Re: [Finale] Unusual Notation Question

2018-07-21 Thread Brian Williams
Nice 12 tone in the 3rd bar! > Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:42:19 -0700 > From: Blake Richardson > To: "" > Subject: [Finale] Unusual Notation Question > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this. This is a sketch from one of > the

Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan Fonts

2018-03-09 Thread Brian Williams
Thanks Chuck. I'd love to see what they look like. Isn't there any example in PDF form that shows them? Brian On 3/9/18, 10:00 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: >I?d be lost without them. The chord symbols, the slashes, rhythmic >notation, custom smart lines and jazz articulations that match Maestro >are

[Finale] Bill Duncan Fonts

2018-03-09 Thread Brian Williams
what the font characters look like? Are they up to the latest OTF standards and compatible with the latest MacOS and version of Finale 25? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.s

Re: [Finale] Garritan sounds SUCK! (was "Garritan sounds just likeSmartMusic SoftSynth")

2015-03-06 Thread Brian Williams
No, I have 8GB of RAM and I'm not running anything else other than MS Outlook and the Finder, so memory is not the issue. MakeMusic support has confirmed that I am indeed hearing the Garritan sounds and they're "sorry to hear I am not happy" with them. The keyboards and strings may be passable, but

Re: [Finale] Garritan sounds SUCK! (was "Garritan sounds just like SmartMusic SoftSynth")

2015-03-06 Thread Brian Williams
Actually, I'm listening through $1200 JHAudio JH13 custom in-ear monitors through an outboard USB D/A headphone preamp, so speaker quality is not the issue. Apparently I was incorrect when I said the lame Garritan sounds were indistinguishable from the SmartMusic SoftSynth sounds. I switched all o

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 140, Issue 5

2015-03-05 Thread Brian Williams
l MIDI playback system, I imagine that I would get no playback at all. My problem isn't that I'm not getting anything coming out of my speakers, it's that all I can get are the lame old SoftSynth samples no matter what. Any other ideas? -Brian On 3/5/15, 10:00 AM, "David H.

[Finale] Garritan sounds just like SmartMusic SoftSynth

2015-03-04 Thread Brian Williams
Hello list, This question pertains to Finale 2012 running on a MacBook Pro in MacOS 10.9.5 (Mavericks). When it comes to Finale, I'm mostly an expert about how to enter notation and make it look exactly how I want. Playback is another matter entirely. I mainly use playback as a "clam check" to ma

Re: [Finale] voices vs layers

2015-02-02 Thread Brian Williams
n voice 2 with the cursor position when you enter them. -Brian Williams On 2/2/15, 10:00 AM, "finale-requ...@shsu.edu" wrote: >Message: 2 >Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:48:30 +0100 >From: SN jef chippewa >Subject: [Finale] voices vs layers >To: >Message-ID: >Content-Ty

Re: [Finale] Speedy Entry in Finale Mac 2012 with MIDI Thru turned off

2014-03-24 Thread Brian Williams
layback with MIDI Thru on is to set it to >"Fixed" and choose an unused channel (e.g., 99). > >Cheers, > >- DJA >----- >WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >On Mar 23, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Brian Williams wrote: > >>I'm having some major pro

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 128, Issue 20

2014-03-24 Thread Brian Williams
layback with MIDI Thru on is to set it to >"Fixed" and choose an unused channel (e.g., 99). > >Cheers, > >- DJA >----- >WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > >On Mar 23, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Brian Williams wrote: > >>I'm having some major pro

[Finale] Speedy Entry in Finale Mac 2012 with MIDI Thru turned off

2014-03-23 Thread Brian Williams
able me to work in Speedy in Finale 2012 with MIDI Thru turned off without the program exhibiting this unstable behavior? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. -Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.e

Re: [Finale] Reviving Really Old Finale Files

2014-02-28 Thread Brian Williams
A while back, someone posted the ideal version path that you¹re supposed to upgrade old Finale files through to preserve as much original clarity as possible. It went something like this: Finale 3.5 Finale 98 Finale 2002 Finale 2008 Finale 2012 Someone please correct me if I¹m wrong about the upg

Re: [Finale] TGTools for 2014

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Williams
y? >And did you make sure the older one isn't living in perhaps the users >library? >I installed it just fine and it works great. I've now moved everything to >2014 on my Macs. > >On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Brian Williams wrote: > >>When I downloaded it and ins

Re: [Finale] TGTools for 2014

2014-02-17 Thread Brian Williams
When I downloaded it and installed it on my system, it made a mess of the Plug-ins menu like before. Plus, the "Smart Explosion of multi-part stavesŠ" plug in doesn't work, like before. That's one of the main TGTools plug-ins that I rely upon. -Brian On 2/17/14 10:00 AM, "Eric Dannewitz" wrote:

Re: [Finale] Beating my head against the wall on repeats (Brian Williams)

2014-02-04 Thread Brian Williams
repeat text. As I said in my previous post, this problem (except for being able to drag the position of unlinked repeat text attached to the last measure of a multimeasure rest region) was corrected several versions ago. -Brian Williams ___ Finale mai

Re: [Finale] Beating my head against the wall on repeats

2014-02-03 Thread Brian Williams
On 2/3/14 10:00 AM, "Chuck Israels " wrote: >I put the necessary expressions in the score (above the first measure of >what will be a MM rest in each part - a pain in the ass to figure out if >that first measure of rest comes in different places for different >instruments) - deselecting "Show" and

Re: [Finale] Beating my head against the wall on repeats

2014-02-02 Thread Brian Williams
Sorry, I meant to use "text repeat" instead of "expression" in my last post. -Brian ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Beating my head against the wall on repeats

2014-02-02 Thread Brian Williams
Since you mentioned that the problem most likely originated when you first created the text repeat in an awkward location, and then when you tried to fix that, it only changed its position in the score, I would recommend re-linking the expression to the score/parts, moving the master (score) text r

Re: [Finale] Problem with Speedy Entry in Fin 2012 (Mac)

2013-02-09 Thread Brian Williams
Thanks, Jef. That may have fixed it. I'll let you know if I run into more problems. Also, I mistakenly identified my MacBook Pro as "late 1998" when I should have said "late 2008". I lost a decade there somehow. :-) -Brian On 2/9/13 10:00 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > playing around with settin

[Finale] Problem with Speedy Entry in Fin 2012 (Mac)

2013-02-08 Thread Brian Williams
Hi all, On my MacBook Pro (circa late 1998) in MacOS 10.7.5 running Finale 2012c.r13, whenever I click on a measure using the Speedy Entry tool, the white measure frame flashes for an instant then closes, re-spacing the measure. When I click on it again, the frame opens for real without suddenly c

Re: [Finale] Large-format duplex laser printer rec?

2012-12-05 Thread Brian Williams
I would say it has been under heavy use at times when I am dealing with major project deadlines but those times come up relatively rarely (2-3 times/year). Generally it has been under light use. On 12/5/12 10:00 AM, Lee Actor wrote: > Thanks for the info. How long have you had the duplexer, and

Re: [Finale] Large-format duplex laser printer rec?

2012-12-04 Thread Brian Williams
I have an HP5200 with a duplexer and haven't had any problems. It duplexes 80lb text weight 9.5 x 12.5 and 60 lb text weight 11 x 17 just fine. -Brian On 12/4/12 10:00 AM, Lee Actor wrote: > Anyone using the HP5200 duplexer? I've been using an HP5000 for more than a > decade w/o a duplexer (had

Re: [Finale] Fonts won't show up in selection db in 2010 running Lion (MacOs 10.7)

2012-08-20 Thread Brian Williams
I finally fixed the problem by clearing my font caches using a freeware utility called "FontNuke". ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Fonts won't show up in selection db in 2010 running Lion (MacOs 10.7)

2012-08-19 Thread Brian Williams
rather not import into Finale 2011 or later because they contain deliberately-optimized staves containing entries (used for ossias) and when I try to open and edit them in 2011 they just get completely screwed up. Any help would be much appreciated! -Bria

Re: [Finale] Will Finale 2010 work in MacOS 10.7 "Lion"?

2012-05-04 Thread Brian Williams
My plan is to buy a new MacBookPro with Lion installed and then transfer all of my applications and data from the hard drive in my current Leopard MacBookPro. I seem to recall that when you first boot up a brand new Mac, the welcome process gives you an option to connect your previous computer and

[Finale] Will Finale 2010 work in MacOS 10.7 "Lion"?

2012-05-03 Thread Brian Williams
t not run in MacOS 10.7 Lion? Thanks in advance for any information you can provide. -Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Poor Resolution of Imported Graphics

2012-04-08 Thread Brian Williams
It's a Mac thing. You need to print to a postscript file (not PDF) then open the ps file in Preview which will convert it to a PDF so you can save and/or print it. Sent from my iPhone, so please forgive the typos and brevity. On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:00 AM, wrote: > > My Mac version of Finale 2

Re: [Finale] Finale and Illustrator

2012-03-06 Thread Brian Williams
Oops, I meant to say "type SHIFT-cmd-G" in Illustrator to ungroup everything so you can delete the bounding box squares. Sorry, I get so automated in my workflow that I forget how to describe. I've been doing A LOT of this printing Finale pages to ps files and importing them into Illustrator CS5 la

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 104, Issue 3 Finale and Illustrator

2012-03-05 Thread Brian Williams
On a Mac, just "print" each single Finale page as a postscript file. When you place the resulting ps files in Illustrator documents, all of the elements should be editable. Here's a hint: place a tiny graphic square perfectly in the corner of each Finale page you "print" as a ps file and it will c

Re: [Finale] Drum Parts

2011-09-28 Thread Brian Williams
Hi Darcy, I see your point, and perhaps from a purely pedagogical standpoint it helps to see everything line up in the same layer. However, most if not all drummers I know prefer and are used to seeing the bass drum and foot hi-hat stems down as a separate layer. That way they can see the rhythm o

Re: [Finale] Drum Parts

2011-09-27 Thread Brian Williams
is opinion. I'm sure he's seen it all. -Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-10 Thread Brian Williams
act information of each registered >> owner and their associated serial. >> Cheers, DJA > >> On 9 Aug 2011, at 7:13 PM, Brian Williams wrote: >> >>> Maybe MM is just trying to make sure that unscrupulous people who have >>> surreptitiously obtained seri

Re: [Finale] Deauthorize via Customer Support

2011-08-09 Thread Brian Williams
Maybe MM is just trying to make sure that unscrupulous people who have surreptitiously obtained serial numbers aren't trying to illegitimately deauthorize them. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Alternate Notation staff styles in linked parts

2011-07-28 Thread Brian Williams
Is there any way to get Finale 2011 to consistently apply alternate notation staff styles that are entered using a metatool to linked parts as well as the score? Even with a file generated in 2011 (not a template converted from an older version) I have inconsistent results - sometimes from bar to b

[Finale] Re: Tie over barline at key change on transposing staff doesn't stick

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Williams
Another follow-up: I actually meant to say CHECK "Display in Concert Pitch", make sure the tie ends appear properly, then UN-CHECK "Display in Concert Pitch" and avoid editing the frames containing those notes any further. Sorry for the confusion. -Brian > Upon further experimentation, I found

[Finale] Re: Tie over barline at key change on transposing staff doesn't stick

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Williams
Wow. Really? I need to do this for ten separate parts on a score, and that's far kludgier than entering the missing tie ends as manually-positioned backwards slurs! Thanks, Noel, but there must be a more efficient way to deal with this bug (I'm sure that Sibelius doesn't have a problem with this.)

[Finale] Re: Tie over barline at key change on transposing staff doesn't stick

2011-03-20 Thread Brian Williams
Hi Lawrence, Yes, the missing tie *end* is the whole point. Of course everything looks normal when the two bars are adjacent on the same system. The problem is that I want the first bar of the new key at the start of a system and can't make the tie end into the first note in the new key appear. I

[Finale] Re: Tie over barline at key change on transposing staff doesn't stick

2011-03-19 Thread Brian Williams
w or forcing it down to its own system in page > view). Speedy edit commands don't allow you to force the tie end to show or to > hide the accidental. You can use the Edit Frame dialog to hide the accidental, > but checking "Tie End&q

[Finale] Tie over barline at key change on transposing staff doesn't stick

2011-03-19 Thread Brian Williams
see this by making bar 2 the left-most bar in scroll view or forcing it down to its own system in page view). Speedy edit commands don't allow you to force the tie end to show or to hide the accidental. You can use the Edit Frame dialog to hide the accidental, but checking "Tie End" do

Re: [Finale] Relink extracted parts: possible or not possible?

2011-01-13 Thread Brian Williams
Michael, Try this (assuming you have TGTools installed): TGTools > Modify > Transfer... It will let you copy bar layouts, etc. from one place to another (from a laid-out separate part file to a linked part in another file, or from one linked part to another within the same file). You'll still ha

[Finale] Re: pickup bug?

2010-12-07 Thread Brian Williams
Just uncheck "Jump To Next Measure" in the Speedy menu while you are working on the pickup measures. -Brian On 12/7/10 10:01 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: > Hmmm... > Can anyone on the list reproduce this, or is it just me? > Speedy entry. Eighth note pickup measure has the dotted rhythm: dotted > 16t

Re: [Finale] More questions

2010-12-02 Thread Brian Williams
Also, make sure "Update Page Layout for Score" is unchecked in the Page Layout menu whenever you edit any of the settings in the floating "Edit System Margins", "Edit Page Margins", "Page Size", "Resize Page" or "Resize Staff System" dialogs or else the changes you make to what you are specifically

[Finale] Re: Topline notation question

2010-11-25 Thread Brian Williams
Hi Jari, The way I've achieved this in the past was to create an articulation consisting of a custom shape straight line (same thickness as the stem setting) that went down approx. one octave and was set to automatically attach to the existing stem where it ended at the notehead. Then I applied it

[Finale] Finale 2011b now available

2010-11-07 Thread Brian Williams
d via the Lyric Window. Installation Changes to a user¹s ³Configuration Files² location no longer cause the updater to rename the MacOS folder within the Finale application. The updater no longer changes the MacOS folder within the Finale application. Hope this helps, Brian Wil

[Finale] Re: Where's the Default Document?

2010-10-03 Thread Brian Williams
Look in the same folder under your user account instead of at the Drive level. If it's not there, see what it says in the Program Options > Folders window. Hope this helps, Brian On 10/3/10 10:00 AM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: > Dear collective wisdom, > FinMac 2011. > Up to now we have alw

Re: [Finale] HELP! How do I make articulations appear ABOVE the staff in Rhythmic Notation?

2010-09-22 Thread Brian Williams
the stem side in the score, but have them automatically move to the note side in the parts. -Brian Williams On 9/22/10 10:00 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: >> ok, how about vocal music? single staff passage changing from >> unison to two voiced (in separate layers). > > I'

[Finale] HELP! How do I make articulations appear ABOVE the staff in Rhythmic Notation?

2010-09-19 Thread Brian Williams
he default position of articulations in Rhythmic Notation to behave like they used to do? There's nothing in the articulation designer that will allow this. PLEASE HELP! Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/m

Re: [Finale] Jazz font rehearsal letter D

2010-06-15 Thread Brian Williams
I was >>> having, too. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable would weigh in? >>> >>> Christopher >>> >>> >>> On Sun Jun 13, at SundayJun 13 11:15 PM, Brian Williams wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Finale list, >>>> >&

[Finale] Jazz font rehearsal letter D

2010-06-13 Thread Brian Williams
ow to make it show up. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Brian Williams Finale 2010b.r1 Macbook Pro, MacOS 10.5.8 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: deleting measures without affecting numbering

2010-01-22 Thread Brian Williams
Apply a staff style with "Hide Staff" checked, and set measure widths to 0. Brian Sent from my iPhone, so please forgive the typos and brevity. On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:00 AM, wrote: How do I delete (or insert) measures without affecting all the measure number regions that appears afterwards

Re: [Finale] you can't be serious... (tobias?!?!?!)

2009-10-04 Thread Brian Williams
You need the latest version of TGTools that's compatible with expressions in Finale 2009. Sounds like you're using an older version. Brian On 10/3/09 5:35 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote: > shit, really? i've tried all the key combos i remember working > normally (cmd-*, cmd-opt-*, cmd-opt-minu

Re: [Finale] TAN: Cocoa Booklet no longer working in Snow Leopard

2009-10-02 Thread Brian Williams
In OS 10.5, select "Finishing" under the 3rd pop-up menu (the one that defaults to "Copies & Pages"). There you will find an option for booklet printing that works great on my HP Laserjet 5200. I use it to print choral booklets all the time. On 10/2/09 10:00 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > I have

Re: [Finale] TAN: Cocoa Booklet no longer working in Snow Leopard

2009-10-01 Thread Brian Williams
If you use an HP printer, you can easily create booklets using the print driver. Brian On 10/1/09 10:00 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > With some worry I have just found out that Cocoa Booklet is no longer > working in Snow Leopard. It was my favourite tool to create booklets. > > Does anyone kn

[Finale] Re: Separating layers for printing

2009-07-29 Thread Brian Williams
TGTools > Parts > Smart Explosion of multi-part staves... On 7/29/09 10:00 AM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: > Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:31:27 -0700 > From: Michael Greensill > Subject: [Finale] Separating layers for printing > To: > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

[Finale] Mac Authorization problems

2009-06-11 Thread Brian Williams
Has anyone else had problems losing Finale 2009 and 2010 authorizations on Mac computers running OS 10.5.7? I've had to reauthorize both versions twice and call customer service to clear out previous authorizations. Apparently Finale thinks you're using a different computer every time you reboot.

[Finale] Re: Playback 2nd time only

2009-01-28 Thread Brian Williams
g and velocity set to zero and defined to > Play on Pass with the pass set to 1 for the first time, and > one printing which sets the velocity to whatever you want it > to be on the 2nd time and define it to play only on pass 2. > > There's no other way that I know of. sorry.

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 66, Issue 30

2009-01-28 Thread Brian Williams
ned to > Play on Pass with the pass set to 1 for the first time, and > one printing which sets the velocity to whatever you want it > to be on the 2nd time and define it to play only on pass 2. > > There's no other way that I know of. sorry. > > David H. Bailey > >

[Finale] Re: Playback 2nd time only

2009-01-26 Thread Brian Williams
? Brian David H. Bailey wrote: > Brian Williams wrote: >> I see the "Play Only on Pass" checkbox in the Playback tab of the Expression >> designer, but I don't know what to set in the "Type" popup. I've tried >> setting it to "None",

[Finale] Re: Playback 2nd time only

2009-01-24 Thread Brian Williams
ting the channel pressure and key velocity to zero. Nothing works. How can something so supposedly simple be so difficult? Brian Carl Dershem wrote: > Brian Williams wrote: >> How do I set an expression or repeat text to make Finale *not* play a >> passage on a specific staff

[Finale] Play back 2nd time only

2009-01-23 Thread Brian Williams
How do I set an expression or repeat text to make Finale *not* play a passage on a specific staff the first pass but do play it on the 2nd pass of a repeat? Does this require some convoluted work-around? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://li

[Finale] Re: Help file with Firefox 3 (Mac)

2008-10-01 Thread Brian Williams
On my Mac, Finale Help searching seems to work fine with Safari 3.1.2 but not Firefox 3.0.3. I prefer to use Firefox for all of my other web browsing, but would like Finale to auto-launch Safari when I open the help files. Is there some way to set this up? (I don't want to set Safari as my default

[Finale] Re: Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

2008-09-03 Thread Brian Williams
ts. I've been able to deal with most text issues by using "Fixed Size" font sizes that look larger (relative to the music) on the score than on the parts. Hope this helps, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

2008-09-02 Thread Brian Williams
we shouldn't have to deal with. Actually, there's a much easier way to turn on/off which measure number regions will print than changing the "measure number X through XX" settings- simply change the "Viewable In:" setting at th

[Finale] Re: Extended font characters in text blocks

2008-08-14 Thread Brian Williams
rned with sending the files to anyone else). Thanks for your help, Brian Williams >> Dear list, >> >> Does anyone know how I can enter some of the "off the keyboard" unicode font >> characters into a text block in Finale? Specifically, I'm trying to enter

[Finale] Re: Extended font characters in text blocks

2008-08-13 Thread Brian Williams
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am using Finale 2008 and 2009 in MacOS 10.4.11. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > Dear list, > > Does anyone know how I can enter some of the "off the keyboard" unicode font > characters into a text block in Finale? Specifically, I'm trying to ent

[Finale] Extended font characters in text blocks

2008-08-13 Thread Brian Williams
Dear list, Does anyone know how I can enter some of the "off the keyboard" unicode font characters into a text block in Finale? Specifically, I'm trying to enter fractions from the OpenType version of New Century Schoolbook. The fractions show up as glyphs in the character palette but have no asso

[Finale] Re: Staff Lists in 2009

2008-08-06 Thread Brian Williams
ary and Sibelius-like decision to limit the number of staff lists to four in Finale 2009! Brian Williams Christopher Smith wrote: >> Jari Williamsson wrote: >> >>> Brian Williams wrote: >>> >>>> The main advantage of staff lists over drag-apply is that yo

[Finale] Re: Hidden object shading

2008-08-06 Thread Brian Williams
expression that is a single letter of a *very* large size font, and enter it in the score, use the context menu to hide it, then drag it on top of some music. Try to lighten it so you can see what's underneath it - it can't be done! Brian Williams Christopher Smith wrote: > I am a

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 61, Issue 6

2008-08-04 Thread Brian Williams
Jari Williamsson wrote: > Brian Williams wrote: > >> The main advantage of staff lists over drag-apply is that you can use them >> to display expressions differently in the score than in individual parts. > > That can be done with drag-apply as well. > >> Here

[Finale] Staff Lists in 2009

2008-08-03 Thread Brian Williams
ou have to manually mouse over and check both boxes. Thank goodness there are still no staff list limits for text entered using the Repeat tool. What's up with that? Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Times listed as symbol font

2008-06-29 Thread Brian Williams
file to remove Times from the list, but he says he already tried that and when he did, all of his old documents put up the warning like it does on my system when opened. Is there some quick and easy way to globally change a bunch of old documents so they won't think Times is supposed to

[Finale] Times listed as symbol font

2008-06-22 Thread Brian Williams
file to remove Times from the list, but he says he already tried that and when he did, all of his old documents put up the warning like it does on my system when opened. Is there some quick and easy way to globally change a bunch of old documents so they won't think Times is supposed to

[Finale] Times listed as symbol font

2008-06-18 Thread Brian Williams
file to remove Times from the list, but he says he already tried that and when he did, all of his old documents put up the warning like it does on my system when opened. Is there some quick and easy way to globally change a bunch of old documents so they won't think Times is supposed to

[Finale] Re: Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

2008-05-11 Thread Brian Williams
n score only, part only or both for each staff. Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

2008-05-11 Thread Brian Williams
What I would need is the ability to create a large-font boxed measure number region that only displays below certain staves of the score, and another small-font region for parts that would display on the bottom staff of every part. Maybe this could be done by enabling mea

[Finale] More Linked Parts questions

2008-05-09 Thread Brian Williams
mize Normally" is selected in the Group Attributes db. Yet when I try to optimize the part, nothing happens! What am I missing? Thanks in advance for your help! Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Transferring bar layout between linked parts

2008-05-08 Thread Brian Williams
Sorry for sending this again -- I changed the subject line to make it more clear what I was asking. Dear list, What is the easiest and quickest way to transfer the bars-per-staff layout from one linked part to another in Finale 2007 or 2008? For example, I created a big band score in which the

[Finale] Transposing bar layout in linked parts

2008-05-08 Thread Brian Williams
Dear list, What is the easiest and quickest way to transfer the bars-per-staff layout from one linked part to another in Finale 2007 or 2008? For example, I created a big band score in which the four trumpets are tutti - i.e. they have the exact same part, rhythmically and form-wise, but have dif

Re: [Finale] New logic board - registration woes

2008-04-27 Thread Brian Williams
nale@shsu.edu, Brian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] New logic board - registration woes > > On 27 Apr 2008, at 9:41 PM, Brian Williams wrote: > >> Does Finale think I have a whole new computer? > > Yes. (This is a reasonable assumption -- most peopl

[Finale] New logic board - registration woes

2008-04-27 Thread Brian Williams
call MakeMusic until tomorrow and I need to get a project out the door tonight. Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TO BUY or not to buy

2008-03-26 Thread Brian Williams
they did fix a bunch of long-standing bugs in the update. Brian Williams > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:20 -0500 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Finale Digest, Vol 56, Issue 26 > > OK guys. I want to see a sh

Re: [Finale] Insert w/time sigs in 2008

2008-03-21 Thread Brian Williams
s easier?? I don't consider adding three more involved steps to my workflow an "improvement" - expecially considering that it is now apparently impossible to insert entry data along with time signature changes on any staff other than the top one. Brian Williams > Michael Cook wrote:

[Finale] Insert w/time sigs in 2008

2008-03-20 Thread Brian Williams
not, is this a "feature" or a "loss of functionality" in Finale 2008? Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Resetting chord symbol baselines

2008-02-17 Thread Brian Williams
Is there some way to globally reset all of the chord symbol baselines in a document? I know you can do this with TG Tools for lyrics baselines but I don't know how to do it with chord symbols. Brian ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.s

[Finale] Importing eps graphics from Adobe CS3

2008-02-06 Thread Brian Williams
I'm having problems viewing eps graphics that were created in the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite 3 into Finale 2007 documents. The graphics were sent to me by a graphic designer who recently upgraded to Leopard and Adobe CS3. They show up on screen as blank white rectangles with the word "(

Re: [Finale] Smart shape and different time sigs

2007-11-30 Thread Brian Williams
A quick fix: copy the measure you want to add smart shapes to a blank measure at the *end* of the document and add the smart shapes there, then copy it back. Apparently the bug you describe only happens when you try to edit smart shapes in measures that come before other measures but doesn't happen

Re: [Finale] Sax ranges

2007-11-27 Thread Brian Williams
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:29 -0600 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Finale Digest, Vol 52, Issue 30 > > How about the "rolled up sheet music in the bell of the bassoon" low > A? I've seen it on saxophone as well, though it doesn't work as

[Finale] Re: Piccolo range question

2007-10-24 Thread Brian Williams
t write below low D for piccolo UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!! (unless you want your music to sound like sh*t when performed). Brian Williams Solo Piccolo, Disneyland Band Anaheim, CA > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:01:40 -0500 > To: finale@

[Finale] Converting 2007 to 2006

2007-08-05 Thread Brian Williams
Hello List, I was almost done working on an orchestral film music cue file in Finale 2006 when the program crashed. I immediately double-clicked on the file icon and after Finale had re-launched all my data was saved - except for the last five minutes of work, so I immediately resaved the file. Ho

[Finale] Re:matureness of Finale notation (was e mails)

2007-06-20 Thread Brian Williams
cellent job over the years in providing us with very functional notation software. I'd also like to add that it's a very good thing that Finale has competition from Sibelius. If it weren't for competition, neither product would remarkably improve. Brian Williams PS. I still use Fin

Re: [Finale] Removing embedded graphics

2007-05-20 Thread Brian Williams
Hi Dennis, I use graphics all the time (imported eps images), but I have to do all of my graphic-import work in Finale 2003 (Mac) because for some reason later versions display all transparent areas as black, rendering these versions absolutely useless for me. Finale 2003 is before they added the

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-08 Thread Brian Williams
through the main speakers directed at them. The truth is: in any amplified performance environment the sound engineer is the most important person in the band. Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo

[Finale] Re: Tape for Parts

2007-04-23 Thread Brian Williams
from a supplier in Santa Ana, CA called "Tapes And..." for around $1.60/roll. I believe the rolls are the same length as the 3M rolls. Hope this helps, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 45, Issue 11

2007-04-11 Thread Brian Williams
Hiro wrote: >> After I upgraded to Tiger on the newer computer, I could no longer mount the >> older computer's hard drive on the newer computer's desktop because Open >> Transport 2.7.4 was no longer supported in Tiger. > > > Have you tried AppleShare over TCP/IP as some of us suggested? I th

Re: [Finale] OT: getting data from MacOS 9.1 to 10.4.9

2007-04-10 Thread Brian Williams
OSX-running Mac. Go figure. I did figure out a work-around: I reboot the old TiBook in MacOS 9.2 and then I can mount drives and copy files with impunity. Still, it's a big hassle. Thanks for listening, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] OT: getting data from MacOS 9.1 to 10.4.9

2007-04-09 Thread Brian Williams
, among other reasons. In any regard, I'm looking at an extreme situation. Thanks in advance for your help, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: 6/4 & 3/2

2007-03-04 Thread Brian Williams
with those who assert that LA studio musicians have big ears, and much of how they play is dictated by the feel of the rhythm section and the lead players, rather than by the exact notation. Hope this helps, Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Final

[Finale] Re: Army Music (Way OT)

2007-02-23 Thread Brian Williams
At Disneyland, the trumpet players play "Retreat" after the color guard takes the rope from the pole, then the band plays the National Anthem while the flag is lowered. I believe this is consistent with Military protocol. Brian > Among many repressible memories of my days at Ft. Ord, CA ... I can

[Finale] Re: Finale 2005, 2004 can't be registered on Intel Macs

2007-02-23 Thread Brian Williams
Darcy, I'm currently working on a project (a very graphics-intensive beginning band method book) in Finale 2003 in MacOS 9.2 on my G4 TiBook because the text line spacing and imported eps graphics are completely unusable in any version of Finale OSX -- even in classic. The worst offender is the im

[Finale] Re: binding parts: electrical tape

2007-02-10 Thread Brian Williams
r blade to cut the bottom (directly from the roll) and the top small piece. This only takes a couple of seconds per page when you get used to the technique. Nobody that I know of uses scotch tape, masking tape or electrical tape. We all use white paper tape. Hope t

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