Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-27 Thread Adam Golding
exactly-keyboard shortcuts have a steeper learning curve-pianists are pretty good with them, though :p 2009/6/27 Phil Daley p_da...@tds.net I expect the users who were tested were not that familiar with the keyboard shortcuts. It's obviously faster to make a few keystrokes that navigating a

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2010 announced

2009-05-31 Thread Adam Golding
2009/5/31 John Howell john.how...@vt.edu At 2:22 PM -0700 5/31/09, Eric Dannewitz wrote: No, that is NOT Speedy. Speedy allows you to be holding down a chord and then deciding on the notes value. Sibelius, as far as I know, does not have this. I fully realize that different people have

Re: [Finale] OT: Chord identification

2009-01-17 Thread Adam Golding
Yeah the 'popular' chord notation (anyone know where this came from originally?) ignores the key signature. 'm6' is short for minor 3rd, major 6th, probably just because this is far more common (i have a hard time hearing the minor 6th as a chord note in any context here, actually). You're

Re: [Finale] Sibelius and Protools

2009-01-17 Thread Adam Golding
, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Adam Golding adamgold...@gmail.com wrote: it's true, it's a lame first step, and probably less functional than using MusicXML export in Cubase 4.1, but being that they've gotten started in this direction, and the two programs have the same ownership, wouldn't you say

Re: [Finale] Sibelius and Protools

2009-01-16 Thread Adam Golding
, but then.it is stuck in Sibelius unless you want to export it as a Midi Maybe if PT 8.5 or PT9 gets bi-directional data between PT and Sibelius I'd be worried... On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Adam Golding adamgold...@gmail.com wrote: I just stumbled across the news

Re: [Finale] Sibelius and Protools

2009-01-16 Thread Adam Golding
Oh, another newsflash, Cubase 4.5 now has MusicXML *import* 2009/1/16 Adam Golding adamgold...@gmail.com it's true, it's a lame first step, and probably less functional than using MusicXML export in Cubase 4.1, but being that they've gotten started in this direction, and the two programs have

[Finale] Sibelius and Protools

2009-01-15 Thread Adam Golding
I just stumbled across the news that Protools now has a sibelius-powered score editor--looks like it's still rudimentary, but it LOOKS great compared to cubase and logic--anyone's thoughts on what this direction spells for the future of finale in the sibelius/finale war?

Re: [Finale] Creative name...

2008-12-08 Thread Adam Golding
interesting, fauxharmonic just calls it 'performance'... 2008/12/8 JERRY BERG [EMAIL PROTECTED] computer simulated performance From: Williams, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 5:40:39 AM Subject: RE: [Finale]

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-12 Thread Adam Golding
Ground bass? ostinato? 2008/10/12 Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Passcaglia perhaps? On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Jane Frasier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't studied music seriously in many many years and my memory is terrible. I am writing program notes for a piece I wrote

[Finale] Notating Rock/Pop Vocals

2008-10-07 Thread Adam Golding
I've always been dismayed by how poorly most attempts at notation capture a lot of vocal performances (even the Beatles Scores is woefully straight-jacketed in its notation of the vocal parts, of of many rhythmic aspects in general.) Are there any treatises on notation or examples of well done

Re: [Finale] Notating Rock/Pop Vocals

2008-10-07 Thread Adam Golding
places, but to leave the notation lax in other areas where it's not as important. I'll check out the examples mentioned so far, please keep up the great reccomendations :-) 2008/10/7 dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adam Golding wrote: I've always been dismayed by how poorly most attempts at notation

Re: [Finale] TAN: Large Pivoting Monitor for new MacBook

2008-08-08 Thread Adam Golding
I have a similar issue. I'm also wondering about the fact that one can apparently use many HDTVs on a computer as well, and I don't know what the relevant differences are, at a given screensize/resolution. 2008/8/8 Eric Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, My university is buying me a new

Re: [Finale] Finalescript in 2009

2008-08-07 Thread Adam Golding
, Adam Golding wrote: Would the new finalescript features allow anything like generating random music for sight-reading practice? I'm thinking random pitches/rhythms with random enharmonics, including double sharps/flats, and random clef, key, and time signatures changes. Having organized

[Finale] Finalescript in 2009

2008-08-06 Thread Adam Golding
Would the new finalescript features allow anything like generating random music for sight-reading practice? I'm thinking random pitches/rhythms with random enharmonics, including double sharps/flats, and random clef, key, and time signatures changes.

Re: [Finale] Finalescript in 2009

2008-08-06 Thread Adam Golding
do the accidental, clef, and key signature changes. That, and it crashed, left-right-and-center, lol. 2008/8/6 Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably not, but there are plenty of freeware midi things that can do that for you. On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Adam Golding [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009

2008-07-20 Thread Adam Golding
2008/7/16 Aaron Sherber [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 01:39 PM 7/16/2008, Chuck Israels wrote: I am another committed Speedy Entry user who has attempted using Simple Entry a few times and quickly abandoned it. Tom Johnson told me a couple of years ago that the long term plan was to make Simple have

Re: [Finale] Cheap, easy notation apps?

2008-07-06 Thread Adam Golding
i'm also not up on them, but i'd make sure you choose something that exports musicXML well, so the scores can be migrated later. 2008/7/6 Paul Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a friend who sings in a non-professional choir and he would like to buy a Windows platform notation program that is

Re: [Finale] Midi to Musicxml, free

2008-07-05 Thread Adam Golding
this is probably overkill, but the newest cubase allows musicxml export, and a lot of work is speedier in cubase, and could presumably be exported to finale for final touches. I haven't tried this however. 2008/7/5 João Pais [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, a small question: do you know any converter

Re: [Finale] Midi to Musicxml, free

2008-07-05 Thread Adam Golding
the MusicXML people have a handy list of programs: http://www.recordare.com/xml.html 2008/7/5 João Pais [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm sorry, I forgot to mention: I don't own Finale. Afaik, this feature isn't available in finale notepad, is it? Joao a small question: do you know any converter

Re: [Finale] rhythmic notation question

2008-04-21 Thread Adam Golding
How do we know Charpentier didn't accidentally forget the dot on the eight, and that those two 32nd notes aren't grace notes? Perhaps grace notes were not written that way at the time, I'm not sure. On 19/04/2008, dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dhbailey écrit: I'm split between notating it

Re: [Finale] Midi Keyboard

2008-03-31 Thread Adam Golding
this is a little misleading. I have huge latency issues when trying to use the built-in garritan sounds with MIDI-Thru. My sound adapter, a TASCAM US122-L works fine in cubase when i se the asio latency tot he lowest, but when i set it to lowest in the tascam control panel, I get clicks/pops in

Re: [Finale] Midi Keyboard

2008-03-31 Thread Adam Golding
wouldn't have stepped in so quickly if he was asking about that. Christopher On Mar 31, 2008, at 7:55 AM, Adam Golding wrote: this is a little misleading. I have huge latency issues when trying to use the built-in garritan sounds with MIDI-Thru. My sound adapter, a TASCAM US122

Re: [Finale] Midi Keyboard

2008-03-31 Thread Adam Golding
On 31/03/2008, Jari Williamsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Golding wrote: As mentioned, i'm uncertain about this, but i think the bottom line is that you need an audio interface with low latency WDM drivers to work well with finale's garritan sounds in midi-thru mode. The OP

[Finale] really slow in simple entry?

2008-03-21 Thread Adam Golding
I'm relatively new to finale here--simple actions such as pressing the left/right arrows to change which note is selected exhibit a major delay (1-2 seconds). So, if i press 'right' five times to move five notes over i then sit and wait for awhile while the selection makes the journey... Are

[Finale] display facing pages?

2008-03-21 Thread Adam Golding
is there a way to view two pages at once in page view, or to have a single page have two columns of music? (i'm using page view with forced system breaks every 4 measures to help me think about the phrase structure of a melody i'm writing, but i'd like to see 2 pages of it at once on my

[Finale] Percussion Diagrams

2008-02-25 Thread Adam Golding
I've never written music for solo percussionist before--do you guys do percussion diagrams in Finale? is there a resource i can look to for advice on how to do this? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-18 Thread Adam Golding
Can anyone fluent in both Finale 2008 and Sibelius 5 comment on which is actually faster to work in? If one isn't trying to create publishable scores, but merely trying to get scores and parts that an orchestral librarian would accept for rehearsal, I get the impression that sibelius 5 is much

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-18 Thread Adam Golding
pretty sure the user interface of each program imposes some upper bound. On 18/02/2008, Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't being fluent in one or the other or both really make it a moot point? On 2/18/08, Adam Golding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone fluent in both Finale

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-18 Thread Adam Golding
with Sibelius. You really don't need to use TWO different programs to do notation. It would be like learning Logic and Cubase. On 2/18/08, Adam Golding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric, I have used both Sibelius and Finale. Sibelius is currently faster for me, but I know it somewhat better than

Re: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-18 Thread Adam Golding
them out. Then YOU can figure out what works best for YOU. On 2/18/08, Adam Golding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not in the slightest. Suppose that someone is maximally fluent in both programs--that is to say, they use each program as fast as humanly possible. It doesn't follow that they use

[Finale] Harp: High G#, and also Harmonics

2007-12-28 Thread Adam Golding
Working on a harp piece in finale, two questions: 1. I can't get the G# at the top of the instrument's range to sound--i guess this is just an error? is there a way around it? 2. while improvising using MIDI thru, working on ideas, is there a way to trigger harmonics? what midi message should

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-28 Thread Adam Golding
how do i combine these shapes in the shape designer?? i can't see how to import font characters... On 26/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Adam Golding wrote: On 26/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 2

[Finale] anyone have the Timestudio FP plugin?

2007-11-26 Thread Adam Golding
i can't find any non-expired download links :-( i'm also looking for the Text Editor one... ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-26 Thread Adam Golding
ok so i'm going about setting up combined articulations (not to mention some handy macros for applying them from the selection tool) but i've realize i don't have symbols for: mezzo-staccato accent mezzo-staccato strong accent stacatissimo accent stacatissimo strong accent i have no idea what

Re: [Finale] keeping my hands off of the keyboard?

2007-11-26 Thread Adam Golding
by mouse selection is always retained--if only arrow left and arrow right would actually move the selection region... On 24/11/2007, Jari Williamsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Golding wrote: been playing with finalescript and autohotkey but still can't find a way to do these without

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-26 Thread Adam Golding
On 26/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 2:27 PM, Adam Golding wrote: ok so i'm going about setting up combined articulations (not to mention some handy macros for applying them from the selection tool) but i've realize i don't have symbols

Re: Human Playback policies (was Re: [Finale] articulation collisions)

2007-11-25 Thread Adam Golding
playback is enabled.. eep! On 24/11/2007, Jari Williamsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Golding wrote: does anyone know where i can take a look at hp's exact policies for interpeting notation? I often can't tell when it's changing based on context or applying some generic rule. (It becomes

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-25 Thread Adam Golding
perhaps there should be a user-maintained FAQ for this sort of thing--is there? i never did find one.. On 25/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: Could you give me a clue? As far as I can see,

Re: Human Playback policies (was Re: [Finale] articulation collisions)

2007-11-25 Thread Adam Golding
On 25/11/2007, Jari Williamsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Golding wrote: well he's what i found in the manual: Human Playback interprets and performs articulations during playback automatically. See Human Playbackfile:///H:/Program%20Files/Finale%202008/Help%20Files/Content/Finale

Re: Human Playback policies (was Re: [Finale] articulation collisions)

2007-11-25 Thread Adam Golding
/2007, Jari Williamsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Golding wrote: does anyone know of a way to affect the duration of umarked notes? in some performance styles they should be detached or 'at the performer's discretion' most likley 1. MIDI Tool 2. Check Edit Note Durations in the MIDI

[Finale] keeping my hands off of the keyboard?

2007-11-24 Thread Adam Golding
been playing with finalescript and autohotkey but still can't find a way to do these without taking my hands off of the keyboard to use the mouse: 1. adding a slur or other smart shape (in sibelius this is actually quite simple to do from the keyboard) 2. removing articulations any

[Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-24 Thread Adam Golding
what's the fastest way to stop articulations from colliding? i.e. if I have both accents and staccati on some notes. dragging them all manually is clearly not the way! :p ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Human Playback policies (was Re: [Finale] articulation collisions)

2007-11-24 Thread Adam Golding
on and on, lol On 24/11/2007, Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are pretty well defined in Human Playback. Chuck On Nov 24, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Adam Golding wrote: thanks for your helpful responses everyone--chris, by any others you need? do you mean other combined articulation? yeah

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-24 Thread Adam Golding
On 24/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Adam Golding wrote: thanks for your helpful responses everyone--chris, by any others you need? do you mean other combined articulation? yeah, well on a first glace it doesn't have stacatissimo

Re: [Finale] articulation collisions

2007-11-24 Thread Adam Golding
On 24/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 24, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Adam Golding wrote: On 24/11/2007, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Playback is part of the articulation definition, so there is no problem with most situations. hrm perhaps i'm

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-21 Thread Adam Golding
harmony and voice leading by aldwell and schacter. On 21/11/2007, Lawrence David Eden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Listers, I need an (elementary) book that explains how to make smooth key changes in compositions. I hope that some of you can recommend a title or two. Thanks

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-21 Thread Adam Golding
ah, it's true that there's a bit too much style-specific beethoven discussion in these books. peronally i just don't think in terms of keys. i mean, i can step back and analyze what i've done and realize where the key changes are, and in fact one often ends up with long ambiguous regions which