > > Hmm, I had to look that one up. I'm pretty sure that the meaning of > "chuff" that you had in mind wasn't a loud explosion of gas (like a > fart?) Errr, nope! > After consulting a few online dictionaries, I'm convinc

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/05/2005 23:23:52 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, that's the one. Note also, that in parts of Yorkshire, they say "Chuffin' 'ell", and if displeased, would be likely to kick you "up the chuff". Of course, you should not presume that the appalling

Re: [Finale] TAN: Garritan Question

2005-05-11 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Jim, I don't know the answers to most of these questions. I'm happy to ask Gary, but you can probably send him an email and get a cordial response directly from him. I have no experience with other synths and samplers. This is the first time I've gotten involved in anything more tha

Re: [Finale] OT: Amazing

2005-05-11 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Chris, Those are the Widgets in Tiger that appear when you use the F12 key (assuming you haven't disabled the Tiger keyboard shortcuts, as I have, because they interfere with other things I've programmed into Finale with Quickeys). There is a dictionary "Widget." Pretty useful, seems t