News - Early Summer 2010
Client Survey - we need your opinion!
Please take a quick moment to help us better understand what is important to you and guide our improvements to OPAS. Our worldwide client survey can be found here and your participation is anonymous.League of American Orchestras Conference - June 17
I will be at the League of American Orchestras annual conference in Atlanta this June, but only on Thursday, June 17 and for an hour or so the morning of Friday, June 18. My booth is T5. I'd love to see you so please let me know when you'll be around. Appointments are greatly appreciated but if you don't want to make a formal appointment, that's certainly OK; just please let me know approximately when you'll be at the Exhibit Hall so I know not to wander away.OPAS 9 - have you updated?
Clients around the world continue to upgrade to OPAS version 9. Your orchestra can update at any time, and it's free with your technical support. Click here for more information, and feel free to contact OPAS Technical Support for details. NEW - we are now posting release notes for major changes in OPAS versions.
David Daniels "Orchestral Music" - updated February 2010
David Daniel's industry-standard "Orchestral Music - Fourth Edition" repertoire collection is available for use within OPAS. The database has recently been updated and now comprises over 7,100 compositions in addition to many corrections and publisher re-assignments. Click here for more information.
Helping us Help You - TeamViewer for tech. support
The worldwide OPAS developer and distributor community now uses TeamViewer for remote support and training. TeamViewer provides a safe, quick and secure means for us to see your computer, transfer files, diagnose problems. There is only one file required, and it's been included in your OPAS 9 update. Click here for details.
Office Cell Phone
In an effort to streamline office operations, I’ve switched my main phone over to a cell phone, and discontinued my old cell phone – so if you have (919) 454-3506 as a contact number from me, please delete that number; it will soon be shut off. My office phone: (919) 380-0172 is now my single contact number, but it will travel with me.
(Note: my office is physically in a ‘hot-spot’ for my provider, and I’ll be adding an antenna booster to my phone. However, if you find the call quality has degraded with this new system, please let me know – there are several docking options I can try to improve the quality)
Ask OPAS
The AskOPAS search utility has been integrated with OPAS beginning with version 9. You can now start AskOPAS from within OPAS, run complex searches and see your results back in OPAS where all your reports are available. Click here for details.
OPAS Online
Orchestras around the world are starting to use OPAS Online. With this add-on, your web browser becomes an interface for OPAS. There are a variety of different ways OPAS Online can be implemented; more information can be found here.
Updated utility - output OPAS schedule to iCal format
The Fine Arts Software vCal utility has recently been updated to include iCal file formats - iCal files are compatible with a wider array of programs and services including Macintosh programs, Google Calendars and others. More information about this free utility can be found here.