Re: [Finale] Secondary/tertiary beams

2004-12-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:21 AM 12/14/2004, Michael Cook wrote: >You're right: this is standard beaming and Finale doesn't have an >option that produces the effect you require. Do send a message to >MakeMusic asking them to fix it! I ran into a similar problem last year and sent an email. My workaround was rather len

Re: [Finale] Double stop bracket articulation

2004-12-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:50 PM 12/7/2004, Christopher Smith wrote: >and I had no problems with it. I haven't checked to see if the URL is >still valid. It's still there. And anyone is free to modify or distribute as desired. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Finale] Smart Shape Bracket Settings

2004-11-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:06 PM 11/29/2004, David W. Fenton wrote: >I don't know how I missed that! I think I misinterpreted the dialog, >assuming that the dropdown list at the top (which in my Finale >defaults to "Octave Up (8va)") defined what the settings in that >dialog applied to. Apparently this is not the case.

Re: [Finale] Smart Shape Bracket Settings

2004-11-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:05 PM 11/28/2004, David W. Fenton wrote: >How do you adjust the amount of the drop of the vertical lines at the >ends of smart shape square brackets? How about Smart Shape | Smart Shape Options | Hook Length ? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL P

Re: [Finale] Parts Extraction Methodology

2004-11-22 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:26 PM 11/22/2004, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >as dead MOTU Mosaic was. Finale encourages to create separate extracted >part files for best results, but it does not offer dynamic file link for >future editing. My first question is that if there is a feature I am >missing here. No, you are not miss

Re: [Finale] Vertical lines

2004-11-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:11 PM 11/20/2004, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >Ah, my fault. I'd misconstrued the line and the bracket. The smart bracket >is the one I can't get to go vertically because it loses its arms. Hmmm. If I use the Custom Line Tool to create my own bracket (Line Style solid, with a Start hook and

Re: [Finale] Vertical lines

2004-11-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:45 PM 11/20/2004, Owain Sutton wrote: >I have always work with "automatically constrain dragging" enabled, but >it doesn't seem to apply to custom lines. It does for me, in WinFin2004 -- either the auto setting in Program Options, or holding down shift while double-clicking and dragging. (O

Re: [Finale] Vertical lines

2004-11-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:16 AM 11/20/2004, Owain Sutton wrote: >I'm trying to enter a number of vertical lines indicating rhythmic >alignments at certain points on a fairly complex score. Is there any >way to force them to be vertical, as there is horizontal? (FinWin 2k3) Select the Smart Shape tool, and then the

Re: [Finale] Mac Finale to PC Finale

2004-11-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:14 PM 11/19/2004, d. collins wrote: >If you really want to pick nits, you should add an accent on the a, voilà! Touché. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Mac Finale to PC Finale

2004-11-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:40 AM 11/19/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >email and its attachments in Outlook, and Viola!!! I was able to open the Not to be nitpicky, but of course that's 'Voila'. Unless your piece was actually a viola solo... Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Fin2005a question

2004-11-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:58 AM 11/17/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Do you still have the rest/bracket/triplet problem screenshot available, >that illustrated the problem you produced in the initial Fin2005Demo >release? No, it looks like I've cleaned it off my website. But looking at the email I sent, if you creat

Re: [Finale] Back to EPS

2004-11-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:49 AM 11/16/2004, d. collins wrote: >But all these examples are of a different size. When I print to Acrobat, >they all end up the same size. Is there any way to get PDFs of the right >size (i.e. the page size of each Finale file)? If I understand you correctly, what you should keep in mind i

Re: [Finale] Fin2005a question

2004-11-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
Thanks for checking. Jari seems to have the impression that this is not fixed as well as it might be. With these conflicting reports, it looks like I will be passing on 2005 after all. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.

Re: [Finale] Back to EPS

2004-11-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:04 AM 11/16/2004, d. collins wrote: >Well, what I'm really interested in is the possibility of exporting EPS >files with embedded fonts, and not making PDFs or other files and then >converting them (the reason being I have over 300 to do). Just FYI, if you were to print to PDF, Acrobat can do

Re: [Finale] Fin2005a question

2004-11-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:34 PM 11/15/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >The bugs regarding tuplets being affected by expressions and >articulations are fixed. However, I would say that the bracket/number >bug is still there, although it's not as huge as in the initial version >of Fin2005. (The sequences of the tuplet mar

Re: [Finale] Fin2005a question

2004-11-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:49 PM 11/15/2004, Christopher Smith wrote: >I'll check it when I get home, but are you on Mac or PC? I'm on mac. I'm on PC, but it shouldn't matter. This was not a platform-specific bug, so hopefully the fix isn't, either. Thanks, Aaron. ___ Fina

[Finale] Fin2005a question

2004-11-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi, Can anyone with the 2005a update confirm that Engraver Tuplet bugs are fixed as listed in the Readme -- in particular, that tuplet numbers no longer avoid expressions "with undesirable results" and that the vertical position of the number no longer "varies greatly depending on the context"?

Re: [Finale] Is FinWin 2005Worth it?

2004-11-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 04:34 AM 11/15/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >We Aussies are finally being offered WinFin2005. >Is it worth it? It always depends what you mean by "worth it". For me, if there's even a small improvement or two that saves me a few hours of work over the course of the year, that justifies the u

Re: [Finale] applying slurs to several lines at once

2004-11-06 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:09 AM 11/06/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >I'm surprised that noone seems to mention the "best" way ;-), which in >your case is to use SmartFind and Paint (in the Mass Edit Tool), which >will apply the slurs rythmically correct and all that. When this feature was introduced, I think the marke

Re: [Finale] applying slurs to several lines at once

2004-11-05 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:06 PM 11/05/2004, Paul Hayden wrote: >I have several rhythmically identical lines (Vln. I, Vln. II, Vle., >etc.) to which I need to apply identical slurs. What's the easiest >way to do this? I know how to drag over notes for articulations but >I'm not sure about slurs. Enter the slurs for on

Re: [Finale] Measure numbers

2004-10-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:46 PM 10/30/2004, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >Ah yes, on the measure number front, I just finished a score, and set >the measure numbers to appear every 5 measures, beginning on the 5th >bar. In the score, it did exactly that. However, when I extracted >parts, some of the parts had numbers, so

Re: [Finale] Tekton font

2004-10-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:29 PM 10/30/2004, drjazz00 wrote: >I did a clean install of Windows XP pro and when I went to use the "Tekton" >font, it wasn't there... I used it on lyrics prior to going to xp pro and >I'd like to get it back... Can anyone help me??? Tekton is a commercial font originally produced by Adob

Re: [Finale] Smart Quotes

2004-10-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:30 PM 10/30/2004, Ted Horman wrote: >My >problem is that no matter what I do I cannot get the >smart quotes aspect of a font to show in the lyrics. >They will show in text and titles but not in lyrics >(and in Word etc). I have used the keypad ALT-0147 >and ALT 0148 but only get a box or lin

Re: [Finale] Consulting the collected wisdom of the list.

2004-10-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:59 AM 10/30/2004, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >FWIW, its a Windows machine, so "Carbon Copy is not an available option, >and I'm unaware of a similar product in the Windows world. I'm not sure exactly what Carbon Copy does, but there are lots of types of backup software for Windows; Dennis has g

Re: [Finale] Strange delay in sound

2004-10-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
Well, I seemed to have fixed it. In MIDI Setup | SoftSynth Settings, I changed Output Source from Primary Sound Driver to Aureal Audio (which is my actual sound card). Now all works fine. I can reproduce the latency by switching back to Primary Sound Driver. Interestingly, my laptop is also run

Re: [Finale] Strange delay in sound

2004-10-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:01 PM 10/28/2004, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >What is the behavior of your system clock? Does the display on the >screen match the actual time, or does this slow down, too? > >The reason I ask is that I experienced exactly the same thing you are >mentioning, and noted that the display and syste

[Finale] Strange delay in sound

2004-10-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
Win2000, Fin2004 My usual entry method is Speedy with the QWERTY keyboard. Within the last couple of months, I noticed that there is now a noticeable delay (~1/3 second) between the time I press a key to enter a note and the time the note sounds (the note displays on screen right away). This is

Re: [Finale] font character

2004-10-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:07 PM 10/19/2004, Aaron Sherber wrote: >opposite corner. A line such as you describe, from the corner of a square to >the middle of the opposite side, is actually 30 degrees from the horizontal >(or 60 degrees from the vertical). Okay, this is why I stopped doing math a while bac

Re: [Finale] font character

2004-10-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:43 AM 10/19/2004, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >OK, I guess I just wasn't clear. I actually need two *separate* >shapes; one with a line from bottom-left to middle-right and the >*other* going from top-left to middle-right. Oh, sorry, I must have misread. No, I don't know of a font with those partic

Re: [Finale] font character

2004-10-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:13 AM 10/19/2004, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >I'm looking for a particular shape that exists as a font character. I >need to have two separate 45-degrees-from-horizontal lines; one that >goes from the bottom-left of the character to the middle-right and one >that goes from the top-left to the middl

Re: [Finale] font character

2004-10-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
Correction to my earlier email: Looking at things with higher magnification and comparing with actual geometric shapes, the > character in Courier is actually too wide. But in Times it's almost dead on. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] chords

2004-10-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:41 PM 10/13/2004, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >I am writing a piano part where I want 2 eights to play against 1 quarter. >All of the notes are in the right hand. How do I get Finale to display >this? Use layer 1 and layer 2. If the quarter note is higher in pitch than the eighths, put it in

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:39 PM 10/11/2004, Christopher Smith wrote: >I should mention that I immediately went in and edited some things to >make it more to my taste (like changing the text to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, >etc., as counting by spaces is less intuitive for me; and turning >"Avoid Staff Lines" off in the placement, a

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:48 AM 10/11/2004, Christopher Smith wrote: >Perhaps a full Finale file, with only the articulation library loaded? >I (nor my colleagues) don't usually have any problems with those, >especially when zipped. Okay. Try downloading the file again http://files.aaron.sherber.com/brackets.zip It

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:57 AM 10/11/2004, Owain Sutton wrote: >I get an 'incompatible file' error - Win2K3 Well, it is a Win2K4 file -- I didn't realize that libraries were version-specific. You are unzipping the file first, right? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL P

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-11 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:44 AM 10/11/2004, Christopher Smith wrote: >I get a "Page not found" error from your URL. My bad -- I uploaded to the wrong directory. The file is now in the right place: http://files.aaron.sherber.com/brackets.zip Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-10 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:48 PM 10/10/2004, Brian Williams wrote: >The Engraver music font, which is automatically installed with Finale, >contains 8 vertical square bracket characters in heights from 1 to 4 spaces. >They can be accessed on the Mac by typing Opt-# where # = the numbers 1-8. >Numbers 1-4 face right and

Re: [Finale] Re: Vertical brackets...

2004-10-08 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:16 PM 10/08/2004, shirling & neueweise wrote: >but they are dealing with it finally! well, it is at least now on >the official finale feature request list (as of july 19, 2004) What official list would that be? >... so >far no news on just which version will feature non-copying >metatool-ass

Re: [Finale] Vertical brackets...

2004-10-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:15 PM 10/07/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Are you talking about a bracket like what one would use for double stops? This is why I asked what the purpose was. What I've done for double stops is create an articulation library with brackets in half-space increments (.5, 1, 1.5, etc.). Each a

Re: [Finale] Vertical brackets...

2004-10-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:25 AM 10/07/2004, Taris L Flashpaw wrote: >I was wondering if there was any way to create a vertical line with jogs >at the end (like a square bracket) that had adjustable length. I don't want >to have to create a new expression every time I need it; some pieces would >have over a dozen o

Re: [Finale] OT: hand mute translation

2004-10-05 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:02 AM 10/05/2004, Pierre Bailleul wrote: >On horns, do you know the english and the german translation of "la main" >or "avec la main"? Does it exist an italian word to avoid these >translations? In English we say 'stopped'; the German is 'gestopft' and I think the Italian is 'chiuso'. And

Re: [Finale] Forza! Lite, version 0.17

2004-10-01 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:26 PM 10/01/2004, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >What does it do? Well, why don't you go to the web site Jari mentioned and find out. Aaron. >> http://www.jwmusic.nu/forza/ ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-30 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:46 AM 09/30/2004, Michael Cook wrote: >At 16:19 -0400 29/09/2004, Aaron Sherber wrote: >>Personally, I would prefer that it work the way it looks like it >>ought to. Bottom Note position ought to line up the baselines of the >>expression and the bottom notehead, ta

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:25 PM 09/29/2004, Michael Cook wrote: >This is one of those curious Finale "features". I was afraid someone was going to say that. >While we were >beta-testing 2004 I chanced on this and reported it as a bug, but it >is actually meant to work that way. Then the graphic which displays to illus

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:47 AM 09/29/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Allen Fisher writes: > >> What am I missing? > >Perhaps you didn't apply the expression in the document using a >metatool? Actually, you can see the same thing even if you apply the expression using the expression selection dialog. The Note Express

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:09 AM 09/29/2004, Allen Fisher wrote: >This works for me in Finale 2004c...Mac or PC? Here's what I did: > >Opened a new default doc >Edited the marking to be "top note positioning" >Added an A above middle C and an E a fifth above to make a chord. >Applied the marking. > >If I move

Re: [Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:27 AM 09/29/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Why not just press backspace? Because I didn't know that that did the same thing! >Anyway, problem still there in Fin2005 initial release. Thanks -- I'll send it in to winsupport. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Expression positioning bug

2004-09-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
WinFin2004b When I create a note expression with vertical positioning set to top note or bottom note and then place that expression in the score with a metatool, the expression actually places itself vertically at the click position. I have to right-click and choose Remove Manual Adjustments to

Re: [Finale] Service Pack 2

2004-09-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:18 AM 09/28/2004, Jack Ellis wrote: >For those keeping tabs, I installed service pack 2 (download) and >immediately checked Finale (4K) and it is working fine. Finale 4000? Wow! Are you some kind of super-alpha tester? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing li

Re: [Finale] Slightly OT: Is Bartok's piano music now in the Public Domain.

2004-09-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:09 AM 09/15/2004, Paul Copeland wrote: >I notice with some interest that Cdsheetmusic.com have released a CD (sheet >music), containing many of the Bartok piano pieces. > >Does this mean that the Bartok piano music is now in the public domain? Any music published before 1923 is public domain

Re: [Finale] scrolling mouse

2004-09-12 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:58 PM 09/12/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Does Finale 2005 recognise an optical scrolling mouse? > >Every time I move my mouse, the view changes to 400%, until I remember, with >a sigh, that Finale 2004b doesn't recognise my mouse. > >Once you've used a scrolling mouse, the standard mouse i

Re: [Finale] Putting Full Staff Name in middle of score

2004-09-03 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:33 AM 09/03/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >One method is to optimize the score, and put the staff names there >as group names for just that staff system. That's an interesting method Jari -- I'll have to try it. What I've been doing is creating a staff style for each instrument such that the

Re: [Finale] text block measurements bug? and 2005 accidentals

2004-08-31 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:17 AM 08/31/2004, Ryan Beard wrote: >I can't get a text block placed accurately in page >view using the text block frame attributes dialogue >box. I think the re-size page percentage is at fault. >Can anyone confirm this? >I say this is not good. Is this a bug? It is not a bug. It is the way

Re: [Finale] expression search

2004-08-31 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:12 AM 08/26/2004, Pierre Bailleul wrote: >Do you know where I can find the expression rfz for rinforzando? You can make it yourself. In Maestro, the 'r' character is in slot 142, and the 'fz' character is Z. In the Text Expression Designer dialog, make your font Maestro, do Text | Insert |

Re: [Finale] Input Methods (Was Sibelius Questions)

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:11 PM 08/29/2004, Colin Broom wrote: >I just recently bought one of these: > >http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=565 That looks like a great little tool. Does it work well? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/

Re: [Finale] Speedy (was Re: Sibelius Questions)

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:43 PM 08/29/2004, Mark D Lew wrote: >I'm on Mac, so I'm not sure what "sound card" means in my context. >Yes, we do have sound over here, but I don't know about any card. Whoops! Sorry, I know nothing at all about Macs. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing lis

Re: [Finale] Speedy (was Re: Sibelius Questions)

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:15 PM 08/29/2004, Mark D Lew wrote: >Well shut my mouth! I'm on 2k2. I just took a look at the Speedy menu >and I see "Playback" there, which I never noticed before. I turned it >on and tried it, but I'm still getting no sound. I don't have any MIDI >device connected. Does it only work t

Re: [Finale] Speedy (was Re: Sibelius Questions)

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:32 PM 08/29/2004, Mark D Lew wrote: >I would want the pitch sound when the entry is created (ie, typing a >number key), not when the cursor moves (ie, a letter key). I'd also >have the pitch sound any time a note is altered with the plus or minus >(or the "9", I suppose, though I almost never

Re: [Finale] Sibelius Questions

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:48 AM 08/29/2004, dhbailey wrote: >But I am fascinated -- I use Speedy Entry all the time but the way I use >it is with my right hand on the cursor keys to place the cursor on the >correct pitch, and my left hand on the top-row number keys to define the >duration. I gave up on the 3-octave l

Re: [Finale] Sibelius Questions

2004-08-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:43 AM 08/29/2004, dhbailey wrote: >While not exactly the same as Finale's speedy entry, Sibelius does have >the ability to use one hand on the numeric keypad to select note values, >dots, rests, articulations and much more, while the left hand moves the >cursor up and down, so it is different

Re: [Finale] Sibelius Questions

2004-08-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:12 PM 08/28/2004, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >(1) How much does it cost (she is a Senior Music Major [I don't know if >there is a Student discount])? See the order form at http://sibelius.com/cgi-bin/buy/main.pl?com=main Looks like $319 for the eductional discount. >(2) Can she do anything

Re: [Finale] Page numbers

2004-08-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:17 PM 08/28/2004, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >I am completing work on a MacFiin file I began in a previous version of >Finale. I'm now using MacFin 2004C. The new version defaults with page >numbers provided. The older version does not. What is the easiest way >to get page numbers into the fi

Re: [Finale] 2005 buggiest setup ever

2004-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:48 PM 08/27/2004, dhbailey wrote: >I just checked and the Repeats plugins aren't part of my installation >either. I simply copied the Repts32.fxt plugin from Finale2004 to >Finale2005 and the repeat plug-ins work just fine. > >Wonder how they overlooked them in the installation package? I th

Re: [Finale] 2005 buggiest setup ever

2004-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:24 PM 08/27/2004, Henry Howey wrote: >I just put the SERVICE PACK 2 on my XP yesterday and tried to load >2005. Lots of problems, plus nothing (even after speaking to tech >support) would load this part of the program. This one is not (necessarily) Coda's fault. From what I've read, SP2 was

Re: [Finale] feature request

2004-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:25 PM 08/27/2004, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >How else would you enter the next note in the measure? If a cursor on >a blank space affected the previous note, you'd never be able to fill >the rest of the measure. > >Right? No. The Enter key can only add a pitch to an existing chord -- it cannot m

[Finale] Tuplet/upgrade response from Finale sales

2004-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, At Jari's suggestion, I posed the following question to Finale sales: >Your materials state that the special upgrade price ends October 15. The >only reason I am considering this upgrade (from Fin2004) is the enhanced >tuplet functionality; there is a bug in this functionality which WinSupp

Re: [Finale] feature request

2004-08-27 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:11 PM 08/27/2004, Mark D Lew wrote: >When the cursor is not over an entry, every one of those keystrokes >works on the previous entry -- EXCEPT for the Enter key. Why the >difference? > >It just baffles me that this has been left alone for so long. Surely >I'm not the only one who uses Spee

Re: [Finale] change channel

2004-08-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:07 PM 08/23/2004, Linda Worsley wrote: >All the solutions mentioned (great, but complicated) seem to have >ignored the fact that you can simply assign different LAYERS of the >same staff to different instruments on different MIDI channels. This is true, but I think you'll still need a staff s

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:58 AM 08/23/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >The bug has nothing to do with rests specifically - it has to do with >the angle of the calculated bracket slope, and to the bracket/number >compensation for steep angles. >Entering the last tuplet on the topmost example on MM's web page >triggers th

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:41 AM 08/23/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Compare the examples on that page with what you get in the same >situations in the release version and you'll see that the bug appeared >AFTER the build the marketing people were using. Those examples show only one tuplet which begins with a rest, an

Re: [Finale] change channel

2004-08-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:20 AM 08/23/2004, Dragos Oltean wrote: >I have set channel 10 in instrument list for play percussion. First measure >play maracas. Second measure I want to play a vibraphone (in same staff). >With MIDI Tool it's possible to change channel? In same staff it's possible >change percussion with o

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:00 PM 08/21/2004, Dan Carno wrote: >We may be talking about different things here, but when I enter an eighth >note tuplet, with the first note a rest, and do not edit it, I have a >reasonable centered number (vertically & horizontally) relative to the >bracket. But look at http://files.aaron

Re: [Finale] Missing from 2k5, ....

2004-08-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:55 PM 08/21/2004, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >I notice that in the revised start up dialog box, that there is no >provision for opening an "empty document" or "document without >libraries". It's still under File | New, but it's not in the Launch window. Aaron. ___

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:05 AM 08/21/2004, Dan Carno wrote: >Am I missing something here? Enhanced tuplets work OK, unless you edit one >by dragging one of the notes (or changing one into a chord), in which case >you will have to edit the number position.  It's not just a matter of dragging or changing. If you cre

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:48 PM 08/20/2004, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >WRT the latter point, the fundamental issue related to this is one that >Dr. Patterson and I both alluded to: lead time. We don't know when the >bug was discovered. Yes, this is very true. My assumption is that since I found the bug so quickly, at

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:11 PM 08/20/2004, Robert Patterson wrote: >On the contrary, my contacts there >are always most cordial and helpful to the extent it is possible. Personally, I would say that's true roughly half the time, but then your mileage may vary. >I am also unhappy with some of the bugs in enhanced tu

Re: [Finale] In defense of MakeMusic!

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:26 PM 08/20/2004, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >that your software will be burned when you want it, you pay a premium >price up front to have the discs manufactured at a particular time, and >some, or all of the price of that is non-refundable. If Finale has this >type of an agreement with the ma

Re: [Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 07:25 PM 08/20/2004, Darcy James Argue wrote: >What Robert said. Seriously. Aaron, they told you they know about the >bug, they are actively trying to fix it, and if possible, it will be >dealt with in the first maintenance release. What more do you want? It's bad faith to ship a product with

[Finale] Re: Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, FWIW, I received the following from WinSupport about the tuplet bug I reported: >For your concern about that tuplet bug, it is something we know about, and >it is being looked at for being fixed in an upcoming maintenance release if >possible. I could go on for several paragraphs about what

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2004/5 bug explained

2004-08-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:57 AM 08/20/2004, K. Kastning wrote: > If you hit Ctrl+D, the notes re-appear, >but it's not a viable solution to do this every time you move to a new >measure. Finale freely admits the existance of this bug, and clearly states >they have no plans to fix it. Coda's system for fixing bugs is

Re: [Finale] Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:00 PM 08/19/2004, Richard Yates wrote: >Try setting the percent reduction of the staff (and maybe the >system) to 100% and see if it still happens. Yes, it still happens. >And for me it ties into the recent thread lamenting >the failure to fix previously identified bugs in favor of fluff. Ex

[Finale] Tuplet bug in Fin2005 demo

2004-08-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, Can any of the beta testers confirm this: 1. Start Fin2005 (I downloaded the demo). 2. Open a new default document. 3. Enter an eighth note triplet (Enhanced Triplet) consisting of an eighth rest followed by two eighth notes. 4. In Speedy Entry, grab one of the eighth notes and drag it up

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 Review

2004-08-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:14 PM 08/17/2004, Jari Williamsson wrote: >I think they missed a couple of things, like the additions to the Setup >Wizard, didn't they? Yes, I suppose that's true -- but that feature doesn't seem useful to me personally. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 Review

2004-08-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
Jari, with regard to the scroll view shortcuts (Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn): There is currently (Fin2004) a bug in scroll view. If the rightmost measure is only partially visible (which is usually true) and you scroll one screen to the right by clicking in the scroll bar, sometimes that last measure becomes

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 Review

2004-08-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
Thanks, Jari -- very useful, as always. In previous years, your reviews have pointed out nice features that Coda's marketing missed which convinced me to buy the product. This year, it seems from your write-up that Coda's advertising is unfortunately accurate. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 04:39 PM 08/16/2004, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >Straight from the horse's mouth at Finale Sales: >"While there is no guarantee, we do anticipate starting to ship the >product on or about August 20. The pre-order period is simply the >time from the initial announcement (made earlier today via our >we

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
Jari, if you're out there -- now that Coda has released info about Fin2005, can you post your review so that we can see what's *really* interesting? Thanks, Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Tempo indications in parts

2004-08-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:52 AM 08/16/2004, d. collins wrote: >I see there's even an option to have it on "top of score staff" >and "top of part staff", which is perfect for me. Yes -- if those are the only places you want it, you don't need to muck around with any of the individual staff settings. Aaron. _

Re: [Finale] Tempo indications in parts

2004-08-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 04:12 PM 08/15/2004, d. collins wrote: >I have inserted tempo indications as measure expressions, on the top staff >only. Is there any way to get them in all the parts when I extract them, >and not only the top part? Or should I have used text blocks instead? You need to assign the expression

Re: [Finale] Percussion map question

2004-08-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:03 AM 08/04/2004, dhbailey wrote: >Have you tried it in your score? Does it work? No, actually, it doesn't work. So the next question is: Why is it there? > I think they put those >numbers in just for placeholders, expecting each person to have to put >the exact playback note number they nee

[Finale] Percussion map question

2004-08-04 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, All this talk about percussion maps has got me looking in more detail at the interface, and now I've got a question. I've always based my percussion maps on the General MIDI Entry and Playback map. As I said in my earlier post, if I want snare (for example) on the third line, I map MIDI

Re: [Finale] CG Omega

2004-07-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:46 PM 07/29/2004, D. Keneth Fowler wrote: >A client saw some material done in the CG Omega font and wanted me to use >it on a project. Does anyone know a source for this font? Is it TrueType? CG Omega is a knockoff of Optima, which is available from Adobe http://store.adobe.com/type/main.jht

Re: [Finale] Hard Drives [was Re: No more OS9!]

2004-07-28 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:09 AM 07/28/2004, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >I don't think Darcy said anything about reliability, only about convenience, >no? No -- he said: >> between computers -- and for backups, an internal HD is inherently less >> reliable than an external solution. Plus there's the hassle of actually I

Re: [Finale] "Crazy For You" full score?

2004-07-24 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:57 AM 07/24/2004, Andrew Stiller wrote: >in 1964.) I understand that _Candide_ is available too, or just about >to be. Candide has been available for 8 or 9 years; I have a copy on my shelf. But it's not quite fair to discuss this in the context of Broadway shows, because the Candide score

Re: [Finale] Re: Numbering pages

2004-07-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:48 AM 07/20/2004, dhbailey wrote: >No, it doesn't change the justification for the different pages, so if >you want the left pages left-justified, and the right pages >right-justified, you do need two different text blocks. > >Or am I missing something? No, you're right, and this is a pain in

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:35 PM 07/17/2004, Richard Huggins wrote: >Thanks for your ideas. You may not have realized that only one stave is used >per pass--the tenor stave the first time and bass stave the second time. Yes, sorry, I didn't look closely enough. I thought it was just the first and second endings that u

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 04:08 AM 07/17/2004, Richard Huggins wrote: >previous and subsequent sections are almost identical to this one. In this >case, the best way to do this was to put all the men in the tenor clef for >one repeat (singing certain parts) and then in the bass clef on the repeat >(singing different [i.e

Re: [Finale] 2/10 time signature

2004-07-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:43 PM 07/13/2004, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >I think Rob's math was a little off. A sixth note >is equal to one quarter in a quarter-note triplet. A twelfth note is >one eighth-note triplet. Ah, yes, that makes more sense. Thanks. Aaron. ___ Final

Re: [Finale] 2/10 time signature

2004-07-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:05 PM 07/13/2004, Richard Yates wrote: >>I've read this a few times, and it still doesn't make sense. If a sixth >note is equal to a dotted eighth, that would make the time signature 1/6 >equivalent to 3/8. > >No. 3/16. Yes, you're right -- I'm being a little cross-eyed here tonight. >I think

Re: [Finale] 2/10 time signature

2004-07-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:15 PM 07/13/2004, Mark D Lew wrote: >> And from what I know of math and music, that doesn't seem right to me. > >It's not supposed to match normal math. A quarter note is 1/4 of a whole note. Isn't a sixth note 1/6 of a whole note? And if not, why not? (I'm not being facetious -- I don't hav

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