Re: [Finale] listening to recordings

2012-09-29 Thread David SMCM
I would not defend MIDI. Even in its vastly improved state, for real instrument imitation, I always stress to students that you NEED to know how it really will sound in order to understand what the MIDI is trying to represent. It is better, in some circumstances, than playing it at a piano. Yo

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

2012-05-06 Thread David SMCM
Don't forget to deauthorize on the old computer, then authorize on the new one. Finale has made that very simple. DF On May 5, 2012, at 1:00 PM, wrote: > I purchased a new Mac Book Pro about a year ago and did exactly what you're > talking about and it worked great. So you should be in great

Re: [Finale] Add 3rd Stave to 2 Measures

2012-03-16 Thread David SMCM
In Finale 2011 and later, optimize is gone. You still will add a third staff to the whole score, and then put your notes in. Then, in the staff tool, select the entire extra staff, right-click (control-click) on the staff's handle, and choose "hide empty staves." You will still need to hide the

[Finale] OT: HP 5000 and Snow Leopard

2011-11-17 Thread David SMCM
Dear collective wisdom: I only just updated my Mac to Snow Leopard (10.6). I was a bit surprised to discover that my trusty and wonderful HP 5000 wasn't automatically found. I know many of you are HP 5000 users. I have a JetDirect card installed (making this, in essence, an HP 5000n), and a