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by MisterMusicarta
Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Finale no longer recognising Edirol MIDI input
Replies: 3
Views: 7392

Re: Finale no longer recognising Edirol MIDI input

Thanks, Motet.
I naturally tried all variations, but I bought the new one for my Windows 10 laptop anyway, and made that one work.
It was about 10 years old, and my Finale's 2006, so I can hardly complain!
It would probably work if I tried again right now. IT!
Regards
Bob
by MisterMusicarta
Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Finale no longer recognising Edirol MIDI input
Replies: 3
Views: 7392

Finale no longer recognising Edirol MIDI input

I had to buy a new Roland/Edirol UM ONE midi interface for my (Windows 10) laptop, but now my old tower PC (Windows 7) won't recognize the MIDI input from either the new UM ONE or old UM1-1SX midi interfaces! Up-to-date drivers are installed, interface lights show activity, MIDI Setup dialogue shows...
by MisterMusicarta
Sat Jun 17, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Unable to create 7/11 chord suffix
Replies: 2
Views: 2041

Re: Unable to create 7/11 chord suffix

Thanks, N. Will do that.
Regards
Bob
aka www.musicarta.com
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Jun 14, 2023 8:50 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Lock measure widths after editing
Replies: 3
Views: 1925

Re: Lock measure widths after editing

Thanks, Peter, will try that.

Regards
Bob
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Lock measure widths after editing
Replies: 3
Views: 1925

Lock measure widths after editing

Can anybody tell me how to lock the widths of the measures in a stave so that they don't reconfigure themselves after a minor edit in one of them? I get it a stave all set up and looking beautiful, then do something like add a chord symbol and the bar widths all change back to what the algorithm say...
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Get separate MIDI tracks for treble and bass staves?
Replies: 1
Views: 719

Get separate MIDI tracks for treble and bass staves?

Can anybody tell me how to get get separate MIDI tracks for treble and bass staves?
So that, when you export piano MS as MIDI, the treble is one MIDI track and the bass is another.
This would save me so much time!
Thanks in advance!
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Accessibility issue - cursor etc
Replies: 6
Views: 1502

Re: Accessibility issue - cursor etc

Thanks - never thought of that!
by MisterMusicarta
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Accessibility issue - cursor etc
Replies: 6
Views: 1502

Re: Accessibility issue - cursor etc

Thanks N.
My trusty old Finale 2016 ignores the Ease of Access high contrast colour inversion, unfortunately.
Anyway, then you'd just have a white cursor on white manuscript - no improvement really.
What I want is a bright red cursor...!
Thanks anyway/
by MisterMusicarta
Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Insert multiple grace notes
Replies: 2
Views: 373

Insert multiple grace notes

Please, how can I insert a string of multiple grace notes without Finale telling me every time that I'm exceeding the number of beats permitted in the bar?
Thanks, would help!
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Accessibility issue - cursor etc
Replies: 6
Views: 1502

Accessibility issue - cursor etc

Hi there My eyes are going through a bad patch - need a little help. Is there a way to thicken the vertical flashing cursor when e.g. inputting chords. Similar the cross/square selection thingummy. Can you change the thickness and/or color of these things? I would also really like to change the colo...
by MisterMusicarta
Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:31 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Spelling diminished seventh chords
Replies: 2
Views: 1336

Spelling diminished seventh chords

Can anybody point me in the direction of a definitive university-level guide to the proper spelling of diminished seventh chords?
Much appreciated...
Musicarta Bob
by MisterMusicarta
Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Unable to create 7/11 chord suffix
Replies: 2
Views: 2041

Unable to create 7/11 chord suffix

Hi there. So I want to create a chord suffix 7/9, 7/11, 7/13 etc but when I do, finale changes (auto-corrects) the number after the slash into a note name. Perhaps this is a slash bass convention, I don't know, but I definitely want those chord suffixes, written like that. Can anybody tell me how to...
by MisterMusicarta
Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Problems fromatting imported MIDI file
Replies: 4
Views: 748

Re: Problems fromatting imported MIDI file

Thanks NG - already tried that, that's the spot I'm in. The original was even worse.
Thanks also ebiggs. Am making progress. It would have been quicker to transcribe it myself!
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Problems fromatting imported MIDI file
Replies: 4
Views: 748

Problems fromatting imported MIDI file

Hi there! I'm encountering problems formatting an imported MIDI file in Finale. Can you help? 1. I can't adjust the top stave margin, even setting it to zero in the Edit Margins dialogue. 2. Spacing of accidentals is completely absent, even changing music fonts. Music Spacing has no effect. Does any...
by MisterMusicarta
Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:29 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Set Default not working in Tuplet tool
Replies: 2
Views: 837

Set Default not working in Tuplet tool

Hi there
The 'Set Default' option in the Tuplet Definition dialog box of my Finale 2014 isn't working - it doesn't se current settings as default for the next one.
Anyone had this problem/know a fix?
Many thanks!
bob chappell/mr musicarta
by MisterMusicarta
Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:11 am
Forum: Finale PrintMusic
Topic: Can PrintMusic open all (old) Finale files?
Replies: 6
Views: 13792

Re: Can PrintMusic open all (old) Finale files?

Apparently you can't even ascribe e.g. numeric key 1 plus Articulation to place a fingering 1 in the score. For a programme that claims to be a dedicated score-writing applications "without the advanced features of Finale", that's pathetic. Quickly inserting fingering is a core function of a score-w...
by MisterMusicarta
Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:05 am
Forum: Finale PrintMusic
Topic: Can PrintMusic open all (old) Finale files?
Replies: 6
Views: 13792

Can PrintMusic open all (old) Finale files?

Having to upgrade obsolete Finale version. Don't need advanced MIDI features, and thinking of getting PrintMusic 2014.
Will that open old (really old) .mus files without quibbling? Can't find any answers on MakeMusic site.
Thanks for your help.
Musicarta
by MisterMusicarta
Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:01 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Realistic note-lengths in MIDI
Replies: 1
Views: 1392

Realistic note-lengths in MIDI

Hi I'm making audio/video recordings of chord sequences - strings of minim chords, in fact. The MIDI plays the notes for their full minim duration, but nobody plays like that and it sounds terrible. Is there to tell Finale to stop the note at, say, nine tenths of its duration? So I don't have to loa...
by MisterMusicarta
Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:54 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Paste clef changes with entries
Replies: 1
Views: 1196

Paste clef changes with entries

Hi there!
What's the secret to copy-pasting clef changes when you copy-paste entries? I knew it once but I've forgotten...
Thanks, colleagues dear
Musicarta Bob
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Triplet-feel playback on 16th notes
Replies: 1
Views: 1845

Triplet-feel playback on 16th notes

Hi there! I often use a Measure Expression graphic symbol to force 'swing quavers'/triplet-feel. Now, however, I want my 'swing quavers' to be 'swing semiquavers' - three in a quaver slot. Does anybody know how to do that? Where you can get the right graphic measure expression? Thanks in advance! Mi...
by MisterMusicarta
Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:18 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Unstoppable playback!
Replies: 2
Views: 2041

Unstoppable playback!

Hi there When I play my Finale 2006 (groan) scores back by space-bar clicking a measure, after a couple of bars, Finale won't stop! The page greys out and the dreaded [not responding] appears by the file title. I have to listen right to the end - or go and do the washing up! Anybody seen this before...