Re: [Finale] smart shapes in linked parts

2008-04-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 4, 2008, at 2:07 AM, dc wrote: Thanks, Christopher! I followed your recipe. Dennis Phew! Glad I could help. Actually, Darcy had helped me with this originally, so I am just passing it on... Christopher ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] OT: carbon copy cloner

2008-04-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 04.04.2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my mac techie suggested doing this, because in 4yrs i have never de-fragged because i never was able to do complete backups, so the system is running really slow. he is convinced this and deleting massive amounts of files clogging up the available space

Re: [Finale] OT: carbon copy cloner

2008-04-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 04.04.2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my mac techie suggested doing this, because in 4yrs i have never de-fragged because i never was able to do complete backups, so the system is running really slow. he is convinced this and deleting

Re: [Finale] TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram

2008-04-04 Thread João Pais
There's a big analysis of this piece by Richard Toop (a well-known musicologist) on Contrchamps 8, but in french. I guess you can find an english version of it as well, but I don't know where. By the way, the brasilian pianist Heloísa Amaral who plays that recording (and close friend of

Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8

2008-04-04 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Steven, I'm not sure how to help you proceed. I have an M-Audio keyboard (Keystation 61) that I believe is electronically similar to the Oxygen 8, and it operates well with M-Audio's updated drivers. I have nothing helpful to add, but didn't want you to think your situation was

Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8

2008-04-04 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Steven Sandiford wrote: First ,because I am not on a MAC, my assistance is probably of limited value. The most obvious question in response to your narrative that I see, is to ask if you are certain you have the most recent MAC drivers for the Oxygen 8. ns

Re(2): [Finale] Copying width between docs

2008-04-04 Thread Leigh Daniels
For me it comes down to, How much is my time worth?. TG Tools saves me so much time that I think it's quite a bargain. And just when I want to do something I've never done before and ask here, someone says TGToolsTheTool and now I am saving even more time. **Leigh On Wed, Apr 2, 2008, Fiskum,

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how is that that P. T. Barnum had it? No one ever went broke understimating the taste of the American people? That of course supposes there is some level of taste which is some sort of threshold, implying that there is higher taste and lower taste which would be

[Finale] muting playback

2008-04-04 Thread Scott Jones
Good morning, I have a friend on Finale 2008 who is trying to define playback for repeated sections and wants certain parts to play back either the first time only or the secind time only. Can this be done without having to manually write out the repeats in a separate playback copy of the

Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics

2008-04-04 Thread Jari Williamsson
Darcy James Argue wrote: Sul tasto would obviously be a very different sound from harmonics. The passage I have in mind (for string quartet) would not be nearly as effective played sul tasto, but that's still IMO the least worst alternative in this specific case, if the harmonics solution had

Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics

2008-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jari, Thanks -- very helpful. I will definitely be consulting with the players on this, I just wanted to get a general sense of the difficulty before I went to them. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Darcy

Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics

2008-04-04 Thread John Howell
On 4 Apr 2008, at 10:52 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Please keep in mind that violas don't are in standard sizes like violins. Some of them are huge, some small (and the instrument sizes are not proportional to the player's hands!). Artificial harmonics produced by stopping the string a 5th

Re: [Finale] Urgent help please - Mac OS X + Finale 2008b + M-Audio Oxygen 8

2008-04-04 Thread Christopher Smith
If the problem persists outside Finale, then it isn't a Finale problem. (also, I doubt the conclusion about Finale 2006 not seeing the O8. That shouldn't matter, as USB to MIDI conversion takes place outside Finale.) Most obvious things first. Are you sure it's on? (sorry, I had to ask.

[Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-04 Thread Kim Richmond
Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-04 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Wondered about that myself. Don't know the answer. Dean On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. All the best, KIM R ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread David W. Fenton
On 3 Apr 2008 at 13:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: My generation views songs as analogous to movies, which are released in a fixed, immutable form. When you watch the late Jules Dassin's brilliant film _Rififi_ at an repetory cinema, or on DVD, it's the same movie audiences saw when it

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread David W. Fenton
On 3 Apr 2008 at 16:42, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 3 Apr 2008, at 3:46 PM, dhbailey wrote: I agree that a person's personality can definitely affect the way a group plays. But the music lives on even when that person has left or died, even though the interpretation changes. Or

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-04 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Depending on what you want to transfer over, you can transfer via midi, or MusicXML. I'm sure that guy who does the MusicXML will do an ad for his thing sortly. I find it's easier to just transfer things via midi. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Kim Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a

Re: [Finale] Sturgeon's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 3 Apr 2008, at 6:08 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 3 Apr 2008 at 13:55, Darcy James Argue wrote: My generation views songs as analogous to movies, which are released in a fixed, immutable form. When you watch the late Jules Dassin's brilliant film _Rififi_ at an repetory cinema, or on DVD,

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-04 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into Finale files? I forget how if I once knew. Not directly, except through MIDI. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle changes pointer to

[Finale] Re: Interesting bit of spam this morning...

2008-04-04 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail acct
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:00:25 -0400 From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Interesting bit of spam this morning... To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I got a music typesetting spam from India,

[Finale] Re: TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram

2008-04-04 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail acct
From: Jo?o Pais [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: Brian Ferneyhough--Lemma icon epigram To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 There's a big analysis of this piece by Richard Toop (a well-known musicologist) on Contrchamps 8,

Re: [Finale] CONVERTING Sib to Fin

2008-04-04 Thread Richard Smith
Music XML is best but you will have to buy the Dolet for Sibelius (about $120). Printing the Sib file and then scanning might be a better solution than MIDI. Richard Smith http://www.rgsmithmusic.com Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Kim Richmond wrote: Is there a way to convert Sibelius files into

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

2008-04-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I don't love all of the music that comes out of the local indie rock scene. In fact, I think, oh, say, about 90% of it is pretty bad. But 10% of it is brilliant. Nice post. But there is one thing I realised fairly early on in my own

Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Randolph Peters / 08.4.4 / 0:08 AM wrote: Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately this option is still off. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. This one doesn't

Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread Randolph Peters
Hiro wrote: For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle

Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hiro, Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 5 Apr 2008, at

Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
I just checked with both G5 and MBP2.4, both trashed pref, and I found no way to create angled decrescendo under FinMac2008b under OS X 10.5.2. Can anyone confirm this or it's happening only in my house? I am loosing! :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA

Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo

2008-04-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 08.4.5 / 1:16 AM wrote: Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Once again, you are da man! I am