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by jbearch
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: GPO5 solo violin trills?
Replies: 11
Views: 7508

Re: GPO5 solo violin trills?

I just got a solution from support. The idea was to export the file to XML, then import it back. For some reason the trills all played as they should. I have no idea why but it seems to work. Here are the exact instructions: Open your document in Finale Choose File > Export > MusicXML Save your docu...
by jbearch
Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:16 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: GPO5 solo violin trills?
Replies: 11
Views: 7508

Re: GPO5 solo violin trills?

I am still waiting for information and/or a solution from support. They asked me for a copy of the file I am working on. I will be interested in what they come up with. But as an interim solution I used the tremolo plugin to make fake trills without the trill sign. I can do this only because I don't...
by jbearch
Mon Jan 20, 2020 4:08 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: GPO5 solo violin trills?
Replies: 11
Views: 7508

Re: GPO5 solo violin trills?

I tried all the solo violins in GPO5 and none of them will trill. I switched to the violins in the earlier Garritan version and they trilled nicely. But the sound is not so good and a little weak. Is this a Garritan problem maybe? Up to now I sort of liked the GPO5. For now I am glad I kept the old ...
by jbearch
Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:59 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: GPO5 solo violin trills?
Replies: 11
Views: 7508

Re: GPO5 solo violin trills?

I just discovered the same problem. With violins and cellos in my case.
by jbearch
Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:16 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Particular Measure on Particular Staff Won't Play Above mf
Replies: 8
Views: 3907

Re: Particular Measure on Particular Staff Won't Play Above

Win 10, Finale 26 I read this with interest because I have exactly the same problem in a piece I am working on now. String Quartet, everybody playing p, nothing unusual, very simple music, but all of a sudden in 2 measures the sound drops out of the viola. As if the dynamic had changed to pppp. Stil...
by jbearch
Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:52 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: My staccatos keep being moved
Replies: 6
Views: 2700

Re: My staccatos keep being moved

I just ran into a similar problem. I still have Finale 25 but my problem is that only recently does Finale not convert my articulations correctly into PDF. They are placed usually way too high from the note head. In the original file everything is correct. I have no idea what to do. I can't send thi...
by jbearch
Fri Sep 14, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Re: Staff spacing in orchestral scores

This would be wonderful. Can I buy this plugin? Where?
Jeffrey
by jbearch
Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:33 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: I just lost hours of work!
Replies: 17
Views: 7540

Re: I just lost hours of work!

That happened to me recently too. I never figured out why Finale couldn't find the file anymore. Probably something corrupting the file making it invisible. I even contacted support too but they couldn't help with it either. I think Finale (at least the newer versions) can be very unforgiving when o...
by jbearch
Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Re: Staff spacing in orchestral scores

I do all the resizing and music spacing before I hide anything. The resizing is necessary for some scores because conductors have complained about not being able to read the small size notes from their podium. It shouldn't really a problem as such since I usually put larger orchestra scores on A3 pa...
by jbearch
Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:34 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Re: Staff spacing in orchestral scores

Hi Nick, I followed your instructions and everything was very clear. I think I did everything correctly. The plugin shows in the menu but when I invoke it, nothing happens. It thinks for a second or 2 and but then nothing changes. As a control I tried the jwnotespacing plugin that I had also downloa...
by jbearch
Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Re: Staff spacing in orchestral scores

Thank you Nick, very much. This looks just like what I need. Except for one problem: I have never used a script in my life. I have no idea how to use it. The file has a lua ending and I used Editor to look into it. So I vaguely know what is in it. But what do I do? The reason I hide staves is becaus...
by jbearch
Mon Sep 03, 2018 3:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Re: Staff spacing in orchestral scores

The score is optimised. Some empty staves are hidden. I didn't hide all the empty staves because I tried using that to get the bottom staff to line up with the margin. If they were not the score would be too tall for an A3 page at the size I use. There is usually only one system per page. In the few...
by jbearch
Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staff spacing in orchestral scores
Replies: 15
Views: 9277

Staff spacing in orchestral scores

Hi, Finale 25, 64 bit Win 10 Is there any way to space staves (ie an easy way) so that the top of the top staff and the bottom of the bottom staff line up with the top and bottom margins of the page? And preferably the spacing of the staves evenly distributed on the page? In my orchestra scores the ...
by jbearch
Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:31 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Measure number regions problem
Replies: 35
Views: 17676

Re: Measure number regions problem

I sent the file to Finale support and Kevin corrected it on his computer and sent it back. I couldn't do that although I tried everything suggested on this forum. I am sure it's a bug. Kevin even analyzed my computer information and could find nothing wrong there. These guys are great and so helpful...
by jbearch
Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Measure number regions problem
Replies: 35
Views: 17676

Re: Measure number regions problem

I just encountered this problem today for the first time. It is driving me nuts. Finale 25 (Win 10) just won't accept page number 1 for different regions. I have: Restarted Finale and the file Rebooted the computer Deleted the regions and added them new Started a new document fresh Nothing works. I ...
by jbearch
Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fit Measures
Replies: 14
Views: 8752

Re: Fit Measures

Eureka! I found the source of the problem. In Program Options/Edit/Automatic Settings/ you have to make sure you set Reflow measures across systems (maintain system locks) . So it was my mistake. I am not sure why I never had the problem in Finale 2011 because I never had to reset that value. At lea...
by jbearch
Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fit Measures
Replies: 14
Views: 8752

Re: Fit Measures

CTRL-U doesn't do anything. Just erases the empty 4th page. I have already notified support but so far they haven't replied. This is really quite mystifying. I just wonder if anybody else with Finale 2012 have seen something like this. I bought the upgrade online and downloaded it. So no disk. But t...
by jbearch
Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fit Measures
Replies: 14
Views: 8752

Re: Fit Measures

In the past I moved measures within a system to different systems, locking them in the process, thereby getting a layout that I wanted. Sometimes less measures per system, sometimes more, depending on the busyness of the music. It just won't work now in 2012. I do the same process as in 2011 (I trie...
by jbearch
Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fit Measures
Replies: 14
Views: 8752

Fit Measures

I just updated to Finale 2012 (Windows 7). The Fit Measures commands under Utilities won't work. No locking of measures in systems. A real problem when doing a score layout. Does anybody else have this problem?