Recently, a friend of mine asked about transposing or working with Finale files without needing to purchase the commercial version.  I figured, since I already did some of the legwork, I could make a post about it, so here goes:
Finale Notepad 2008 gives you the ability to import and export Midi files, and to open [...]

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Cool stuff:
Cycling ‘74 has finally launched the much-anticipated Max 5. You can read about it on their website located here. I am not going to bore you with all the details of what Max 5 is, since a very comprehensive introduction can easily be located on their site. Rather, I will bore you with my [...]

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Warning: This might cause undo stress to the computer

This was done by getting coordinates from the MacBook’s sudden motion sensor and formatting it into Midi note data then routing it through a bus into the browser where the game was loaded.
Note: Someone asked to see the patch so I put it into the comments. 

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Is your MIDI dead? You might have just used Migration Assistant to move from one computer to another. Or perhaps you upgraded to Leopard. Symptoms include:

Can’t launch programs that use midi
Can’t open Audio Midi setup utility or the Midi portion won’t launch or jams
Getting messages telling you to update or reinstall your drivers
Getting messages telling [...]

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