Re: [Finale] Spacing issue for dotted rest

2016-07-28 Thread Jan Angermüller
There are other known spacing issues with the Jazz font as well. For example the symbols 67 and 99 ("common/cut time with bracket") have the same advance width as the symbols without brackets (68/100) although they are twice as wide. So when using the 67/99 symbols you might run into note

Re: [Finale] Spacing issue for dotted rest

2016-07-28 Thread Christopher Smith
In old versions of Finale, the rests show dots correctly. This broke approximately at the same time that linked parts were introduced. I complained immediately, and was told to move them all with the Special Tool. They are blowing smoke if they claim that this is working as designed. It was

[Finale] Spacing issue for dotted rest

2016-07-27 Thread Girard Bowe
Here is the latest response from MakeMusic regarding my complaint about the eighth rest dot spacing in JazzFont: "At the risk of going into semantics, bug fixes are defined as the software not operating as designed. The augmentation dots appear next to notes and rests at a distance that is

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines in the avoid collisions option

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Unfortunately, no. I've asked for this option for years. Chime in if you want to see the addition. Steve On Aug 1, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread shirl...@newmusicnotation.com
you could try setting the line width shorter by 2 EVPU until the final spacing and layout has been done, then set it back and adjust the (hopefully very) few beat charts that didn't quite work as you wanted. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines in the avoid

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines in the avoid collisions option, but then they...well

[Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting seems to change it. Obviously I could turn off leger lines in the avoid collisions option, but then they...well...collide.

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
p.s. if plugins have access to leger line length. i'll have to research that. On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: jef you're a genius. that's a feature i'm adding to my note spacing plugin! On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:05 PM,

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
rob...@robertgpatterson.com To: finale finale@shsu.edu Cc: Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap that it is currently leaving is too wide, and no setting

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
] -- Forwarded message -- From: Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com To: finale finale@shsu.edu Cc: Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how much space Finale allots between leger lines? The gap

Re: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines?

2015-08-01 Thread Robert Patterson
: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 1] -- Forwarded message -- From: Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com To: finale finale@shsu.edu Cc: Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:37:53 -0500 Subject: [Finale] Spacing option for leger lines? Is there any way to control how

[Finale] spacing in linked parts

2014-06-11 Thread Ryan
Fin 2012c, Mac Mavericks The spacing is wonky in linked parts with specified voicing defined to display layer 2 when more than one layer is present. Does anyone else have this same problem? Any solution? The note spacing is fine when notes from Layer 1 are displaying. Ryan

[Finale] spacing bug?

2012-01-18 Thread Ryan
Finale 2012a MacOS 10.5.8 Can anyone else recreate this? In 3/2, 6/4, or 12/8 time, put in a dotted whole note. In another layer, force a whole rest (speedy entry 7). Space the measure. I get extra space added to the front of the measure. If I remove the forced whole rest, it is spaced normally.

Re: [Finale] spacing bug?

2012-01-18 Thread Raymond Horton
WinFin 2011.r2 It behaves exactly as you describe. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com wrote: Finale 2012a MacOS 10.5.8

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread SN jef chippewa
i find it best to set them perfectly in the parts and accept how they look in the score. since the grace notes are fixed (not proportional) distance from the note they belong to, in general they spacing in relation to the main note should be acceptably close in MOST cases. you can also

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, If you are using *voiced* linked parts (multiple parts/staff), grace note spacing cannot be adjusted in the parts. That is the longstanding bug we are complaining about. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jul 2011, at 5:16 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote:

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread SN jef chippewa
yep, we're talking about the same thing: you can in fact adjust it in the PT, but the grace notes remain linked (i.e. will also move in the SC), i'm just saying sometimes the positioning discrepancy is not so critical. using the opt-click on the measure trick i mentioned will avoid having

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Jef, Adjust it how? Special tools and Speedy are disabled in *voiced* linked parts. Try it and see. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jul 2011, at 9:46 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: you can in fact adjust it in the PT

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread SN jef chippewa
just tried voices (which i almost never use) and it works. i adjusted the grace notes (special tools) in two separate voices (not layers) independently from within the PT (F2010) http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/grace_voices.pdf Adjust it how? Special tools and Speedy are disabled in

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Darcy James Argue
Jef, You are still not understanding. I think it's likely that you've never tried the specific thing we are talking about. I'm assuming it must not come up in your work. We aren't talking about voices. Or layers. We are talking about *voiced* linked parts -- i.e., 1 staff, two parts. For

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread SN jef chippewa
ah! yes, totally right, have never tried it because i would never use this in the stuff i score. You are still not understanding. I think it's likely that you've never tried the specific thing we are talking about. I'm assuming it must not come up in your work. but here i must correct you,

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-28 Thread Neal Gittleman
Many thanks to those who helped with my grace note spacing problem. It feels like the old days, extracting parts then massaging them! Reminds me how much (this feature excepted) linked parts have made my Finale life easier. FWIW I did submit a case. And in doing so I saw the page where they

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Neal, Grace notes do not space correctly with linked voiced parts (i.e. multiple parts per staff). This is a problem going back to the very beginning of linked parts. Please file a bug report with Finale. Meanwhile, you will need to either (A) extract out the staff into individual parts,

Re: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts

2011-07-27 Thread christopher.smith
it. Christopher - Original Message - From: Neal Gittleman nealg...@mac.com Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:30 pm Subject: [Finale] Spacing Problem in Linked Parts To: finale@shsu.edu Greetings... FinMac 2k11 still w/Snow Leopard. I'm having a spacing issue that I've never come

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
i've been trying to reproduce the behaviour with a new window placed on a second monitor so i can see it when it happens. thought maybe it had to do with updating the layout and checking all parts or selecting all and applying music spacing and then switching to another part and doing the

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread Williams, Jim
Just a hypothesis: could this be related to that multi-measure rest thing in document options? That seems to cause unwanted respacing in other circumstances and might possibly be in play here. Jef, care to test the hypothesis by unchecking that box and going about your work on your parts?

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
the weird thing is that this doesn't affect all measures and i'm not sure it is related to music spacing, because the music spacing is in fact removed in the problematic SC measures; also their measure widths exactly match the widths of the same measure in one of the PTs that has no music in

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-16 Thread SN jef chippewa
jari, you mean update automatically? i have that unchecked by default. Just a hypothesis: could this be related to that multi-measure rest thing in document options? That seems to cause unwanted respacing in other circumstances and might possibly be in play here. Jef, care to test the

[Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread SN jef chippewa
ok this is really starting to be a pisser. has anyone else come across this? i do all the layout, make everything all pretty in the SC, and then generate the PTs and at some point, presumably while applying music spacing to one of them, the spacing in the SC goes wacko. once the PTs are

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread Christopher Smith
Yeah, I never know what is going on there. Often my parts need to be respaced individually (I haven't noticed it with the score, though) and I can't figure out why. I just do it now, and don't ask why. Probably something about the program I don't know. Christopher On Sat Jan 15, at

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jan 15, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Probably something about the program I don't know. Not much of that, in my experience :) Chuck Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-3162 phone: (503) 926-7952 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 www.chuckisraels.com

Re: [Finale] Spacing with dotted notes

2010-12-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Dec 2010 at 20:32, dc wrote: This is Finale's default spacing, which doesn't look good, because the 3 notes in the right hand are all on the first beat: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/default.jpg How could it be improved? What about placing the C and E before the dotted note?

[Finale] spacing tip

2010-07-08 Thread dershem
Someone posted a tip here recently about keeping spacing from updating when you print, and messing up your manual spacing. I meant to print it but apparently spaced out. COuld someone re-post, or give me a pointer to it? Thanks! cd -- http://members.cox.net/dershem/index.html

Re: [Finale] spacing tip

2010-07-08 Thread Ryan
Doc Options. Multi measure rest. Uncheck box that says update automatically or some such. Is that the one you're looking for? On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:10 PM, dershem ders...@cox.net wrote: Someone posted a tip here recently about keeping spacing from updating when you print, and messing up

Re: [Finale] spacing tip

2010-07-08 Thread dershem
On 7/8/2010 8:24 PM, Ryan wrote: Doc Options. Multi measure rest. Uncheck box that says update automatically or some such. Is that the one you're looking for? Yes! Thanks. cd PS - don't get old, or to busy! -- http://members.cox.net/dershem/index.html http://dershem.livejournal.com/

Re: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread Mark D Lew
That looks like standard Finale behavior to me. I would expect to have to add space in a situation like that. Finale's awareness of collisions between layers is incomplete. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread dhbailey
Mark D Lew wrote: That looks like standard Finale behavior to me. I would expect to have to add space in a situation like that. Finale's awareness of collisions between layers is incomplete. And inexplicable after all these years, all these versions and all these development dollars.

Re: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread Christopher Smith
from having to do this by hand. I don't know why Finale can't avoid collisions between augmentation dots and accidentals. Christopher On Wed May 19, at WednesdayMay 19 3:50 AM, dc wrote: This is the default Finale spacing with two layers (note that the left hand e in the second measure

Re: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread Rich Caldwell
dhbailey écrit: And inexplicable after all these years, all these versions and all these development dollars. Quite amazing, actually, that this has never been taken care of. How does Sibelius behave? I entered the same snippet into Sibelius (I've been learning Sibelius so am very

Re: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread Mark D Lew
Christopher Smith wrote: Normally I agree with Mark D. Lew out of the box on all things relating to spacing (his posts a couple of years back on lyric spacing were a Master's seminar), but in this case I would just shift that left hand first beat (both notes) a little to the left so that

RE: [Finale] spacing with layers again

2010-05-19 Thread Phillips, Justin
, 2010 2:51 AM To: finale-shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] spacing with layers again This is the default Finale spacing with two layers (note that the left hand e in the second measure is dotted under the natural, or should be!). Both layers have the affects music spacing box ticked? Is there any way

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-10 Thread Christopher Smith
That would be The Art of Music Engraving Processing or I think the complete title might be Teach Yourself the Art of Music Engraving Processing by Ted Ross, the 3rd edition I have is copyright 1987. It is widely considered to be one of the leading references for points of standard

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-10 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: That would be The Art of Music Engraving Processing or I think the complete title might be Teach Yourself the Art of Music Engraving Processing by Ted Ross, the 3rd edition I have is copyright 1987. It is widely considered to be one of the leading references for

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-09 Thread James Cooper
Christopher, You have me curious -- what is the Ted Ross you refer to? --- James James Cooper Composer, classical guitarist, songwriter www.ModeZ.com Ted Ross (p 170 in

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-08 Thread Barbara Touburg
dc wrote: This is Finale's default note spacing: www.collins.lautre.net/files/default.jpg How could I improve the placement of the g-b third? Would it be acceptable to put it before the c, as here? Thanks, Dennis Select it (mass mover tool or whatever it is called now) and use

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-08 Thread Christopher Smith
Yeah, that's pretty bad! Ted Ross (p 170 in the 3rd edition) suggests exactly what you ask. I'm not sure what this does to the vertical alignment in a piano part, though. Aligning the stems (which you would do if there was no dot) and shifting the dot to the right he specifically says is

Re: [Finale] spacing with dotted notes

2010-05-08 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 8, 2010, at 7:59 AM, dc wrote: This is Finale's default note spacing: www.collins.lautre.net/files/default.jpg How could I improve the placement of the g-b third? Would it be acceptable to put it before the c, as here? I would put the GB to the left of the C, definitely. I'd make

[Finale] spacing of staves

2010-04-14 Thread Christer Wallstrom
What about space systems evenly (pagelayout) Works fine for me. Easy to use Christer W Minister of Music ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] spacing of staves

2010-04-14 Thread Christopher Smith
With nothing quoted, I take it you are responding to the question about how to get the staves in a system more closely spaces for only one system. Unfortunately, the Space Systems Evenly command does not change positioning of the staves inside the system, only the systems themselves.

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-14 Thread Rich Caldwell
On Apr 12, 2010, at 1:09 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: Respace Staves goes back at least to v3.0 (early 90s). It was in the first version of Finale I ever used, 2.01, back in 1991. My guess is that it's a near-original feature, and I'm glad to hear it's been enhanced. What I'd like,

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-14 Thread John Howell
At 11:13 AM -0400 4/14/10, Rich Caldwell wrote: The feature isn't obvious though. You must optimize the systems (not letting it remove staves), then when you're in the staff tool, drag enclose the bottom handle on the staves and do the Respace Staves function. Unfortunately, Finale won't do

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-14 Thread Robert Patterson
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Rich Caldwell caldw...@shypuppy.net wrote: Sounds like a plugin could accomplish this task very easily… The task is complicated (for a plugin) by staff and system scaling options. However, there is a plugin that gets close in TGTools. It allows you to contract

RE: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Lee Actor
Alternatively, you can select Staff Usage from the menu and enter the vertical positions directly. If you select the top handle, the dialog box will say global; if you select the bottom it will name which system you're adjusting. mdl I've been using Finale for more than a decade, and have

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Rich Caldwell
When was the Respace Staves option introduced? I seem to recall having to enter the staff positions in Staff Usage a while ago, or dragging every staff individually, but it's tedious just thinking about that now. Rich On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:25 AM, Lee Actor wrote: Alternatively, you can

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Respace staves was introduced at least by Finale 2k. ns Rich Caldwell wrote: When was the Respace Staves option introduced? I seem to recall having to enter the staff positions in Staff Usage a while ago, or dragging every staff individually, but it's tedious just thinking about that now.

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Robert Patterson
Respace Staves goes back at least to v3.0 (early 90s). What I don't remember is when it became possible to use it with optimized systems. This is a feature I discovered much more recently. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Noel Stoutenburg mjol...@ticnet.com wrote: Respace staves was introduced

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:25 AM, Lee Actor wrote: I've been using Finale for more than a decade, and have always thought it odd that adjusting staff position seemed to be the only item I had to adjust by eye and not by numerical position. Thanks for pointing this out! (Adjusting by eye does

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Apr 2010 at 7:55, Rich Caldwell asked: When was the Respace Staves option introduced On 12 Apr 2010 at 8:41, Noel Stoutenburg replied: Respace staves was introduced at least by Finale 2k. On 12 Apr 2010 at 9:16, Robert Patterson wrote: Respace Staves goes back at least to v3.0 (early

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 12 Apr 2010, at 1:09 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: What I'd like, though, is the ability to set the top and bottom staff and then have the ones in between spaced evenly automatically. Is that available in current versions of Finale? No -- that's one area where Sibelius has a significant

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Apr 2010 at 14:18, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 12 Apr 2010, at 1:09 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: What I'd like, though, is the ability to set the top and bottom staff and then have the ones in between spaced evenly automatically. Is that available in current versions of Finale? No

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: After posting I also thought of one of my annoyances with Finale, one that we are all probably so accustomed to that we don't even notice it any more, and that's the insistence on using negative numbers for distances from the top of a page. This is, if I'm remembering

[Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Dan Tillberg
Thought I knew this but now I can't remember or is this not possible? How can I make a score so that the distance between the staves are slightly less on the first page (to give room for the title etc) and fill normally on subsequent pages? Thanks /D

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Chuck Israels
Page Layout/Allow Individual spacing On Apr 11, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Dan Tillberg wrote: Thought I knew this but now I can't remember or is this not possible? How can I make a score so that the distance between the staves are slightly less on the first page (to give room for the title

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Christopher Smith
You have to Optimise, without removing any staves. This gives you a lower handle in the Staff Tool on each staff that adjusts the staff FOR THAT SYSTEM ONLY. You can still adjust global staff distances with the upper handle. Christopher On Sun Apr 11, at SundayApr 11 4:16 PM, Dan

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Chuck Israels
Yes, Christopher, that works too, but there is a menu choice - Allow Individual Staff Spacing that accomplishes the same thing without the need to optimise the system. Chuck On Apr 11, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: You have to Optimise, without removing any staves. This gives

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
I'll elaborate just a bit on what Christopher Smith wrote: You have to Optimise, without removing any staves. This gives you a lower handle in the Staff Tool on each staff that adjusts the staff FOR THAT SYSTEM ONLY. You can still adjust global staff distances with the upper handle. When I

Re: [Finale] Spacing of staves

2010-04-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: I'll elaborate just a bit on what Christopher Smith wrote: You have to Optimise, without removing any staves. This gives you a lower handle in the Staff Tool on each staff that adjusts the staff FOR THAT SYSTEM ONLY. You can still adjust

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Eric Fiedler
I hear what you're saying...and sometimes a local solution is the best and only way to go in a pinch. But on the other hand, there's something about a score with a number of different spacing algorithms that doesn't look quite right to me. As I understand it, the old engravers of

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:44 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: I hear what you're saying...and sometimes a local solution is the best and only way to go in a pinch. But on the other hand, there's something about a score with a number of different spacing algorithms that doesn't look quite right to me.

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mon Jan 25, at MondayJan 25 1:16 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: (For one thing, 75% of desktop publishers shouldn't be allowed to have more than eight typefaces) Eight? What are the other seven? 8-) Christopher ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread David W. Fenton
On 25 Jan 2010 at 11:44, Eric Fiedler wrote: I hear what you're saying...and sometimes a local solution is the best and only way to go in a pinch. But on the other hand, there's something about a score with a number of different spacing algorithms that doesn't look quite right to me. As

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Christopher Smith
the Finale data for that, but it might be possible to fix certain kinds of errors in a second pass (or flag them and ask the user what you want to do about them). Actually, we kind of already do that. I use the default Finale spacing that gets things apart from things that shouldn't be touching

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread David W. Fenton
to be fixed. I'm not sure how easy it is to examine the Finale data for that, but it might be possible to fix certain kinds of errors in a second pass (or flag them and ask the user what you want to do about them). Actually, we kind of already do that. I use the default Finale spacing

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Jari Williamsson
of Herbert Chlapik's Die Praxis des Notengraphikers and try to achieve those examples in Finale, you'll see that to translate the rules he uses for old-fashion plate engraving/spacing, you'd need to apply many different kinds of Finale spacing in different measures, mainly because the spacing languages

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-25 Thread Mark D Lew
David W. Fenton wrote: On the other hand, there are some things that I think a plugin should do. For instance, I wish there were some way to use the beat charts that would not require moving all the handles. ... The UI on beat chart editing is just awful. I don't mind moving the beat

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-24 Thread Jari Williamsson
Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: In the linked image: http://imgur.com/Aux4V.png you will notice the bad spacing between notes 2 and 3. Apart from manually adjusting the third or second notes using the appropriate Special Tool, the normal Music Spacing options have no effect. Has anyone

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-24 Thread Eric Fiedler
Happens all the time with us (FinMac 2010). We generally solve the problem either by (a) using the Special tools note mover (a royal PITA), or (b) making the measure (or _all_ measures) a little wider using the Measure Tool or Spacing Tool, or (c) changing the Note Spacing values globally It

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-24 Thread Jari Williamsson
Eric Fiedler wrote: (c) changing the Note Spacing values globally Why not locally? Note spacing settings are only applied when respacing is done and if you turn off AMS you'll have full control over the spacing of the document. It's easy to build a few FinaleScripts to provide spacing for

RE: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-24 Thread Lee Actor
Matthew Hindson (gmail) écrit: Has anyone else run into this? Avoid collision of notes and accidentals is checked in the Music Spacing options. The spacing is being applied to this particular part only, i.e. there are no other staves affecting the spacing. The other bars in the part

[Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-23 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
In the linked image: http://imgur.com/Aux4V.png you will notice the bad spacing between notes 2 and 3. Apart from manually adjusting the third or second notes using the appropriate Special Tool, the normal Music Spacing options have no effect. Has anyone else run into this? Avoid

[Finale] Spacing of seconds in different layers, incorporate manual adjustments

2010-01-17 Thread Christopher Smith
FinMac 2010b This doesn't seem to be working any more. I remember it working differently when I last had to use this. I have avoid collisions of seconds checked in the music spacing options, but I find that the notes are a little too close together, particularly if the stems-down note is

[Finale] Spacing of over/under symbols

2009-07-26 Thread Richard Huggins
I'm using over/under chord symbols and want to move them farther away from the line in the middle. I haven't yet found how to do this. Richard FINMAC 09 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-21 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: Almost two weeks after sending my file to tech support, I am told that they haven't found the solution, but that they've finally noticed the problem! Catching up with the old posts here... Did you send my fix to the problem to them? I think this should be fairly easy to fix, once

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-15 Thread Chuck Israels
And beat/note handles often fail to appear when using the measure tool. I don't know if this has to do with showing defined measure numbers or not. I haven't checked it out. Is there another explanation for this? I have also been bitten by the explode music bug - when exploding music

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-15 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:45 AM, dc wrote: So there is obviously some dreadful bug induced by the display defined measure numbers option! (Which caused the time signature to change at the real measure number, and not the displayed measure number, though this measure was the only one

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-15 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Johannes Gebauer écrit: There is definitely something wrong in recent versions, and I am almost certain it is related to linked parts. Something wrong also with the display defined measure numbers option. I seem to recall others had problems with this, but don't remember the

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-15 Thread ThomaStudios
FWIW, sometimes when working in FinMac2K7, I can't access beat handles. I've noticed this has something to do with a plugin window being open on my 2nd monitor. Usually TGT or Patterson. Closing that window solves the problem in that case. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Nov 15, 2007, at

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-15 Thread Christopher Smith
On 15-Nov-07, at 9:31 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: And beat/note handles often fail to appear when using the measure tool. I don't know if this has to do with showing defined measure numbers or not. I haven't checked it out. Is there another explanation for this? I have noticed

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-14 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: I have not had the same problems with spacing as your images had shown, so I am trying to narrow down the possible problems. It seems that something in your preferences may be affecting the Music Spacing results. Let us try clearing your Finale preferences: [suggestions follow to

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-14 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: When I complained recently about missing hyphens, they actually suggested I add them as expressions. I believe that's their way of saying that they know about the bug and that you have to use a workaround until they eventually fix it. OK, I'll send it. I took a look at your

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Dennis wrote: I've been using Finale for some 15 years now, and I find that tech support hasn't really improved... to which Jari responded, Very few tech supports have improved during the last 15 years. Virtually all commercial software today rely on user-to-user communities (forums, lists,

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.11.2007 Jari Williamsson wrote: I took a look at your file and the frames are indeed corrupted. (I'm a bit curious if you entered the piece all by hand using Simple/Speedy or if you used some import function such as MusicXML import for the data.) I have a file where one single measure

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-04 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I noticed that you did not mention testing the file's integrity, removing deleted items. I would certainly give these routines a try...maybe you'll get lucky. If anyone has any other suggestions, please jump in. Waiting for you guys to answer (for which many thanks), I tried several

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-04 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, November 4, 2007 8:05 am, dc wrote: The only way to get rid of the problem is to copy the contents of the file in a new one... and lose all the layout and ajusting work already done. One more thought, and I don't have the thread in front of me to check this. I have found that these

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 4, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I noticed that you did not mention testing the file's integrity, removing deleted items. I would certainly give these routines a try...maybe you'll get lucky. A nice idea, but these have never helped me out, and I have gotten

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 4, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Sun, November 4, 2007 8:05 am, dc wrote: The only way to get rid of the problem is to copy the contents of the file in a new one... and lose all the layout and ajusting work already done. One more thought, and I don't have the

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