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by motet
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot
Replies: 9
Views: 219

Re: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot

I don't think you need to worry about it.

Can you attach a file exhibiting the problem? It only need be a few measures.
by motet
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Copying multiple measures with many clef changes
Replies: 3
Views: 54

Re: Copying multiple measures with many clef changes

Not sure what that's about. This is not an emergency.

mmike's advice is exactly right. I think if you uncheck Use Filter it will not copy the initial clef correctly.
by motet
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplets within tuplet
Replies: 3
Views: 88

Re: Tuplets within tuplet

As Peter says, Speedy entry can handle nested tupets, but Simple entry can't do it as well. If you're using Simple entry, I suggest you turn off "check for extra notes" in the Simple entry options, then enter all the notes in the measure non-tupletized. Then switch to the separate Tuplet tool and ad...
by motet
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 857

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

When you were having trouble with the Expression dialog, did you drag the bottom of the window to enlarge it? That should have updated those numbers in finale.ini. Try doing that now--make the window a little bigger or a little smaller, and see if it sticks.
by motet
Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 857

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

I didn't realize you were running Finale 26. Looks to me like you haven't installed the update to Finale 27.
by motet
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:43 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 857

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

While you're at it, note the modification times of finale.ini, before and after.
by motet
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot
Replies: 9
Views: 219

Re: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot

How does this file play back for you?
by motet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 857

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Try this: Close Finale. Locate your finale.ini file, which will be in a directory similar to C:\Users\Bjnick\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale 27 (substitute your Windows name for Bjnick as appropriate). Open finale.ini in an editor, and look for a line that looks like this: SelExprWinpos=645 395 127...
by motet
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Print pref?
Replies: 10
Views: 285

Re: Print pref?

In my case I use the keystroke triggering the macro instead of the Finale print button or Ctrl-P. Same number of steps (fewer, since Check Current doesn't need to be clicked).
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do we double note values in a passage?
Replies: 13
Views: 384

Re: How do we double note values in a passage?

It's probably because you're changing time signatures. If you double the note values in a 4/4 bar, it's pushing things into a 7/16 bar down the road. Seems like instead you want the 4/4 bar to turn into a 4/2 bar, 3/4 to 3/2, 7/16 to 7/8, etc.
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot
Replies: 9
Views: 219

Re: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot

Try selecting all, then Edit/Clear Selected Items. In the ensuing dialog, click None, then MIDI data.
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot
Replies: 9
Views: 219

Re: Dotted quarternotes are played back with no dot

I would try different HP settings--Standard, Classical, Romantic, etc.
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Keyboard shortcuts or FinaleScript to insert measures?
Replies: 1
Views: 80

Re: Keyboard shortcuts or FinaleScript to insert measures?

Tempo changes, as in inserting tempo marks/expressions, or meter changes? Do they form a pattern?
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Adjusting multimeasure numbers when measure numbers are ignored
Replies: 2
Views: 100

Re: Adjusting multimeasure numbers when measure numbers are ignored

If the combined measures really are too cramped to edit, do it last thing. But you can edit in Scroll view and it shouldn't be an issue. I agree nobody is going to count the rests, but it might be a good idea to leave the number for measure counting in general. But you could instead devise an expres...
by motet
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Adjusting multimeasure numbers when measure numbers are ignored
Replies: 2
Views: 100

Re: Adjusting multimeasure numbers when measure numbers are ignored

In your example I would make the first two measures into an 8/4 measure displayed as 4/4; the JW Meter and Rhythm plug-in will help with this. Perhaps that will work on the cadenza measures that you've split to remerge them.
by motet
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Print pref?
Replies: 10
Views: 285

Re: Print pref?

The latter. To be used instead of how you normally trigger printing.
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Print pref?
Replies: 10
Views: 285

Re: Print pref?

This FinaleScript macro will do what you want. Or, maybe you'd like "Check Current."
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: note mover tool
Replies: 6
Views: 165

Re: note mover tool

I don't understand your question, but to see what's in what layer, you need to turn on score colors in Preferences. Then layer 1 will be black and layer 2 red. Everything will print black.
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Print pref?
Replies: 10
Views: 285

Re: Print pref?

Right, print to PDF doesn't fix the default, but indeed it saves you from wasting paper. I'd be surprised if there were a setting to change that default. I use CutePDF on Windows (I believe there's a Mac version). When I print to CutePDF, it opens the program and puts your music in it. All you need ...
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Delete 1 stem of a double stem
Replies: 2
Views: 83

Re: Delete 1 stem of a double stem

I assume you mean here: 0668.png Since that's the only note in layer 1 (the other layer-1 notes are really in the upper staff), you don't need two layers. Move layer 2 to layer 1, OK'ing overwriting that single note. 0667.png Then use Utilities/Stem Direction on that measure to force the stems down....
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Print pref?
Replies: 10
Views: 285

Re: Print pref?

This seems to be yet another ill-considered new "feature" (Finale 2014.4 versus Finale 27 defaults show below). It seems to pick Score even if you're editing a part. The old way of defaulting to nothing was I think preferable if not very useful (if I were designing it I would have it pick whatever p...
by motet
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Trumpet Lags Behind and Plays Flat in Wonderful v27
Replies: 26
Views: 733

Re: Trumpet Lags Behind and Plays Flat in Wonderful v27

Something caused it to revert to ASIO.
by motet
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Trumpet Lags Behind and Plays Flat in Wonderful v27
Replies: 26
Views: 733

Re: Trumpet Lags Behind and Plays Flat in Wonderful v27

Unless they've fixed it, changes you make to the audio settings won't stick if your system doesn't have a microphone, or if it's disabled. No, that doesn't make any sense.
by motet
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: v27 Bug #37: No Undo Button on Toolbar.
Replies: 2
Views: 125

Re: v27 Bug #37: No Undo Button on Toolbar.

Not a bug.

There is an Edit palette you can enable on the Window menu that has an Undo button. You can drag the palette where you want it. Most people just type Ctrl+Z, though, so I don't find the palette useful. You can also access Undo and Redo from the Edit menu.
by motet
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Center text within a text box - how?
Replies: 4
Views: 148

Re: Center text within a text box - how?

Select any existing text first.