Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Could you fathom a guess then what type of computer set-ups are being used to generate the full symphonic demos I have heard on Garritan's webpage? There are two issues here, using Garritan samples in a live player (i.e. while working in Finale), and using them to gener

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Johannes Gebauer / 2006/12/12 / 06:08 PM wrote: >Toast can read such DVDs. I just tried it. Interestingly Toast copies fine but the copied disk won't function. It gets stuck at the menu. There was no error message, not even single log entry in the system.log. I bet Toast thinks copy was succe

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Dean M. Estabrook / 2006/12/11 / 10:43 PM wrote: >Uh, it's possible it was still active. When I loaded the DVD, it >automatically starts the DVD Player, which I thought I shut down when >I opened up the Disk Utility, however I might not have actually quit >it. I'll have to check that out. D

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

Kim Patrick Clow / 2006/12/11 / 08:19 PM wrote: >Could you fathom a guess then what type of computer set-ups are being >used to generate the full symphonic demos I have heard on Garritan's >webpage? My hunch is that the people that are creating these files >have some really big systems & I guess I

Re: [Finale] A compliment

My thanks as well. I've been out of the music dodge for thirty some-odd years, and having gotten back in, and having had to climb the learning curve of software aided arranging has been a trial from time to time.I'm grateful for the thoughtful, kind responses I've had for the questions I've posed

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Hmm ... where does one find it, aside from googling? Dean On Dec 11, 2006, at 7:57 PM, Carolyn Bremer wrote: Handbrake ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Try Handbrake. It is a great utility for getting material from a DVD to your desktop. -Carolyn On 12/11/06, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uh, it's possible it was still active. When I loaded the DVD, it automatically starts the DVD Player, which I thought I shut down when I ope

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Uh, it's possible it was still active. When I loaded the DVD, it automatically starts the DVD Player, which I thought I shut down when I opened up the Disk Utility, however I might not have actually quit it. I'll have to check that out. Dean On Dec 11, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote

Re: [Finale] Grace notes

At 09:09 PM 12/11/2006, Will Denayer wrote: > When I press alt ­ G (which is indeed the right command for a grace >note in easy entry), something really bizarre happens. This is what I >did. I created one staff in 4/4 and notated 4 quarter notes for the >first measure, so this measure is full. I

[Finale] Grace notes

Hello Christopher, Noel, David, When I press alt – G (which is indeed the right command for a grace note in easy entry), something really bizarre happens. This is what I did. I created one staff in 4/4 and notated 4 quarter notes for the first measure, so this measure is full. I wanted t

Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'

At 08:26 PM 12/11/2006, Will Denayer wrote: >Guide and Tutorials. These tutorials are pretty easy, but at the end >of every chapter they refer you to ... the manual if you want to know more. >This mythical manual is probably on my hard disk, which is some sort >of magical thing to me anyway, but w

[Finale] The 'Manual'

> I was going to suggest that you read the user manual, but it is > horrible in indexing grace notes and simple entry, so I can't even in > good conscience tell you to read the manual. Does Finale no longer include the excellent tutorials? It would seem that either it does not, or Will has not w

RE: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

The system I have is a laptop--an MPC T2300. The key element is the 2gB of RAM. I'd say my processor (Centrino @ 2 gHz) is in the bottom third of the user group. Some of the demos start with a MIDI file and are then passed to a sequencer/DAW, or are conceived & executed totally in the sequence

[Finale] A compliment

"I am always impressed with the decency of the members, and the concern they show in their attempts to solve other people's problems. Many thanks to all of you who have submitted suggestions." Well, absolutely. I find this very impressive. Thanks to all, Will Send instant messages to your on

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

On 12/11/06, Williams, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, traditional orch, wind ensemble, and jazz band--all Garritan. Actually, Jazz > NOTE TO KIM: GPO instruments will be bland & unexpressive "out of the box." Human Playback will help to a large extent. If you decide to get GPO, read Darcy'

RE: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

Yes, traditional orch, wind ensemble, and jazz band--all Garritan. Actually, Jazz Band eats the most RAM because of the programming. A full jazz band with the "non-lite" versions of inst. eats a goodly chunk of my 2 gB and, with reverb, maxes my processor . Wind ens. has 2fl/picc, 2ob, Eb cl.,

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Um, basic question. Was DVD Player running? You have to make sure nothing else could be using the DVD. So, if DVD player was running, it might prevent Disk Utility from getting complete access to it. Dean M. Estabrook wrote: That's good info ... I happen to be on a Mac G5, which plays the DVD

Re: [Finale] Speedy vs Simple

I've been trying to get used to Simple Entry coming from Speedy. I haven't quiet worked out the whole articulations thing, yet, but it's getting there. Certainly a time saver to be able to enter articulations when the note is entered. However, I keep wishing there was some way to start and end

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

" - To play an entire orchestra, we recommend 1 GB of RAM." This is a direct copy-and-paste quote from the Garritan web site. Don't you just love it when a manufacturer gives specs on their web-site which just don't work out in real life. Or maybe they know something we don't? David H. Baile

[Finale] Re: cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

Darcy James Argue djargon at mac.com The path is all fd up on ALL those links you gave. (*#&$(*&[EMAIL PROTECTED] cut and paste *(&^(*&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^#%$ Mark D Lew markdlew at earthlink.net Unless there's something further I don't understand, there's no situation where you can't co

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

I have two computers to do it. I run Kontkat on my PC (2.3 Gigahertz), and run some instruments on my Dual 1.8 Ghz G4. I can do about 8 or so complex GPO sounds on the PC. Depends on the patch. On the Mac, I generally can get a full saxophone section using Garritan Jazz. Generally though, I hav

Re: [Finale] Beats

On 11 Dec 2006 at 16:49, dhbailey wrote: > I was going to suggest that you read the user manual, but it is > horrible in indexing grace notes and simple entry, so I can't even in > good conscience tell you to read the manual. Does Finale no longer include the excellent tutorials? It would seem t

Re: [Finale] Garritan Sound Libraries and Finale?

Kim Patrick Clow wrote: I have a good laptop with a gig of RAM and it's a recent vintage, so the CPU can handle what Garritan requires. I'm sorry to disillusion you, but 1GB RAM with any speed processor will NOT give you the ability to do full orchestral mockups. It will give you about 5 or

Re: [Finale] Speedy vs Simple

I'm with Chuck on this -- I think pitch and rhythm, and I certainly don't think about articulations and dynamics until all the rhythms/pitches are entered. It may be that this is simply because I've been programmed to think this way by Finale itself, back in the days when Simple was the older,

Re: [Finale] Re: cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

On Dec 11, 2006, at 2:44 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: strange, i have never come across it, but have used cross-staff tremoli before. Not too surprising. The actual issue is constant, but the circumstances under which it will come up are somewhat limited. Certainly it wouldn't come up i

Re: [Finale] DVDs

That's good info ... I happen to be on a Mac G5, which plays the DVD fine. I tried my version of Toast Titanium (5.2) and when asked to copy, it just said it couldn't because Files needed to be unmounted. Well, it's not critical to have a copy of this DVD, it would just be nice so I'm

Re: [Finale] DVDs

At 03:19 PM 12/11/06 -0800, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >I think I'll give up. If it's something you desperately need, check in person with someone with experience on a Windows PC. There are lots of good utilities for copying those DVDs that run into trouble on generic operating system installs, with

Re: [Finale] Speedy vs Simple

Every time I see Tom Johnson (from MM) at the IAJE convention, I see him use Simple entry, and he puts in articulations and dynamics at the same time as he enters notes. It is fast when he does it (about 40% faster, he says), but I have yet to make the conversion. Resistance to change? O

Re: [Finale] Speedy vs Simple

Johannes Gebauer wrote: I know this comes up every so often, but I wonder whether there are any true Speedy to Simple converts. Are there people on this list, who would consider themselves to have been really quick in Speedy entry, but got converted to Simple after Simple was improved? Can Si

Re: [Finale] OT: The Classical Archives down?

Johannes Gebauer wrote: Does anyone know what happened to the Classical Archives web page? It hasn't been responding for the last few days when I tried it. I just went to the page and it loaded fine ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Hmm, well when I load this DVD in question, it is labled DVD_VR wonder if that's the issue? I found I had Toast on my Mac, but couldn't figure out how to make that work either. Dean On Dec 11, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 11.12.2006 Eric Dannewitz wrote: What? What

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Well, I just selected the destination as the Desk Top, and it chugged away for several minutes, looking like a go, but at the very last, it stopped saying, "no can do ... input output error." I think I'll give up. Thanks for trying ... Dean On Dec 11, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote

[Finale] OT: The Classical Archives down?

Does anyone know what happened to the Classical Archives web page? It hasn't been responding for the last few days when I tried it. It would be a great loss if it was gone... Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de

[Finale] Speedy vs Simple

I know this comes up every so often, but I wonder whether there are any true Speedy to Simple converts. Are there people on this list, who would consider themselves to have been really quick in Speedy entry, but got converted to Simple after Simple was improved? Can Simple be as fast or faster

Re: [Finale] Re: cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

Hey Jef, The path is all fd up on ALL those links you gave. It needs to be "http://newmusicnotation.COM/";, not "http://newmusicnotation./"; - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 11 Dec 2006, at 5:44 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: Mark D Lew markdlew at earthlink.net Thi

Re: [Finale] DVDs

On 11.12.2006 Eric Dannewitz wrote: What? What is a DVD-VR? Look, I tested it out. It copies DVD Videos fine. 4.7 gigabyte videos. I don't know about using it to copy an 8gigabyte Pirates of The Caribbean movie, but it works fine for home movies you did with say iMovie and want to make multipl

Re: [Finale] cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

On Dec 11, 2006, at 10:47 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote: don't remember ever coming across this problem before, is this new to finale 2007? http://newmusicnotation./TEMPFILES/cross-staff_tremoli.pdf there is a portion of the stem missing in the left example; this i can hide by changing the

Re: [Finale] Beats

Christopher Smith wrote: On Dec 11, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Will Denayer wrote: Hello Noel, Christopher, Hitting the ";" does not do anything. I am working in easy entry - can you still help me? Thank you and with best regards, Sorry, I assumed you were in Speedy Entry. The command to turn a no

Re: [Finale] DVDs

It's a DVD ... I didn't check and see the destination ... I thought it just got saved to the Disk Utility ... my HD as plenty of space though. I'll check the destination issue. Dean On Dec 11, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Is it a CD or a DVD? When saving the Image, are you savi

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Is it a CD or a DVD? When saving the Image, are you saving it to your HD? Is there enough space? Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I followed the directions and path below, but every time the Utility begins to run and tries to make an image, it stops and the message pops up, saying: Unable to create

Re: [Finale] Beats

Will Denayer wrote: Hello Noel, Christopher, Hitting the ";" does not do anything. I am working in easy entry - can you still help me? Thank you and with best regards, In simple entry there is a grace-note button. Click that and every note you enter after that will be a grace note until y

[Finale] Re: cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

Mark D Lew markdlew at earthlink.net This is definitely not a new problem. I can confirm it goes back at least as far as v2002, and I think it has always been that way. strange, i have never come across it, but have used cross-staff tremoli before. i tried that already, but it only fixes the

Re: [Finale] DVDs

I followed the directions and path below, but every time the Utility begins to run and tries to make an image, it stops and the message pops up, saying: Unable to create "DVE_V, cdr" - No such file or directory I wonder if this particular CD is in the wrong format, or what? Dean On Dec 10,

RE: [Finale] Joining again?

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[Finale] rest with dot

I write in a 12/8 time signature and i want to write this rest but after go to the next measure the rest is this Please give me a help. Fin2007, WinXP -- Dragos ___

Re: [Finale] rest with dot

On Dec 11, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Lee Actor wrote: I write in a 12/8 time signature and i want to write this rest but after go to the next measure the rest is this Please give me a help. Fin2007, Wi

Re: [Finale] Beats

On Dec 11, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Will Denayer wrote: Hello Noel, Christopher, Hitting the ";" does not do anything. I am working in easy entry - can you still help me? Thank you and with best regards, Sorry, I assumed you were in Speedy Entry. The command to turn a note into a grace note in

Re: [Finale] rest with dot

Dragoş Oltean wrote: I write in a 12/8 time signature and i want to write this rest but after go to the next measure the rest is this Please give me a help. There are two possibilities: 1) you se

[Finale] Beats

Hello Noel, Christopher, Hitting the ";" does not do anything. I am working in easy entry - can you still help me? Thank you and with best regards, Will Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Finale mailing

RE: [Finale] rest with dot

> I write in a 12/8 time signature and i want to write this > rest > but after go to the next measure the rest is > this > > Please give me a help. > > > > Fin2007, WinXP > -- > Dragos Try dotti

Re: [Finale] DVDs

What? What is a DVD-VR? Look, I tested it out. It copies DVD Videos fine. 4.7 gigabyte videos. I don't know about using it to copy an 8gigabyte Pirates of The Caribbean movie, but it works fine for home movies you did with say iMovie and want to make multiple copies of. Johannes Gebauer wro

Re: [Finale] DVDs

On 11.12.2006 Eric Dannewitz wrote: Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. Disk Utility. Simple. Slow, but simple and free.

[Finale] Time Lag

I am always impressed with the decency of the members, and the concern they show in their attempts to solve other people's problems. Many thanks to all of you who have submitted suggestions. Since my computer is now three years old (somewhat of an antique in this age of rapid change) I think it b

Re: [Finale] cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

At 07:47 PM 12/11/06 +0100, you wrote: >i don't remember ever coming across this problem before, is this new >to finale 2007? >http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/cross-staff_tremoli.pdf I can confirm it, but I can't find any tool to fix it. I even tried the edit frame dialog without finding a

Re: [Finale] cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

Sorry, I can't help for your problem. But your link doesn't work; you may have forgotten ".com" . http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/cross-staff_tremoli.pdf Bernard 2006/12/11, shirling & neueweise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: i don't remember ever coming across this problem before, is this ne

[Finale] cross staff tremoli stem weirdness

i don't remember ever coming across this problem before, is this new to finale 2007? http://newmusicnotation./TEMPFILES/cross-staff_tremoli.pdf there is a portion of the stem missing in the left example; this i can hide by changing the freeze stem direction and adjusting the beam, or by len

RE: [Finale] time signature question

On Staff Attributes, click Time Signature as one of the Independent Elements. (Lower left corner of that window in 2005a.) Be sure to set it as Independent for each staff. Hope this works for you! Nancy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > O

[Finale] Beats

Will, Let us know what system (Win, Mac) and version you are on, as the answer changes according to these criteria. Christopher, I am using Windows XP and Finale 2007. Best regards to all, Will Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _

Re: [Finale] DVDs

True, but the original question was how to copy a DVD, and purchasing Toast, while it is a great program, seems overkill. And I don't think his DVD that he wanted a copy of was Dual Layer...Not sure if DiskUtility can copy Dual Layers, but it works fine for single (4.7Gigabyte) DVDs.

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Eric Dannewitz / 2006/12/11 / 12:49 PM wrote: >Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to >use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can >make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. > >Disk Utility. Simple. Slow, but simp

RE: [Finale] music font character list?

No need to use excel: Help Menu--> User Manual-->Maestro Character Map > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noel Stoutenburg > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 2:54 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] music font character lis

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Yeah, but why buy Toast when Disk Utility can do it? You don't need to use Mac The Ripper to copy a 4 gigabyte DVD. Toast or Disk Utility can make a copy. You guys are suggesting a LOT of work to copy a DVD. Disk Utility. Simple. Slow, but simple and free. Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 11.12.200

Re: [Finale] Joining again?

At 09:26 AM 12/11/2006, Stig Christensen wrote: >I have just returned from a long trip and now I have to do some work >in Finale. Therefore I would like to rejoin the list. Is that possible? Your message came through to the list, so I'm guessing you're still subscribed. If you haven't been rece

[Finale] Joining again?

Hello, I have just returned from a long trip and now I have to do some work in Finale. Therefore I would like to rejoin the list. Is that possible? regards Stig Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] +4539902526/+4526212425 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [Finale] Time Lag

dhbailey / 2006/12/11 / 06:04 AM wrote: >The Audigy has fine midi interfaces (2) built in. Huh. When I first googled, like this page: Has no mention of MIDI function. So, it seems the latest driver was dated September this year.

Re: [Finale] DVDs

Johannes Gebauer / 2006/12/11 / 05:47 AM wrote: >I honestly don't think this is true. I am not even sure what DVD would >not be "VIDEO_TS compatible". If it plays as a DVD, it probably is a >standard DVD, or a VR DVD, and both can, and should, be extracted using >MacTheRipper. Once I received

Re: [Finale] Time Lag

A-NO-NE Music wrote: John Hughes / 2006/12/10 / 12:43 PM wrote: All I can tell you is that my computer is a Pentium 4 with 2.6 Ghz and 512 Ram. This should be fine. My input is from a Roland PC-200 Midi Keyboard Controller,and the sound card is an Audigy 2. Is this USB? If not, what is

Re: [Finale] DVDs

On 11.12.2006 A-NO-NE Music wrote: If your original is in format that is not VIDEO_TS compatible and if you have FW video interface such as FW compatible Camcoder, you could TV > Camcoder > FW > iMovie >iDVD. This makes better quality DVD copy than DVD digitized copy using software such as DVDxD

Re: [Finale] Beats

Will Denayer wrote: Dear all, I would like to ask two questions again. It's a bit difficult explaining it in English. 1) OK, suppose I am writing in 3/4. On the second beat of a measure I want nine sixteen notes to fill the second 'time' (beat) of the measure, so, the measure would look for