Finale Forum

Thank you for your help. It was the midi thru. Setting it to Smart and then setting Midi Out to Smartsynth gave me sounds!! Forums are the Bomb! thanks again.

Using M-Audio KeyStudio 49 midi keyboard, USB'd directly to pc, no driver required. Finale 2009, when using either speedy entry or hyperscribe the notes are notated on staff and play back fine (so apparently Finale recognizes the midi ok) but I cannot hear the notes as they are entered, only during ...

Thank you, Peter, for your succinct explanation, the math conversion correction (obviously math is not my forte either), and for your quick response. I am continually blown away by the thoroughness and versatility of Finale, as well as of your knowledge and dedication toward helping us would-be arra...

I am using Finale 2008 with JABB, scoring a big band arrangement for playback only. I would like to incorporate dual rhythms ie, horns 4/4 with tempo of 92 against rhythm section in 3/4, tempo 144. ala Brubeck feel with horns playing mostly half-time box triplets. ( I think I worked my math out corr...

Thanks, Michelp, for your "two cents", but unfortunately I'm a full-fledged newbie when it comes to computerized composition. Afraid I'm gonna have to use my 'next' life to figure out how to use sequencers. Peter's method worked great, though, so now I can go find something else I don't know how to ...

Thank you, Peter, I'll try that method. I tried one work around using the Note Mover tool. No matter what I tried I would end up with double flats on all B,E,A and D's because they were notated flats once in the midi file chords and then again when I copied the midi over to Finale because of the Ab ...

Using Finale 2006c I want to import a rhythm section midi into Finale and add horn sections but I've run into a problem. The midi key signature is C but the chords and tune are actually Ab. If I use the proper key (Ab) in my setup score and import or copy I obviously get all sorts of double b's and ...