Re: [Finale] MIDI woes

2013-03-28 Thread Raymond Horton
Sorry! I'll try it some, see how it goes and report back. RBH On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: I was *trying* to play in real time... At 04:31 PM 3/27/2013, you wrote: It sounded like Phil was likely not playing in in real time. I have had a USB

[Finale] long, flat slurs

2013-03-28 Thread Ryan
Is there a way to flatten long slurs easily? I know it's been discussed here in the past, but I don't think a solution was given. I'd like to have long slurs that resemble those in the string parts of this

Re: [Finale] long, flat slurs

2013-03-28 Thread Robert Patterson
There is no solution that I have ever found that was good enough. I have tried using custom lines with hand-crafted endpoints, but I was never satisfied with the result. It is a mysterious and frustrating omission of all notation programs that I am aware of. It is doubly so for Finale, since

Re: [Finale] long, flat slurs

2013-03-28 Thread SN jef chippewa
james ingram (copyist for stocki 1974-2000 or so) exported his finale-generated files and worked on them using an external graphics programme (with custom plugins) for such things. as robert pointed out, there is simply no native solution. ___

Re: [Finale] long, flat slurs

2013-03-28 Thread Chuck Israels
And the ugliest to my eye is when slurs cross systems. I adjust them by hand but always find the results less than satisfactory, and I don't think I am among the most picky. Chuck On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:19 AM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: james ingram (copyist for

[Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Buglass
Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2 controllers? My comparison shopping seems to be leading in that direction. If anyone has horror stories about them, I would sooner hear them now than when I am trying to get it to work... Thanks, Phil. “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Steve Parker
Used one without problem. Steve P. On 28 Mar 2013, at 17:15, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2 controllers? My comparison shopping seems to be leading in that direction. If anyone has horror stories about them, I would sooner

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Jón Kristinn Cortez
Korg nanokey no problems. Korg nanokey2 no problems. Cortez On 28.3.2013, at 17:15, Phil Buglass wrote: Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2 controllers? My comparison shopping seems to be leading in that direction. If anyone has horror stories about them, I would sooner

Re: [Finale] long, flat slurs

2013-03-28 Thread Mark D Lew
Is there a way to flatten long slurs easily? I know it's been discussed here in the past, but I don't think a solution was given. This has for many many years been one of my main complaints (and feature requests) for Finale. The problem is that Finale relies on a Bezier curve for all slurs.

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread David H. Bailey
On 3/28/2013 1:15 PM, Phil Buglass wrote: Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2 controllers? My comparison shopping seems to be leading in that direction. If anyone has horror stories about them, I would sooner hear them now than when I am trying to get it to work... I can't

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Raymond Horton
I looked at a Nanokey, or at one or two similar controllers with Chiclet-type keys, and determined that I had much more trouble identifying the pitches at first glance than on a controller with traditional black and white piano style keys. Also, I had three reasons for buying the little Akai

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread David H. Bailey
The NanoKey has black and white keys and looks just like any other piano-type keyboard device. David H. Bailey On 3/28/2013 3:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: I looked at a Nanokey, or at one or two similar controllers with Chiclet-type keys, and determined that I had much more trouble

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Buglass
Thanks to all you guys for the info. Decisions, decisions... ;-) Phil. At 03:10 PM 3/28/2013, you wrote: On 3/28/2013 1:15 PM, Phil Buglass wrote: Anyone have any experience with the Korg nanokey2 controllers? My comparison shopping seems to be leading in that direction. If anyone

Re: [Finale] more keyboard stuff

2013-03-28 Thread Phil Buglass
The nanokey 2 is either black with grey for the usual black keys, or white, again using grey in there. The pictures look pretty good. I don't play keyboards, so it doesn't matter about not having the 'traditional' keys. I am just hoping to be able to use it to enter 1 line at a time. I