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Here's the sample using Garritan. I tried Fusion Drum for the triangle, but changed it to Basic Orch. There are other options, but it all depends on what sound is needed.

Zuill

One can do this, with a bit of trickery, to get the look and the playback, without changing instruments in the usual way.

Zuill

I'm sure Evelyn Glennie could do it.

Zuill

I think there might be a misunderstanding here.

Type C_Bb and you get:

C
Bb

Zuill

I have a completely opposite approach. I have AMS on all the time. After all the notes are entered, I then begin to fine tune spacing. Usually, AMS does 99% of my work for me. I also have Incorporate Manual Positioning select in Music Spacing (in Document Options). This handles most manual spacing n...

All we see is a picture. Without having a file to examine, it's hard to help in troubleshooting.

Zuill

You might have to resort to using Audio Units.

Zuill

In Preferences/Folders, look for the location of Configuration Files. In Windows, even if you have chosen to see hidden folders, the Windows Search won't show those files. I'm not sure if there is a way to tell Windows to search hidden folders. Once you tell Windows to allow hidden folders to be see...

Instead of turning HP off, customize HP to still include it. If you don't need anything else, turn everything off except fermatas.

Zuill

I would choose Page Edge instead of Page Margin in the attributes so that the margins won't matter. I know you solved the immediate issue, but this might be helpful in the future if you want the page margins to be different for the score. Generally you may want it wider on the left to accommodate th...

What's happened here is that you have a Group that includes both staves, then another group that includes only the lower staff. Delete that group.

Zuill

Not quite sure what you want. For example, do you want a group in the linked part with, say, 2 other instruments? If so, just put those into the linked part, and then group them in the part.

Maybe we need more clarification and details.

Zuill

Sometimes odd behavior is fixed by regenerating the preferences file.

Zuill

Are the crash reports auto-saved documents? I thought those were .asv files. The .asv files are in the Main Finale document folder. I use a custom setup to keep things more organized. In order to find .asv files, do a search for them and then you might be able to find where they are. I just did a Wi...

is HP set to None? Also, there's a checkbox in Finales playback settings, but I don't see that in the pictures you posted. Have you set that properly?

Zuill

I am able to select the handle, and the dialogue box opens. However, it does something bizarre. It launches a tuplet on the note following the one I selected. For example, I tried to modify the triplet by adding a bracket. Instead, it created an extra triplet on the following note, with the bracket....

It's an option in the Audio Setup window. I have DirectSound chosen.

Zuill

You don't need to turn HP off. Just customize it the way my file did. The rest of HP might be useful.

Zuill

Yes, that's why I said press Enter. The normal Option-3 means "three of whatever note I enter next," which is why it doesn't work for quarter+eighth triplet. Ah. Of course. The default is what's needed in this case. For any other definition, then Simple potentially could be faster. But Speedy alrea...

Speedy Entry doesn't allow the definition to be recalled as a default. Simple does. You might try Simple for this. Press Alt-9 after entering the first quarter, set it to 3 8ths in place of 2, and select the option to make this the default. Then, on the next triplet, just enter the quarter and press...

I believe this only occurs if you have Finale using ASIO. I don't, so I don't get this issue.

Zuill

I took the liberty of making a change in the Piano sound used. Finale has available a slightly better piano sound in the SmartMusic SoftSynth that many people are not aware of. It's called Piano 1. I think it is slightly more realistic, and still gives the option of recording directly to mp3.

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I tried all kinds of modifications. When I changed it to Garritan sounds, all worked well. However, you only have the option of Wav export, which means you would then have to convert the Wav files. When I turned off HP, it exported properly. However, you might need HP. So, I modified the Standard HP...

Since it plays back correctly on my system, it must be a system specific, or maybe GPO5 issue. I wish I could be of more help with the playback problems. As far as the staff, that is an easy fix. Apply the Change Instrument utility, then, in the Score Manager, change the 1 line staff to a 5 line sta...

Let's start with this demo file. If it is close to what you need, then we can go from there.

Zuil