Professional Composer to Finale import

msanie · Post by **msanie** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:24 am

Does anyone know how to import a "Professional Composer" file into Finale?

zaster · Post by **zaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:20 am

What the hail is "Professional Composer"???! I could Google it of course...

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:46 am

http://www.pcomposer.com/

zaster · Post by **zaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:33 am

PC only- no wonder I hadn't heard of it! Looks like it will export MIDI files- those can be imported into Finale. So probably your meter and tempo markings would also be safe. Lyrics, Chord Symbols and expression markings you'd probably have to redo. Finale will scan your chords and guess at the proper symbol for you, but you might want to fine tune it if you're picky about whether a Gsus9 is F/G etc.

aafarr2 · Post by **aafarr2** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:08 pm

Yup, the best import for Finale using P. Composer is MIDI. Which sucks if you already made markings on your P. Composer score. P. Composer can make some decent scores if you try REALLLLY hard (I used to use it years ago, I kinda miss it), but generally speaking if you used P.Composer for sequencing, then just export as MIDI and then import that to Finale.

zaster · Post by **zaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:53 pm

I think this belongs on the Finale forum!

aafarr2 · Post by **aafarr2** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:46 pm

Yeah kinda, but the same methods apply almost exactly for DP sequences to Finale.

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:46 pm

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Hello, everyone. Nice thread, but I don't think it has a place in this particular forum. This is a NON-technology place!!!!!!

Please use the other forums for those topics.

Thank you.

Fernando

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:33 pm

FMiguelez wrote:.

Hello, everyone. Nice thread, but I don't think it has a place in this particular forum. This is a NON-technology place!!!!!!...
Fernando

OK. Moderators fight!

Actually, I think tech questions are fine here. But not THAT one. It does belong on the Finale site. I also don't mind fielding Finale questions here. That is, after all, about composing. But transferring prog to prog in completely unrelated to MOTU (and a non-musical quesstion) is not getting answered here. If someone does, great. But I don't know what the heck <explicative deleted>

to say about the request.

MM

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:05 pm

MLC wrote:OK. Moderators fight!

Yes

. Insert icon with boxing gloves here

I guess the occassional tech question won't do any harm. It's just that the original idea behind the forum was more music-composition/orchestration, etc. related.

BUT, having said that, I know a LOT of people use Finale, etc. to compose and write music... So the very act of composing is interweaved with Finale, or whatever. It could get tricky separating them... Hmmmm....

But I'm totally cool whatever way it goes. Let's see what everyone wants and how it turns out.

I just wouldn't like it to suddenly turn into a notation-software-realted forum instead of a music-composition- related forum.

It will probably balance itself out. I guess people's needs and interests will shape this place. Actually, UN has proven to be a very decent and pleasing place, and there's not too much need to moderate extensively like the other, more "aggresive" forums.

Risking stating the obvious, I suppose James will have the final word...

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:12 pm

FMiguelez wrote: I just wouldn't like it to suddenly turn into a notation-software-realted forum instead of a music-composition- related forum. ...

If that happens in a thread, that's probably OK. As long as I don't have to deal with it

I think you're right. It will shake itself out. Folks will either participate in the thread or not. I'm all for the "hands off" approach - for the most part. But if trolls come a knockin', this sections gonna start a rockin!

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:24 pm

MLC wrote:I'm all for the "hands off" approach - for the most part. But if trolls come a knockin', this sections gonna start a rockin!

Oh, Yes. Like your "friend", the Bronx-something character, uh?

That is the only MAJOR-troll thread I remember reading since I started here in UN. But yes, trolls beware

Hey, MLC. We didn't have much of a fight, did we?

Let's save the gloves for another time (just kidding)

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:29 pm

FMiguelez wrote: Oh, Yes. Like your "friend", the Bronx-something character, uh?

Hey, MLC. We didn't have much of a fight, did we?
Let's save the gloves for another time (just kidding)

Oh yeah, Mr. 'Go F#%^& your.... " I can't even say it! Yeah, he was over at the Finale Forum and up to his old tricks. I couldn't resist:

http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=192263

I even posted references to his tirades here. Maybe if he tried triads instead of tirades he might be better off? The "ir" is his. NEVER face off with a Sicilian

Oh, and you wanted to talk fights?

zaster · Post by **zaster** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:18 am

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
FMiguelez wrote: Oh, Yes. Like your "friend", the Bronx-something character, uh?

Hey, MLC. We didn't have much of a fight, did we?
Let's save the gloves for another time (just kidding)
Oh yeah, Mr. 'Go F#%^& your.... " I can't even say it! Yeah, he was over at the Finale Forum and up to his old tricks. I couldn't resist:

http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=192263

I even posted references to his tirades here. Maybe if he tried triads instead of tirades he might be better off? The "ir" is his. NEVER face off with a Sicilian

Oh, and you wanted to talk fights?

I can't believe how much time I just wasted following that link and then the ones from there back to here! But fascinating! Ever hear of a book written in the 60's (I think) Games People Play? I think that one was called "Why don't you?/Yes but". Asks for help/advice not because he genuinely wants it but to make the helper fail. Except that the degree of that guy's baiting and manipulation seems more severe, like a personality disorder. Especially all that really sickening "you're really embarrassing yourself" stuff. Yowie!

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:23 am

zaster wrote:...I can't believe how much time I just wasted following that link...Yowie!

May not have been wasted. I see it as 'educational' and community service. Perhaps some of us will now recognize the trolls more readily.

The way James' has a zero tolerance for piracy and equipment sales (?) on this board, I have a zero tolerance for trolls. As you see, i have no problem calling them on this and letting them know that the ARE trolls.

No offense to Frodo, BTW. Oh wait, his little friend was a dwarf! They're cool (as long as you don't throw them!)

Thanks for actually following the (il) logic of my circular posts from Finale to Unicornation. I thought it was educational and it reminded me of just how immature this guy is. And I never really liked the Bronx very much as a kid...

MM