[Finale] 5 more Mac plug-ins

2011-01-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
Hello! These plug-ins are now also ported to the Mac: * JW Topline Notation * JW Tie * JW AlphaNotes * JW Merge Articulations * JW Keep Line Download at the Finale tips site, Downloads section, Plug-ins for Mac subsection. www.finaletips.nu Best regards, Jari Williamsson

Re: [Finale] 5 more Mac plug-ins

2011-01-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
*passes out* Very cool. Thanks Sent from my iSomething On Jan 16, 2011, at 4:11 AM, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: Hello! These plug-ins are now also ported to the Mac: * JW Topline Notation * JW Tie * JW AlphaNotes * JW Merge Articulations * JW Keep Line

Re: [Finale] Playing from (old) parts. (formerly:whole notes in 5/4)

2011-01-16 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 15.01.2011, at 21:52, David W. Fenton wrote: On 15 Jan 2011 at 14:41, Eric Fiedler wrote: It's not that difficult. Try giving your viol ensemble facsimiles of the original parts (without barlines of course) and then while playing each player marks and/or _remembers_ the main

Re: [Finale] 5 more Mac plug-ins

2011-01-16 Thread Florence + Michael
Great! I tried the Merge Layers, Keep Line and Merge Articulations on my Mac (Intel Core 2 Duo, OS 10.6.6, Finale 2011c ): everything seems fine. Michael On 16 Jan 2011, at 12:23, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! These plug-ins are now also ported to the Mac: * JW Topline Notation * JW

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
i've been trying to reproduce the behaviour with a new window placed on a second monitor so i can see it when it happens. thought maybe it had to do with updating the layout and checking all parts or selecting all and applying music spacing and then switching to another part and doing the

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Williams, Jim
Just a hypothesis: could this be related to that multi-measure rest thing in document options? That seems to cause unwanted respacing in other circumstances and might possibly be in play here. Jef, care to test the hypothesis by unchecking that box and going about your work on your parts?

Re: [Finale] 5 more Mac plug-ins

2011-01-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Thank you, Jari. Chuck On Jan 16, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! These plug-ins are now also ported to the Mac: * JW Topline Notation * JW Tie * JW AlphaNotes * JW Merge Articulations * JW Keep Line Download at the Finale tips site, Downloads section, Plug-ins for

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
the weird thing is that this doesn't affect all measures and i'm not sure it is related to music spacing, because the music spacing is in fact removed in the problematic SC measures; also their measure widths exactly match the widths of the same measure in one of the PTs that has no music in

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
jari, you mean update automatically? i have that unchecked by default. Just a hypothesis: could this be related to that multi-measure rest thing in document options? That seems to cause unwanted respacing in other circumstances and might possibly be in play here. Jef, care to test the

[Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
is there really no way to unlink the hoirizontal positioning of notes in SC/PTs? i knew this was the case with grace notes, but i thought normal notes were independent!?!? that... is... dumb. anyone have a more clever workaround than copying to another layer and hiding / showing using

[Finale] add staff to existing part destroys spacing

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
fun times. F2010 on mac. is there any logical reason for this? i mean would this really be a built-in feature for some reason? working on parts for str4tet. there is a free section where the players really need the full score for coordination. i wanted to work on the layout up to that

Re: [Finale] Playing from (old) parts.

2011-01-16 Thread John Howell
Eric and David: Congratulations. You are both right!!! But from different viewpoints and with different goals in mind. Immediate performance with limited rehearsal time available is a very normal situation. I face it with my school ensemble all the time. It turns into a balance between

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-16 Thread John Howell
At 12:29 AM -0500 1/16/11, Christopher Smith wrote: On Sat Jan 15, at SaturdayJan 15 11:46 PM, John Howell wrote: Thanks, Ray. Yes, what I remembered from Mars is that he consistently used dotted half tied to half for full-bar notes. (And throughout divided the same way in the 5/4

Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Steve Parker
This was going to be a question of mine. This workaround is already cleverer than mine which involves duplicating the whole file after the score is finished to do the parts.. I thought I'd just not found the box to tick.. If really true then it is insane. Notes get shifted to make the score

{Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 1/16/2011 1:31 PM, Steve Parker wrote: This workaround is already cleverer than mine which involves duplicating the whole file after the score is finished to do the parts.. That's a usual workaround which cures a whole boxful of ills. Unless I'm doing a very small and simple piece, I

[Finale] Where is plugins folder on 2011 Mac?

2011-01-16 Thread David Froom
Hi, I know I used to know the answer to this... Could someone point me to the location of the new plugins folder for 2011 on a mac? I can't find it! And I want to try out Jari's new plugins. Thanks, David Froom ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Where is plugins folder on 2011 Mac?

2011-01-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Well, MakeMusic didn't tell you? Volumes/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 2011/Plug-ins I believe.. David Froom mailto:dfr...@smcm.edu January 16, 2011 10:46 AM Hi, I know I used to know the

Re: [Finale] Where is plugins folder on 2011 Mac?

2011-01-16 Thread Steve Parker
Hard Drive: Library: Application Support: MakeMusic: Finale 2011: Plug- ins Steve P. On 16 Jan 2011, at 18:46, David Froom wrote: Hi, I know I used to know the answer to this... Could someone point me to the location of the new plugins folder for 2011 on a mac? I can't find it! And I

Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Steve Parker
I understand legacy but after a few years of linked parts options for basic things could be available. I've come to Finale (albeit a couple of years ago) from an app that had linked parts more than a decade ago and dealt with them elegantly and flexibly. At the very least an option to

{Spam} Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
steve please please please file a complaint, linked parts have been poorly implemented since F2007 (came out 2006), we're coming up on 5yrs of crap functionality in linked parts. there are many things that are hugely problematic to deal with. many people are very frustrated about this and

Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 16 Jan 2011, at 2:37 PM, Steve Parker wrote: At the very least an option to (permanently?) unlink parts but to keep them in the same file? That is essentially the same thing as saving a Parts Score under a different name -- all of the parts reside in the same file, which is very helpful.

Re: [Finale] Where is plugins folder on 2011 Mac?

2011-01-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2011-01-16 19:46, David Froom wrote: Could someone point me to the location of the new plugins folder for 2011 on a mac? In any recent version of Finale, you'll find the location of the plug-ins folder in the Program Options dialog box (the Folders page). Best regards, Jari

Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Steve Parker
Ah.. this is good info! So beat handle spacing is unlinkable? After beat spacing in a part? I still need to do a lot of faking the vertical lining up of parts though. Steve P. On 16 Jan 2011, at 19:50, Darcy James Argue wrote: should also say that I rarely need to manually move notes so

Re: {Spam} Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Steve Parker
On 16 Jan 2011, at 19:47, SN jef chippewa wrote: steve please please please file a complaint, I will! After a couple of years back with Finale I'm only just getting to the point of working out which workarounds are needed and which come from ignorance.. Steve P.

[Finale] FinWin 2011

2011-01-16 Thread David McKay
And David looked at FinWin 2011 and saw that it was good.* I am grateful to you, my fellow Finale users for all the comments, explanations and criticisms about Finale software [and also for the delightful off-topic information]. Almost always, someone can explain how to do a task or how to fix a

[Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
Hello! The 9 remaining plug-ins have now also been ported to OSX: * JW Explode Layers * JW Fermata Checker * JW Pedal * JW Category Sorter * JW Rhythm Copy * JW Pattern Copy * PDK Framework Sample plug-ins (3 small plugins: Lock Pages, Double Barlines, Mute/unmute notes) Download from the

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Sorry for my profound ignorance! I am unsure whether these plug-ins are for subscribers to your product line or for all list members. I work with less complicated scores than the pros, but still would want to test these downloadable plug-ins. However the show stops at the point where my Intel

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Um.are you putting the plugins into Volume/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 2011/Plug-ins ?? I mean, if you are expecting Finale to open the bundle its not, the bundles need to be installed in the above directory BEFORE you start the program

Re: [Finale] FinWin 2011

2011-01-16 Thread Raymond Horton
I agree, David. I like all of the improvements over the last several versions. It took me a little while to get used to the staff re-spacing changes, but once I did I see that it is much improved. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC

[Finale] Re: H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
it can fairly safely be said that the vast majority of issues you will come across with linked parts are due to make music's shit design implementation rather than your ignorance of the programme. After a couple of years back with Finale I'm only just getting to the point of working out

[Finale] Re: H positioning of notes in SC / PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
it isn't unlinkable, it isn't linked at all, unless you do NOT apply music spacing on your parts. this is certainly useful in some proportionally spaced works but pretty much everyone doing parts will apply music spacing in the generated parts. Ah.. this is good info! So beat handle

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread mmathew1942
Thank you. Plus, what everyone else says. Michael mmathew_musicp...@comcast.net mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ Phone and Fax: 503 641 6127 - Original Message - From: Jari Williamsson

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Christopher Smith
Jari, Fantastic news! These are great! Now, I hate to jump in with complaints, but on your webpage it says there is no support for your JW Booklet JW Score System Divider (yes I know Finale has one now, but yours was better!) JW Space System (I have suffered with Finale's implementation of

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jari, I just want to commend you for all of your hard work in creating these plug-ins -- and for making them available to both Mac and PC users for free! This is a significant contribution on your part and I'm very deeply appreciative. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] ...and 9 more plug-ins for OSX

2011-01-16 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2011-01-17 01:30, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: I am unsure whether these plug-ins are for subscribers to your product line or for all list members. I work with less complicated scores than the pros, but still would want to test these downloadable plug-ins. However the show stops at the