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by Brent
Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

Very cool. Thanks for that!

...Brent
by Brent
Thu Feb 23, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

I did check out ebiggs score and it appears that PL placed the dynamics perfectly. I tried Motet's suggestion and adjusted the baseline of one of the parts. When I used meta tools after that to insert a dynamic in a section of instruments it, once again, placed some perfectly, some on top of the sta...
by Brent
Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

What is PL?
by Brent
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

Thank you Motet. I’ll try those changes on Tuesday.

…Brent
by Brent
Sun Feb 19, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

I have attached an excerpt of my score to this post. Try to enter a dynamic to the woodwinds at measure 13 using meta tools and you'll notice that the vertical placement is all over the place. Some are in the correct position, but some are placed right in the staff or too far below the staff. I've e...
by Brent
Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

Thank you all for your time and input. I did return my settings to original and it made a small difference. I'm still baffled by some idiosyncrasies with it though. Using the meta tool method I input a dynamic on flutes one and two in my score and the dynamic appeared perfectly in flute one. In the ...
by Brent
Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

Geez, I'm back already. After I made that thank you post I got back to work on my concert band arrangement, and while the meta tools enter dynamics brilliantly I'm still having an issue with some of their placements. Again some of the dynamics appear correctly, while others are 'way too far below th...
by Brent
Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Re: Dynamic Placement

Ah, Motet, you have save me once again. I feel kinda dopey after trying that and seeing how beautifully it works. I've used meta tools forever, but only on one part at a time. I had no idea that I could mass enter dynamics the same way. Like it said yesterday I love learning new things about this pr...
by Brent
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dynamic Placement
Replies: 37
Views: 2928

Dynamic Placement

I've read many of the posts on the topic, and tried using the settings that were offered, but I'm still having a devil of a time getting them to appear where they ought to be. I'm especially having issues when I use the selection tool to enter dynamics for a number of instruments at a time. Some of ...
by Brent
Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Garritan Jazz & Big Band voices?
Replies: 1
Views: 367

Garritan Jazz & Big Band voices?

I recently bought a new laptop to enable me to write while on the road. While the Personal Orchestra voices loaded in perfectly I can't find where to add my Jazz and Big Band voices which I purchased years ago. Where do I need to go to download those voices without having to pay for them again? Than...
by Brent
Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Why do trombone and euphonium parts transpose?
Replies: 4
Views: 526

Re: Why do trombone and euphonium parts transpose?

Bingo! Thank you Peter. Uncheck that box it things work like they should. I never knew that that option was even there.

Thanks to all of you who replied. I appreciate it very much.

...Brent
by Brent
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Why do trombone and euphonium parts transpose?
Replies: 4
Views: 526

Why do trombone and euphonium parts transpose?

I've noticed that whenever I copy a phrase into either a trombone part or a euphonium part Finale drops the copied part one octave. The score manager settings in both trombone and euphonium are set for no transposition, I can't think of where I might find a place where I can 'neutralize' this. Any h...
by Brent
Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

Yup. I'm officially a dumb-a$$. Obviously, I had forgotten That line under the Staff Tool window, and was counting on the checked box in the Staff Attributes window. Thank you, so much, yet again for your time, knowledge and patience. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all three. Have a safe and...
by Brent
Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

I'm not disputing the excellence of Finale. I've been using it since about 1993, and wouldn't be without it. Motet in that last post you included a tiny excerpt of the score that showed the collapsed piano part in the score. On my PC I can hide staves in the score. It's when I try do that in the pia...
by Brent
Thu Dec 30, 2021 7:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

Thanks for all of your replies. That chunk of music was just a small excerpt so as to make the file small enough to attach. That two bar measure with the bass clef hidden was from page one of the original score, and were the last two bars on that page. The bulk of the systems came after on pages two...
by Brent
Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

Thanks again for helping me out. Without the guidance of folks like you I'd be wasting time chasing my tail instead of writing. Writing is a lot more fun... I didn't understand your reference to Group Optimization, so I went and search it in the Finale help files, but there was no reference there. F...
by Brent
Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

When writing a big band score (especially period specific stuff) the full piano score is often broken up by single stave sections with just the chord changes for comping. Until now I have never had an issue with doing that simply. I know you can hide sections using staff style tool, but it doesn't c...
by Brent
Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Re: Hiding empty staves

Yup. That's what I've done......repeatedly. It used to be so simple...

Thanks for taking the time to both of you.
by Brent
Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding empty staves
Replies: 17
Views: 3297

Hiding empty staves

Since upgrading to Finale 27 I'm having difficulty hiding empty staves in keyboard parts. In the past if 'hide empty staves' was selected the left hand staves that had no notes would be hidden and the right hand parts collapsed accordingly. Now I can only hide those measures with the staff tool, but...
by Brent
Sun Dec 05, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: More issues with Export to PDF in Finale 27.1
Replies: 15
Views: 2981

Re: More issues with Export to PDF in Finale 27.1

I have to admit I've never used this function in Finale. I have, however, had great success with a free download called PDF Creator from a website called PDFForge. It has always worked flawlessly. You do get the occasional email asking if you'd like to upgrade to a professional grade program, but th...
by Brent
Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do I set backup location Finale 27
Replies: 3
Views: 872

Re: How do I set backup location Finale 27

Thank you so much, Motet. Once again you have saved me from hours of chasing my tail looking for the answer to my problems. After all of these years I can't believe I didn't know that I could specify where my backups go. Geez... You have bailed me out on many occasions. If you're ever in the Toronto...
by Brent
Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do I set backup location Finale 27
Replies: 3
Views: 872

How do I set backup location Finale 27

I followed previously posted threads, but nothing happened except Finale thought I was opening up a fresh installation of the program. Still no choice of location in Preferences. My power went off this morning for about 3 seconds, which was enough to lose almost two hours of work. I realize it was s...
by Brent
Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do I commit VST voices to memory
Replies: 0
Views: 2549

How do I commit VST voices to memory

I keep stumbling on the same sound issues every time I open my files. All of the voices in each of my banks 'forget' the effects that I have set for any particular arrangement. I wonder what has happened to my sounds since my last session and, sure enough, all of the effects have been shut off. Is t...
by Brent
Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Multi-measure rest problem
Replies: 10
Views: 2107

Re: Multi-measure rest problem

I guess I'm just a lucky guy. It's funny though...my computer was acting very slowly today, and I had to reload the program because the sound was all distorted. Odd that a bug or glitch like that would suddenly appear. Thank you so much, again, for sharing your knowledge and technique. Over the year...
by Brent
Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:31 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Multi-measure rest problem
Replies: 10
Views: 2107

Re: Multi-measure rest problem

The only plug-in I used was for cautionary accidentals. Certainly that can't be the culprit, can it?