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| Posted By : michelp - 12/3/2016 8:05 AM | The reactions appear in many places on this forum. Maybe a centralized poll like this one could show MakeMusic how the users feel.
Michel
Finale 25.1, 2014.5, 2012c (main), MacOsX 10.11.6, Mac Mini Intel i7 2,7 Ghz, 16 Go Ram, French azerty kb, Dolet 6. Full TGTools. MOTU Audio Express.Post Edited (michelp) : 12/3/2016 7:17:08 AM (GMT-6) |
| Posted By : Ron. - 12/3/2016 8:06 AM | A definite "Yes."
Finale 25.1
GPO5, JaBB3, GIO, COMB2, GWI, GIFF, Steinway Basic.
Windows 7; 10 GB RAM.
www.composeforums.com |
| Posted By : gogreen - 12/3/2016 9:15 AM | Another definitely "yes."
Arthur J. Michaels
/www.facebook.com/composerarthurjmichaels
Finale 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011b.r2, 2014d, 2014.5, Finale 25
Core i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz, 8.0 GB RAM, Windows 10 Home x64
Garritan COMB2, GPO4, GPO5, Aria Player 1.872, Audacity 2.1.2
Dell 2408 WFP, 1920x1200
M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496
Casio WK-3000
M-Audio AV40 monitors
AKG K-240 Studio headphones
Brother MFC-L2740DW printer |
| Posted By : Michel R. E. - 12/3/2016 9:30 AM | nice thing about this... if anyone votes "no" we'll have proof that MakeMusic employees actually do monitor this forum!
Finale (started with ver. 3.0) using 2012 (2014 has been shelved for its lack of support for older Garritan libraries), putting Finale 25 through its paces.
Windows 8.1
basically ALL Garritan libraries, plus XSample Chamber Ensemble.
"Art critics suffer from Pigeon Syndrome. Pigeons like to leave their mark on monuments. But at the end of the day, the pigeon remains a pigeon, and the monument remains a monument." |
| Posted By : SysExJohn - 12/3/2016 10:47 AM | Most definitely, and the Garritan forum too.
John Garside.
at MIDI-tutor.proboards.com
Finale 2012c, Sonar 7 PE, XGworks.
Garritan GPO4, JABB, COMB, IO, Organs, Steinway, Harps + GPO5.
E-MU 1616m PCI and Cardbus x 2.
Yamaha AN1x. |
| Posted By : Derrek - 12/3/2016 11:13 AM | Sadly the Garritan Forum (the one run by MM) is practically moribund anyway. Most knowledgeable users who tried it decamped for the original Northern Sounds forum.
Finale 2014.5, Finale 25.1 - Windows 7 (64-bit)
GPO 5, JABB 3, World Instruments
TG Tools Full, (Sonar Platinum, Dorico)
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx
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| Posted By : sandalwood - 12/3/2016 12:10 PM | Yes!
Finale 2014.5, Notion 5, GPO5, Miroslav Philharmonik
W10, i7 |
| Posted By : johnmouse - 12/3/2016 12:53 PM | Yes!
John
Finale 2012/2014 (Well, it's installed.)
M-Audio KeyRig 49
Desktop: Windows 8.1/i5 Core/8 Gig RAM
Laptop: Windows 7/i3 Core/6 Gig RAM |
| Posted By : David Toft - 12/3/2016 3:28 PM | Definitely yes!
David
Windows 10 64-bit; Finale 2014.5, Finale 25.1 |
| Posted By : LO - 12/3/2016 4:07 PM | Definitely yes!
Lothar
Intel i5-3570, 3,4GHz QuadCore
RAM: 8 GB OS: Win 10, 64 Bit
Finale 25
Germany
www.lothars-music-edition.com |
| Posted By : Perotinus - 12/3/2016 4:31 PM | Yes, indeed!
Perotinus
Finale 2014.5
Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit |
| Posted By : David Clarence - 12/3/2016 4:39 PM | Absolutamente!
Finale 2014.5, v25.1
macOS Sierra 10.12
Full TGTools
JW Plug-ins
iMac 21.5" 2.7GHz Intel Core i5 8GB RAM |
| Posted By : David Clarence - 12/3/2016 4:40 PM | Absolutamente!
Finale 2014.5, v25.1
macOS Sierra 10.12
Full TGTools
JW Plug-ins
iMac 21.5" 2.7GHz Intel Core i5 8GB RAM |
| Posted By : Charles Lawrence - 12/3/2016 4:48 PM | I hope you folks are voting in the poll and not just responding with a "YES".
It should be kept alive until it is replaced with something at least as good, preferably better, where the archive of all this great information can be transferred. The new forum is not a viable candidate.
"Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about!"
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10586)
3.50 gigahertz Intel Core i7-5930K, Multi-core (6 total), Hyper-threaded (12 total)
32638 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory, 17514.37 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 4GB [Display adapter]
ASUS Rampage V Extreme motherboard, Realtek HD Audio
Finale 2014.5.6359, Finale 25.1.0.182
Garritan GPO4.02
Cakewalk SONAR X3 - (X3e build 244) - x64, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10.0, Audacity 2.1.0
Sharpeye 2.68, PhotoScore Ultimate 7.0.2, SmartScore X2 Pro 10.5.8
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John MaxwellPost Edited (Charles Lawrence) : 12/3/2016 3:51:29 PM (GMT-6) |
| Posted By : hgl - 12/3/2016 5:03 PM | Yes. I check this forum every day.
Finale 2015.5 on a Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus
64-bit Windows 10
Intel i7 CPU @ 1.80GHz
8.0GB main memory
256GB solid state disk |
| Posted By : Graeme Gilmore - 12/3/2016 9:28 PM | As mentioned on the Mac side, these forums are more than a place for information exchange. They are a community. I've been checking them almost daily ever since I first learned of them. They contain not only technical support, but humor, information, and surprises. They let members' personalities come through. Members are as responsive to simple requests as they are to highly esoteric and specialized needs. For years these forums have consistently been an element of the partnership that occurs between MakeMusic and its users. MakeMusic's policy of letting members comment without imposing any censorship as long as civility and courtesy is maintained has also helped foster the unique qualities of these forums. To pick out just one example, years ago, there were many upset comments that MakeMusic was abandoning the Mac platform (proved untrue in the course of time--and that was before the major Mac turnaround).
Losing these forums have consequences that are much greater than would seem as the result of a limited decision about relocating technical help, not only because of the limitations of the replacement as discussed in many other entries, but also because these forums have grown into something much richer and more complex than just assistance forums.
So, I also ask MakeMusic to reconsider and continue these forums.
Graeme
Finale 25.1, Windows 10 64-bit Home Premium, GPO, TGTools, Patterson Plug-Ins, JW Plug-Ins |
| Posted By : Hector Pascal - 12/4/2016 12:49 AM | | Yes! I vote to keep the forum alive. |
| Posted By : Writer of Music - 12/4/2016 8:55 AM | Would the person who voted 'no' care to elaborate? It is the only vote against the current forum recorded and a voice not yet heard. Don't you think that your (valid) arguments should be heard as well?
Finale 25.
Mac OS X 10.11.6. |
| Posted By : michelp - 12/4/2016 10:32 AM | Michel R. E. said...nice thing about this... if anyone votes "no" we'll have proof that MakeMusic employees actually do monitor this forum!
Who knows...!
Michel
Finale 25.1, 2014.5, 2012c (main), MacOsX 10.11.6, Mac Mini Intel i7 2,7 Ghz, 16 Go Ram, French azerty kb, Dolet 6. Full TGTools. MOTU Audio Express. |
| Posted By : Me Myself - 12/4/2016 11:13 AM | Absolutely YES!
Finale 2014.5, Finale v25 Windows 7, i7 - 2,96 GHz 12GB ram.
HP 360 Spectre, Windows 10 Home, i7
Brother DCP-9270CDN |
| Posted By : Richard N. - 12/5/2016 3:01 AM | Yes!
Richard
Finale 2014.5 ~ S******* 8.3 ~ Sonar ~ Windows 10
Real Instruments = Rath custom R4F trombone ~ Bach Strad LT16MG Tenor Trombone ~ Holton 181 Bass Trombone ~ Getzen Bass Trumpet |
| Posted By : Richard Ashmore - 12/5/2016 3:21 AM | YES!
Richard Ashmore
Finale 2014d v5030
Selmer Radial B-flat Trumpet |
| Posted By : Writer of Music - 12/5/2016 11:38 AM | Two votes for 'no' on the Windows side, one on the Mac side. But none of these 'no' voters seems to care to add anything at all in any of the discussions on the closing of the forum. In my view that qualifies these 'no' votes as nothing but trolling. The 'no' voters have yet to prove me wrong.
Finale 25.
Mac OS X 10.11.6. |
| Posted By : Jon Delfin - 12/5/2016 12:28 PM | | Seems to be that the tech support department has a vested interest in keeping this forum operational. With the limited options available (non-functional official site, finaleforum.com and the Facebook group), they're going to get a very increased volume of issues that used to be handled here. |
| Posted By : michelp - 12/8/2016 7:49 AM | Situation on December 8, 2016. The numbers speak for themselves :
Should this forum be kept alive ?
PC poll :
Yes : 75 (96,2%)
No : 3 (3,8 %)
Mac poll :
Yes : 54 (96,4%)
No : 2 (3,6%)
TOTALS :
Yes : 129 (96,3%)
No : 5 (3,7%)
(N.B. : many comments to support the Yes, not 1 supporting the No)
MakeMusic, do you get the message ?
Michel
Finale 25.1, 2014.5, 2012c (main), MacOsX 10.11.6, Mac Mini Intel i7 2,7 Ghz, 16 Go Ram, French azerty kb, Dolet 6. Full TGTools. MOTU Audio Express.Post Edited (michelp) : 12/8/2016 8:30:27 AM (GMT-6) |
| Posted By : bpalm - 12/8/2016 12:30 PM | Writer of Music said...
Would the person who voted 'no' care to elaborate? It is the only vote against the current forum recorded and a voice not yet heard. Don't you think that your (valid) arguments should be heard as well?
Which one? |
| Posted By : Ron. - 12/8/2016 12:44 PM | Another reason we need this forum: I would have had no idea that there was a new version of Finale available if I had not read about it on this forum. The automatic "check for new version" function failed to detect it. Nowhere else where I regularly go on the net would have given me this information.
BTW, the upgrade went flawlessly.
Finale 25.1
GPO5, JaBB3, GIO, COMB2, GWI, GIFF, Steinway Basic.
Windows 7; 10 GB RAM.
www.composeforums.com |
| Posted By : N. Grossingink - 12/8/2016 1:50 PM | bpalm said...Writer of Music said...
Would the person who voted 'no' care to elaborate? It is the only vote against the current forum recorded and a voice not yet heard. Don't you think that your (valid) arguments should be heard as well? Which one?
Well, both - now that there are 2. Frankly, speaking for myself, I don't care about these trolls.
N.
OSX El Capitan 10.11.6
Finale 2011c, 2012c for production work
Finale 2014.5, not used by my clients
(Finale v25 - not interested yet)
TgTools, Patterson Plugins, JW Change and Staff Polyphony, QuicKeys 4
Mac Mini 2.4 Ghz Intel, 8GB RAM
New Belgium Fat Tire Ale
"At last, fortissimo!"
–Gustav Mahler, on visiting Niagara Falls |
| Posted By : Al Newman - 12/8/2016 2:24 PM | Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Al Newman
Finale 2010b, 2008a & 2006c
Win XP
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| Posted By : bpalm - 12/8/2016 2:30 PM | N. Grossingink said...bpalm said...Writer of Music said...
Would the person who voted 'no' care to elaborate? It is the only vote against the current forum recorded and a voice not yet heard. Don't you think that your (valid) arguments should be heard as well? Which one? Well, both - now that there are 2. Frankly, speaking for myself, I don't care about these trolls. N.
There are 3 it says. |
| Posted By : Motet - 12/8/2016 2:56 PM | Maybe the three are Adam Wig, Michael Johnson, and Fred Flowerday.
Finale 2014.5, 2011b, 2005, TGTools
Windows 7, MIDI input
Finale Transposition Chart |
| Posted By : Ralph L. Bowers Jr. - 12/8/2016 2:58 PM | bpalm said...N. Grossingink said...bpalm said...Writer of Music said...
Would the person who voted 'no' care to elaborate? It is the only vote against the current forum recorded and a voice not yet heard. Don't you think that your (valid) arguments should be heard as well? Which one? Well, both - now that there are 2. Frankly, speaking for myself, I don't care about these trolls. N. There are 3 it says.
We can use SWAG here and assume those three are:
1.) Adam Wig
Director, Customer Success
2.) Michael Johnson
Vice President, Professional Notation
3.) Fred Flowerday,
Senior Vice President, Product Strategy
Finale 2010b, 2011b, 2012c, 2014d, 2014.5, Version 25.1; TGTools Pro, Patterson plugins, JW plugins (current for each Finale Instalation)
Sibelius 6.2, 7.1.3, 7.5.1, 8.5.0, Write Score Sound Sets, TMT Publisher Bundle Plugins, Bob Zawalich plugins, Dolet 6.6
Print Music 2004, 2010a, 2011a, 2014a
Progression, Progression 2, Progression 3, Notion 4, Notion 5 (Notion 5 not really any better than 4, [Notion 6 (bought but not installed)]
Pro Tools 9.5, Reaper
Kontakt 5
GPO4, GPO5, World Instruments
SmartScore X Pro, SmartScore X2 Pro, PhotoScore Ultimate 6 & 7 & 8.04 ( 7 has some utility----best of those available, 8 has some issues that need fixing)
M-Audio "Oxygen 25" Midi input keyboard (recent addition 2014)
Systems (5) // Windows XP Pro (32bit), 2@ Windows 7 Pro, 8.1 Pro, Windows 10 64 bit, 4GB - 16GB RAM
Paper & Pencil
BMus, MM (Musicology) |
| Posted By : Dan Kreider - 12/20/2016 12:43 PM | IDIOT... I clicked too fast and hit "No." Sorry guys, I'm one of those. I can't figure out how to undo it.
Finale 2014d on Windows 10
Editor at Grace Music |
| Posted By : Ebony Ivory - 12/20/2016 12:46 PM | 85 "yes", 5 "no" as of now.
As a percentage of those who actually read the forum at all, how large is this sample?
Brian
PS: 86 to 4 if only Dan had hit the right button!
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| Posted By : michelp - 12/20/2016 12:51 PM | Add to that the Mac Poll :
60 Yes, 2 No
TOTAL (PC + Mac) on Dec. 20 :
Yes : 145
No : 7
Including the "oops" votes which could not be cancelled.
Michel
Finale 25.2, 2014.5, 2012c main, MacOsX 10.11.6, Mac Mini Intel i7 2,7 Ghz, 16 Go Ram, French azerty kb, Dolet 6. Full TGTools. MOTU Audio Express. |
| Posted By : Motet - 12/20/2016 1:07 PM | Somehow this topic reminds me of the futility of lobbying the Electoral College.
Finale 2014.5, 2011b, 2005, TGTools
Windows 7, 32-bit
MIDI input
Finale Transposition Chart |
| Posted By : CreoleJazz - 12/23/2016 8:54 AM | I voted yes. Of course. Why wouldn't they keep this forum? It's been here for years. I've used Finale since the early 90s but I'll often go many months between times that I use it. I am always returning here for expert help as I "relearn" Finale again and again. LOL
I did notice, recently, that there is another, newer forum available, but I pretty much ignored it and just came here --- a familiar place I know is helpful.
It's a treat to beat your feet.
The New Creole Jazz Band
http://www.creolejazz.com
Finale 25 (ver 25.2.0.92)
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
16GB DDR3 1600 RAM
GeForce GTX 970
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
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