Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-03 Thread dhbailey
might get used to in time. This is the order of input: first duration, then note/chord. Have you gotten used to this? -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av dhbailey Sendt: 3. november 2008 11:53 Til: finale@shsu.edu Emne: Re: [Finale] WinFin 200

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-03 Thread Roger Jeffs
D] På vegne > av dhbailey > Sendt: 3. november 2008 11:53 > Til: finale@shsu.edu > Emne: Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant > > Roger Jeffs wrote: > > Thanks for your comments. > > > > I would say, though, that since most of your departmen

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-03 Thread dhbailey
Roger Jeffs wrote: Thanks for your comments. I would say, though, that since most of your department's students probably haven't gotten into the plug-ins in the same way that many on this list have, that you should consider downloading Sibelius' demo, or have your department buy a single c

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-03 Thread Roger Jeffs
Thanks for your comments. > -Opprinnelig melding- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne > av Robert Patterson > Sendt: 3. november 2008 00:19 > Til: finale@shsu.edu > Emne: Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant > > The last

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Cecil Rigby
MUCH easier! -Cecil - Original Message - From: Allen Fisher To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant Hey Cecil-- Unless I'm missing something, can't you use Library-->Save Library-- >D

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
e: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant Out of curiosity, why do you first convert to XML before opening the file in Finale 2009? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listi

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Allen Fisher
t is there a simple way to transfer all those details? am I all wet?! -Cecil (apparently still on the learning curve) - Original Message - From: Allen Fisher To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Cecil Rigby
r 02, 2008 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant Out of curiosity, why do you first convert to XML before opening the file in Finale 2009? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailma

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Allen Fisher
Out of curiosity, why do you first convert to XML before opening the file in Finale 2009? On Nov 2, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Cecil Rigby wrote: Hi all- Robert gave the 2 most important reasons I haven't switch to Sibelius. After sticking with 07c despite customers who wanted more recent file vers

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Cecil Rigby
Hi all- Robert gave the 2 most important reasons I haven't switch to Sibelius. After sticking with 07c despite customers who wanted more recent file versions I finally relented and have 09a, but, after some time with it have decided to work mostly in 07 and import via xml to 09 for the final tw

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Robert Patterson
The last 2 upgrades in particular I find worse than useless. (In Fin08 they screwed up copy/paste and in Fin09 expressions.) But every time I contemplate switching to Sibelius, 2 things always stop me. The first is that I can't even get to first base with my orchestra and band templates becaus

RE: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-11-02 Thread Roger Jeffs
I've been using Finale for the last 16 years or so, but I'm seriously considering giving up on it and taking my entire college department with me. Each new version of Finale seems to introduce new problems whilst old sins just continue. I've tried the demo version of Fin 2009, and it seems to be

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-10-29 Thread Allen Fisher
Hey Henry-- Would you mind emailing me your file? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Oct 29, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Howey, Henry wrote: I downloaded and tried the "improved " 2009 last evening. If anything, Finale shut down even faster than before;-( The toxic file is even moreso. Generally, I've been ab

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2009a and the toxic file and Rant

2008-10-29 Thread dhbailey
Howey, Henry wrote: [snip] BTW, instead of dealing with the less than great aspects of Sibelius, the real work for MM is to go deep into the guts of Finale that are still there from Finale 1.00. I suspect that the really bad stuff we're seeing now are the fruits of some of the clunky remnants of