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Thanks for the advice. I usually post in both forums just to get the quickest responses.

Ah, that's right. I copied the swing expression and renamed it. Thanks. That was dumb on my part.

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I manually typed it in. I’ll upload the file.

I'm not sure why but Finale keeps playing swing 8ths in my drum part even though I marked it as Latin. I've erased all notations of Latin and set HP to none. How can I eliminate the swung 8ths?

I have a trombone part that I need to have play an alternate line the second time in a repeated section. Rather than writing a divisi part that would look messy, I need to only have four bars of a new staff under the original part. Is this possible?

I am using Finale 25 for Mac. During playback, the volume is reduced for a couple of measures in the parts that I added articulations to, i.e. falls. Is there any way to correct this problem? This only happens in human playback. If I select no human playback, no articulations are played.

Actually I think I figured it out. Thanks!

How do I change the sample rates?

I have loaded an audio file into Finale 25 and the audio is played at a step higher than the original file. I thought that the key signature might have something to do with it but I've tried several different key signatures and nothing changed. Anyone have any advice for this problem?


Mac El Capitan

Yes several times. I'm not sure what's going on with the program. I've also noticed that whenever I add measures, I have to refresh the page for them to show up.

For some reason, the option to undo/redo stopped working. Not sure if I turned it off by accident, if that's possible.

Every time I create a new piece, I have to change the margins to where I want them. Is there a way to change the default for things like page margins so that I don't have to edit them on every new piece? I also have to load the jazz articulation library on every new piece as well. Can that be change...

Are there certain guides or settings that publishers use when formatting extracted parts? What is the best layout for clear, legible parts, i.e. measures per system, systems per page, etc.

I am using Finale 2010 for Mac. After I loaded my articulation libraries and added articulations to instruments in my score, some of the parts are muted for a couple of measures. Is there any way to correct this problem? Not sure if the midi recognizes the articulations or not.

Nailed it! Everything is there, thanks.

I tried loading my articulation shapes library but that didn't solve the problem. It didn't even duplicate some other articulations so I'm wondering if there was a problem loading the library. I just tried to open another document and the articulations that I'm looking for didn't appear there either...

I am missing some articulations such as falls in my articulations box. Is there a way to get these back?

Thanks for holding my hand through that. Works perfectly!

Thank for sending that! I see that you used "key velocity" instead of controller. Which command is making it silent the first time, "tacet 1st x" or "play from 2nd x"? Also in "play from 2nd x" is see that you set effect value to 64. Why is that? Also, if I want to have the piano enter on the 3rd ti...

Thanks for taking a look at it but unfortunately I'm using Finale 2010. It says that it was unable to open because the file was saved in a later version.

Tell me if this works

Some of this isn't making sense. I set it to "play only on pass 2" and it plays the first time but not the second. I need it the other way around. I eventually will need other parts entering on the 3rd time only.

I'm using Finale 2010 and I have some repeated sections that have instruments playing the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th times only. How can I get these instruments to tacet the first few times?

I am using 2010 and trying to put in a shake for the trumpets. In earlier versions you could drag the shake to extend the length. Did 2010 take this feature out? How can I extend the length of a shake?