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by RVS Lee
Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing instruments in a complicated Percussion Score
Replies: 0
Views: 13341

Changing instruments in a complicated Percussion Score

Given a score in which percussionists are switching back and forth between instruments in rapid succession, it is pretty straightforward to set up a staff where different layers are sending midi to different channels on VST Banks (or even to different banks...) as a way to ensure best output. BUT......
by RVS Lee
Sat Feb 05, 2022 5:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: More issues with F27.1: shifted beams
Replies: 33
Views: 11115

Re: More issues with F27.1: shifted beams

Re: Wessmusic's suggestion that the error is the result of calculations not taking into account the width of the stem line stroke... Isn't the Euclidean 0-width line the center of the physical stroke? Wouldn't that mean the beam is aligned to the center of the stem? If so, I would have expected stem...
by RVS Lee
Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:43 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Finale Mixer Issues
Replies: 0
Views: 3906

Finale Mixer Issues

Dear All - In the attached except, there appears to be some errant midi data which resets mixer settings as soon as I hit play. Can somebody with a similar setup confirm the behavior, and maybe even isolate the problem? Background - fin 25.3 running on a win 10 machine (playing back through flexasio...
by RVS Lee
Sun Sep 20, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: portamento
Replies: 64
Views: 15673

Re: portamento

Yet another two cents... I would have preferred tenutos under the slur, and interpreted them as a "semi-legato." The issue is not with the note separation (implied by both stacc. and ten.) I would understand that to be modified by the slur (or vice versa.) However, because the dot also requires shor...
by RVS Lee
Sun Sep 20, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Saving an .musx FINALE file to an MP3 file
Replies: 9
Views: 2740

Re: Saving an .musx FINALE file to an MP3 file

There was a recent post about dropout and stuttering in exported .wav files. I think Michel found it occurred in files longer than 10 minutes or so. (So exporting fails when you need it the most!)
by RVS Lee
Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:59 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Graphics Export only works on pg. 1
Replies: 4
Views: 1537

Re: Graphics Export only works on pg. 1

Dave -
You could also change the page size in document/page format, and then resize all systems (rather than the page) to match, in page layout.

RVSL
by RVS Lee
Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:10 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Garritan ukulele instrument help
Replies: 7
Views: 2266

Re: Garritan ukulele instrument help

Try checking the reverb settings in Aria player:
In particular, make sure that either convolution or ambience is selected (not both...)
by RVS Lee
Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sound help
Replies: 21
Views: 6593

Re: Sound help

Re: "Extrada" 6441/T, snare (a2 ad lib), field drum (a2 ad lib), BD, cymbals, tam tam, chimes The horn parts really are killer - 2 players with high C's , and 2 super low specialists 4th tpt is in D NB - 'Extrada' is an explicitly political work by a lifelong ('60s) liberal. email to richard@vslmusi...
by RVS Lee
Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sound help
Replies: 21
Views: 6593

Re: Sound help

So... as I thought I mentioned (but didn't, at least not explicitly)... there is a pretty sophisticated set of basic mixing tools (reverb, EQ) built into the aria player. If you haven't found them yet: Ctl-Alt-i (banks and effects pop up) pencil/edit button next to one of the Aria banks (you're now ...
by RVS Lee
Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: bracket direction
Replies: 19
Views: 4379

Re: bracket direction

So personally, I would find a horizontal bracket such as you have confusing, no matter whether the hooks point up or down. The screenshot below shows something closer to a standard way of indicating l.h. Also, I attached the edited .mus (but in fin 2012; not sure whether you can open it with 2011.) ...
by RVS Lee
Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sound help
Replies: 21
Views: 6593

Re: Sound help

First... Glad you like "Extrada"! I'm still looking for a live premiere, and if you have some rock-star horn players... Second... Forgive me if any of this is obvious, but just to start with the basics: the effects I am discussing do not add functionality to the Aria player. Instead they are separat...
by RVS Lee
Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sound help
Replies: 21
Views: 6593

Re: Sound help

Sorry, I wasn't quite clear... Neither Aria Player nor NP3 Player can be used as a master (Bank 0 - for everything) to add reverb or other effects to the other player's output. I happened to have an old convolution reverb library from waves central on my hard drive. When I pointed finale to that VST...
by RVS Lee
Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:35 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sound help
Replies: 21
Views: 6593

Re: Sound help

Hi Guys... Re: Master effects section of the VST Banks & Effects dialogue... This serves to route output from the 8 "player" banks to global effects & plugins; in practice these would all be 3rd party add-ons. If you are using garritan instruments exclusively, then the added layer of processing is p...
by RVS Lee
Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Key accidentals in titles
Replies: 9
Views: 2308

Re: Key accidentals in titles

Motet - The short answer to your last question is, "you don't." For better or worse, the input fields in Score Manager/File Info are just that - database fields. As Peter noted, you can look up the character 'slot' (the Alt-####) for the accidental in say EngraverTextT, and insert it into the file i...
by RVS Lee
Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale on a portrait monitor?
Replies: 12
Views: 3153

Re: Finale on a portrait monitor?

Sorry, our posts crossed paths... Resizing the finale application window is also a windows issue... If you click the "box" icon in the top right corner (between the minimize "-" and the close "x") the finale window (any window actually) should resize to fill the entire desktop. You should also be ab...
by RVS Lee
Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale on a portrait monitor?
Replies: 12
Views: 3153

Re: Finale on a portrait monitor?

Not sure whether you are looking for a hardware rec or a how to... There are plenty of monitors that mount on a pivot stand and can be physically rotated from landscape to portrait. I've been using my trusty Dell (model 2414) for years and years. If you already have the hardware, and are asking how ...
by RVS Lee
Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Screwy or missing instruments
Replies: 4
Views: 1788

Re: Screwy or missing instruments

So I downloaded the file, and *something* plays back for every note on my system (fin 25/win 10/NP3, GPO, GIfF.) However, the oboe patch wasn't loading, and NP3 was using the generic trumpet as a fall back. (Which I didn't notice for a a few secs because the NP3 oboe is suspiciously trumpet like to ...
by RVS Lee
Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:54 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Direct playback OK, but saved audio files stutter
Replies: 19
Views: 5767

Re: Direct playback OK, but saved audio files stutter

David -
As the son of a stage designer all I can say is, "I hope your designer appreciates the effort!"
by RVS Lee
Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:30 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: HP causing massive decrescendo before every rest
Replies: 5
Views: 1821

Re: HP causing massive decrescendo before every rest

I seem to remember having encountered a parallel problem with an automatic rit. that wouldn't go away. Believe it or not putting in a "non rit." expression solved it; perhaps a "non dim." would do the same?
by RVS Lee
Thu Aug 20, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Any good books re: placement of divisi rests
Replies: 3
Views: 1437

Re: Any good books re: placement of divisi rests

Gould is without question the most comprehensive reference on music engraving available, so I can't think of another volume to recommend. Instead, you might check out the notat.io site for very knowledgeable (and very opinionated) advice.
by RVS Lee
Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:25 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Broken beams on opposite sides of 8th note beam
Replies: 21
Views: 4406

Re: Broken beams on opposite sides of 8th note beam

Mark,
One thing which you may already have noticed is that the various special tools are actually 'hierarchical.' Whenever I need to invoke more than one (as here - reverse stems/beam angles/secondary beam breaks), things generally go fine if I work top down, but can end up weird if I don't.

RVSL
by RVS Lee
Sun Aug 16, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: My Mix Levels are "Auto Changing"
Replies: 3
Views: 1377

Re: My Mix Levels are "Auto Changing"

Hi Zuill - That would indeed be the default behavior, but as I noted, I've set vol and pan to *not* send from finale to Aria and NP3. (You can right click on the controls in studio view to confirm.) Also note that the baseline vol shown in score manager is not what is propagating to the Aria mixer. ...
by RVS Lee
Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: My Mix Levels are "Auto Changing"
Replies: 3
Views: 1377

My Mix Levels are "Auto Changing"

And I'd rather they not do that... Dear all, could some wise guru (that is, any colleague with a similar setup) test this file for me? In this fin 25 file (win 10), the percussion mix settings are correctly saved with the file, but change immediately when I hit playback. Finale mixer/score manager v...
by RVS Lee
Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:34 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Studio View Volume Setting
Replies: 12
Views: 3632

Re: Studio View Volume Setting

Jim, Yes indeed, your setup eliminates many variables. But the basic "philosophy" remains the same: the finale mixer sliders and/or numerical entry in the volume column of score manager should be treated as setting mic levels, and dynamic markings in the score are... well, dynamics. In midi terms, C...
by RVS Lee
Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Studio View Volume Setting
Replies: 12
Views: 3632

Re: Studio View Volume Setting

Jim, There are two separate chains which affect playback output: the dynamics attached to each instrument/staff, and the 'mix' volume (which is set by midi CC 7.) If you are talking about "turning up (or down) the mic" on a particular instrument, then you can insert an expression anywhere in the sco...