Finale Forum

It was the "automatic update layout" selection. Works now, thanks for the help.

There's nothing I was able to find in the Finale documentation that would have told me that.

Here's what I have:
Reflow measures across systems (Maintain system locks)
Reflow systems across pages - checked
Automatic update layout - not checked
Automatic instrument family group brackets - checked
Automatic instrument family measures etc. - checked

Thoughts?

I can't get the "Begin New Staff System" selection in "Measure Attributes" to work. It doesn't do anything. I've used this before, I have scores with this feature in them, but now it doesn't work. Any insights? Maybe there is some other parameter somewhere that has to be in a certain setting.

I'm using Finale V26. Is there a way to route the MIDI playback to a USB port so I can play it on different equipment?

miker wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:59 pm

This is something that is asked about on a fairly regular basis. Do other notation apps have such a feature? (Just asking; not trying to stir up trouble.)

I don't know if this is a common capability in other apps, but it is a common standard notation so arguably it should be supported.

Finale can't do what you want easily. You can get playback by doing it the way I showed in a hidden layer, and do it the way you have it in Layer 1, for the look. Mute the layer 1 notes, but have the hidden layer notes be used for playback. Zuill I figured out a way to do it, not with a hidden laye...

Do you want it to sound right, or just look right? If it's just for the looks you can cheat with slurs. Sounding right requires extra steps. ::: Bill Primarily I want it to look like standard notation. I've done it the way Zuill suggested which is pretty easy but not really standard. I can fake it ...

I have an arpeggio in 8th notes for the piano. Notes are to be held with fingers rather than the pedal. Is there an easy was to do this all in one voice? This picture is an example of what I mean.

I have a repeat section with multiple instrument. I want one instrument to play only on the repeat, not the first time through. Is there a way to do that?