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by Michel R E
Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title doesn't appear on all pages
Replies: 9
Views: 1698

Re: Title doesn't appear on all pages

my pleasure :D
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title doesn't appear on all pages
Replies: 9
Views: 1698

Re: Title doesn't appear on all pages

Did you just create the title directly on the page? or did you create it in the right spot in Window/Score Manager/File Info box?

When you included the title on the subsequent pages, did you use a text insert for title? or just enter the information directly in a text box?
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:04 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1091

Re: MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question

are your two percussion staves part of a "grand staff" (two staves that are seen "as a group" by Finale), or are they separate staves (different channels, etc...)?
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

every time there's a new version of Finale released, I get this visual of someone saying "we had the whole house remodeled". And you look, and all they did was replace the storm cellar doors. They didn't bother fixing the gaping hole in the living room window, or the leaking roof, or actually add st...
by Michel R E
Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

Looking back now on the work I've just transcribed from Finale to Dorico (manually, without XML import), there are many many great things about Dorico. Great features that remove some of the tedium of note entry and collision avoidance. Instant parts is... well, at first I liked it, now that the sco...
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

For most people, composing/engraving a piece is a solo effort, so it smacks of some CEO trying to *** in on "social media" without really understanding that doesn't make a lot of sense. exactly! it makes absolutely no sense. it sounds like a last ditch effort to revive the "Finale Showcase" that fl...
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

and of course, on Facebook MakeMusic and its advertising team are banging the drum for their "new" file-sharing feature.
this reeks of TikTok and social media pandering.
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

it's been about a week since I last posted about my trials, tribulations, and triumphs using Dorico. Well, in that time I was able to enter my entire violon concerto, parts got made for me on the fly, now I only need to add cues and adjust some page turns in the parts. I've gotten quickly proficient...
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

for those still interested in how Dorico differs from Finale... Today I worked on the cadenza in the 2nd movement of my violin concerto. It's a lengthy and meaty solo section. And it has a lot of held notes on one string with figurations in 16th notes on another string. With Finale, making the 16th ...
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 02, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

Although I wouldn't call NotePerformer3 an "add-on... it's a sound library, like East West, or Garritan.
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 02, 2021 4:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

To give SOME praise to Finale, I very much prefer playback from Finale. I dislike having to go into a DAW-style editer and jiggle with boxes and draw lines and stuff. I like to see the notes on paper. With Finale I can simply, if the need arises, add text expressions easily defined to alter playback...
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

I haven't been able to get PL to give me a "perfect score" yet. Unfortunately, for such a powerful tool, there's a real paucity of documentation. By the way, from what I can tell, Dorico does everything that PL does, except it does it instantly, on the fly. No need to run the plugin and wait for it ...
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 02, 2021 12:20 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

I find Dorico FAR more tedious to compose in. I simply can't imagine doing it. I think that even if I eventually move to engraving final scores in Dorico I'll never actually give up on Finale for composing. I also work with a MIDI keyboard, and find that most of Finale's shortcuts are easily accessi...
by Michel R E
Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

I'd have liked to eventually switch to Dorico. There really are some nice features, for example being able to make endlessly bar-less music. I just did a cadenza for a concerto that goes on for three systems. The final look is definitely much more attractive and considerably less work than trying to...
by Michel R E
Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale Dorico appearance comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 3199

Re: Finale Dorico appearance comparison

I've finished entering the cadenza of the 1st movement of the concerto, and here I have to say that Dorico wins, hands down. I was able to enter it as one continuous measure, the way it was originally planned out. With Finale I'd have had to cludge my way through with hidden barlines and counting be...
by Michel R E
Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale assumption
Replies: 3
Views: 765

Re: Finale assumption

I googled the answer, it came up about a half dozen times. maybe you weren't looking for the right words in your search, it happens when one isn't familiar with Finale's jargon. anyway, look up "Respect instrument ranges when copying or changing instruments". there's an option you uncheck. it may ha...
by Michel R E
Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:39 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

it appears that most of the problems resolve once I quit Dorico, reboot, then restart it. today I had another issue with the sound, and quitting, then restarting, fixed it. the printing issue was resolved the same way. it didn't work last night. Then when I restarted my computer today, ta-dah! it wo...
by Michel R E
Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale Dorico appearance comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 3199

Re: Finale Dorico appearance comparison

So here's the first page of my violin concerto. There are probably a few errors in the Dorico version as I keep having to look from one screen to the other to look at the Finale-generated PDF so I can enter the notes in Dorico. (no, I don't want to use MusicXML, I am trying to get a handle on Dorico...
by Michel R E
Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale Dorico appearance comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 3199

Re: Finale Dorico appearance comparison

ok, thank-you.

I guess I'll just zip them, and those really interested in seeing a simple example of the differences in look between Dorico and Finale will be able to look at them.
by Michel R E
Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale Dorico appearance comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 3199

Re: Finale Dorico appearance comparison

how would one go about attaching a PDF file here?
by Michel R E
Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

And to add to the mystery:

I decided to go back and take a look, and suddenly it's all there.
My PDF printer gives me the option of "Adobe PDF", and the Page Setup has all of my pre-programmed page sizes.
by Michel R E
Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

Yes, my Adobe Acrobat has every paper size I use programmed into it. My 11x14 is called "large score" and works from any program I want. When I am looking at the print interface as in the image above, for "page setup" I have A4 only, I can't even change it to anything else. The only option I have ot...
by Michel R E
Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano L and R hands
Replies: 8
Views: 1641

Re: Piano L and R hands

Yes, Peter's response is perfect (other than the required hidden whole note rest in the bottom staff :wink: ) Remember that if both hands are playing in one staff, the other must contain no rests. If rests are present in a staff the implication is that the rest of the material is being played by one...
by Michel R E
Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99115

Re: dead horse

I found a... "bug"?... in Dorico. And this is the problem with programmers thinking they know better than the people who will use the program they are designing. I was going to print out a PDF of the first page of my violin concerto. The standard size my publisher uses for orchestral scores is, gene...
by Michel R E
Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale Dorico appearance comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 3199

Re: Finale Dorico appearance comparison

MusicXML transfer isn't really the answer for now. I've now twice tried to transfer works from Finale to Dorico using XML files. One a symphony that I sent to someone else for them to send me back a PDF of Dorico's output, so I cold compare. The other my Violin concerto, which I transferred myself f...