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by ttw
Wed Dec 13, 2023 4:22 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDFs in 27.4
Replies: 51
Views: 78262

Re: PDFs in 27.4

Finale 27.4.1 is now available. I just installed it. I haven't needed any of the fail modes but I'll post if something else went wrong. (The announcement popped up while I was editing an arpeggio.)
by ttw
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27.4 is here
Replies: 27
Views: 10245

Re: Finale 27.4 is here

Everything went fine for me. No problems on the two computers. Later, the HP Omen Desktop decided to update the Bios (twice.) Afterwards, Finale couldn't play nor could Chrome update. A restart of the entire computer fixed all that. As I have been criticizing most commercial (and academically taught...
by ttw
Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:08 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Version 27.4 coming
Replies: 43
Views: 18460

Re: Version 27.4 coming

I have the email from Make Music saying Finale 27.4 is available. It's not there from the Finale program updater not can I find it on their site. I assume it will sho up. I always keep up to date. I am an amateur with no income generated from Finale so I can try new stuff and find out errors in the ...
by ttw
Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:40 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: triplets with quarter notes
Replies: 5
Views: 2112

Re: triplets with quarter notes

Works for me. There must be something else going on. I am using 27.3 on Win 11. Your example didn't show a time signature though. I was entering into an empty measure in 4/4.
by ttw
Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: dot dot
Replies: 7
Views: 4160

Re: dot dot

I was in Simple Entry. I don't know what the OP was doing. (I haven't learned other ways, yet.)
by ttw
Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: dot dot
Replies: 7
Views: 4160

Re: dot dot

I think one just uses a period on a selected note to get the first dot, then a second period to get the second. I tried it and could add 9 dots.
by ttw
Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30558

Re: Playback not working

I don't remember the solution but I got this quite a bit a few years ago. It's probably on one of my earlier posts. I think the problem was in either one of the choices for the computer's sound generator (most have 2 or more) or in the settings in MIDI/AUDIO in FInale. It may have been both. I do re...
by ttw
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:34 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: a music app for writing music by hand
Replies: 10
Views: 6253

Re: a music app for writing music by hand

I did use Maestro but I couldn't get it to work the way I wanted. I decided to buy "Music Writer" for Android. It's about $15 per year (I think) and it's not too bad The only thing both miss (or I haven't found yet) is the capability to edit within a measure, particularly the first few beats. I tend...
by ttw
Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What monitors are you using for Finale?
Replies: 9
Views: 1710

Re: What monitors are you using for Finale?

I use a matched pair of HP V28 4K monitors that were on sale (2 for 1, thus the matched pair) a few years ago. They have multiple resolutions. I also use an HP Omen gaming desktop (without desktop video or mouse or the like, just big memory, fast i9 CPU, and big fast hard disks.) It's worth looking ...
by ttw
Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:16 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Would you do anything?
Replies: 11
Views: 2921

Re: Would you do anything?

There needs to be much more context. What was the previous measure? What is the time signature? What is the clef?
by ttw
Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Da capo al fine does not play as intended
Replies: 6
Views: 899

Re: Da capo al fine does not play as intended

I have never seen a "fine" inside a first (or second) repeat. The alignment may not be read as intended by the program; the word "fine" is longer (in print) than a quarter note. Perhaps the first repeat command is interpreted wrongly as the fine command may not be seen. (I don't know if this makes s...
by ttw
Thu Jun 15, 2023 1:03 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Getting .midi extension from Windows Finale
Replies: 2
Views: 5752

Re: Getting .midi extension from Windows Finale

One can use either Windows Explorer or the DOS Window to change the name of the file after it's created. If it's not the content of the file, this is a quick fix.
by ttw
Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Purchase of Finale upgrade to 27 from 26
Replies: 11
Views: 3610

Re: Purchase of Finale upgrade to 27 from 26

I do a bit of traveling and generally found that credit cards (not debit cards) have a better exchange rate (both directions) than most stores. I think banks mostly exchange large amounts and try to time exchanges in both directions. This is not always the case. Argentina is an exception.
by ttw
Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback from Leftmost measure plays the line above
Replies: 5
Views: 4096

Re: Playback from Leftmost measure plays the line above

There is a "Playback Settings" in the tools in the tools menu. It has a gear-shaped icon. Clicking on that brings up the playback menu. There are several choices for starting playback including "Leftmost Measure."
by ttw
Mon Feb 13, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Scrolling through the score with Keyboard Shortcuts
Replies: 18
Views: 4682

Re: Scrolling through the score with Keyboard Shortcuts

I usually cheat by using the <CTL> <arrow> to jump to the first note (or rest) of the same or adjacent measure. It doesn't work on blank measures, but I don't scroll through blanks much. I don't know if this works in Speedy Entry.
by ttw
Fri Dec 16, 2022 3:35 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Bell Question
Replies: 8
Views: 966

Re: Bell Question

"Exotic Bells" makes sense but doesn't seem that close.
by ttw
Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 27.3 released
Replies: 7
Views: 1081

Re: 27.3 released

I got the update notice last night. It usually takes about 2-3 hours to download the files. ATT has promised for 15 years to upgrade. Finally (for Finale), last year they put fiber in the area. It took 15 seconds to download and about 1 minute to install. (I did acquire a couple of very fast gaming ...
by ttw
Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:01 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Play back only plays bass, piano
Replies: 7
Views: 1984

Re: Play back only plays bass, piano

I've had this a few times. In my case, I had used the Score Manager to make those instruments Solo or to Mute the others.
by ttw
Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How to prevent "Save Changes" prompt
Replies: 34
Views: 4901

Re: How to prevent "Save Changes" prompt

Maybe the operating system considers the file to be changed; it's "date of latest access" has changed.
by ttw
Sun Aug 21, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Garritan Aria - SmartMusic Soft Synth
Replies: 4
Views: 786

Re: Garritan Aria - SmartMusic Soft Synth

The sound maps are for the VSTs. Perhaps the problem is earlier in the suggestions I gave. Under MIDI/Audio (at least on my installation) there are "Play Finale through VST" and "Play FInale through MIDI." Selection "Play FInale through VST" should work. (One can get MIDI sounds by editing the Aria ...
by ttw
Sun Aug 21, 2022 12:45 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Garritan Aria - SmartMusic Soft Synth
Replies: 4
Views: 786

Re: Garritan Aria - SmartMusic Soft Synth

What I have been doing is setting the VST search order.

Under the MIDI/Audio tab, there's a subentry "Sound Map Priority." There is a list of sound maps. One can put them in search order. The Setup Wizard searches for the requested instruments in the order given.
by ttw
Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:37 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: a music app for writing music by hand
Replies: 10
Views: 6253

Re: a music app for writing music by hand

Based on the original question, I checked through some reviews and found Maestro for Android. It's free. I could write a bit of piano stuff. The only problem I had was that my S-Pen would "see" its own controls "through" those of Maestro. I fixed it by disabling some of S-Pen's features (which I did...
by ttw
Thu May 19, 2022 2:27 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: how to notate certain percussion concepts
Replies: 2
Views: 925

Re: how to notate certain percussion concepts

I can answer the harp question. I'll take a look at the others later. I found two ways to get a harp glissando. The easy one is to use the glissando articulation tool between the starting and ending notes. It's covered in the help file. The other method was to write out the articulation explicitly. ...
by ttw
Thu May 12, 2022 1:10 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Click Tracks
Replies: 8
Views: 1256

Re: Click Tracks

I put claves rather commonly in pieces. They would make a good click track. I've actually used them as real "claves" in either 3-2 or 2-3 in the son-clave and rumba-clave versions. They help when I'm trying to devise a melody. One can erase or mute them later. (I've put bongos and congas and güiros ...
by ttw
Sat May 07, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Contra Bass or Double Bass?
Replies: 44
Views: 9795

Re: Contra Bass or Double Bass?

As in "Great Bass and Little Fishes"?