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Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:16 pm
by larscampbell
When I use Explode Music, the system doens't include the hairpin smartshapes. Someone from Finale told me that it should but mine sure has never done it. Anyone know where you can find a setting to fix that? I can't find anything in settings, preferences, document options, or anywhere else. Ideas? Screen shots below.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:26 pm
by heinzfan
I'm on Windows but hairpins don't explode for me either. Slurs do.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:12 am
by motet
Might be a deficiency. It should be an easy matter to copy hairpins with the copy filter, though.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:22 am
by Peter Thomsen
motet wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:12 am
Might be a deficiency. It should be an easy matter to copy hairpins with the copy filter, though.
Indeed it is.
I do it all the time.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:56 pm
by larscampbell
Peter Thomsen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:22 am
motet wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:12 am
Might be a deficiency. It should be an easy matter to copy hairpins with the copy filter, though.
Indeed it is.
I do it all the time.
Well, of course it's easy.
But it's time consuming, especially when you do it a thousand times, and when Finale says it's a supported feature.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:01 pm
by motet
With the filter set, it should be one Ctrl+click.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:07 pm
by larscampbell
I understand how to use the filter. As I said, changing the filter to just smart shapes, making the copy pastes on multiple staves, and later changing the filters back, when it is supposedly a supported feature, is time-consuming. If there is a fix, I would like to find it. I have used the filter for years, but a representative from MakeMusic told me at a conference that those should be exploding. So I'm looking for a fix. Not a workaround. Thanks.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:29 am
by motet
There's no fix that I know of. But maybe try the JW Staff Polyphony plug-in instead.
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:31 am
by motet
(I have written FinaleScript macros to change the filter, which makes switching around a snap.)
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:06 am
by mmike
The JW Staff Polyphony Plug-in will do what you want. It splits the music and copies everything, such as expressions, articulations, smart shapes, even text boxes (and it doesn't matter what, if anything, you have chosen in the Edit Filter).
Re: Explode Music doesn't include hairpin markings
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:03 pm
by larscampbell
mmike wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:06 am
The JW Staff Polyphony Plug-in will do what you want. It splits the music and copies everything, such as expressions, articulations, smart shapes, even text boxes (and it doesn't matter what, if anything, you have chosen in the Edit Filter).
Yeah, that's a pretty great tool. Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
The finale tech support folks say the explode bug is a known issue for "some users".