RE: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Owain Sutton
Bill Duncan's Finale fonts has this, and it is a piece of cake to use This, coupled with a really good microtonal implementation, is one of the things that would swing me to *cough* other software Do you mean it just has the fonts? And that you still have to go through

RE: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek,I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 07:42 AM 5/4/2006 +0100, Owain Sutton wrote: Stem connections only get applied when the notehead font has been changed with a staff style. Not if you change the font with the Notehead Tool (surely the obvious place to do so). I think that stem connections get applied when changing with the

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-05-04 à 06:45, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a écrit : I think that stem connections get applied when changing with the notehead tool. It does that for me. Though it would be nice if all the characters had a stem connections library. I don't see one. Dennis Stem connections will work with

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread Scot Hanna-Weir
On 5/3/06 5:33 PM, Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 3, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: Amen. And while we're at it, how about swell and reverse-swell hairpins? If you really need these, Bill Duncan has a smart shape hairpin font that does exactly this. And

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 2:42 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: Bill Duncan's Finale fonts has this, and it is a piece of cake to use This, coupled with a really good microtonal implementation, is one of the things that would swing me to *cough* other software Do you mean it just has the

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I opened a can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 3, 2006, at 7:01 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: 'Beat-attached' expressions. Already there and always has been, at least since v3.0. Having read the replies, I still don't get it. It's not there in the Expression Designer (unless it's an anonymous default option or summat). It's

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Scot Hanna-Weir wrote: What we really want is easy dashing of hairpins and ties. (I know about making a smart shape and setting a slur instead of a tie, but I wish it were easier). I understand about the dashed hairpins (two dashed Smart Lines would be an

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Robert Patterson
I had no idea that this limitation was there. Thanks for pointing it out. I would report it to MM as a bug. Stem connections only get applied when the notehead font has been changed with a staff style. Not if you change the font with the Notehead Tool (surely the obvious place to do so).

Re: [Finale] Distance *between* staves: how to make for a tighter fit.

2006-05-04 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Manually sounds great, my biggest concern is that throughout a long composition this won't be consistent? How do I make sure everything is exactly the same?Thanks On 5/3/06, Noel Stoutenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Hi everyone: I am trying to do two things: I want to keep

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread Scot Hanna-Weir
On 5/4/06 8:19 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 4, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Scot Hanna-Weir wrote: What we really want is easy dashing of hairpins and ties. (I know about making a smart shape and setting a slur instead of a tie, but I wish it were easier). I understand

Re: [Finale] Distance *between* staves: how to make for a tighter fit.

2006-05-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:14 AM 5/4/2006, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Manually sounds great, my biggest concern is that throughout a long composition this won't be consistent? How do I make sure everything is exactly the same? Unless you've optimized the systems (Page Layout | Optimize Staff Systems), then changes

Re: [Finale] Distance *between* staves: how to make for a tighter fit.

2006-05-04 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Manually sounds great, my biggest concern is that throughout a long composition this won't be consistent? How do I make sure everything is exactly the same? Thanks If by manually you mean dragging the handle, if you drag the upper handle, you adjust that staff

RE: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Owain Sutton
On May 4, 2006, at 2:42 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: Bill Duncan's Finale fonts has this, and it is a piece of cake to use This, coupled with a really good microtonal implementation, is one of the things that would swing me to *cough* other software Do you

Re: [Finale] Distance *between* staves: how to make for a tighter fit.

2006-05-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:08 AM 5/4/2006, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: On the other hand, if I know that I want the staves all spaced evenly, I'll drag the next to top staff to where I want it, and using the Staff usage item in the drop down menu, see what the difference is between the setting and the top staff setting,

[Finale] Triplet pickups - bug

2006-05-04 Thread Stephen Lamb
I worked on a project last week where I ran into the following problem: The time signature was 4/4, with a two beat pickup at the top of the song. The cellos had a quarter note triplet, with the other instruments resting. It looks great onscreen, the score prints out correctly, but when

[Finale] Finale Keeps Changing Chord Name!

2006-05-04 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hi, Everyone... I'm trying to put a Cbmaj9 chord symbol in the key of Gb major but every time I enter it, Finale changes it to read Bmaj9. How can I make it leave it as a Cbmaj9??!! Thanks! Jacki ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale Keeps Changing Chord Name!

2006-05-04 Thread Rafael
Chord tool menu. Uncheck the simplify spelling option. That should do it. Rafael Velasco On 4 May 2006 at 14:05, Jacki Barineau wrote: Hi, Everyone... I'm trying to put a Cbmaj9 chord symbol in the key of Gb major but every time I enter it, Finale changes it to read Bmaj9. How can I

Re: [Finale] Finale Keeps Changing Chord Name!

2006-05-04 Thread Jacki Barineau
On May 4, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Rafael wrote: Chord tool menu. Uncheck the simplify spelling option. That should do it. THANK you! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Triplet pickups - bug

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Stephen Lamb wrote: I worked on a project last week where I ran into the following problem: The time signature was 4/4, with a two beat pickup at the top of the song. The cellos had a quarter note triplet, with the other instruments resting. It looks

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Owain Sutton wrote: You can enter the half-sharps and whatnot as articulations, and they will be automatically placed and spaced (except for chords, yikes!) though you won't get microtonal playback. (Frankly, the barriers involved in correct microtonal playback of

RE: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Owain Sutton
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: 04 May 2006 19:56 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek,I openeda can of worms) On May 4, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Owain

Re: [Finale] Triplet pickups - bug

2006-05-04 Thread Phil Daley
At 5/4/2006 02:43 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I haven't run into THIS particular bug, but I have run into so many other bugs using the Setup Wizard's pickup measure feature that I stopped using it a long time ago. I create all my pickup measures manually, using TIme Signature toolOther

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: The Staff Style stem settings don't let you change the normal stem length or the stem line thickness. These can only be done globally, which I've found to be an issue in the past. The endpoint away from the notehead is the stem length. It can

Re: [Finale] Triplet pickups - bug

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Phil Daley wrote: At 5/4/2006 02:43 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I haven't run into THIS particular bug, but I have run into so many other bugs using the Setup Wizard's pickup measure feature that I stopped using it a long time ago. I create all my pickup measures

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-05-04 à 08:31, Scot Hanna-Weir a écrit : What we really want is easy dashing of hairpins and ties. (I know about making a smart shape and setting a slur instead of a tie, but I wish it were easier). That's one of my most wanted feature. Something I talk about for years. At least I

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread Éric Dussault
Le 06-05-04 à 09:19, Christopher Smith a écrit : What would be easier than entering a dashed slur? Christopher, Finale's slur is not tapered like a real slur. It's only a curved line. It simply doesn't look professional. Eric Dussault Finale 2006c for Mac Real-time Finale discussion -

[Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question

2006-05-04 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Owain Sutton wrote: Off the top of my head, this is the start of my wishlist for improvements and extensions to Finale's capabilities, in no particular order (if any of them can be done in a way I'm not realising, please tell me!): A better implementation of microtones (or even just a simple

RE: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Owain Sutton
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: 04 May 2006 20:53 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek,I openeda can of worms) On May 4, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Owain Sutton

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question [lengthy Bailey reply] (cross-posted from OrchestraList)

2006-05-04 Thread David W. Fenton
On 4 May 2006 at 9:19, Christopher Smith wrote: On May 4, 2006, at 8:31 AM, Scot Hanna-Weir wrote: What we really want is easy dashing of hairpins and ties. (I know about making a smart shape and setting a slur instead of a tie, but I wish it were easier). I understand about the

Re: [Finale] RE: [Olist] Sibelius/Finale question (Eek, I openeda can of worms)

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 4, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: Remember that 'document' does not necessarily mean 'composition'. Some of these tweaks are related to wanting to put together numerous 'examples' as part of a worksheet or handout, without having to export the graphics and import them into

[Finale] Extracting Notes From Chords

2006-05-04 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hi, Everyone... Is there some way to extract, for example, the top note in every chord in a song? Or the middle note or bottom note? I have a song that is 3-part harmony, all on 1 staff, no layers. Can this be done simply, or do I have to manually erase the notes I don't want?! What

Re: [Finale] Tie Question

2006-05-04 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hi, Everyone - Just thought I'd update you on this. I finally called MakeMusic's tech support to ask if there's a way to do this tie thing. He said there isn't, but offered a work-around that did okay. I just put in multiple slurs on that chord and then placed them to look like the 3

[Finale] Fin2005 - spacing of seconds w/Petrucci

2006-05-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
For reasons beyond my control, I'm working on a project in Fin2005b with Petrucci as the default font. It's a piano reduction, so proper spacing of seconds would be nice, but for some reason the horizontal displacement is off. Is this a Petrucci vs. Maestro issue? Is there somewhere I can