Finale Forum

In a worst case scenario, you can always use the Text tool and manually number the pages.

With Zuill's help, I created a custom percussion map for the cajón (attached), saving the file as a template (Cajón.ftm). But I am unable to replicate the customization nor add the instrument in File Manager to a new document, despite using the setup wizard and selecting Cajón. Neither "World Percus...

The Show Active Layer option worked. I was also able to effectively delete the rest in Edit Frame.

Thanks for the help to all.

I have a rest on the second beat in a 2/4 measure in layer 4 but no rest on the first beat. I used the Erase tool to delete it, but the moment I continue working, the rest re-appears. I think this problem is a bug that manifests whenever copying and pasting only parts of a measure. In the past, righ...

For me, the first option fails; but I may not be following you correctly. The second option works, albeit with a bug. In option 2, some of the documents extracted have diagonal lines (see attached). Finale never ceases to surprise me with some oddity. OPTION 1 1. File -> Extract Parts -> Manage Part...

The "Tab Slide Tool" in the Smart Shape palette offers a true portamento slide (smoother than gliss.) that might be perfect for your needs. Double-click on the first note(s) and the glide effect will be applied to the next note(s). If the natural hesitation in the slide is too long for your liking, ...

Here are the details if you need them: 1. Document (upper text menu) -> Document Options -> Fonts. 2. From "Text" drop-down menu in right pane, select "Text Block." 3. From "Set Font" drop down menu, select font, typeface and size as desired. For example, Times New Roman, Regular, 12 pt. 4. OK -> Ap...

When I go to extract the parts of my score, checking "All" in the "Extract Parts" window, the guitar part is missing (see attached). But in the "Manage Parts" panel, I see Guitar in the "Available Instruments" panel listed (see attached). Any way to get Finale to include the guitar part when extract...

Thank you Peter.

Thank you David, I managed to get the Finale soundfont for guitar to play C#2 by playing through MIDI, but the cost was losing all the Garritan sounds that I prefer. The Polyphone sfz editor is said to simplify the customization of the sfz files, so I downloaded the qpp will try my hand at editing t...

I have chosen Garritan Electric Guitar KS as the instrument to play though VST and set HP as "Standard." I then followed the steps below to enable the scordatura tuning (6th = D) to play back C#2, when a guitar bend with the tremelo arm lowers the bottom string an additional semitone. Guitar is writ...

I was referring to the 12 page grind in the adaptation for classical guitar, which to me sounds more like a repetitive and prolonged etude. But Perlman does make it listenable for me. Michel, please don't judge me so harshly. Is my expressing a view inflammatory, or are you perfectionistic-OCPD reac...

I am sure the approaches outlined in this thread have proved effective in producing music that brings pleasure to the listener. For me, the theme must start in the head; for if the melody cannot be mentally heard, the work will probably be soon forgotten in history. So I think if the listener can hu...

Thanks. I will crank it up further because Finale "stopped responding" when I was printing to file, which happens about one in 10 times. Despite its instability, I still like what Finale lets me accomplish.

Victoria, eh? I was raised in Altona.

I checked the advanced settings in ARIA player. Are the settings in the attached pic OK? My system has 24 GB RAM , Quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, nVidia GTX 960M with 4G GDDR5 VRAM, and 1TB SSD drive.

I think even Sherlock Holmes would have difficulty detecting when the corruption occurs (often involving the associated library file), since each piece I write has a different workflow. When writing for an ensemble, I encounter no problems, even if for 20 instruments on 50 pages. Only when writing f...

No doubt that composing is almost entirely performed in the prefrontal cortex (except for pleasant accidents); but maybe we can add Finale as a dynamic that also guides the composer and thus participates in composing: an inversion of, say, a diminished 7th chord accompanying a major 7th interval in ...

My mistake. While looking up the options in the Page Layout Tool section of the manual, I went on to the Copy section that does not mention pages, only measures. I still had pages in mind. Sorry. Thanks for reminding me of JW plugins, I will look among those. What I have done in the past is use the ...

The Guitar Bend tool in Smart Shape palette renders up and down bends; but, to the best of my knowledge, only when certain instruments are selected. For instance: MIDI/Audio -> Play through VST or MIDI, MIDI/Audio -> Human Playback -> Standard Window -> Score Manager -> Electric Guitar (Clean) You m...

The manual asserts that pages can be copied and pasted or dragged across documents. I tried the Page Layout Tool without success, tiling two documents horizontally as instructed. I can use successfully the Copy & Paste feature in Selection Tool then use the "Fit Measures" tool in Utilities, but that...

I see Finale as many things, not only a notation tool but also an instrument of confirmation that what you hear in the inner ear is what you are digitally capturing; and like any music instrument, listening to the notes you enter can lead to some creative phrases. So yes, I think Finale can also be ...

Bill, the fact that you respond is valuable in itself to someone reaching out for help. I like word extensions, but your suggestion is food for thought.

Back in the... well, way back when, we used the five-nibbed pen and, as a luxury, used India ink. Most often, the last stroke...darn last stroke, was uneven; and the chance of going over the lines evenly was as good as everyone showing up for rehearsal on time.

Oh my, I succeeded! But look at all the steps I had to follow. I think I'm better off making a copy of the file, one for printing and one with a staff system for drums. If only a snare sound could be assigned to layer 4, written as a percussive G5 note. Sigh! 1. MIDI/Audio -> Play Finale Through MID...

Zuill, For the MIDI sound, you selected "CO C120, C32 0, PC9" in layer 4. You cleverly hid the snare note, located on the fourth ledger line but enabled its sound in Edit Frame. And as you said, you disabled playback of the last note in layer 1. I know you are not partial to spoon-feeding your stude...