Finale Forum

Changing staff styles does not change the instrument. Finale still considers the staff to be a percussion instrument. You will need to use the Change Instrument Utility. I presume you are wanting to switch from a non-pitched to pitched percussion instrument.

The quad tom instrument is a set of 4 tenor drums of graduated sizes normally used in marching percussion. The Low Tom, Low Tom Buzz, etc. are descriptions of the different available sounds for the instrument. Each would be assigned to a different midi note for playback. The notes appear to move up ...

I've been able to resolve the Finale 27 hang issue. After renaming the folders in Application Support Finale 27 and 26 now start up, however, Finale 25 does not. So, it's back to wack-a-mole to fix things.

Thanks for posting. I've made the jump into the deep end and purchased. Starting the program is currently an issue for me as it hangs, or at least seems to take a long time, then I need to force quit.

You could look at Virtual Drumline. It has a large collection of concert instruments including effects such as you're asking about.

https://www.tapspace.com/software/virtu ... 5-download