Klarinet Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 2009/10

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] music writing program
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:12:37 -0400

True, though Fred might be able to ask a friend with a recent,
working Finale to read his files and make etfs for him.l

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net> wrot=
e:
> The other problem is that you'd have to have saved the files in ETF forma=
t
> to begin with while you still had a working copy of Finale. Most people o=
nly
> save their Finale files in .mus format. Fred's Finale version is, I think=
he
> said, no longer operable on his current (OSX) machine. So the ability to
> read .etf files is not much advantage unless you have Finale available (i=
n
> which case you may as well keep using it) or had the foresight to save in
> .etf format all along (unusual).
>
>
> Karl
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Fasel [mailto:jhfasel@-----.com]
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 6:32 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: Re: [kl] music writing program
>>
>> Oliver,
>>
>> Actually, I don't know that this is the case, although I thought I had
>> read somewhere that this is the purpose of etf, i.e., to produce files
>> that can be read by any version of Finale. =A0At least, etf is an open,
>> documented format, so one has some hope of dealing with troublesome
>> elements somehow.
>>
>> Looking at the man page for etf2ly, I see that it converts a subset of
>> the etf format to Lilypond, meaning that it may ignore some elements
>> it doesn't understand. =A0Thus, one has to do fix-up after conversion,
>> but that's to be expected anyway.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --Joe
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu> wrote:
>> > Wow! =A0I had no idea. =A0The implication here is that Finale .etf fil=
es
>> are not
>> > backward incompatible as are the .mus files.
>> > That is, Finale 2008 will not read a Finale 2009 .mus file.
>> >
>> > Are you suggesting that Lilypond will read an .etf file written by
>> any
>> > version of Finale? =A0If so, that's very important news.
>> >
>> > Oliver
>> >
>> > At 02:01 PM 10/5/2009, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Try Lilypond:
>> >>
>> >> http://lilypond.org/
>> >>
>> >> It is open-source and thus free as in speech as well as in beer.
>> >> Furthermore, it produces excellent scores. =A0Lilypond can import .et=
f
>> >> files from Finale, though not .mus.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> --Joe
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Fred Jacobowitz
>> <fbjacobo@-----.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Here's one for the list:
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (possibly freeware?) music
>> notation
>> >> > program? I have Finale, but
>> >> > it is an older version which won't run on my Mac OSX. I'm really
>> p***ed
>> >> > off,
>> >> > but I don't use it enough to warrant paying hundreds of dollars
>> for the
>> >> > latest Finale upgrade, which has way too many features I'll never
>> use.
>> >> > Basically all I'm doing is lead sheets and basic arrangements. Not
>> even
>> >> > using MIDI!
>> >> >
>> >> > So the multi-part question is: 1. can anyone recommend a simple
>> >> > mac-compatible program?
>> >> > 2. It would be a plus if it could read my old Finale files. Can
>> any
>> >> > non-Finale programs read Finale files?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanx all.
>> >> >
>> >> > Fred Jacobowitz
>> >> >
>> >> > CASE CLOSED Musical Instrument Case Repair Service
>> >> > Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
>> >> > Ebony and Ivory Duo
>> >> >
>> >> > You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
>> >> > ~Doug Floyd
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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