Re: [Finale] OT: choir+piano layout

2007-08-01 Thread Michael L. Meyer
The publisher I see nowadays who almost always prints choral music on letter-size (or folded tabloid, same difference) is E.C. Schirmer. In fact, I just received a box of scores from them that, when you look inside and notice the amount of white space in the margins, are reprinted from an

Re: [Finale] Song Book recommendations

2007-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
FWIW: Rather than mess with the "new" (as of Fin04) "smart" hyphenation, I reverted the setting back the old style. The only problem I had with the old hyphenation was its failure to continue past the first system. But the solutions for this are far easier than working around the problems in th

Re: [Finale] Finale Workshop

2007-08-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Ok, were there any Questions that were interesting? Does Finale 2008 save SmartMusic files that smartmusic 10 can read? I mean, Finale 2007 came out in August of last year (I think), and it wasn't until they got around to releasing SmartMusic 10 in April of 2008 that I could ditch Finale 2006.

[Finale] Finale's Midi FIle Import--a solution/workaround, and more woes

2007-08-01 Thread Bob Morabito
I had written before --and have seen much said about--Finales horrible handling of importing midi files. The specific subject I wrote about was repeated notes/chords that Finale generates, while also truncating durations, due to its limit of only two voices per staff/track allowed, and that only

Re: [Finale] Finale Workshop

2007-08-01 Thread Chuck Israels
I know Tom Johnson, and he always does things 3 times too fast for me. Doesn't stop me from finding him to be a good guy, however. Chuck On Aug 1, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Horace Brock wrote: I was privileged this week to participate in what is planned as the first in a series of regional Finale

[Finale] Finale Workshop

2007-08-01 Thread Horace Brock
I was privileged this week to participate in what is planned as the first in a series of regional Finale workshops, run by MakeMusic. Our clinicians were Tom Carruth and Tom Johnson of MakeMusic. Topics included: Working with real-time input (Hyperscribe, etc.) Understanding Percussion Mapping (

Re: [Finale] cursor

2007-08-01 Thread Robert Florence
Fiskum, Steve wrote: Along with Leigh's suggestion let me add a wonderful resource for finding your cursor. Mouse Locator http://www.2point5fish.com/ Couldn't live without it especially when working on 2 monitors. Steve Thanks, Steve Bob florence On 8/1/07 9:16 AM, "Leigh Daniels" <[EMA

Re: [Finale] Song Book recommendations

2007-08-01 Thread Randolph Peters
Robert Patterson wrote: 1. Should I create a separate "verse" for the text of each song, or should I place all the text in one "verse"? If they are separate, won't I end up fiddling with base lines a great deal? Christopher Smith wrote: Assuming each song has only one line of lyrics, I would p

RE: [Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Williams, Jim
Hi, Nick... Thanx for dealing with this. Perhaps I am guilty of some confusion. I ordered mine via Sylvia Woods' Harp Center, as I was unfamiliar with Bill himself at that time...my one recollection was my saying "gee, that's a steal" and jumping on it. Let me see what I can find, if anything.

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Eric Dannewitz
I have the 4 version. Bill did send me the Jazz Articulations when he released them. So, what exactly has changed in this version? Is there a lower price to get updates for existing users? Nick Carter wrote: I'm happy to let everyone know that Bill Duncan's Finale Productivity 5.0 is now avai

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey Nick, Allowing the purchase of individual fonts would certainly be helpful for a number of the people I work with. They don't need the full package, they just need the Chord fonts. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Fi

[Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Nick Carter
>From: Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0 > >Hi Nick, > >Will Bill's fonts be available for individual purchase? Right now my intent was just to sell the complete package, so that all Bill's materials live on and so that I can recover some of t

Re: [Finale] OT: choir+piano layout

2007-08-01 Thread John Howell
At 9:24 PM -0400 7/31/07, Lora Crighton wrote: --- "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 29 Jul 2007 at 9:29, Christopher Smith wrote: > The largest choral parts I have > ever seen are 8.5 x 11 Commercially printed choral music is always octavo size, which is, of course, sma

Re: [Finale] cursor

2007-08-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Along with Leigh's suggestion let me add a wonderful resource for finding your cursor. Mouse Locator http://www.2point5fish.com/ Couldn't live without it especially when working on 2 monitors. Steve On 8/1/07 9:16 AM, "Leigh Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > System Preference>Universal Ac

Re: [Finale] cursor

2007-08-01 Thread Leigh Daniels
System Preference>Universal Access>Mouse On Wed, Aug 1, 2007, Robert Florence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi All, > >I know this is off topic. I am using a Mac G5. how do I make the cursor >larger/ > >Thanks, > > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.ed

[Finale] cursor

2007-08-01 Thread Robert Florence
Hi All, I know this is off topic. I am using a Mac G5. how do I make the cursor larger/ Thanks, Bob Florence ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Productivity 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Robert Florence
Nick Carter wrote: I'm happy to let everyone know that Bill Duncan's Finale Productivity 5.0 is now available from npc Imaging. This is the unmodified version as Bill left it for posterity. We also have a bundled deal with Bill's work and our two CD-ROMs (Handbook of Instrumentation by this list'