Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Feb 2009 at 7:15, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > How, exactly, would a stuck key cause the inputting of the rhythm to > > get the wrong pitch? > > I don't know the internals of Finale well enough to be able to answer > the question, but I should note that in the case

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: How, exactly, would a stuck key cause the inputting of the rhythm to get the wrong pitch? I don't know the internals of Finale well enough to be able to answer the question, but I should note that in the case I experienced, the key was not stuck. I didn't bother to disas

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-18 Thread Lawrence Yates
The problem is definitely there in WinFin2006 - it happens to me very often. Cheers, Lawrence Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-18 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 17, 2009, at 8:07 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: And I seem to recall it happening in more than just the single part that has a bass clef -- I know it happens at least in alto clef (in addition to bass), but I'm almost certain it's happened to me in treble clef, too (but I can't vouch for tha

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Feb 2009 at 21:03, Mark D Lew wrote: > I > forget exactly how it plays out, but at some point in its logic Speedy > assumes a treble clef positioning when you're actually in bass clef and > somehow that results in the notes appearing way too high. (It's not > actually an octave, I think it's

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Feb 2009 at 16:58, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Well, perhaps my suggestion is implausible, perhaps not. My suggestion > is caused by my own personal experience where I had a problem with a > particular key combination in Finale not working as I expected, but in > another application (runnin

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Mark D Lew
I'm at work and only seeing today's messages, so I've missed the beginning of this thread, but if this is the problem I think it is, I remember it quite well. It's not actually an octave problem; it's a clef problem. I forget exactly how it plays out, but at some point in its logic Speedy assume

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Richard Yates
>>Based on the above, it would be worth checking your computer keyboard to >>see if there is some debris down inside. >This may become my favorite response to drop into Usenet flame wars! RY Let me add that I do realize your suggestion was serious and, in fact, I occasionally run into a situati

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Richard Yates
>Based on the above, it would be worth checking your computer keyboard to see if there is some debris down inside. This may become my favorite response to drop into usenet flame wars! RY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/ma

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: And if my keyboard is dirty, why don't I have any keyboard errors in any other applications? For that matter, it's not that they keyboard doesn't do what I tell it -- the cursor is in exactly the right place vertically, it's just that the note that comes out is wrong (t

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Feb 2009 at 15:20, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > > Actually, the reason it's happening to me a lot now is simply because > > I'm using Speedy with computer keyboard for note entry exclusively, > > whereas previously I only used MIDI keyboard -- and the problem never

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: Actually, the reason it's happening to me a lot now is simply because I'm using Speedy with computer keyboard for note entry exclusively, whereas previously I only used MIDI keyboard -- and the problem never happened there, of course. I do recall it from many years ago b

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Feb 2009 at 9:51, dhbailey wrote: > Can you reproduce that behavior consistently in your version > of Finale? No, I can't. > It sounded like it just crept into your setup > recently, so if someone had asked you a couple of weeks ago > if it had been squashed in your version, you could

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 16 Feb 2009 at 21:45, Richard Yates wrote: I have a vague memory of Speedy octave errors at the beginning of measures. I think I found that hitting keypad '0' twice (to exit and reenter Speedy) minimized the hassle. In general, deleting and then re-entering the note

Re: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread Marcello Noia
In FinWin 2k6 it happens sometimes at the beginning of a measure without any apparent reason. If I can recall well it happens more frequently in bass clef staves. David W. Fenton ha scritto: On 16 Feb 2009 at 21:45, Richard Yates wrote: I have a vague memory of Speedy octave errors at the

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Feb 2009 at 21:45, Richard Yates wrote: > I have a vague memory of Speedy octave errors at the beginning of > measures. I think I found that hitting keypad '0' twice (to exit and > reenter Speedy) minimized the hassle. In general, deleting and then re-entering the note always fixes the pro

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-16 Thread Richard Yates
I have a vague memory of Speedy octave errors at the beginning of measures. I think I found that hitting keypad '0' twice (to exit and reenter Speedy) minimized the hassle. I recall no other details, however. > >> I believe that there was some sort of clef confusion--you enter >> treble, it gives

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Feb 2009 at 23:33, Williams, Jim wrote: > I believe that there was some sort of clef confusion--you enter treble, it > gives bass, or some such, and I do believe it was fixed. I can't say that > it has bitten me in 08 or 09. But it doesn't matter what the clef situation is -- it happens in

RE: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-16 Thread Williams, Jim
f measures. From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton [lists.fin...@dfenton.com] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 10:36 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Speedy wrong octave I've been doing a lot of Speedy entry fr

[Finale] Speedy wrong octave

2009-02-16 Thread David W. Fenton
I've been doing a lot of Speedy entry from the computer keyboard lately (the PC I normally use had to have the hard drives rebuilt and somewhere along the line, the sound card drivers got screwed up (I think it's because I moved the sound card to a different PCI slot) and now locks up Speedy wh