[Finale] I'm changing my opinion about scanning

2014-01-29 Thread Clif Ashcraft
Craig: Please let us know if you find significant improvements in the SmartScore Pro X2 upgrade. I'm not really interested in new bells and whistles, just whether it does a better job at getting the pitches, scales, time signatures and durations entered accurately. I am particularly

Re: [Finale] I'm changing my opinion about scanning

2014-01-29 Thread Craig Parmerlee
I have not seen that particular bug, so I cannot say for certain if it is fixed. I haven't scanned enough different music to say for certain that I should have stumbled on that I just scanned a 5 page etude that has LOTS of notes (flute + grand staff for piano). The only pitch problems

Re: [Finale] I'm changing my opinion about scanning

2014-01-29 Thread Dean Rosenthal
Thanks for this update. Worth reading. Dean -- Dean Rosenthal www.deanrosenthal.org On Jan 28, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Craig Parmerlee cr...@parmerlee.com wrote: I have spent a lot of time the past 10 days assessing the progress of the music scanning software. I last used these products about

[Finale] Writing on tablet using XML to move it to Finale

2014-01-29 Thread James Cooper
Has anyone on this list written music on a tablet (iPad, Kindle, etc.) using something like NotateMe or Notion, then exported to an XML file gotten it to then work in Finale? If so, can you tell me what app which tablet you used, and how well it worked? Thanks --- James

[Finale] staff line thickness

2014-01-29 Thread toro 455
I like something around 2.0 EVPUs. What do people use? -- Finale 2008 Win8 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Writing on tablet using XML to move it to Finale

2014-01-29 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2014-01-30 02:23, James Cooper wrote: Has anyone on this list written music on a tablet (iPad, Kindle, etc.) using something like NotateMe or Notion, then exported to an XML file gotten it to then work in Finale? If so, can you tell me what app which tablet you used, and how well it

Re: [Finale] staff line thickness

2014-01-29 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2014-01-30 03:43, toro 455 wrote: I like something around 2.0 EVPUs. What do people use? The thickness of a staff line is only of importance in the context of its surroundings (reduction method in Finale, type of music, fonts, printing method, etc). As a general rule however, using the same

Re: [Finale] Writing on tablet using XML to move it to Finale

2014-01-29 Thread Houghton, Mark [wmh]
Hi James, I use 'Notate Anytime' on my Samsung Note 3. I import a blank manuscript page (created elsewhere and stored on my phone's micro SD as a pdf). Within the app you can then zoom to any level and write by hand using the Note 3 stylus (on a variety of pen colours/ thicknesses/ erase and