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by montedoro44
Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Repeating an action in FinaleScript?
Replies: 5
Views: 1539

Re: Repeating an action in FinaleScript?

Belated thanks for your suggestion, motet. I got distracted but I will try this.
by montedoro44
Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Repeating an action in FinaleScript?
Replies: 5
Views: 1539

Re: Repeating an action in FinaleScript?

Greetings FF wizards, I have a similar question. I want to repeat the JW plug-in Copy Rhythm with minimal keypresses, but I can also imagine other repetitive needs that now require repeated visits to Plug-Ins, mouse down to the right one, click, then go to the desired measure & click. I already wrot...
by montedoro44
Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No midi keyboard input sound
Replies: 10
Views: 9160

Re: No midi keyboard input sound

Good news today -- problem solved. One change that it didn't occur to me to try was to toggle the "Play through VST/MIDI" choice to VST. When I switched to VST all was good. So, back to "Play through MIDI" and back to Device Manager, and the necessary change was that the "Device:" selection box want...
by montedoro44
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No midi keyboard input sound
Replies: 10
Views: 9160

Re: No midi keyboard input sound

Thanks for this detailed instruction -- unfortunately it didn't change anything. Since we are using pretty much the same hardware, I'm surprised that you had to hand-set these toggles & choices to make yours work. Until now, everything worked for me without any adjustments, and afaik I didn't tinker...
by montedoro44
Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No midi keyboard input sound
Replies: 10
Views: 9160

Re: No midi keyboard input sound

Thanks for getting back, motet. Playback works. I have visited all of the MIDI/Audio settings, and the misbehavior persists. I have a laptop with Finale and I connected the keyboard -- it works perfectly; I just re-installed Finale (27) on my desktop and the problem persists; I used a different USB ...
by montedoro44
Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No midi keyboard input sound
Replies: 10
Views: 9160

Re: No midi keyboard input sound

All of a sudden I have a similar problem: In Selection Tool mode, the keyboard plays. When I switch to Simple Entry, the notes appear but no sound. Then when I go back to Selection Tool there is no sound. If I Reload MIDI Driver, I get back to the beginning problem. I have been to MIDI/Audio Match O...
by montedoro44
Sun May 21, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures
Replies: 7
Views: 750

Re: copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures

Thanks for looking into it - it is so close to perfect. I am still stymied by that video in which I see what looks exactly like what I need (Pattern copy), but is not the Pattern Copy that I have. That's a mystery. There is another not obvious limitation in JW Rhythm Copy -- the Source remains alive...
by montedoro44
Sun May 21, 2023 1:08 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures
Replies: 7
Views: 750

Re: copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures

Thanks Bill and Miker! Bill, I have resorted to expanding by powers of 2 -- it beats 1-by-1 by a lot, but is still tedious for frequent use. Finale's Edit Filter followed by Delete or Copy is IMO the most efficient model for generalizing the needed operation, but unfortunately, "rhythm" is not among...
by montedoro44
Sat May 20, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures
Replies: 7
Views: 750

copy rhythm from a single measure to many measures

I don't see this covered anywhere, although I found a YouTube video for Mac that uses JW Pattern that magically accomplishes this task. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkKJYSxZ0X0 ) But My Windows JW-Pattern plug-in isn't anything like the Mac version and doesn't seem made for this task. The JW Rh...
by montedoro44
Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Copy selected: distinguish notes from rests
Replies: 2
Views: 379

Re: Copy selected: distinguish notes from rests

Thank you Bill Stevens, that is exactly what I needed. It took me a moment to figure out filtering to get it right. FTR: JW Change > Note Entries Note/Rest > Rest Filters > Entries: On Beats, check Opposite Apply I was also interested in eliminating only the notes at beats 2 and 5 in order to get a ...
by montedoro44
Sat Jan 21, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Copy selected: distinguish notes from rests
Replies: 2
Views: 379

Copy selected: distinguish notes from rests

Is there an efficient way to copy-selected or delete-selected across a region that converts selected notes (maybe selected beats) to rests? In the attached sample, staff #2 beats 1 and 4 retain the notes of staff #1, and the other beats are replaced by rests. The Delete-Selected command could be imp...
by montedoro44
Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:14 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Slow screen (update layout)
Replies: 12
Views: 7706

Re: Slow screen (update layout)

I just stumbled in here bc I suddenly had what looks like the same problem -- some commands take a long time to finish, and the screen is very busy. These commands seem to be utilities and whatever plug-ins that involve lots of changes -- transpose, change pitches, et al. But I nailed the culprit, e...
by montedoro44
Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Accidentals carrying through the measure
Replies: 31
Views: 7058

Re: Accidentals carrying through the measure

Thanks as always, motet, for your fast & on-target response. Got it fixed now, although I used the plug-in several times without it working -- I tweaked the choices, marking all 5 of the options on & no-parens. Then I made a default doc like your example and it worked there, then went back to my doc...
by montedoro44
Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Accidentals carrying through the measure
Replies: 31
Views: 7058

Re: Accidentals carrying through the measure

I just ran into this -- a measure has Bb5 followed by B4, and I thought I might be able to trick Finale into displaying the natural by writing the B4 as B5 and then shifting it one octave down. But no, the accidental got the axe. So, the price to pay is having to endure the parens on a courtesy acci...
by montedoro44
Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:23 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Note-head color for selected notes
Replies: 8
Views: 3782

Re: Note-head color for selected notes

Why should anyone have to re-invent a way to do this? Finale can already color notes, but only based on pitch. Some other criterion could access the same subroutine.
by montedoro44
Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:08 am
Forum: SmartMusic
Topic: Change instrument, keep staff name?
Replies: 10
Views: 14454

Re: Change instrument, keep staff name?

I recently sent a longish list of dream improvements to wherever such things should be sent. Maybe they will make some changes. IMO, aside from toggling Enable/Disable Auto Staff Name, the best approach is to for Finale to allow users to make all these changes on a little spreadsheet.
by montedoro44
Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Sharing -- articulations lost
Replies: 0
Views: 3554

Sharing -- articulations lost

I just began learning File > Share . . .

I notice that fermatas that work perfectly in Finale are ignored at the SmartMusic sharing site -- they are visible, but have no effect. Is there a solvable issue here?
by montedoro44
Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Turn on midi keyboard after opening Finale
Replies: 0
Views: 3917

Turn on midi keyboard after opening Finale

This is not a problem, but a nice discovery maybe known already, but not by me. The normal order of events is to have a midi keyboard already connected and on, so that when you open Finale, the device functions immediately. When I open Finale first, Finale doesn't immediately recognize the intruding...
by montedoro44
Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:36 am
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Windows 11 & ASIO retention
Replies: 7
Views: 9461

Re: Windows 11 & ASIO retention

My latency problem vanished when my 9-year-old computer crashed and I bought a new one -- nothing exotic, Dell Inspiron 3880. But latency sometimes occurs when I open an xml file, maybe also midi. The latency shows up with midi keyboard input and playback/cursor coordination. Reload Midi Driver cure...
by montedoro44
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:53 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Windows 11 & ASIO retention
Replies: 7
Views: 9461

Re: Windows 11 & ASIO retention

Miracle -- the problem seems to have disappeared. I can open Finale without a mic connected, it opens with Direct Sound, and it works. Also, the fast load is back. I have been fiddling, including switching between VST & Midi, also ASIO and WASAPI, also visiting the taskbar Sound icon, and unplugging...
by montedoro44
Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:21 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Windows 11 & ASIO retention
Replies: 7
Views: 9461

Re: Windows 11 & ASIO retention

Thanks, motet. I tried turning on the mic, and that works. I also notice that simultaneously Finale loads significantly faster. I also notice that since Windows 11 took over -- last night -- some Finale controls behave differently, like menu choice pull-down bars, e.g., in the Key Signature Tool. Th...
by montedoro44
Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Windows 11 & ASIO retention
Replies: 7
Views: 9461

Re: Windows 11 & ASIO retention

I think that's right. Finale docs remember a lot of settings, but apparently not Audio device. The problem isn't finding MIDI/AUDIO -> Device Setup -> Audio Setup > Direct Sound; it is having to do this every time I open Finale. With Windows10, Finale retained my setting. I am an old PageMaker user ...
by montedoro44
Sun Feb 13, 2022 5:03 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Windows 11 & ASIO retention
Replies: 7
Views: 9461

Windows 11 & ASIO retention

Windows 11 muscled its way into my computer, and now Finale opens with ASIO in all cases -- open a musx doc that has already been changed to Direct Sound, or blank open. On Windows 10, Finale learned to default to Direct Sound. Is there a way to make Finale default to Direct Sound on Windows 11? Tha...
by montedoro44
Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing document styles
Replies: 5
Views: 2459

Re: Changing document styles

Hi, I just stumbled in here bc I ran into a surprise. When I began with Finale, I avoided Setup Wizard in favor of Default Document. Now I go back to some ancient docs (v.2014.5) to add a percussion instrument as a metronome -- I'd rather not use Finale Clicks. I get an error message complaining abo...
by montedoro44
Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:52 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale has encountered error when Windows 10 idles
Replies: 17
Views: 5180

Re: Finale has encountered error when Windows 10 idles

Is this Error #56? looking like: Error opening <name>: -56 Mine just started this today, but coincidentally, Microsoft has lately begun muscling me into trading Windows 10 in for Windows 11, and not being successful at installing it -- not enough memory, it says. What is error #56? I can't find the ...