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by gogreen
Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Crashing after audio export
Replies: 13
Views: 9131

Re: Crashing after audio export

I exported to audio again this afternoon, and this time I deleted the Finale temp files in my designated folder before exporting, and Finale did not crash. I wonder if that's the key, at least for my setup.
by gogreen
Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:55 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Crashing after audio export
Replies: 13
Views: 9131

Re: Crashing after audio export

I don't use audio export, but the Finale crashes I experience are often associated with playback.
Then to create an audio file, do you play a file back and capture it in Audacity? Just curious.
by gogreen
Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:12 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Crashing after audio export
Replies: 13
Views: 9131

Crashing after audio export

Twice now, with different files, Finale 25.2 has crashed immediately after I export a file to audio (File > Export > Audio File). The audio export does finish, and it sounds complete and OK, but Finale crashes immediately after the export completes. Anyone else experience this problem?
by gogreen
Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: PDF editing software
Replies: 14
Views: 9320

Re: OT: PDF editing software

Thanks, all, for the suggestions.
by gogreen
Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: PDF editing software
Replies: 14
Views: 9320

OT: PDF editing software

I'm looking for PDF editing software that can combine many separate PDF documents into one PDF document, and that can reorder PDF pages within a document. Anything but Adobe, and preferably reasonably priced. It appears that CutePDF Professional can do these things--right? What other PDF editing sof...
by gogreen
Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Create breath mark shape expression
Replies: 7
Views: 5469

Re: Create breath mark shape expression

You can use Windows character map or similar. No need for an Alt code if it's a typable character. Thanks, Motet. If you want to find the alt number for a Maestro character, any tool where you can enter a character by Text/Insert/Symbol (or similar step) will give you the available symbols. Each on...
by gogreen
Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:52 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Create breath mark shape expression
Replies: 7
Views: 5469

Re: Create breath mark shape expression

The Alt code I think is 044, but you should just be able to type a comma in the shape designer after setting the Maestro font.
Thanks, Motet. The alt-044 and the comma worked! How did you learn the breath mark alt code?
by gogreen
Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:35 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Create breath mark shape expression
Replies: 7
Views: 5469

Re: Create breath mark shape expression

Thanks, N, but there's no alt code for the Maestro font breath mark--none that I can find. Does that mean a Maestro font breath mark has no alt code? Instead, I used Times New Roman and alt-0146 in 26 pt. bold. The Maestro breath mark is on the left; my new one is on the right. Pretty close.
by gogreen
Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Create breath mark shape expression
Replies: 7
Views: 5469

Create breath mark shape expression

I'd like to create a breath mark shape expression so that it has no playback effect. I did this with a tremolo, for which I used alt+0190 (several months ago, Zuill provided the alt number for the tremolo articulation). What is the alt number for a breath mark? And how do I see the alt numbers for a...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted
Replies: 6
Views: 4498

Re: Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted

Here's my delete.bat file, which removes most of the temp files I accumulate. I use it after I've saved my work. As I mentioned, sometimes my Finale temp folder is empty after a session and there's nothing to delete. At other times, it's LOADED with files--scores of them. I'm curious to know what go...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted
Replies: 6
Views: 4498

Re: Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted

If you do find an answer, please pass it on to MakeMusic, as I am convinced they don't know either. Good point. I agree. I've pointed Finale 25's temp folder to an external drive, and this arrangement works fine. My only gripe is that when I start Finale for the first time after a startup or restar...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted
Replies: 6
Views: 4498

Temp files--sometimes deleted, sometimes not deleted

I've created a batch file to delete .tmp files, including those in the Finale temp files folder. The attached screenshot shows about two-thirds of the entire amount of Finale temp files that I deleted from one session. When I run the batch file, sometimes I delete many files. Sometimes they’re alrea...
by gogreen
Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 8969

Re: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010

Here's how I did the attached: Insert > Quick Parts > Field > Advance > Offset text up. Then I clicked that box and simply entered "1" in the field. Remember to use Offset text down with another "1" after the symbol. This adjustment didn't affect line leading. I used the Bach font flat sign. Charles...
by gogreen
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 8969

Re: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010

Why does the flat in the Bach font lie so low? Maestro Times doesn't have this problem, but I don't like the looks of its flat symbol much. I don't know why the Bach font (and Maestro font) flat is so low. There's probably a way to nudge them upward in MS Word, but I don't know how to do that--I'll...
by gogreen
Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:41 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 8969

Re: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010

The suggestion to enter all of the characters you use most often in another Word doc is clumsy at best—when you paste, it may retain your document font. Windows and Word let you do this. It's easy to paste with the source formatting, the destination formatting, or no formatting. Pasting with the so...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 8969

Re: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010

Check out these - the Rhythms font and the Times+Musical Symbols font. http://hindson.com.au/info/free/free-fonts-available-for-download Thanks, N. I downloaded the Rhythms font. I'll work with it and see how it compares to the Bach font. I'm used to working with the Bach-ts font to create time sig...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010
Replies: 12
Views: 8969

OT: Musical symbols for use in MS Word 2010

I include rhythmic examples and time signatures in my performance notes for pieces. I currently use the Bach font for this, and it works fine, but it can be cumbersome to build time signatures and notes to show rhythmic patterns. I'm wondering--how do you add musical symbols to text and build time s...
by gogreen
Thu Jan 05, 2017 2:48 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Who's here?
Replies: 45
Views: 16739

Re: Who's here?

I'm here, and I've brought some nearby friends with me. They have a music of their own.
by gogreen
Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:22 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Ornery Ornaments (They're not playing back correctly)
Replies: 2
Views: 2437

Re: Ornery Ornaments (They're not playing back correctly)

We might need to hear a sample, or see a file. Correctly can be a matter of opinion, as there are different ways ornaments can be played. If you want the grace notes to start on the beat, try choosing the baroques style in a custom HP setting. EDIT: Forget that. They still pick up to the beat. Than...
by gogreen
Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:35 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Ornery Ornaments (They're not playing back correctly)
Replies: 2
Views: 2437

Ornery Ornaments (They're not playing back correctly)

The first example is an ornament in a trumpet part. Tempo is M.M. 96. With HP on and set to "Standard," and with the grace note playback duration set to 128 EDUs, the ornament doesn't play back correctly. If I lower the EDUs, the playback is worse (slower and less ornament-like), and if I raise the ...
by gogreen
Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: VDL midi set doesn't work
Replies: 7
Views: 4734

Re: VDL midi set doesn't work

Where did you find this solution?
by gogreen
Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Add dotted line to expression
Replies: 12
Views: 7117

Re: Add dotted line to expression

I answered that question just one post before Zuill's.
Sorry, Michel. I didn't see your post. Thanks for that clarification.

Thanks, Zuill.
by gogreen
Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Add dotted line to expression
Replies: 12
Views: 7117

Re: Add dotted line to expression

If you want to keep the dashed line as a Smart Shape, you can enter it in the part for proper positioning, then go back to the Score, unlink it, then hide it in the Score. Thank you, Zuill. I was wondering, though, if there's a standard practice for this notation--keep it in all the parts in the sc...
by gogreen
Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Add dotted line to expression
Replies: 12
Views: 7117

Re: Add dotted line to expression

I'm the OP, so I don't think I'm hijacking my own thread. Nevertheless, I do have some additional notation questions now that I've solved the mechanics of adding an indication with a dashed line. The score in which I had this problem was a brass quintet. Does each staff in the score require the indi...
by gogreen
Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: VDL midi set doesn't work
Replies: 7
Views: 4734

Re: VDL midi set doesn't work

Have you followed these instructions?