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by bj nick
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Yes, that was my make the window a little bigger or a little smaller, and see if it sticks. Yes, I always tried that first: just adjusting the borders. But now I see it is holding the same borders/parameters on every piece....that is, I adjusted the borders manually, and it maintains what I adjusted...
by bj nick
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Funny thing is, I am NOT running v. 26.....I did install v. 27, I just double-checked just in case- and it says v. 27.4.1.110. The mystery is where they are storing the new folder....regardless, if I can just put this issue to rest, I'll be more than happy. And it appears to be the case, so THANKS.
by bj nick
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Well, the window does open normally after making the change. previously it was: SelArticWinpos=685 282 1235 869 I changed setting to: 685 282 1535 1169 Do we expect things to now work going forward......? I'm inclined to not look a gift horse in the mouth, etc. Note: I did not see Finale 27 in the M...
by bj nick
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Thank you, I will try that tomorrow morning. Hope it works.
by bj nick
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Hi, thanks for the suggestion, which I NEED, as this problem simply will not go away, even after I upgraded to V. 27. Done complete uninstall/reinstall more than once, tried everything...no luck. However when I go to Window, I do not see those options (maybe it's a MAC thing?) I have "Tile Windows V...
by bj nick
Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: What am I missing about this program?
Replies: 17
Views: 1034

Re: What am I missing about this program?

ebiggs1 wrote:
Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:40 pm
Be careful there. This forum doesn't like it when Finale works for you especially if it works well.
Haha.....yep...."pride goeth...", etc. etc....but it's great to hear! I love Finale too, in spite of occasional tear-your-hair-out periods.
by bj nick
Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: What am I missing about this program?
Replies: 17
Views: 1034

Re: What am I missing about this program?

ebiggs: UNDERSTOOD! When I said, "if I was starting out" I meant "When I was just doing horn parts," etc, etc. At that time, for such simple stuff, an inexpensive (free?) program would have been fine; Finale was capable of orders of magnitude more than that. Now, today, no way would I "skimp"- I'd u...
by bj nick
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: What am I missing about this program?
Replies: 17
Views: 1034

Re: What am I missing about this program?

Years ago when I was just writing/transcribing horn section parts, I used a primitive version of Finale my brother gave me, and it was ideal: very simple, intuitive, no issues. If I was starting all that today, I'd probably use something like Muse or another free program. When I decided to start com...
by bj nick
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Can I reset the rehearsal numbers?
Replies: 2
Views: 257

Re: Can I reset the rehearsal numbers?

Well, that worked! It was a matter of correcting the right one....A and B would duplicate....in other words there was a false one created, and if I reset from either, I'd just get A A B, or A BB, or BBC, etc. Once I started w/C, all was well. Thanks!
by bj nick
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Can I reset the rehearsal numbers?
Replies: 2
Views: 257

Can I reset the rehearsal numbers?

Finished piece months ago (engraving, etc., score + 8 parts), everything just fine, but last week I decided to revise a short section near the beginning, and now the rehearsal numbers are off: A appears properly, but where B should be It's A again; and every subsequent number is similarly off by one...
by bj nick
Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Human Playback being difficult
Replies: 6
Views: 633

Re: Human Playback being difficult

motet wrote:
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:54 pm
You can try MIDI tool/Apply Human Playback/Clear items.

Thanks, I'll try that.

Absent anything specific, you're wasting your time posting here.
Thanks!
by bj nick
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Human Playback being difficult
Replies: 6
Views: 633

Re: Human Playback being difficult

I'm not sure about tremolos per se....maybe that's related to what's happening? The playback sounding "off?" Sorry, I wish I could be more specific about what HP is producing on playback....it just sounds "primitive," for lack of a better term; it's "missing something." fwiw: What I usually get from...
by bj nick
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Human Playback being difficult
Replies: 6
Views: 633

Re: Human Playback being difficult

HP decided to start being difficult today....same doc I've been using all along, now it is messing with some of the articulations HP certainly has bugs, but it isn't conscious, so--assuming you've tried rebooting--if something changes it's because of something you did. LOL- thanks; I understand HP ...
by bj nick
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Human Playback being difficult
Replies: 6
Views: 633

Human Playback being difficult

HP decided to start being difficult today....same doc I've been using all along, now it is messing with some of the articulations: not holding some notes out, being long when it should be short, etc. Not everywhere, just on certain things, but all throughout the piece. I turn off HP, everything's fi...
by bj nick
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Try closing the document, exiting Finale then re-opening the document. If the problem persists but does not appear in a new document then it is corrupted. Finale is a wonderful program but very unstable: the more I edit a document, the probability of running into the issue you describe multiplies. ...
by bj nick
Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

I guess I didn't understand the comment: "I think the various window and palette locations and dimensions are stored in the Windows registry rather than per-document. I don't know why it's not updating your changes. A reinstall might fix it." Regardless, I hate to say it, but the problem returned......
by bj nick
Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Try closing the document, exiting Finale then re-opening the document. If the problem persists but does not appear in a new document then it is corrupted. Finale is a wonderful program but very unstable: the more I edit a document, the probability of running into the issue you describe multiplies. ...
by bj nick
Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

Well, since Motet suggested it's probably Windows-related more than a Finale issue, I tried the old "clear browsing data" (AGAIN- already tried it a couple times before), as well as Finale Forum cookies, and now it is working again. Happy to be back to normal, not looking a gift horse in the mouth, ...
by bj nick
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Expression Selection Dialogue Box opens reduced every time

That's it: the box opens in a tight little reduced form each time, and I have to enlarge it manually. Have tried closing/opening Finale many times, I looked all around Preferences in every category (I think), made sure "window states when exiting/starting" etc. are checked....looked up the issue onl...
by bj nick
Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

Yeah, me too! Weird one.....but good to know. In dealing w/my elderly mom's difficult year before she passed, doctor(s) would say things like "We can improve kidney function by doing xyz, but it may negatively impact the heart." All sorts of stuff like that, which taught me how all systems are relat...
by bj nick
Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

Okay, this is SOLVED! But in a really curious way: I was on the phone w/MS tech support, and I mentioned the issue I was having w/Finale, "which obviously isn't a MS issue," is how I put it, but he had me show him the exact issue on Finale (he's sharing screen), and he says hmm....he looks it up and...
by bj nick
Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

heinzfan: Thank you for these suggestions. I tried them but no go w/any of them. Motet: I honestly have no idea; I studiously avoided messing with ANYTHING so as not to curse my luck. I hate to use the old "It just happened" trope, but that's all I got...oh, and btw the volume slider I don't think c...
by bj nick
Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:53 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

Well, playback is again not working. I tried deleting finmidi; nothing changed. I even uninstalled/reinstalled Finale: nothing changed. Tech support has not responded to my filing a ticket. Dead in the water. No idea what to do at this point.
by bj nick
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

ttw I checked out that previous thread; interesting. Motet, thank you; that would undoubtedly have been a simpler solution, but I decided to just try a system restore (this is W10), and that returned playback to me. fwiw: audio settings exactly the same, I have no idea what caused the issue....seein...
by bj nick
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Playback not working
Replies: 20
Views: 30554

Re: Playback not working

Audio Setup the only choices are Direct sound or Wasapi. I did try Wasapi, but it changed nothing. I'm thinking maybe just try reinstalling Finale...? Any big downside to trying that? No idea why Make Music won't respond....it's been three days.