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by Al Fine
Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Converting mp3 to sheet music
Replies: 4
Views: 1075

Re: Converting mp3 to sheet music

Thanks to all who responded!
by Al Fine
Sat Oct 08, 2022 1:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Converting mp3 to sheet music
Replies: 4
Views: 1075

Converting mp3 to sheet music

Greeting all, I was wondering if it's possible for Finale to convert an Mp3 into sheet music? That is to say, can you play music into the mic, get some form of sheet music from it. What I'm looking for doesn't need to be 100% accurate for pitch or rhythm. I'm just looking for an end result in notati...
by Al Fine
Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:18 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale jack port and speaker problem Error code:7
Replies: 4
Views: 1044

Re: Finale jack port and speaker problem Error code:7

Well, that's disappointing to learn. But thanks just the same, for passing it along.
by Al Fine
Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:33 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale jack port and speaker problem Error code:7
Replies: 4
Views: 1044

Finale jack port and speaker problem Error code:7

Hello all, I'm getting plenty of views, but no responses, over on the hardware board, so I'll post my question here as well. :-) I'm using Finale 25.5.0.259 on a Mac, using OS 12.3. The computer is brand new, and I did a clean install of Finale (as opposed to migrating). I'm finding that if I'm list...
by Al Fine
Sun Mar 27, 2022 12:43 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Problem switching from headphone jack to computer speaker
Replies: 0
Views: 11744

Problem switching from headphone jack to computer speaker

Hello all, I'm using Finale 25.5.0.259 on a Mac, using OS 12.3. The computer is brand new, and I did a clean install of Finale (as opposed to migrating). I'm finding that if I'm listening to playback with the Audio Setup on "External Headphones", with the headphone jack already inside the headphone ...
by Al Fine
Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:42 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Horizontal scrollbar not appearing
Replies: 3
Views: 827

Re: Horizontal scrollbar not appearing

That did the trick! Thanks so much!
by Al Fine
Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:46 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Horizontal scrollbar not appearing
Replies: 3
Views: 827

Horizontal scrollbar not appearing

Greetings all. I'm using Finale v.25 for Macs (OS 12.0.1). Does anybody know how to force Finale's scroll bars to stay visible? The specific problem is my horizontal scrollbar, which won't appear with the mouse I'm using, which is a KINESIS DXT2 Ergonomic Vertical Mouse (RF Wireless). The horizontal...
by Al Fine
Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:31 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale file's margins change when saved as PDF
Replies: 8
Views: 5112

Re: Finale file's margins change when saved as PDF

Not sure if this will get anyone's attention, but wanted to say that I finally solved this problem by choosing US Letter Borderless paper on the print option pop-up, after which, I chose Open in PDF Preview, then exported as a PDF. I'll add that you must choose US Letter Borderless paper each time y...
by Al Fine
Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Re: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Hi Motet, I'm not sure how to go about doing that, will probably just live with this little glitch for now. As always, I appreciate your input, will seek you out if I decide to recreate the preferences file. :-)
by Al Fine
Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Re: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Yes, directly on the staff, usually on the note/rest on which I'm working (unless it's off the staff, then I hit the measure dead center). Don't know if it helps to know this, put if I single click and hold on the bar, it highlights (so if I double-click and aim well, I can input one thing). But as ...
by Al Fine
Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Re: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Hi N. Good reminder (although not the problem in this case) :-)
by Al Fine
Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Re: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Hi Motet, no, the jump-to-next-measure option is not on in these cases. The cursor doesn't go to the next bar, it just appears over the bar I'm trying to click on, but since it doesn't highlight the bar, I can't make my entries.
by Al Fine
Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:46 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Re: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Thanks for you input, HP.
by Al Fine
Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:24 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool
Replies: 11
Views: 4340

Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

Admittedly, this is a minor annoyance, but an annoyance all the same. Often (but not always), if I've made an entry in a bar using the Speedy Entry Tool, then leave the bar, but immediately click in it again, the cursor won't stay in the bar, and the bar won't stay highlighted. Sometimes I have to c...
by Al Fine
Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:15 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No sound during playback for one specific piece
Replies: 3
Views: 2049

Re: No sound during playback for one specific piece

I think I outsmarted the problem. I copy and pasted the score into another Finale document, and now it plays. Thanks for testing it out for me!
by Al Fine
Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:08 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No sound during playback for one specific piece
Replies: 3
Views: 2049

Re: No sound during playback for one specific piece

Would that be the S & M headers? Nothing is showing there.
by Al Fine
Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:37 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No sound during playback for one specific piece
Replies: 3
Views: 2049

No sound during playback for one specific piece

Hello all, this is a segment from a piece which has no sound during playback. Other Finale files work, as do other non Finale playback from the internet. I've closed the piece, Finale, and rebooted the computer. Just wondering if you can hear this right away, or if not, can figure out what's wrong. ...
by Al Fine
Sat Feb 23, 2019 1:24 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately
Replies: 7
Views: 3514

Re: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately

Hi Motet, just wanted to let you know that I'm using your method, and that it's working great! Thanks again--you're saving me so much work I could cry. :wink:
by Al Fine
Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:30 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately
Replies: 7
Views: 3514

Re: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately

Thanks to both of you for your responses. I will go into action and see if I can make it all work. If not, I'll be back... :lol:
by Al Fine
Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:24 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately
Replies: 7
Views: 3514

Re: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately

Hi Motet, thanks for your response. DId you mean Document>Page format? I don't see anything there that does specifically what I want to do. If you could give a little more data that would walk me through what you mean, I'd appreciate it. Here are 3 screenshots which show the steps I'm trying to comb...
by Al Fine
Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:19 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately
Replies: 7
Views: 3514

Increasing note size and staff lines proportionately

Greetings all, hope life is good. I'm wanting to increase all the noteheads' size in a piece (piano grandstaff), and also have the space between staff lines increase proportionately. I have found out how to do both of these things separately, using the Utility>Change>Noteheads, and the ScoreManger C...
by Al Fine
Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale file's margins change when saved as PDF
Replies: 8
Views: 5112

Re: Finale file's margins change when saved as PDF

Son of a gun of I can't duplicate the problem. Finale froze on me just after I made my first post, and I had to force my Mac's Finder to quit, so maybe that did it. But never fear, if it happens again, I'll be back with a small example file. :-) Thanks!
by Al Fine
Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:09 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Speedy entry tool - consecutive entries problem
Replies: 4
Views: 2245

Re: Speedy entry tool - consecutive entries problem

What's odd, is that it isn't every single time. I wonder if I'm causing some sort of trigger each time it does happen. Hard to figure out the cause and effect, if there is one.
by Al Fine
Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:26 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Speedy entry tool - consecutive entries problem
Replies: 4
Views: 2245

Re: Speedy entry tool - consecutive entries problem

Not after a specific occurrence of this problem, but my computer has been rebooted several times since this problem has been happening (over 2 years now, I think).