Brief interruptions during playback.

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eduardo
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Finale Version: finale 2025
Operating System: Mac

Post by eduardo » Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:52 am

Finale 2015, iMac with Sierra.
Often, during playback execution the sound will stop for a split second.
I added 8GB RAM but the problem still exists.
I suspect that the problem can be solved by changes settings Finale 2025.
But I do not know where.
Any help is appreciated.


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Jay Emmes
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Finale Version: 25.4.1.164
Operating System: Mac

Post by Jay Emmes » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:38 pm

I'm not sure if it will help with your specific issue, but I noticed that actually reducing the amount of memory given to the ARIA player/engine has more of a positive effect than increasing has. Many (not all) playback issues have disappeared when I set the max engine RAM allocation to 2 GB and disk pre-caching to 128 kB. YMMV, of course.
Running Finale 25.4.1.163 in OS X 10.11.6

oldmkvi
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Finale Version: 25
Operating System: Mac

Post by oldmkvi » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:50 pm

In Device Setup/Audio Setup, I have 24/96, Buffer at 4096.
A lower Buffer results in gaps.
Using a DAC, playback is the best it's ever been in Finale (25).
I don't have to adjust anything in the Aria Engine.
Also, make sure you have the most recent Aria, there's a place to click to download/install it in there somewhere....

eduardo
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Post by eduardo » Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:44 pm

With Buffer at 4096 I resolved all my problems.
Many thanks for your help.

oldmkvi
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Post by oldmkvi » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:10 pm

OK! I'm glad to get something Right for a change...

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