Our power went out due to severe thunderstorms just when I was writing to thank everyone who has offered their assistance in trying to solve my playback problem. I heard from a Finale support tech ...
In re Orbán: I've composed two sets of Bitter Bagatelles for string quartet—the first overtly "political" music I've ever composed (although Chris Hedges would probably say that my refusal to becom...
Small world—my given name was Király Rogerius (from the Latin, I guess. All my family pronounced it ROW-gare-eee-oosh.) My parents broke with tradition and gave me a middle name that was my paterna...
I've been using Finale for a quarter of a century (I think since 1998—with all those print manuals) and am not really eager to swich to Dorico or Sibelius. I need to spend most of my time composing...
I was just asking if there was a change in Finale's tech support. And I realize there may not be a solution to my problem, although it would have been nice to hear that from tech support instead of...
I want to thank everyone who took the time to respond to my inquiry. I wasn't asking for a solution here; I just wanted to know if I missed something and failed to realize that Make Music is no lon...
I wish I could pay a third party developer to write a scordatura plug-in, but I don't have the money for that. I remember going to a tribute concert at Columbia U with my composition teacher and fr...
One more reason to switch to Sibelius.
In 5/8, for example, the metronome marking for a fast tempo taken in one requires a metronome marking of a dotted eighth tied to a quarter note or a half-note tied to an eighth that plays back at t...
Thank you! I've been using Finale since 1998 and have never before done something as stupid as losing a default file! I think the problem originated with the necessity to split the installation o...