Re: [Finale] Bowing plug-in

2017-08-16 Thread Matthew Naughtin
Speaking as a violinist and long-time orchestra music librarian (Omaha Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Symphony) I suggest that you do not--repeat, DO NOT--insert bowings in your score unless you're indicating a specific effect, such as a marcato down-bow or a jeté stroke. Your b

[Finale] XML export in Finale 25.4 (Mac)

2017-07-14 Thread Matthew Naughtin
So when I export files to XML with the new Finale 25.4 upgrade on my Mac, it saves them by default with the suffix .musicxml, which I guess is supposed to be the new XML 3.1 suffix. Unfortunately, files with this suffix don't open in Sibelius 8.6 (Mac). If I export them from Finale with the .xm

[Finale] Crashing!

2017-04-19 Thread Matthew Naughtin
I updated to the Mac Sierra OS and had the same problem. You have to upgrade to the latest version of Finale for it to work correctly in Sierra. On 4/19/17 10:00 AM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: > [Finale] Crashing! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu

[Finale] Dorico

2016-05-19 Thread Matthew Naughtin
I saw the demo of Dorico at the Major Orchestra Librarians' Organization conference in Helsinki this week. Looks very promising, and many of us librarians had little flecks of drool on our chins afterward. The interface is clean and logical, and the work flow makes more sense in some ways than

Re: [Finale] i need help with my website!

2015-10-26 Thread Matthew Naughtin
Hi Raymond, I recently had my website redesigned and am very happy with the results. You can see it at mattnaughtinmusic.com The web designer is Wendy Biernbaum. You can reach her at we...@strike-creative.com Hope you find what you need! Matt Matthew Naughtin 184 Funston Ave., #12 San

Re: [Finale] Spreadbury diary

2014-02-21 Thread Matthew Naughtin
As a professional orchestral music librarian (also a composer and copyist), I'm usually the first one to see poorly engraved and laid-out orchestra materials sent from publishers and composers. As recent posts lament, there are too many music copyists (including self-published composers) who le

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21

2004-04-21 Thread Matthew Naughtin
> I think it best if the OS 9 version was dropped. In fact, it might have > been cheaper for Coda to buy the 2 users still running it new G5s > rather than pay the engineers for the several months of effort put into > it. Obviously, Finale made an OS 9 version because there are still a whole bunc