[Finale] 2010a pref file not loading when 2-click doc

2009-10-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
anyone else getting this (mac)? if i start finale by by 2-clicking on the document in the finder the prefs file doesn't load. i change pref settings (folder locations, for e.g.), save the prefs and see that the prefs file in User/Library/Preferences remains unchanged. if i open the app di

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript for Dummies..

2009-10-21 Thread shirling & neueweise
I want to batch format 30 music files at once, making a change in page format. ah right, yeah finale script is the way to go. i only recently started looking into this and find it a huge pain to understand. what is needed is a list compiled of possible commands; the format they have chosen

Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

2009-10-21 Thread shirling & neueweise
funny how that works. wait a day and it only takes 15min... 8-) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
Wow, Individual Flash Cards! Oh man sign me up. seems that is more important than fixing linked parts... or a plethora of other stupid bugs. you could already apply a staff style to only a part by doing it in the part, but hey now score only by doing it in the score? cool. but more imp

Re: [Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
hey eric, thanks. As a Mac Mini owner, the single best thing to speed up the mini is to NOT use the internal drive. Move everything to a firewire or usb2 drive. Everything meaning the OS, apps, etc. You will have a huge jump in speed right away. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ has this tip and

[Finale] improve speed of finale (mac)

2009-10-20 Thread shirling & neueweise
hey any tips would be welcome. i'm trying to improve the speed of finale and my computer, i'm on a mac mini (1.42) and will be probably for another year or so until i get a fast new machine. finale 2010 seems a bit more of a hog than 2008, and i really noticed it on a recent job, a score us

Re: [Finale] FinaleScript for Dummies..

2009-10-19 Thread shirling & neueweise
if only in one doc, layout tool On the Mac... 2009 All that I want to do is change margins. Can't seem to find a simple explanation of loading the format to be used. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fi

[Finale] tamburo corrupt, where to get new version?

2009-10-19 Thread shirling & neueweise
where can you get this font these days? according to fontbook the font table directory in Tamburo.suit is corrupted. i looked online, there is info saying tamburo is a finale font, but i don't remember it ever coming as part of the package... and it isn't in the 2010 installation disc. an

Re: [Finale] TAN: storing old projects

2009-10-14 Thread shirling & neueweise
fireplace? or manilla envelopes is easy, don't know if they come in a format that would help you though.you could probably make your own folders out of thick card stock, you can buy them in large sheets, like 23x36 inches or something. a bit of string to holf them shut and you're set. I'm

Re: [Finale] Piano Duet Layout

2009-10-11 Thread shirling & neueweise
something not entirely clear here, i meant for the horizontal fit, how many measures in each system by having both parts in one system. never done anything like this, but it seems to me linked parts would be great for this. score (2pno) and linked parts (each part). the score gives you an

[Finale] OSX vs. acrobat for PDF

2009-10-11 Thread shirling & neueweise
is there anything i should know about thge differences between these methods of generating PDFs that i don't already know? for example, on screen i notice the OSX stafflines are thicker than when done via acrobat (both versions print equal tihicknesses for all stafflines). there seem to be f

Re: [Finale] Piano Duet Layout

2009-10-11 Thread shirling & neueweise
never done anything like this, but it seems to me linked parts would be great for this. score (2pno) and linked parts (each part). the score gives you an excellent idea of how much music can fit and work for both pages as a whole, but make sure to also check music spacing on pno1 stves and

Re: [Finale] font problem in PDF

2009-10-09 Thread shirling & neueweise
Don't you want to have Acrobat Embed all fonts rather than the subset? i leave common fonts like times and arial out of the embed list. although the fact that some of these fonts actually look different on mac and pc makes me rethink this idea... initially i only selectively embedded fonts

[Finale] font problem in PDF

2009-10-09 Thread shirling & neueweise
i'm not sure where this problem comes from, maybe someone has a solution. i (mac) sent parts to the orchestra librarian (PC) who sees characters instead of music symbols for noteheads, clefs etc. my distiller settings are to embed all music fonts (subset when under 100%). she sees the same

Re: [Finale] print PDF all (linked) parts

2009-10-09 Thread shirling & neueweise
ok, yes, it did for me as well, so the problem is somewhere in finale/acrobat... as johannes points out. the OSX-generated docs are twice as big as the ones through acrobat, and i have distiller set to print at 1200. i guess this is partly because all fonts are enbedded in the OSX version,

Re: [Finale] print PDF all (linked) parts

2009-10-08 Thread shirling & neueweise
it prints all using the name of the current part. the pdf opens and printing stops until i close the doc. then iot resumes and overwrites with the same file name. i can trick it by moving the pdf once it is open and then closing and renaming it, but what a pain... what are you using to ge

[Finale] print PDF all (linked) parts

2009-10-08 Thread shirling & neueweise
am i just like really stoopid or is there really still no way to print all parts in one go in 2010 to PDF? i have acrobat standard 7. if i select more than one part and print, it prints them in succession, but each new part overwrites the previous, since they are all printed using the same

[Finale] unlink in all parts, move in SC = move in PTs?!

2009-10-07 Thread shirling & neueweise
what am i not understanding here? (2010) tempo mark set in score, cmd-nudge to break from parts (or via context menu). move the tempo in the score, check parts, it is still linked and has moved like in the score. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shs

Re: [Finale] TAN: pieces or sig. excerpts based on one or two chords

2009-10-07 Thread shirling & neueweise
also a substantial number of blues works, for e.g. john lee hooker - crawlin' king snake and especially boogie chillun' ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: pieces or sig. excerpts based on one or two chords

2009-10-06 Thread shirling & neueweise
not the whole work, but the quintessential non-harmonic section of a larger work might be wagner's opening scoene to the rheingold. big fat Eb mother of all chords. yes, it is true, the part of jef's brain that allows him to read is currently not functioning. please check back later to see

Re: [Finale] TAN: pieces or sig. excerpts based on one or two chords

2009-10-06 Thread shirling & neueweise
la monte young, composition 1960, #7 depending on how broad your understanding of the chord, there is also scelsi's quattro pezzi su una nota sola (sorry to the italian speakers), 4 "movements" each having a focal point of a single tone, with microtonal and timbral variations. and perhaps

Re: [Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-06 Thread shirling & neueweise
found a solution that seems to work, even after closing and reopening a doc several times. select "check all staves" in the score list dialogue and uncheck "top staff" for the part. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mai

Re: [Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
i seem to remember hearing somewhere that it might be related to time sig attached expressions... i'll change them tomorrow to left barline attached and see if that works. This was happening to me in 2009 if I recall. But only randomly, and only in one particular file. It is worrying. __

Re: [Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
ah fantastic, when i do get them to reappear they lose all the positioning adjustments i amde... is it just me...? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
now expressions disappearing randomly throughout the parts. this is getting really worrisome. i wonder sometimes just how much i should be trusting finale anymore... ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fi

Re: [Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
all i have to do to get it to reppear is 2-click a measure, click on the edit categories button, and cancel/cancel back to the score...!?! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] dis-/reappearing tempo markings

2009-10-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
i can't figure this one out (2010). i'm cleaning upo the parts of an orch score and 2 of the 3 temp markings in the score (all stored in the tempo marks category) are not showing on some new parts. fl1 and 2 were ok (all instr. separate staves in score), then fl3 was missing them. i checke

Re: [Finale] show/hide in linked parts (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
ah! one solution, drag the SC text off page, THEN unlink it and drag it back onto the score page. this also solves the problem of frames not being hidden in parts that belong to unshown text. yeah! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://li

Re: [Finale] show/hide in linked parts (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
so... cmd-sh-h hides in all when in score or part cmd-opt-sh-h hides in current part when in part cmd-opt-sh-h hides in all when in score (here is the error?) cmd-sh-h makes text hidden in all when in score if text block is hidden cmd-sh-h does nothing when in part if text block is hidden hm.

Re: [Finale] grrrrrrrrrrr... tempo markings only on top staff!?!??!?!

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
no jef, staff list is available through positioning section of the categories, yeah yeah yeah. look before you scream 8-) this is nuts. to take advantage of the categories (which i must say i find absolutely spectacular) you can only assign an expression to score or score and parts, and yo

Re: [Finale] pfffffffff... selecting systems in layout tool (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
I've seen some crazy dynamic markings, but "pf" is a new one to me! hey man, it's called new music (yuk yuk yuk) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] updating

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
man holy crap, let me add my voice to that, i am really smashing my head against the wall here with 2010, but was able to at least work in 2008. 2010 is seriously screwing me for an upcoming deadline. since i am unfamiliar as i should be with 2010 i would have done this job in 2008, if it w

[Finale] grrrrrrrrrrr... tempo markings only on top staff!?!??!?!

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
this is nuts. to take advantage of the categories (which i must say i find absolutely spectacular) you can only assign an expression to score or score and parts, and you can/t force it to appear on for example, the top of the violin I stave in the score without creating a new identical expre

Re: [Finale] pfffffffff... selecting systems in layout tool (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
jesus, this is spectacular, i can't insert a page break wityhout switching out of the page layout tool and giong back, if i have edited ant system margins... it used to be possible to click on systems and have the edit box show the margins etc. of the selection... when i od this now, it wor

[Finale] pfffffffff... selecting systems in layout tool (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
it used to be possible to click on systems and have the edit box show the margins etc. of the selection... when i od this now, it works for the 1st time, then it doesn't work (unless i switch tools and back!!!), or clicking anywhere gives me the edit box for system 5?!?!

Re: [Finale] show/hide in linked parts (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
manual sez it should The override key doesn't work on the contextual menus in Fin2009 and 2010. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] show/hide in linked parts (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
jesus christ, they took an already not-entirely-functional tool and made it worse?!?! how do you get around it? and any related things i might not have come across yet? The override key doesn't work on the contextual menus in Fin2009 and 2010. I hate it too. ___

[Finale] show/hide in linked parts (2010)

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
for some reason, cmd-ctl top pull up the menu isn't working, is this a bug? i'm trying to hide score-specific titles in the parts and what worked in 2008 is not working for me here. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mail

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

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
(grumblegrumblegrumblegrumblegrumblegrumble) new version of TGTools works as expected... fuu-cryinoutloud. man, i just finished most of the work i needed it for ARGH!!! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lis

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

2009-10-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
goddammit!! i had read the version history and not the main page, so i thought 2.45b was the latest version. hooley, thanks! You need the latest version of TGTools that's compatible with expressions in Finale 2009. Sounds like you're using an older version. ___

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

2009-10-03 Thread shirling & neueweise
Try mousing the TG tools menu to get it to work. nope, it don't work still. i tried different settings in the TG options, i simply can't get this to work, but it has worked perfectly for me up to 2008 (i never used 2009). i'm using EngraverFontSet, and even added this in the list of "extr

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

2009-10-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
shit, really? i've tried all the key combos i remember working normally (cmd-*, cmd-opt-*, cmd-opt-minus/plus) and none work properly, the hairpins are affected but not the dynamics. Align Dynamic works fine in 2010, but some others don't (Transfer Layout - an essential timesaver for linke

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

2009-10-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
TGTools align dynamics doesn't work in 2010!?!?! um... wow. that's a serious bummer, isn't it? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] finale help maxes out system on mac/FF?

2009-10-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
mac OSX.4.11 with firefox when i have the finale help page open all available CPU gets gobbled up by FF, seemingly worse than any other pages i've viewed, even with heavy javascript. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mai

[Finale] script to copy layers and strip grace notes?

2009-10-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
finale script can move / swap layers but not copy from one layer to another? i've tried "copy layer 1 to 2" and "copy layer 1 to layer 2" but can't get it to work... also there is no way to strip notes of a specific duration? here is what i want to do, in selective measures within a region:

[Finale] finale script repository

2009-10-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
is there a repository of scripts somewhere? is anyone interested in contributing to such a thing so that finale users can find and share scripts? it seems to me that many users would likely use some of the same scripts. ___ Finale mailing list Fi

[Finale] OT: midi versions of nancarrow studies?

2009-09-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
does anyone know if these exist? and what would be involved in preparing (in finale) and playing a couple of them in concert (playback over loudspeakers)? would a midi version constitute a "new adaptation" of the work, what are the implications of this? etc. etc. etc. studies are publishe

Re: [Finale] OT: Eliminating pencil markings in scanned music? Graphics Experts...

2009-08-25 Thread shirling & neueweise
having used the programme extensively recently, something like this should be possible i would think, but someone with more experience with the programme might know better. i didn't deal with colour at all. you can try to adjust things with the "levels" after converting to greyscale (if y

Re: [Finale] OT: Eliminating pencil markings in scanned music? Graphics Experts...

2009-08-25 Thread shirling & neueweise
photoshop, eraser tool (click "e" on keyboard) at 200% (or more) magnification (click + shift to constrain to horizontal/vertical). for larger sections and/or multiple areas you can also use the marquee tool (m) and control-click (menu) to fill with white 100%: select a region (click-drag mou

Re: [Finale] Somewhat OT: How marked-up can/should rental parts be?

2009-08-21 Thread shirling & neueweise
also, i have never heard of "clean up" charges actually being applied, although i'm sure sometimes they are. i think the pricing is used to encourage the body renting the parts to return them free of markings under the threat of exorbitant clean up fees if the publisher has to do it. _

RE: [Finale] Somewhat OT: How marked-up can/should rental parts be?

2009-08-21 Thread shirling & neueweise
i seem to remember having come across catalogues online with rental prices but all the catalogues i saved back when looking at this same sort of thing are without rental prices listed... but maybe i am remembering having access to prices through a job i had in an arts library. i remember no

Re: [Finale] graphic programme (mac) for cut/paste scores

2009-07-12 Thread shirling & neueweise
I'm trying to picture playing an orchestra piece lasting 5 hours! Professionals would be governed by union rules requiring breaks, except for opera orchestras which probably have different rules (and a higher pay scale) for 5-hour operas. Amateurs, students, or community orchestra musicians

[Finale] graphic programme (mac) for cut/paste scores

2009-07-11 Thread shirling & neueweise
i am about to start a project and am hoping to get some suggestions for a programme to use for this project that can combine text and images and allows editing to both. the score will be scanned and dissected to make parts (it is NOT going to be possible to do this in finale). i will need t

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2009-07-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
Maybe so, but I thought he was simply talking about screen space while working in Finale, not the final look on the page. I may have misinterpreted the question. or i did... ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2009-07-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
Look up "Staff Lists" in the manual. actually i think he need to look up optimization... or the layout tool. Can u hide staves from the display to save screen space ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fi

Re: [Finale] Re: Comparing notation systems

2009-07-04 Thread shirling & neueweise
this is an entirely unfair judgement of free or open source software (FOSS). there is no written or unwritten law that states that FOSS has to invent new objects (or ideas). in lilypond's case the "goal" would seem to be to offer the user an alternate working space / method to the establish

[Finale] Re: Comparing notation systems

2009-07-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
"I must say the treble clef from the Lilypond examples really looks terrible." is this a notation software problem or a font problem? i repeat what i have already said and underline what daniel says about lilypond's comparisons: upon reading any documentation by lilypond it is clear that th

Re: [Finale] Linked parts--yes or no?

2009-07-02 Thread shirling & neueweise
Yes. However, if you have either of these: - hairpins this depends on the nature of your score. you can selectively hide in SC and PTs if there are only a few problematic places. hairpins are not the "general" problem johannes suggests. - cues i have posted a couple of times before a

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
Does anyone have any background on a number of notation programs which are virtually unknown in the U.S. but seem to have dedicated followers elsewhere, sometimes quite nationally based? berlioz / france. is now free, owner want to make it open source and is looking for develppers ___

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
Do you recall if these GUIs run on any actual desktop OS's, er, I mean, on something other than Linux? don't think so, but have to admit my perusal of this has been rather superficial, no time at the moment http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/music-notation-software-linux-progress-report-par

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
well, *you* can give up (on) the thread -- i dont see any reason for the thread itself to be given up -- or you can look up the fairly common terms used in this thread, or you can ask the kind people on the list what the terms mean that you don't understand, or you can look up lilypond and se

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
i had a quick look through an article on linuxsomethingorother.org and there are a couple of apps that provide a GUI but have no idea how sophisticated they are. Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GU

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-30 Thread shirling & neueweise
Btw, is there any other serious notation software still on the market which can compare to Finale or Sibelius? score, if the owner ever gives in and lets someone else at the code. the recent lng-awaited windows version was an absolute disaster. noteability, although development is

[Finale] OT: notepad full vs. demo

2009-06-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
can anyone tell me if there is a difference between the two version? i am trying to help out a frend (who has the full commercial version) get set up with notepad but i only have the demo. are the following things possible (i can't do with the demo)? - pick-up measures - time sig changes wi

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

2009-06-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
i think this kind of competition will tell more about the skills of individual engravers than the programmes themselves. how can you limit and check the control parameters? time limitations can't be controlled and don't take into account how much time and effort the user has spent on thei

[Finale] Re: What's a "Mike Fisher" and where can i buy one?

2009-06-29 Thread shirling & neueweise
don't know about film studio practices but there are some New Music scores that show the same kind of treatment because specific performers were so crucial to the first performance / recording that the names of the performers instead of the instruments were indicated in the score. notably, i

Re: [Finale] Beaming across staves

2009-06-28 Thread shirling & neueweise
i don't know what is available in lite, might be a question of settings/options. have you tried the same two measures in the same staff, undo, move 2nd measure down a system and try the same two measures? I can get beam over barlines to connect from one bar to the other, by seelcting two b

Re: [Finale] Beaming across staves

2009-06-28 Thread shirling & neueweise
Can I do it in "Patterson plugins lite?" i don't know, why don't you give it a try and let us know. What about "cross staves" in TGTools? sounds like this is a different thing, have never used it though ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu ht

Re: [Finale] Beaming across staves

2009-06-28 Thread shirling & neueweise
i seem to remember doing it back in F2003 select the notes you want beamed, select the Patterson Beam over Barlines PI, just give it a whirl, it's really intuitive, you may need to adjust the settings to your liking. Can you do it with Patterson tools in Finale 2004? _

Re: [Finale] Beaming across staves

2009-06-28 Thread shirling & neueweise
patterson tools click, bang, boom! (There's probably an easier way by now, but I've been doing that for too long to have noticed any new method!) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do

2009-06-25 Thread shirling & neueweise
It's not even on Sibelius' schedule to implement. sibelius policy is to let you know "this isn't needed by many users, we won't implement it." but with a smile, direct from the CEOs. finale policy is for some random techie to sometimes to deny the problem exists until they are proven wrong

Re: FW: [Finale] notepad 2007 available anywhere?

2009-06-10 Thread shirling & neueweise
forgot to mention i need the mac version. jim, the diskmount doesn't work! i get a "no mountable file systems" when i 2-click the DMG file "NP2k8Mac.dmg" I have both the Windows and MAC versions of Finale Notepad 2008 on my website if that would help. :) http://www.halerecordings.com/index

[Finale] notepad 2007 available anywhere?

2009-06-10 Thread shirling & neueweise
anyone know of a place to get finale notepad 2007 (freeware)? the MM website lets me search for version 2007 but the results offer only a fontpack update. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Got Finale 2010 today.

2009-06-09 Thread shirling & neueweise
jeez, doesn't sound like they rushed it out the door at all! isn't there usually a pre-order + rebate period? Just today I received a postcard from MM offering the upgrade to Fin2010 (I'm currently on '09) for <$99.95> through September 18, 2009. The card DOES have a code "F10U2L" to use

Re: [Finale] Re: Got Finale 2010 today.

2009-06-09 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
So much for a free t-shirt :-) stay tuned for the water bottle ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] OT: first i take san francisco then i take oakland

2009-06-09 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
any bay area people who are interested in getting together for a drink or something i'll be at 21 grand (oakland) wed eve checking out an improv show, starts at 8pm. contact privately: jef chippewa ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://li

Re: [Finale] Audacity

2009-05-31 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
manual here, i haven't read it, but maybe the info is there http://en.flossmanuals.net/audacity ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 6

2009-05-21 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
Rumors of Score's death are greatly exaggerated. :-) perhaps, but it *is* deathly ill. imagine the last 10 years of finale's bugs, poor implementations and general errors crammed into and you have the new windows version of score, their ONLY upgrade in 10 years. that is pretty much how i

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 6

2009-05-21 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
I'm so glad the paltform wars appear to be over. don't get too excited yet, there is still to come the final installment of the Fin-Sib war as the clans fight over who gets to feed on the charred bodily remains of score... ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] your default file contents

2009-05-13 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
The biggest omissions from your list that I see are Pedal on and off indications for piano i have usually used articulations for this but Ped. is already in the list (sorry, i didn't type it!!)... since we're on the subject, are there any playback functions you assign to them at all? what i

[Finale] your default file contents

2009-05-12 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
looking for your comments and input on what should be included in a basic default file for text expressions. also please point out any errors in spelling or abbreviations and capitalization. comments on point size and font styles as well as ordering also welcome. it doesn't have to be ab

[Finale] OT: need MIDI for chopin nocturne op. 48/1

2009-05-02 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
because i'm lazy and don't want to do it myself 8-) anyone have it? or as a finale doc would be even better. i plan to make a score for myself so i need just the notes, really. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/

[Finale] OT: CALL FOR SCORES - Materials for A Devastated Conservatory

2009-04-27 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
Please send your scores and parts for the victims of the April earthquakes in Italy! The Conservatory in L'Aquila, Italy was leveled in the April earthquakes. All printed music, teaching materials and instruments that were not personally carried out of the buildings were lost forever. To

Re: [Finale] importing Score files into Finale

2009-04-25 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
the cost of Score plus the learning curve -- it's quite different from any of the Windows notation programs the version she has of these files is not windows, a disastrous windows version did however finally just come out. i don't know much about it, but it may be possible to move the file

[Finale] OT: extended piano techniques and prepared piano

2009-04-24 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
please forward at will! -- [respond privately: j...@newmusicnotation.com] i'm starting to document (very) extended piano performance techniques with detailed explanations of performance techniques / methods and their resulting sound characteristics, accompanied by photo documentation and h

[Finale] moving entire pages in document

2009-04-09 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
i have a doc that contains several page formats with various kinds of manuscript templates on individual pages. am currently updating the document but want to reorder some of it to keep all letter, A4, legal, tabloid and A3 together and insert new templates at appropriate places. (F2008) i

[Finale] NEOT: graphic notation exhibition | montréal

2009-03-18 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
not entirely off-topic Hearing Visions Sonares: a multimedia exhibit of graphic scores http://www.mcgill.ca/library-about/events March 21 - August 15, 2009 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] OT: Lancement de PAC / CAP Launch 17-iii-2009

2009-03-17 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
kind of like seriously last minute, but any montréalers that are free this afternoon and are interested in this, please come by. it's what i do in one of my other lives... -- Veuillez faire suivre / Please forward Lancement du Projet d'archivage Concordia (PAC) / Launch of the Concordia

Re: [Finale] Re: rests in pick up measure

2009-03-11 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
I'd much rather look at examples of engraving that I think are attractive and readable and match *that*, instead of looking up something in a book. ... the book being based in most cases on some form of (mis)interpretation of said examples... ryan, dude... neither finale nor read are gospe

[Finale] Re: Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-11 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
hahahahahahaha ryan i have a water bottle with your name on it, please send me your address. ... confirming that the changes wouldn't be difficult to implement. Hopefully we'll see a change pretty soon! ... does not equal "we care about implementing them" sorry for being the eternal f*?&ing

[Finale] [OT] extended characters in sibelius

2009-03-10 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
i use some extended characters for some symbols in fonts i have developed and apparently there is some sort of limit on what sibelius can access. for example, i have the whole rest placed in the … (greek character sideways-M) position and it is not accessible in sibelius. anyone have a wor

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-07 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
andrew hath wratten: the easiest and most direct thing is to create the text in Finale in the first place, especially inasmuch as there is almost nothing a commercial word processor can do that Finale's own text engine can't do just as well. to which david hath respondeth: Finale

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
as far as i can tell, if you send me a word doc and a PDF of the output i'll test it for you. no reason why it shouldn't, illustrator is far more powerful than word for typography Do you know if Illustrator does Ruby Text (aka Phonetic Guides, aka furigana)? __

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
I've tried a couple of free or shareware PDF->EPS converters. The problem is because the word doc is text, some of these converters don't recognize it as graphics. you can "flatten" (not sure that is the right term) the text in a PDF with a professional programme so that the text is turned i

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts

2009-02-23 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
But but...they have T-Shirts man! Come on! so what? they don't have water bottles, do they? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts

2009-02-23 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
adjustments and hairpin widths are the two most obvious. Actually, the latter is the one that really shocks me somewhat. Even if I still have to keep two files in the end production process I would still very much welcome completely independently adjustable hairpins. where needed i add a

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts (measure numbers)

2009-02-23 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
drag enclose all the bold condensed centred numbers and then drag them way past the bottom of the page in the part. you can hide them which is better i think... if you change the payout, move measures to different systems the numbers might show up on the page. here is what i do. region 1

Re: [Finale] Linked Parts

2009-02-22 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
you know, as soon i see the subject line "linked parts" i get shivers and stomach cramps. before you do anything in your score: 1. complain about insufficient and incomplete implemention of the linked parts feature to the powers-that-be (check the list archives if you need clarifications fo

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic CEO John Paulson resigns

2008-11-25 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
is the CEO responsible for these problems you have articulated? has he contributed to the improvement or decline of the company or to the product (i assume you are referring to finale) in your view? or is he honestly dedicated to the product but bailing ship because of an unresolvable pestil

Re: [Finale] To buy or not to buy

2008-11-14 Thread shirling &amp; neueweise
expressions that have to avoid notes do so for layers other than 1. but robert sez they are no longer note-attached. how does this work if they are not note-attached? This, in addition to the knowledge that you can still have an expression stick to the beat originally assigned by holding

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