Re: [Finale] OT: harp notation

2010-01-03 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Yup, jef - you've got it! The ONLY thing I would add is that in my estimation, I think it would certainly be possible to notate AND produce (say) discernable quarter tones but it would be pretty damned near impossible to attempt specifically-pitched smaller microtones. Non-specific flat or

Re: [Finale] More drum grooves?

2010-01-03 Thread Jari Williamsson
Christopher Smith wrote: I haven't bothered (speaking for myself) but I made excellent use of the MIBAC rhythm section generator before it was dumped a few versions ago. The advantages of the late lamented MIBAC plugin were that it would put in stylistic variations and fill and breaks,

Re: [Finale] TAN: Numeric keypad for Mac

2010-01-03 Thread Gerhard Torges
Hello Christopher! Am 31.12.2009 um 06:19 schrieb Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca : I got the cheapest one that Future Shop sold, at $19, a generic USB numeric keypad. But, I have to remember to hit NumLock every time I plug it in (or else the keys don't do what I

Re: [Finale] TAN: Numeric keypad for Mac

2010-01-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sun Jan 3, at SundayJan 3 8:37 AM, Gerhard Torges wrote: Hello Christopher! Am 31.12.2009 um 06:19 schrieb Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca: I got the cheapest one that Future Shop sold, at $19, a generic USB numeric keypad. But, I have to remember to hit NumLock

Re: [Finale] More drum grooves?

2010-01-03 Thread Craig Parmerlee
Maybe I should describe more completely what I'm trying to accomplish. I often write charts for combos or big bands. For me, Finale is all about getting the notation clear for the live performance. My only interest in the realistic playback is to help me catch errors and improve the flow of

Re: [Finale] OT: harp notation

2010-01-03 Thread John Howell
At 5:59 PM -0800 1/2/10, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: Yup, John - I'm a harpist but in a bit of a time crunch at the moment. The described effect certainly IS possible and quite easy to accomplish; Thanks for your authoritative explanation, Les. I wasn't too far off, which is fairly

[Finale] score merging / score corruption / XLM

2010-01-03 Thread SN jef chippewa
im about to merge 3 docs into a new one. i'm told by the finale support people that the doc i sent them (1 of 3 parts) is starting to show signs of corruption. erm... it was created in 1995 in 3.5 and has been brought upwards through several (non-sequential) versions. support suggests an

Re: [Finale] score merging / score corruption / XLM

2010-01-03 Thread SN jef chippewa
well, more on the subject to make things clear. it is a reorch for piano trio (vln/vc) from flute, violin/fiddle, guitar, percussion, voice and piano. my plan is: 1) add a new violin and cello staff to the 3 existing scores and move voices to the trio staves according to composer's list

Re: [Finale] score merging / score corruption / XLM

2010-01-03 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, January 3, 2010 12:23 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: i'm told by the finale support people that the doc i sent them (1 of 3 parts) is starting to show signs of corruption. erm... it was created in 1995 in 3.5 and has been brought upwards through several (non-sequential) versions. support

Re: [Finale] More drum grooves?

2010-01-03 Thread Jari Williamsson
Craig Parmerlee wrote: I can make these up for myself from examples in The Drummer's Bible. I just thought somebody might already have done this. If you (or anyone else) decide to do any drum patterns, feel free to share/upload them on the tips site: http://www.finaletips.nu/ I've

Re: [Finale] More drum grooves?

2010-01-03 Thread A-NO-NE Music
On 2010/01/03, at 11:35, Craig Parmerlee wrote: My only interest in the realistic playback is to help me catch errors and improve the flow of the arrangements. I am the same way, but I never wanted drum part to playback for this purpose. I mute them. I suppose a top flight drummer is

[Finale] RE: score merging / score corruption / XML

2010-01-03 Thread Michael Good
Hi Jef, has anyone else had a similar situation and worked with XML? i haven't used it yet at all so really have no clue. What MakeMusic support suggest sounds good for removing the corruption issues. I would proceed as follows: 1) Open the old file in Finale 2010. 2) Use MusicXML - Export

Re: [Finale] More drum grooves?

2010-01-03 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Maybe you could persuade finaletips.nu to add a section on this and perhaps people can contribute to it? Might be a good project. On 1/3/10 8:35 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: Maybe I should describe more completely what I'm trying to accomplish. I often write charts for combos or big bands.

[Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread Michael Greensill
This happens in some files and not others. I can't seem to find any difference in settings that might cause this.. But sometimes I can only get sounds out of my keyboard when in the speedy entry tool. As soon as I exit to another tool, silence. I have midi thru set to fixed channel 1, in

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread Ryan
This happens to me too. Can't explain it. Looking forward to some insight. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Michael Greensill m...@mikegreensill.comwrote: This happens in some files and not others. I can't seem to find any difference in settings that might cause this.. But sometimes I can

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread mmathew1942
I have had the same thing happen to me, also. I have no explanation, either, though it is probably something basic? Thanks ahead, also, Michael Mathew mmathew_musicp...@comcast.net mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl Phone and Fax: 503 641 6127

Re: [Finale] score merging / score corruption / XLM

2010-01-03 Thread SN jef chippewa
hm, well i have 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010 installed on my current machine, earlier versions were on a previous mac and the installers are in a box somewhere... how can i tell if a file has any signs of corruption? I used to solve merging by saving to ETF. You might do that if you have

Re: [Finale] score merging / score corruption / XLM

2010-01-03 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, January 3, 2010 6:56 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: how can i tell if a file has any signs of corruption? For me it was always that making changes would cause other changes that were unexpected or if adding or changing notes wouldn't 'take'. Most of the time just saving to ETF and reloading

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
I think I have been able to recreate your problem. If the instrument list is set to mute all, there will be no playback, but the notes entered in speedy will still sound to the chosen instrument sound for the given staff. So take a look at your instrument list from the Windows menu. Klaus

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread mmathew1942
My instrument list is set for all instruments. I rummaged around in the MIDI/Audio menu item MIDI setup until I examined the output source for softsynth settings which listed two sources: Default Output, and Built-in Output. I tried the input both ways and discovered the following to be true

[Finale] Duplicate an entire staff and its contents?

2010-01-03 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
Can anyone suggest of a way to do this, beyond Copy/Drag/Hope-for-the-best etc? Finale 2009 OS X. Matthew ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Duplicate an entire staff and its contents?

2010-01-03 Thread SN jef chippewa
erm... add to that cross your finger and pray to your deity of the day? set filter to copy all, including clefs. in 2010 i've been extremely happy with the speed and results of the drag-to-copy function and i think they reengineered or improved it greatly in 2009, no? (i skipped 2009)

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread Michael Greensill
softsynth settings which listed two sources: Default Output, and Built-in Output.Michael Mathew At first I thought you'd hit on it, because when I opened a new document and the piano sound worked fine. But then as soon as I went to the speedy entry tool and then left itit stopped.

[Finale] Re: Text in only one part of a group (linked parts)

2010-01-03 Thread Paul Hayden
On Jan 3, 2010, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: I don't really get what you are trying to do. Why wouldn't you want a page number to show up on all parts? This is a file of a second movement, and the parts must start on a variety of page numbers. I hope you are

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

2010-01-03 Thread Michael Greensill
I think I've found it! Uncheck playback in the speedy menu. Who'd have thoughtdefinitely not intuitive. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Text in only one part of a group (linked parts)

2010-01-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 3 Jan 2010, at 9:20 PM, Paul Hayden wrote: On Jan 3, 2010, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: I don't really get what you are trying to do. Why wouldn't you want a page number to show up on all parts? This is a file of a second movement, and the parts must start on