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- Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:53 am
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: All Measures Same Width
- Replies: 6
- Views: 724
All Measures Same Width
I'm working with an older document that has four-measure examples for students. Each staff has a new time signature. The measures are all the same width causing the notes to be either crowded or too far apart. Music spacing doesn't correct it. I've checked the measure width setting in Preferences (m...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 3:04 am
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Graphics Window hides Finale file
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3692
Graphics Window hides Finale file
This is an odd problem I haven't had until the latest upgrade. I'm using the new version of Finale (27) for PC. When I export a graphic, the window where the graphics file will be stored opens right on top of my finale file. In the past, if I moved the window to the side, it would open to the same s...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
- Replies: 3
- Views: 974
Re: No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
Thank you. Adding the piano part in the score manager fixed one part of the problem. I started this file as a default document, not using the score manager. I added and grouped staves as needed. I'm still unable to change the oboe and violin parts from this part of the file forward. I removed the ob...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
- Replies: 3
- Views: 974
Re: No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
I forgot to mention my Finale version - I'm using version 26.3.1.520 for Windows.
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
- Replies: 3
- Views: 974
No Piano Option in Change Instrument Utility
I'm writing a workbook with several music excerpts that each have different instrumentation. The Score Manager is set up with piano for all staves. I'm able to change instruments as needed using the Change Instrument utility, but piano is not an option in the instrument window. I'm trying to change ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Hide staff lines in only one measure
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1625
Re: Hide staff lines in only one measure
Thank you. I finally figured out how to do this yesterday. I was skipping the step Apply to Current Part/Score.
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:28 am
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Hide staff lines in only one measure
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1625
Hide staff lines in only one measure
I am using Finale 26 for pc. I would like to hide the staff lines in just a few measures but keep the notes then return to the regular 5 lines. I don't want to hide the entire staff. I want to keep it in place without the lines. I think I've done this before but can't figure out what I did. Thank you.
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Change Text Block Color
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2262
Change Text Block Color
I would like to change the color of text blocks to white and drag them onto the black keys of a piano keyboard graphic. Is this possible? A white box with black text would also work. Any ideas? Thank you.
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:00 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4326
Re: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
Thanks to all of you for your help. I found the effects options, changed to strings section, adjusted the volume here and there, and the excerpt sounds much better. The instructions you gave me will help with several ensemble and orchestral excerpts that go into this workbook revision.
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 4:29 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4326
Re: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
This is all great help. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. I tried to add reverb, but when I select MIDI/Audio, VST Banks and Effects, then Effects, there are no effects in the drop-down list. Do I need to download these? Maybe I need to re-install Aria Player?
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4326
Re: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
Under MIDI/Audio I chose "Play Finale through VST." Is that incorrect? What's the right way to hear Garritan Inst?
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4326
Make Playback Less Electronic Sounding
I'm using Finale 25 for Windows. The attached file sounds very electronic, especially at the end of the excerpt. I originally created it in an earlier version of Finale (probably 2010). I first tried updating the sounds in the original file, but the sound didn't improve. I then created a new score u...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5614
Re: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
Maybe it's different on Windows 10. What I don't understand is that I chose Finale 25 to open the file, but it still opens with 2014.5. Even odder is that 2014.5 is in a different Program File folder on the computer ("Program File 86" or something like that).
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5614
Re: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
Thank you for the reminder, Zuill. Apparently I tried everything to get it to work yesterday except for that procedure. Unfortunately, a very weird thing happens with the "open with" process. I right-clicked a bakx file, selected "open with" then "More apps," scrolled down to "Look for another app o...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:58 am
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5614
Re: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
What's my time worth? I suppose that depends on who you ask.
I not too worried about it, but it would be nice to have it fixed. I'll just need to remember to open Finale first then open the file if I need a backup.
I not too worried about it, but it would be nice to have it fixed. I'll just need to remember to open Finale first then open the file if I need a backup.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5614
bakx files opening in wrong version of Finale
I'm running Finale 25.5 on Windows 10. My mus, musx, asv, and asvx files are all associated with Finale 25, but when I try to open a bakx file from File Explorer, it wants to open it in Finale 2014. I went to Windows settings and tried to change the file association but the only options Windows give...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: slash 6 figured bass
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3296
Re: slash 6 figured bass
Thank you for the info. I will look into these. I've been adding the slash manually with a text block. Crude but effective.
- Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:59 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: slash 6 figured bass
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3296
slash 6 figured bass
I found the instructions for adding a slash to figured bass symbols in the finale numerics character map. In the examples, the slashes are all forward slashes. Elsewhere, I've only seen figured bass alterations with backwards slash (usually a 6), indicating to raise the chord tone a half-step. Are t...
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Dragging Individual Systems without Moving Other Systems?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3989
Re: Dragging Individual Systems without Moving Other Systems
I wish I had found this post a long time ago. Such a simple solution but I couldn't find it in the Finale Help. Thanks for your answer!!
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6595
Re: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
You must be smarter than I am. I just couldn't figure it out and I'm also a long-time user (I found the 5 1/4 floppy disks from Version 1 that I purchased in the very early 1990's when we moved last year). Your answer will save me a lot of time and frustration and I appreciate your help.
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6595
Re: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
Wow - that was the problem. I was using Spacebar/click. When I use the playback controls, Human Playback works fine. How did you figure that out? I would never have guessed that was the issue. Thank you very much!!
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6595
Re: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
Correction - I'm using the latest version of Finale - Version 25.4.1.152.
Can those of you who responded please describe your playback setups? I must have an incorrect setting. Thank you.
Can those of you who responded please describe your playback setups? I must have an incorrect setting. Thank you.
- Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Finale Help
- Topic: Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6595
Human Playback works in .wav file but not in Finale
I'm using Finale 2014 on Windows 10. When I play a file that has Human Playback (through VST) items such as trills and pedaling are not audible. When I export the file to wav, they are there. Does anybody know why this might be happening? (See the attached file.)
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:11 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Exported File Loses Human Playback
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1665
Exported File Loses Human Playback
I exported a Finale 2014 (Windows) file played through VST that included Standard Human Playback to a .wav file. The original file included piano pedaling. I then imported the .wav file into Audio Cleaning Lab (music editing software). The pedaling is gone and the music sounds mechanical. What is th...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 11:32 pm
- Forum: Playback Issues
- Topic: Human Playback not working
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2411
Re: Human Playback not working
I think I finally figured out the problem. It was specific to one file, and there must have been artifacts where I copied and pasted or inserted the new phrases of music. I copied the music to a new default template and it's working fine now. Thank you for your response.