Finale Forum

Looks like a dead end, got this reply on github:

Unfortunately as I understand it there aren’t any hooks in the PDK onto the PDF generating capabilities of Finale… I agree this would be fantastic, but it’s not currently possible!

This is getting away from the original topic - but I did delve into FinaleScript, seems like batch exporting would be a really simple thing to do but unfortunately FS is unable to work on linked parts. So now I am finding out about JW/RPG Lua, which seems like it would be able to handle pretty much ...

The Graphics/Export looks like essentially the same functionality of the File/Export function on the main menu, other than the other file formats that it can do, and additional clicks to get there. Am I missing something? Does it just work better? Still only works on the current score/part right? I ...

Yes I am on PC (other than when I switch over to Mac for printing lots of parts.) Just downloaded CutePDF to try, it's slower than Bullzip and does the same thing with the "x" in the file name - this is only when doing multiple parts. Would love to find a way to stop that, maybe I need to delve into...

I settled on Bullzip years ago, it is free & works pretty well for printing parts. Only annoying thing is it adds an "x" to the main part of the file name (as in "Song Titlex - Score.pdf") which is something that started happening when they went to the .musx format/extension. . Tech support (which s...

I'm just saying it wasn't from a template of mine, Finale seems to come with those markings as they are.

It seems easier to just set the type in the playback than to mess with the fonts. . .

In both cases (original & test for upload here) I walked through the startup wizard to create the file. The pre-defined tempo marks are present in the Broadway Copyist font, as far as I know they always have been - I just upgraded Finale and didn't do anything to copy old libraries over, and in my e...

Yes that is what I discovered as the fix. I would say that it is ignoring whatever note is displayed in the expression and going with what is specified in the playback, which defaults to quarter note (I haven't experimented with the other pre-defined ones but I would wager that's the case. . .) Mayb...

No I think I have mentioned a couple times I used a pre-defined expression. At least for me there is a series of them with 1/8 note =, 1/4= 1/2= etc. . . are these not standard? I see them in a document based on Handwritten style but not Engraver. Finale has never yet brought any library customizati...

Peter - yes if I manually create the expression from scratch and specify the note, it does set the correct value for type under playback. Also I notice that the pre-defined tempo marks vary between the Engraved/Maestro and Handwritten documents - only the Broadway has these, obviously they have diff...

Ok here is a new file that demonstrates what happens. Initial tempo set in playback controls, dotted q=172. Two measures later, tempo mark based on pre-defined expression sets dotted q=172, but as you hear the click slows down to q=172. As I created this (the same way as when I originally ran into t...

I had just chosen the pre-defined marking for a dotted quarter, added the mm value I wanted, then set the "match to text" option under playback. The option to manually choose the note value is then grayed out - so I assumed it was not applicable & the marking would take this info from the note used ...

Update - seems to be only happening on existing files, one that I just created doesn't have the problem. Although re-saving them under the newest version doesn't clear it up. Maybe Finale is remembering my video setup from when the file was created and that is causing a problem?

Been running into a new problem on 26.1.3.643 on my mac, but also happening when I go back to 25.5 - when working in Page View, if I click on anything - even just use the mouse wheel to scroll - the last page of the layout showing will go blank. Depending which tool I have selected, there will be a ...

Hi all, just updated to 26.3.1.643 on mac and have run into what seems to be a bug - haven't noticed it before but not 100% sure it didn't exist in the previous flavor of v26. Using a tempo marking expression with a dotted quarter and "Match playback to metronome text", I found that it was setting t...

Yes but it will only export the current part or score, not the entire set. Also, it doesn't include the part name in the file name this way. And, it creates larger files than other methods.

1. I have it installed on both Windows & Mac 1.a I find the workflow much better in general on the PC/Windows, it seems to me that there are lots of little time-saving differences - I mostly use Speedy Entry (and I prefer the more option-oriented nature of the PC environment vs. the more limited int...

Thanks for the input (the Scoringnotes review is great!) Sounds like newzik would almost do what I'm talking about - maybe if everyone was working out of the same cloud account. . . all of these apps (understandably) pretty much come at it from the individual player's perspecitve. Lots of features f...

I do a lot of arraging & I've been trying to get my players to bring tablets/ipads/laptops so I can stop wasting paper and make sure everyone is on the current version of their parts. A lot of folks are using Forescore, which can bring PDF's over from Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. But the problem I've...

Sometimes this kind of thing happens if you stop playback just after a gliss (or pizz, etc.), then basically that marking remains active in the midi controls - usually starting playback over back at the beginning of the score or somewhere that has another marking to "reset" the technique will straig...

Tech support's oh-so-helpful suggestion (which I waited several days for) was a link to the Midi manual. I don't see editing midi data as a very effective way to accomplish this every time I want to, Anyone have a suggestion for something to actually try?

Hey all I am trying to figure out how to effect a couple of playback details with VST strings, which I think I can accomplish in the HP settings but I'm not totally sure where to start fiddling (sorry. . .): 1. I want to prevent a whole note from decaying prematurely before a FP dynamic - if I remov...

Here was the response from "Customer Success" (they must realize how dumb that sounds. . .): It looks like there was some MIDI data that got stuck somehow. Here's a quick and easy fix for this: 1. Choose the Selection tool. 2. Choose Edit > Select All. 3. Choose Edit > Clear Selected Items. 4. Click...

Just so I understand - is this tempo data something different than setting the tempo in the box in the playback settings? That was just under 120 - I had been experimenting with settings around 115-118 to see what lined up with the audio track (not sure if it was done to a click or not. . . ) I thin...

Hey Zuill, I don't understand - I didn't tap a tempo or edit it or anything with midi, all I was doing was changing the tempo value in the playback settings. But maybe something like that happened inadvertently - actually I vaguely remember something like this before, where clearing the continuous d...