Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 12.07.16 um 22:05 schrieb Robert Patterson: > Personally, though, I would recommend setting up a virtual 10.7 or > thereabouts using Fusion or Parallels, and keeping Fin09 alive that way. It > sidesteps the entire upgrade issue. 2k9 seems to work with 10.11.5, are there any issues I should be a

[Finale] notehead question

2016-07-13 Thread Martin Banner
I’m using Finale 2012 on an iMac. For a triple stop (3 vertical notes) for a violin, I want the top note to be a half note (empty note head) and the lower two notes to be a quarter note (filled in note heads). I’ve entered as a half note. Now how do I blacken the bottom two notes? Thanks, Marti

Re: [Finale] notehead question

2016-07-13 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
Note Shape Tool, Special Tools Palette. You have to change the lower two notes manually. Best Raphael. > Am 13.07.2016 um 13:41 schrieb Martin Banner : > > I’m using Finale 2012 on an iMac. For a triple stop (3 vertical notes) for a > violin, I want the top note to be a half note (empty note h

Re: [Finale] notehead question

2016-07-13 Thread Martin Banner
Thank you, Raphael, worked perfectly! Martin On Jul 13, 2016, at 7:43 AM, Dr. Raphael D. Thöne wrote: > Note Shape Tool, Special Tools Palette. You have to change the lower two > notes manually. > > Best > Raphael. > >> Am 13.07.2016 um 13:41 schrieb Martin Banner : >> >> I’m using Finale

Re: [Finale] notehead question

2016-07-13 Thread Haroldo Mauro
Choose the Toolbox. Then the Note Shape Tool -- the one with the asterisk. Click the measure then select the notes you want to change by double-clicking their boxes. Choose whatever symbol you want for the note heads in the window that opens. The quarter-note head is number 207 on my version of

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Bill Baker
On July 12, 2016 at 1:16:37 PM, Johannes Gebauer ([1]li...@musikmanufaktur.com) wrote: I am wondering whether I should upgrade my ancient version of Finale (2k9) to the current. Can someone outline in some brief words what I will gain apart from retina support (which may well be worth it just by

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Robert Patterson
I know Fin12 has issues with playback and some of the dialog boxes crash in 10.11. I have no experience with Fin09. Fin08 crashes on startup, which is why I need my virtual. At some point Apple will make 64-bit mandatory by dropping 32-bit runtime support. That day may be coming sooner than later.

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dick Hauser
I’m hoping others can confirm my memory on upgrades. It’s my understanding that F12 is the compatibility link between the post 12 version database structure and the legacy versions. That is, F14 won’t open an F09 file directly. The process to bring forward legacy files is to open and save fro

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
To my knowledge, F2014 opens F2012-files directly and without hesitation… > Am 13.07.2016 um 17:11 schrieb Dick Hauser : > > I’m hoping others can confirm my memory on upgrades. It’s my understanding > that F12 is the compatibility link between the post 12 version database > structure and the

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Robert Patterson
F14.5 opens any legacy file, including Fin09. How well the conversion works may depending on saves in intermediate versions, but short of possible Adobe PS Type 1 font encoding issues, I don't imagine Johannes will see any significant issues upgrading a F09 file. What you may be thinking of is tha

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, July 13, 2016 11:32 am, Robert Patterson wrote: > F14.5 opens any legacy file, including Fin09. How well the conversion works > may depending on saves in intermediate versions, but short of possible > Adobe PS Type 1 font encoding issues, I don't imagine Johannes will see any > significant

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Found a Finale 2.2 file from 1993. Conversion to 2014.5 was flawless. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
How long have you been a Finale user? 1993? Wow… impressive. > Am 13.07.2016 um 17:50 schrieb Dennis Bathory-Kitsz : > > Found a Finale 2.2 file from 1993. Conversion to 2014.5 was flawless. > > Dennis > > > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.ed

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Chuck Israels
Don’t know if there are others here with the same history, but I have used Finale since v.1.0. Nevertheless, there are a number of others whose knowledge of the program runs considerably deeper than mine, including the always reliable Christopher Smith. Chuck > On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:02 AM, D

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, July 13, 2016 12:35 pm, Chuck Israels wrote: > Don’t know if there are others here with the same history, but I have used > Finale since v.1.0. Nevertheless, there are a number of others whose > knowledge of the program runs considerably deeper than mine, including the > always reliable Ch

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Williams, Jim
Same as Dennis here--around 1989, quit MusicPrinter plus and got Finale 2.x for my 386 computer . Strayed a couple of times along the way and now 80% Finale, 20% Sibelius. Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. > On Jul 13, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz > wrote: > >>

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Ryan
MusicPrinter Plus! Wow, I haven't thought about that in a long time. I used that all the way up until 1996! On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Williams, Jim < jwilli...@franklincollege.edu> wrote: > Same as Dennis here--around 1989, quit MusicPrinter plus and got Finale > 2.x for my 386 computer .

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread David Froom
Another since-v.1 user here. Prior to that, I tried using MOTU Professional Composer. I still have a score that used MOTU for notes only, and I drew in slurs, dynamics, articulations by hand (which I was OK with because I’m of the generation that had a Pelikan fountain pen with a music nib, a se

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Robert Patterson
I started with Finale 1.0, preordering it before it was actually available. Don't ask me how much it cost. >>shudder<< (You other 1.0 users know exactly how much!) Before that I was using Deluxe Music Construction Set and ProCo. For the twentieth anniversary (F09 I believe), MM released a standal

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Jón Kristinn Cortez
I was using (HB) Music Engraver on Mac SE when I saw the ad for Finale 1. The price was $1.000! I had to save up and got Finale 2.0.6 and have had nearly all upgrades since. Oldest file now on my computer is Finale 3.0.1r11. Opens fine in Finale 2014d. Cortez > On 13. júl. 2016, at 17:30, Rob

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread GERALD BERG
Professional Composer and Professional Performer!  A 2 floppy disk tag team as i recall.  I  miss it for composing. The time signature and bar line was an after thought whereas in Finale it is a before you begin kind of thing. GJB From: David Froom To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Williams, Jim
Wow-didn't think this would elicit so many replies I had the original MusicPrinter on my apple ][e and][e, then moved to Laser Music Processor (anyone else use that one???) and MusicPrinter Plus on my PCs circa 1987(?). I also had a utility called Laser Twin that (allegedly) made 9-pin dot-matr

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
My composition teacher at Berklee, Jack Jarrett, wrote MusicPrinterPlus…. and later developed Notion, at least until Version 3…. he is still using MusicPrinterPlus... > Am 13.07.2016 um 18:49 schrieb Ryan : > > MusicPrinter Plus! Wow, I haven't thought about that in a long time. I used > that a

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Dr . Raphael D . Thöne
Could you please give me that download link for Finale 1.0? > Am 13.07.2016 um 19:30 schrieb Robert Patterson : > > I started with Finale 1.0, preordering it before it was actually available. > Don't ask me how much it cost. >>shudder<< (You other 1.0 users know > exactly how much!) > > Before th

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Williams, Jim
Raphael, Jack's then-colleague at berklee, Greg Fritze, told me about MP+, and I then permanently lost my left-handed osmiroid, all my Scripto K780s, and the Not-a-Set pages. ;-) Jim Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. > On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:12 PM, Dr. Raphael D. Thöne > wr

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread David H. Bailey
On 7/13/2016 12:49 PM, Ryan wrote: > MusicPrinter Plus! Wow, I haven't thought about that in a long time. I used > that all the way up until 1996! > [snip] That's about when I moved to Finale. Version 3.5 was my first Finale version. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http:

[Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
I'm trying to put a repeat sign (not the repeat carline, but the symbol consisting of the diagonal line with two dots on either side) in an empty measure. A "repeat the previous measure" symbol. But I want to put it in a measure where it is the only thing displayed. (I have disabled the "display

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
And of course I meant "bar line" in the first sentence. Spellcheck doesn't recognize it as one word. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread S Jones
Staff style. Select the staff tool, highlight the measure and type the letter O on your keyboard for a 1 measure repeat. Type the letter T for a two measure repeat sign. On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, Linda Worsley wrote: > I'm trying to put a repeat sign (not the repeat carline, but the symbol

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Type the letter O where? Sorry... I selected a measure and went to staff styles, but... Confused. Help appreciated, sorry I'm too dense to make it work.. Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To un

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Oops... it suddenly started working! Thanks! (I love electronics... when they work.) Again, thank you! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-u

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread S Jones
Click the staff tool. Now click on the measure you want to put the repeat sign in to highlight it. Once it is highlighted just type the letter O to insert the symbol. This is the keyboard shortcut for going to the staff tools menu and navigating to the repeat staff style. On Wednesday, July 13,

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 12 Creating symbol in empty measure

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Thanks, I got it working. Much appreciated! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread Mark D Lew
In the late 1980s I played around with Lime. I liked Lime in its general structure and approach, but it was limited. The first version of Finale I used was version 2-point-something, which I borrowed from a cousin. It wasn’t long before I knew I wanted it, so I bought my own and started with

[Finale] rest autofill

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Fin mac 2012 How do I turn of "automatically fill with rests" in an incomplete measure. I used to know where it is... can't find it! Thanks in advance! Linda Worsley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] rest autofill

2016-07-13 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
Speedy menu, available with the Speed Entry tool active. Then Speedy Options. *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:57 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: > > Fin mac 2012 > How do I turn of "automatically fill with rests" in an incomplete measure. > > I used to

Re: [Finale] rest autofill

2016-07-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Perfect! Thanks! L.W. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] to upgrade or not...

2016-07-13 Thread dershem
On 7/13/2016 8:18 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: > In the late 1980s I played around with Lime. I liked Lime in its > general structure and approach, but it was limited. > > The first version of Finale I used was version 2-point-something, > which I borrowed from a cousin. It wasn’t long before I knew I >