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|  David Young : chambermusic Registered Member

       Date Joined Sep 2000 Total Posts : 2032 | Posted 11/2/2009 11:10 PM (GMT -6) |   | | Say, I just noticed the free instructional DVD offered to new users of Finale. Offer good until mid December.
Anyone check it out?
Composer of classical-romantic style chamber and orchestral music.
Finale 2.4 through 2010
Laptop PC, windows XP home, 2.4 ghz, 516 Megs RAM
Desktop PC, windows XP home, Gigastudio 3.03, 2 Gigs RAM, 3 hard drives
Apple Mac Pro, 8 quad, 3.2 ghz, 4 hard drives, Apogee duet, two wide screens
Also... Event SP8 studio monitors, M Audio pro station 88 keyboard, GPO, Gigastudio 3.0, Kontakt 3.0, Logic Pro 8, Digital Perfomer 5, KH solo strings, VSL horizon solo strings, JABB, PMI pianos, Sampletekk renaissance flutes, Marimba, percussion, Giovani, Anthrology Celtic Winds and Spiritual Winds, complete Kirk Hunter orchestral library, Kirk Hunter Diamond Library, Garritan Concert and Marching band, Garritan Stradiveri violin and Gofriller cello, True Strike 1 and True Strike 2, Garritan Steinway professional, Vienna Symphony Library solo strings and special edition and trying hard to learn the other language of music.
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    |  Mike Rosen himself

       Date Joined Feb 2006 Total Posts : 5379 | Posted 11/3/2009 11:26 AM (GMT -6) |   | Jeannie said... Brace yourselves, folks. I ordered Finale last week and it was delivered this week. Unfortunately, I'm out of town this week so I don't know if I got the DVD or not. I'll report back on it when I get home next week.
Because the UI is new to me, the DVD would be of considerable use to me.
Congrats, Jeannie! And I won't even make any snide comments about you moving uptown, because I just ordered it, too! Mike Rosen www.specialmillwork.com
WebMaster for the Seattle SeaChordsmen www.seachordsmen.org NEW SITE www.specialmillwork.com/finaletips.htm
Print Music 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Simple Entry, QWERTY keyboard. That's my system, and I'm stickin' to it.
Favorite reference: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation, Gerou & Lusk, 1996
"As a musician, he's a damn fine woodworker." | | Back to Top | |
 |  gogreen Registered Member

       Date Joined Dec 1999 Total Posts : 320 | Posted 11/3/2009 12:21 PM (GMT -6) |   | I'd like to see an instructional DVD, upgrade or not. Just because I've been using Finale a long time doesn't necessarily mean I do everything right or that I can't learn a thing or two. Arthur J. Michaels Finale 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007c.r2 (using 2007c.r2) P4, 3.00 GHz, 3.0 GB RAM, SB Audigy 2, Windows XP SP3, Garritan CoMB www.myspace.com/arthurjmichaels | | Back to Top | |
   |  David Young : chambermusic Registered Member

       Date Joined Sep 2000 Total Posts : 2032 | Posted 11/3/2009 3:22 PM (GMT -6) |   | Well, maybe they would sell them to us. David Young
Composer of classical-romantic style chamber and orchestral music.
Finale 2.4 through 2010
Laptop PC, windows XP home, 2.4 ghz, 516 Megs RAM
Desktop PC, windows XP home, Gigastudio 3.03, 2 Gigs RAM, 3 hard drives
Apple Mac Pro, 8 quad, 3.2 ghz, 4 hard drives, Apogee duet, two wide screens
Also... Event SP8 studio monitors, M Audio pro station 88 keyboard, GPO, Gigastudio 3.0, Kontakt 3.0, Logic Pro 8, Digital Perfomer 5, KH solo strings, VSL horizon solo strings, JABB, PMI pianos, Sampletekk renaissance flutes, Marimba, percussion, Giovani, Anthrology Celtic Winds and Spiritual Winds, complete Kirk Hunter orchestral library, Kirk Hunter Diamond Library, Garritan Concert and Marching band, Garritan Stradiveri violin and Gofriller cello, True Strike 1 and True Strike 2, Garritan Steinway professional, Vienna Symphony Library solo strings and special edition and trying hard to learn the other language of music.
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   |  Mike Rosen himself

       Date Joined Feb 2006 Total Posts : 5379 | Posted 11/3/2009 4:05 PM (GMT -6) |   | Not really. It was more a matter of long standing frustrations with just a few things that PM couldn't do. As I've said before, I don't need 99% of the differences between PM and Finale. In fact, I suspect that I will still use PM for a lot of my work. I fear that Finale offers so many choices, I'll never get anything done! Mike Rosen www.specialmillwork.com
WebMaster for the Seattle SeaChordsmen www.seachordsmen.org NEW SITE www.specialmillwork.com/finaletips.htm
Print Music 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Simple Entry, QWERTY keyboard. That's my system, and I'm stickin' to it.
Favorite reference: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation, Gerou & Lusk, 1996
"As a musician, he's a damn fine woodworker." | | Back to Top | |
   |  Mike Rosen himself

       Date Joined Feb 2006 Total Posts : 5379 | Posted 11/3/2009 6:49 PM (GMT -6) |   | Fritz, have you tried the demos of the 2008, 2009, or 2010 versions? The new selection tool alone is worth the jump. Mike Rosen www.specialmillwork.com
WebMaster for the Seattle SeaChordsmen www.seachordsmen.org NEW SITE www.specialmillwork.com/finaletips.htm
Print Music 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Simple Entry, QWERTY keyboard. That's my system, and I'm stickin' to it.
Favorite reference: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation, Gerou & Lusk, 1996
"As a musician, he's a damn fine woodworker." | | Back to Top | |
    |  Fritz Meissner Choir Addict

       Date Joined Jul 2004 Total Posts : 2366 | Posted 11/4/2009 4:06 AM (GMT -6) |   | Mike Rosen said... Fritz, have you tried the demos of the 2008, 2009, or 2010 versions? The new selection tool alone is worth the jump.
Mike, yes I've tried the demos and I agree that the new selection tool is nice. But I'm used to the old one, and it works and doesn't give me problems, so that isn't that compelling an argument to me. On the other hand, I had my heart set on getting the Allegro features (particularly beat charts and control over HP) so I'm going to be pig-headed and hold my breath until they get their act together. $400 for the upgrade from PM07 to Finale is way outside my budget (and yes that is the upgrade price); also I'm pretty sure that if I had that many knobs and buttons to fiddle with I'd never finish anything (I'm a compulsive fiddler (nothing to do with violins)). When I tried Allegro, I suspect that I would never have finished my tryout piece if it hadn't been for the deadline imposed by the 30 day limit.
Fritz PrintMusic 2004, 2006 and 2007, Windows XP Pro, Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, P4 2.6 GHz + 1 GB 2nd Tenor Cape Town Male Voice Choir Use the Finale Knowledgebase first !  | | Back to Top | |
 |  Joemis Registered Member

       Date Joined Oct 2005 Total Posts : 342 | Posted 11/4/2009 4:32 AM (GMT -6) |   | | |
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