instrument lists

The place for beginner Finale users. ("How do I...")

Moderators: Peter Thomsen, miker

arfo
Posts: 51
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:04 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by arfo » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:26 pm

Hi,
I'm trying to play a file and I receive an error message: "some instruments are sharing the same midi channel..." and i can't play the file; I controlled the instrument list and each instrument has his own channel...
(i'm using finale 2008) What can I check?

n.b. the file was imported from a b/w tiff file 600 dpi...

arfo
Finale 2014 on Mac OSX 10.9.5


User avatar
miker
Posts: 6043
Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:28 pm
Finale Version: Finale 27.4
Operating System: Mac

Post by miker » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:00 pm

Any time I have a problem with a scanned file, the first thing I do is set up a new doc, and copy the music into that one.
Finale 27 | SmartScorePro 64
Mac OS 13.2.1 Ventura
Copyist for Barbershop Harmony Society

arfo
Posts: 51
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:04 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by arfo » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:14 pm

Thank you Miker :)
And what resolution and file type do you use for importing scanned file?
I tryed with 1200 and 2400 b/w multipage tiff but I can't go beyond 600.

arfo
Finale 2014 on Mac OSX 10.9.5

User avatar
miker
Posts: 6043
Joined: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:28 pm
Finale Version: Finale 27.4
Operating System: Mac

Post by miker » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:54 am

B/W TIFF, and scans in the 300-600 range. I think that the finer resolutions actually seem to work against you.
Finale 27 | SmartScorePro 64
Mac OS 13.2.1 Ventura
Copyist for Barbershop Harmony Society

arfo
Posts: 51
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:04 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by arfo » Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:16 pm

I tried higher resolutions only because with the lower ones I found errors, expecially with pauses (quarters instead of eights...). I'll have to correct errors by hand.
Thank you again ;)

arfo
Finale 2014 on Mac OSX 10.9.5

Post Reply