Finale Forum

Using the Pitchwheel option in a created expression for playback of a 1/4 tone works for me, but only if a Garritan instrument is selected. Is there a way to obtain playback of 1/4 tone using a SmartMusic instrument, like "Steel Guitar"?

To me, enabling all but the Pause button, except in Current counter setting seems a bit lame.

Thanks for the clarification.

Let's hope the moguls at MakeMusic read this thread and address the issue. But I'm not going to hold my breath, since the Pause button in the playback palette has never been made to work.

I design covers for my scores in MS-Word and Corel's Paint Shop Pro then save the page in PNG format, which allows a transparent background. Then, in Finale, I use the Graphic tool to place it as page 1. Every time I tried placing an image as a PDF file, I encountered a problem of one kind or anothe...

Not sure if this will help, but I audit an individual or a combination of parts by having Score Manager open on a second monitor and controlling playback from there. This is not possible with the Mixer. For instance, if I have assigned a Garritan instrument to layer 1, a SmatMusic instrument to laye...

Yes, PDF is superior, but not fully compatible with Finale in my opinion. If you save the image as a JPG (or PNG that allows transparent background) at 300dpi or higher, the print quality is good, depending on your h'ware. I think the default resolution of Finale documents is 600dpi. If not printing...

On my system, Finale does not like to add PDF files as images. Since using the JPG format, I no longer experience problems with images.

I hear your frustration. Sigh!

I constructed the section in a fresh document and encountered the same problem. Today I followed the same steps and Finale correctly played back the pizz. section. Seems like something got unstuck. When using SmartMusic's Electric Guitar (Steel) and adding an expression to change to pizzicato, I hav...

If Finale 27 offers useful features that are not available in your earlier version, you may want to keep both versions installed, especially since additions you might want, like Note Performer, require v27. I know v26.3 is quite unstable, wherein Finale loathes editing and documents are easily corru...

Thank you Peter.

When you click on the rectangle the third time, drag the visible image aside to make sure it was not hidden as a layer behind the one on top. In my photo editor, images can be hidden in the background when layer 1 is opaque. Maybe there a limit to the number of graphics placed in a document or on pa...

In Finale version 2012c, I was able to patch an instrument change for a measure or two, such as for pizz., using the expression tool, after which I added another expression (suono ord.) to resume playback of the original sound. In v26.3, the steps I used for guitar (see below), fail. To rule out cor...

That worked. Thank you soooooo much.

Michelp's suggestion should meet your need; but placing the 2nd repeat with the different chords after the 1st is clearer to read, and no explanation is necessary. Writing reader-based notation is a good rule to follow.

By default, Finale does not embed graphic images, and if you move or rename the image file on your computer, the issue you describe will surface. If you edit a placed image but keep the same file name, the image will automatically update in the document. I prefer to embed graphics: the file size inc...

Some time back, I managed to change the key signature of an instrument that employs a capo, without altering the other staff systems in an ensemble. I added an expression to play back the instrument with capo in concert pitch. Now I cannot recall the steps I used. Can someone help me change the key ...

If the wild variation in volume is part of HP then the software developer resonsible must have been smoking too much weed: in some of my scores, I had to enter a hidden "ppp" as the playback volume suddenly played at ffff. Other times, entering pianissimo has no effect. I export instruments individu...

Thanks. I believe v27 is available as a trial, which is on my to-do list as soon as I finish a mix-down of a current project. The playback of dynamic markings in v26.3 is inconsistent, which is confirmed by the amplitude of the waveform when exported to my audio editor. Hopefully this major bug is r...

Thanks for the kind help. I will try out the programs.

Thank you for your kind response and valuable advice. I suspect that Finale supports only one or two third-party VST plug-ins at a time, since they work for me when I only have one recognized (I move those not currently used into a temp folder). I am eager to upgrade to the latest version of Finale,...

I did try a Google search but found nothing that mentions Finale. A library would be nice. I tried a number of VST drum kit plug-ins; but according to MakeMusic, they can cause freezing. The latter I previously resolved by removing a third party plug-in that worked...until I started to edit a score....

Finale offers only one (partially functional) drum kit and some synthetic-sounding guitar soundfonts, so I am looking for additional sounds. I wanted to try NotePerformer but found that it requires version 27 of Finale or later, and I am using v26.3. Can anybody recommend a soundfont plug-in compati...

So the document became corrupted...again. Sigh!

Maybe a lot of Finale users are not using Note Performer because it requires v27 or later. I have v26.3, so I am unable to try NP.