Re: [Finale] Roland Virtual Sound Canvas

2007-06-11 Thread dhbailey
John Hughes wrote: Has anybody had any experience with the Virtual Sound Canvas? My problem is that I have just received a new computer from Dell and was surprised to see that there was no way I could transfer any of my existing sound cards into it. The slots did not match a midi sound card.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.06.2007 Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 8, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Sibelius 5 has been announced. Looking at the new features briefly, I see they have added easy cue notes. Perhaps finally Finale will include such, too? I have been asking for it for years. Huh? In

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2007-06-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.06.2007 Jonathan Smith wrote: Also, you need to take a close look at the features you receive for the price. They only attempt to bring Sib. in line with today's Finale. They have again taken many of the best features in Finale and are trying to incorporate them into their program. It's

Re: [Finale] OT carmina burana (was OT clarinets)

2007-06-11 Thread Neal Gittleman
Mark: All the rest of the male solos are usually given to the baritone, who will need to be versatile in order to do them all well. (The same goes for the soprano. I have yet to hear a soloist who is good on both In trutina AND the Dulcissime.) Me: Then you haven't heard Mary Wilson, who

Re: [Finale] OT carmina burana (was OT clarinets)

2007-06-11 Thread arabushk
Not the same Mary Wilson from the Supremes, is it? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Mark: All the rest of the male solos are usually given to the baritone, who will need to be versatile in order to do them all well. (The same goes for the soprano. I

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.06.2007 dc wrote: For me, #1 is the hyphen bug, or rather bugs, because there are several hyphen bugs (disappearing hyphens and misplaced hyphens, non wysywigness of the hyphens, etc.), to which I'd add, although MM probably considers this as a feature, the wrong, or at least

Re: [Finale] Roland Virtual Sound Canvas

2007-06-11 Thread John Hughes
Many thanks to the kind people who responded to my problem. I was bothered by the thought that I wouldn't be able to hear my music in order to proof it. Then, shortly after I sent the email I realized the midi card was only needed to allow me to enter music from my small Roland keyboard. I

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced, now top 2007 bugs

2007-06-11 Thread Raymond Horton
dc wrote: Johannes Gebauer écrit: I really, really wished MakeMusic would do exactly that, too. I'd happily pay for such an update. Fin2k7 is a nightmare to work with, it has reached a critical mass of bugs and problems which is unacceptable, and almost impossible to work with. I'd also pay

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced, now top 2007 bugs

2007-06-11 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 6/11/07, Raymond Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #1 for me is the one I've posted here to no solution, and the reason I can't use 2007 at all. At any given time, at printing time, my full pages print as only a postage stamp size. Only solution at that point was to print as PDFs. It

[Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2007-06-11 Thread Jonathan Smith
Existing Finale users can cross-grade to Sibelius 5 for $199 US. Cheers, - Darcy And it works the same the other way, Sibelius users can cross-grade to Finale for $199 US. I have to use both programs, and I find the Sibelius upgrade price way too expensive for the features it offers

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2007-06-11 Thread Jonathan Smith
On 08.06.2007 Jonathan Smith wrote: Also, you need to take a close look at the features you receive for the price. They only attempt to bring Sib. in line with today's Finale. They have again taken many of the best features in Finale and are trying to incorporate them into their program.

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced, now top 2007 bugs

2007-06-11 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:05 PM 6/11/2007 -0400, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Finale's PDFs onscreen have always looked bloody awful (this is for PC users, I'm sure on the MAC it's a different story). I've never understood what could be so difficult about fixing something so simple as this. It works fine (small and

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Richard Huggins
Excellent idea. An update with NO new features would demonstrate MM';s commitment to maintain leadership status and its responsiveness to its user base. Part of me wonders if the programmers wouldn't cheer an announcement in staff meeting to the effect, Folks, we're goin' bug squashing!

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread dhbailey
Richard Huggins wrote: Excellent idea. An update with NO new features would demonstrate MM';s commitment to maintain leadership status and its responsiveness to its user base. Part of me wonders if the programmers wouldn't cheer an announcement in staff meeting to the effect, Folks, we're

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2007-06-11 Thread dhbailey
Jonathan Smith wrote: Existing Finale users can cross-grade to Sibelius 5 for $199 US. Cheers, - Darcy And it works the same the other way, Sibelius users can cross-grade to Finale for $199 US. I have to use both programs, and I find the Sibelius upgrade price way too expensive for the

Re: [Finale] OT carmina burana (was OT clarinets)

2007-06-11 Thread Neal Gittleman
Do you doubt it? ng On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not the same Mary Wilson from the Supremes, is it? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Mark: All the rest of the male solos are usually given to the baritone, who will need to be

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 11, 2007, at 9:27 AM, dc wrote: Why don't we start a list of 2007's worst bugs? If we are numerous to agree on these, perhaps we could convince MM to act? For me, #1 is the hyphen bug, or rather bugs, because there are several hyphen bugs (disappearing hyphens and misplaced

[Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
Apple has released a beta of Safari 3 for both Mac OS and Windows: http://www.apple.com/safari/ Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Jun 2007 at 18:37, Darcy James Argue wrote: Apple has released a beta of Safari 3 for both Mac OS and Windows: http://www.apple.com/safari/ Safari for Windows! How *totally* COOL is that?!!! Now, the question is: Does WinSafari render exactly the same as MacSafari, so you can test

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 09:04 PM 6/11/2007 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote: Safari for Windows! How *totally* COOL is that?!!! Before you do anything, read the Safari discussion groups. The install is buggy. It looks good if the hype is believable, but I'll wait until it's out of beta, and until my favorite add-ons

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Jun 2007 at 21:49, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 09:04 PM 6/11/2007 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote: Safari for Windows! How *totally* COOL is that?!!! Before you do anything, read the Safari discussion groups. The install is buggy. Well, sure -- it's a beta. It looks good if the

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 announced

2007-06-11 Thread Bunnydowns
In a message dated 6/11/2007 3:49:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The first thing Tech Support says to do if you report any of the above bugs, is re-install Finale which NEVER does anything except make you lose all your preferences and edited component files.

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread A-NO-NE Music
David W. Fenton / 2007/06/11 / 10:52 PM wrote: I'm not a big Firefox add-in fan, to be honest. But if you are a Web Dev, you have no choice. Firebug and Web Developer are must have, in my opinion. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
If it syncs bookmarks with .Mac, then I'm sold. David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Jun 2007 at 18:37, Darcy James Argue wrote: Apple has released a beta of Safari 3 for both Mac OS and Windows: http://www.apple.com/safari/ Safari for Windows! How *totally* COOL is that?!!! Now, the

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-11 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Sadly, downloading and installing it, it doesn't do that Eric Dannewitz wrote: If it syncs bookmarks with .Mac, then I'm sold. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale