Consecutive notes of the same pitch not playing

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

Moderators: Peter Thomsen, miker

Sir Lunch
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:49 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by Sir Lunch » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:16 pm

Version 2014.5
Mac El Capitan

Hi...this has been something of an annoyance to me for years now, and I've not addressed it here because frankly I know that when real people are playing what I write, they'll do it properly....

In any case, here's an example: A bar in common time will have 4 quarter notes all the same pitch. The playback will play the first of those, but even with accents on the notes (that are not staccato) playback will not play the rest of them...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Sir Lunch


User avatar
motet
Posts: 8225
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:33 pm
Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005,27
Operating System: Windows

Post by motet » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:23 pm

In general it works. You might have to attach a file illustrating the problem to find out what's different in your case.

Sir Lunch
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:49 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by Sir Lunch » Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:34 pm

So here's a sample of what I'm getting at...if you solo the trombones, you'll notice that the notes both of the triplet figure in the first bar, and all the notes in the second bar after beat 1 seem not to be played or played so quietly that when all instruments are on, they are absent....and in this case, that second bar of quarter notes in the bone section are meant to be loud and proud specifically to help offset the syncopation in the other parts....this only happens when the notes in question are the same pitch, and if there is no staccato articulation on the notes.

Again, any insights are welcome and appreciated.

Sir Lunch
Attachments
Demo 1.musx
(94.17 KiB) Downloaded 155 times

User avatar
zuill
Posts: 4418
Joined: Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:35 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2011-v26.3.1
Operating System: Windows

Post by zuill » Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:04 pm

This is a known issue that I believe MM has not shared with the user base. Under Preferences/MIDI Data, change the Start/Stop time option to Ignore MIDI data.

Zuill
Windows 10, Finale 2011-v26.3.1
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."

Sir Lunch
Posts: 26
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:49 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2014
Operating System: Mac

Post by Sir Lunch » Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:33 pm

Zuill....thank you so much...works perfectly!

Post Reply