Playback Not Working Finale 25 macOS Sierra

Discuss playback problems, including VST, Garritan, MIDI, etc.

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btryback
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Finale Version: Finale 25
Operating System: Mac

Post by btryback » Fri May 05, 2017 4:31 pm

I'm running Finale 25 on macOS Sierra.

For some reason I can't get any sound to come out of Finale when playing back.
I've tried switching between playing through Audio Units and playing through Midid,
I've tried switching Garritan instruments vs. smart music instruments.
Nothing seems to work. please help!


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miker
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Finale Version: Finale 27.4
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Post by miker » Fri May 05, 2017 5:24 pm

Welcome to the forum.

Do sounds work correctly in other programs?

Have you restarted the computer?
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btryback
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Finale Version: Finale 25
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Post by btryback » Fri May 05, 2017 6:10 pm

Thanks, Mike!

Well restarting the computer worked great. haha. Thanks for that.

However, I'm confused why it will only play through Midi and not through Audio Units. Is there a reason for that? It seems the garritan instruments don't want to make sound...

BuonTempi
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Finale Version: Finale 27
Operating System: Mac

Post by BuonTempi » Sat May 06, 2017 12:49 pm

Make sure that the Garritan samples are actually installed.

Confusingly, when you install Finale, you are asked to specify a location for the Garritan samples. (Well, a file selection dialog comes up, but its purposes is not made clear.) Finale 25 changed the default location from /Applications to /Users/Shared.

Finale (or Finales) can get confused about where the samples are.

1. Open the file /Library/Preferences/com.Garritan.Instruments for Finale.plist
2. Look for the "base_dir" key, and the filepath location that follows it.
3. Check that your samples are at that location.

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