[Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I've found a similar problem in winfin2006 - in speedy I press "S" to sharpen a note. This works on all notes except f where it changes the note to f double sharp. I didn't have this problem in fin02. Is this once again something that I have neglected to setup somewhere? Cheers,

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friends: Responding to Don Hart, about an unsolicited request for an unpublished score, John Howell wrote, in part: Noel's thought of offering perusal pages but not the complete score may indeed have merit, and you should at least ask whether that would be acceptable. But what no one has yet

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found a similar problem in winfin2006 - in speedy I press S to sharpen a note. This works on all notes except f where it changes the note to f double sharp. I didn't have this problem in fin02. My first thought is to wonder if you are working in a sharp key, in

RE: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Mike Cholewa
I have experienced this behavior in WinFin2k7 too. It only concerns Speedy Entry. In Simple Entry there's no problem. I guess it's a bug. Mike Cholewa WinFin2k7 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Caldwell Sent: Saturday, September

Re: [Finale] Was: Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Daniel Wolf
An an American composer who's lived across the pond for a long time, I have a question tangential to this: Noel Stoutenburg wrote: . In reference to John's question about whether this would or constitute publication, or not, I'm not sure, but I would note that in the U.S. since the mid

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Christopher Smith
Don Hart wrote: - Is there an advantage in sending either a pdf or a hard copy? For me, PDF saves on shipping costs and is very efficient for me; less so for the client, who has to print, fasten, and collate all those parts. I can also email edited parts very quickly (sometimes a

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Christopher Smith
This happens to me consistently in FinMac 2007, too, starting from a new document key signature C. Even weirder, when I hit the 9 to shift enharmonics, the D changes to an E with no double-flat, as it is supposed to! Definitely a bug, and definitely one that MakeMusic needs to know about

Re: [Finale] 2007 printing question MM's response

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: Dear Jerry et al, Here's MMs (prompt) response that solved the problem: To accomodate printing score and parts at the same time with different orientations, we now override the printer's orientation to Finale's page orientation by default. However, there are some cases

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found a similar problem in winfin2006 - in speedy I press S to sharpen a note. This works on all notes except f where it changes the note to f double sharp. Not to question the obvious, but what key are you in when this occurs? I just tried it in the key of

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
Mike Cholewa wrote: I have experienced this behavior in WinFin2k7 too. It only concerns Speedy Entry. In Simple Entry there's no problem. I guess it's a bug. Mike Cholewa WinFin2k7 Maybe I'm not understanding the problem, but I just tried it in winfin2007, default document, single staff,

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
Rich Caldwell wrote: Perhaps I've gone temporarily insane (well, more insane than usual)... I try this in Speedy Entry with a MIDI keyboard: Enter C - C# - D I then try to force a natural on the D with '*'. Nothing happens. I can put one in parentheses, but not by itself. This doesn't

Re: [Finale] Was: Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
Daniel Wolf wrote: An an American composer who's lived across the pond for a long time, I have a question tangential to this: Noel Stoutenburg wrote: . In reference to John's question about whether this would or constitute publication, or not, I'm not sure, but I would note that in the U.S.

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: [snip] - What options are available, other than placing a copyright notice on the work, to help restrict the use of this score to the stated intent of this artist (consider the piece for performance)? The copyright notice establishes your ownership of the

RE: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Mike Cholewa
In Speedy Entry try to enter c e f g, change the e to f flat (enharmonic flip), then try to hide the flat with *. I t isn't possible. I know you wouldn't probably want to hide this accidental but I have encountered situations where you would want to show the accidental after an enharmonic flip and

RE: [Finale] 2007 printing question MM's response

2006-09-23 Thread Mike Cholewa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels - snip - Finale 2007/Program Options/Save and Print/uncheck Use Finale's Page Orientation Instead of the Printer's Page Orientation - snip - Could someone please tell where

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Rich Caldwell
I just noticed something else. This feature only occurs when I've enharmonically switched the previous note. If I'm entering without a MIDI keyboard, I enter 'C' then sharp it - so it's not enharmonically flipping. If 'favor sharps' is on, then it won't either. Do this: Enter 'Db-D',

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Here's the exact situation which I've just re-created in a new file: Horn in F part, key of F major, hence key sig of no sharps or flats. In speedy enter an F bottom space and press "s" to sharpen it - result - F double sharp. As far as I can see this only happens on F. Cheers, Lawrence

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Furthermore, pressing "f" to flatten the f natural to an f flat merely inserts a natural sign as though the programme believes it to be an f sharp. This sounds like something to do with the transposition. I'll experiment a bit more, gotto go to a gig now. Cheers, Lawrence

Re: [Finale] Was: Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread John Howell
At 11:19 AM +0200 9/23/06, Daniel Wolf wrote: In Germany, the blanket licensing situation is very good, in that I can assume that radio stations, concert halls, schools, or churches will have paid their licenses, and if I can report the performance I will get paid from the blanket license.

RE: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread Williams, Jim
I'll verify. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 23-Sep-06 10:19 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp? Here's the exact situation which I've just re-created in a new file: Horn in F part,

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
You're right, that doesn't work. Wanna see something even more quirky? Once you make that Fb with the enharmonic flip, hit the - key to lower it another half-step (which should show as an Fbb) and it displays as a D#. Bizarre! But then I rarely do such enharmonic flips, since only rarely

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
I can't force the natural on the D -- it appears by default and when I hit the * key the natural disappears. With the natural showing, if the first note is changed to C# by whatever method, the natural disappears, as it should. Interestingly enough, though, with that enharmonic flip in

Re: [Finale] 2007 printing question MM's response

2006-09-23 Thread Chuck Israels
Thank you David. Please see my comment and re-read MM's reply below. My hat was off to MM as soon as they came up with the prompt response to the problem (within an hour or two on Friday - I thought I'd have to wait over the weekend). I was so glad that I could print the parts that I

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Éric Dussault
It has been mentionned on MM's Forum last week in a post by Peter West I believe.Éric DussaultLe 06-09-23 à 09:49, Rich Caldwell a écrit :If this is indeed a bug, I'm surprised no one had mentioned it here or on MM's boards yet.  After entering notes for only 5 minutes in 2k7, it stopped me dead

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up with f sharp?

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's the exact situation which I've just re-created in a new file: Horn in F part, key of F major, hence key sig of no sharps or flats. In speedy enter an F bottom space and press s to sharpen it - result - F double sharp. As far as I can see this only happens

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Éric Dussault
to be more precise, here is the link:http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6m=164013g=164117#m164117Le 06-09-23 à 11:16, Éric Dussault a écrit :It has been mentionned on MM's Forum last week in a post by Peter West I believe.Éric Dussault___ Finale

Re: [Finale] 2007 printing question MM's response

2006-09-23 Thread dhbailey
Well, they did say in some cases ... so we provided a checkbox to restore the previous behavior and that says a lot about MM: 1) they did explain what they did (sometimes rare) 2) they did provide an easy way out (also sometimes rare) 3) they're not forcing the new behavior on every user (which,

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Chuck Israels
I can confirm that there is some strange behavior with accidentals in 2k7; I just haven't been able to pin it down. When I encounter some of these things, I'm often not sure if Finale is at fault, or I am, so I can be slow to catch them. As you can see, if you've been following the 2007

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Rich Caldwell
I never really thought of how Finale thinks of the notes. I just know that I more often work in atonal work, where I'd be clicking and dragging notes all over the place if that were the only solution. I prefer to keep my hands on the keyboards - a lot quicker. For now, I'll enter the

Re: [Finale] O.T. Pixelation issues with embedded tiffs

2006-09-23 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 22.09.2006 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: My publisher uses a modern copier machine to do his print work; and he uses Microsoft WORD to create the coversheets and files and then blends them all into a PDF to print. On the cover of my edition, I have a transparent tif of the composer's autograph.

Re: [Finale] 2007 printing question MM's response

2006-09-23 Thread Gerald Berg
All true. Finale (to me) feels more like a house going through major and (seemingly) haphazard renovations while at the same time the tenants are expected to live there and pay the rent. Great, carbuncular structures are being grafted to it, with a lot of dust to be inhaled then,

[Finale] Is there a COPYING problem in 2007?

2006-09-23 Thread Kim Richmond
I'm sure this has been covered, or at least mentioned, recently, so excuse me for asking this. Is there a wrinkle in the copying process in Fin2007? Can we longer highlight the bar we want copied, then option-shift-click the target area? If so, is there a combination to replace it? Do we

Re: [Finale] O.T. Pixelation issues with embedded tiffs

2006-09-23 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't understand is the point of reconverting a vector image to abitmap...Dennis I think because the publisher is using WORD, which doesn't support embedded vector art work (*.ai file variety)? I'm going to the publisher, that he consider using either Quark or

Re: [Finale] O.T. Pixelation issues with embedded tiffs

2006-09-23 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I don't understand is the point of reconverting a vector image to abitmap.. *snip* Sorry, first reply got out before I finished proofing ;) *snip*I think because the publisher is using WORD, which doesn't support embedded vector art work (*.ai file variety)? I'm

Re: [Finale] Accidentals - what's up?

2006-09-23 Thread Rich Caldwell
Oops. Never mind about using 'favor sharps' as a workaround. It happens the other way around with flats as well. I have to decide now whether to chuck the time I spent setting up this huge score and start over in 2k6 or stick with it and drag notes or apply the plug-in at the end (and

Re: [Finale] Was: Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread John Howell
At 8:03 AM -0400 9/23/06, dhbailey wrote: I'm not a copyright lawyer, but to the best of my understanding the following is true: In the US, accredited educational institutions are exempt from performance royalties, if the performances occur during the normal school hours and are a part of

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 and JW Space Systems

2006-09-23 Thread Robert Patterson
I have added a couple of free downloads to my download site. These are updates of some of Jari Williamsson's things, which I hope he won't mind if I host. (I'll take them down if he does.) Right now, there are 2 items: the last Mac PDKTools (v2.16) and a Universal Binary version of JW Space

Re: [Finale] Is there a COPYING problem in 2007?

2006-09-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 23, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Kim Richmond wrote: I'm sure this has been covered, or at least mentioned, recently, so excuse me for asking this. Is there a wrinkle in the copying process in Fin2007? Can we longer highlight the bar we want copied, then option-shift-click the target area?

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Don Hart
Thanks to everyone who chipped in on this topic. I received a number of takes on how to handle my situation, which is so often the case on this list. This always seems to help sort things out and, at least this time, I feel like I haven't overlooked anything important. I decided to go the route

[Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-23 Thread Randolph Peters
If you want to see music engraving done old school, there is a fascinating video at this URL: http://www.henle.de/video/vollversion/Notenstich_E.wmv -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 and JW Space Systems

2006-09-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Thanks Robert. Much obliged. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 23 Sep 2006, at 1:32 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: I have added a couple of free downloads to my download site. These are updates of some of Jari Williamsson's things, which I hope

Re: [Finale] Is there a COPYING problem in 2007?

2006-09-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Chris, The little change is exactly what Kim was writing about -- Can we longer highlight the bar we want copied, then option-shift-click the *target* [emphasis added] area? The answer is no. This is an incredibly annoying bug. MM are aware of it, but it couldn't hurt to write them and

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-23 Thread Richard Yates
Great video. It makes our complaints seem petty and pathetic. Richard Yates http://www.henle.de/video/vollversion/Notenstich_E.wmv -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Is there a COPYING problem in 2007?

2006-09-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Oops, I read much too hastily and mentally inserted words into Kim's post that were not there! To answer Kim's question: Opt-shift-click and opt-click still work, but only if your target measure is *oustside* the selected area. If the target measure is *within* the selected area, the

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-23 Thread Chuck Israels
Astounding! Chuck On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Richard Yates wrote: Great video. It makes our complaints seem petty and pathetic. Richard Yates http://www.henle.de/video/vollversion/Notenstich_E.wmv -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list

[Finale] TG tools

2006-09-23 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
A couple of days ago I downloaded the new TG tools stuff from the URL suggested. Now none of my TG tools work. I'm on FinMac 2007. I tried the Opt/Control R click process, but it didn't work. Any thoughts? Dean Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you ever heard of an eleven or

Re: [Finale] TG tools

2006-09-23 Thread Leigh Daniels
I downloaded them about the same time as you and mine are working fine; at least harmonics and Alt. Bass are. I Select the desired measures and use the TGTools menu items, though. Maybe there is a prefs file you need to delete or a older .bundle file that didn't get replaced. **Leigh On Sat,

Re: [Finale] Is there a COPYING problem in 2007?

2006-09-23 Thread Don Hart
Hi Kim, If you're coming from 2005 or earlier, a new behavior in the program is that copying with opt/shift/click automatically brings up the Items to Copy dialog box, which is handy once you get used to it. Opt/click copies as before, without bringing up the dialog. Maybe that's the difference

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Sep 2006 at 14:51, Don Hart wrote: I decided not to use a watermark this time around because, apparently, I don't own the necessary software The free editing tools from pdf995.com can do a watermark through its stationery feature. -- David W. Fenton

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Don Hart
I checked the page out and couldn't find any mention of support for Mac. Otherwise, I'd definitely be interested. Does anyone know of a similar product (free) for the mac? Thanks, Don Hart on 9/23/06 8:42 PM, David W. Fenton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23 Sep 2006 at 14:51, Don Hart

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-23 Thread ThomaStudios
Absolutely fascinating!! J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Randolph Peters wrote: If you want to see music engraving done old school, there is a fascinating video at this URL: http://www.henle.de/video/vollversion/Notenstich_E.wmv -Randolph Peters

Re: [Finale] Pdf to potential performer - advice needed

2006-09-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Don Hart wrote: I decided not to use a watermark this time around because, apparently, I don't own the necessary software, and I was able handle (and deliver) Noel's suggestion in a more timely fashion. The last two _printers_ that I used extensively for Finale both had a watermark option as

Re: [Finale] TG tools

2006-09-23 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hey, thanks. I think I stumbled upon the correct icons to click, and it seemed to work ok. I'll test it out some more and see. Dean On Sep 23, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Leigh Daniels wrote: I downloaded them about the same time as you and mine are working fine; at least harmonics and Alt. Bass

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-23 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I started to open the URL, but it was taking so long, I gave up. Maybe I'll relax and try again. Dean On Sep 23, 2006, at 7:10 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: Absolutely fascinating!! J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Randolph Peters wrote: If you want to see music engraving