Finale Forum

Hello all, I'm having a problem with my Finale notations files which just started: When I "save as "my Finale files as PDFs (or view them in PDF preview, or print them), the margins on the PDFs are altered. The upper margin seems to be disappearing. I have made countless PDFs over the past several m...

Hello all, I'm still finding Human playback to be inconsistent, or at least not as effective as I'd like (or perhaps I'm the one who is less than effective, heh). For example, in the attached file, from b.1-2, there doesn't seem to be an even cresc. from pp to f. From b.3-4, I hear no cresc. at all....

Greetings all, I've recently started working with the options under MIDI/Audio and Score Manager. I routinely set the following options, and in the following order: Play through Audio Unit; Score Manager (Garritan D Steinway); Audio Units Banks & Effects. Often, but not always, when I get to the poi...

Hello all. I'm new to human playback, and am encountering a few problems. In bar 5 of my attachment, the first half of the hairpin cresc. isn't being applied, and the second half of it in bar 6 doesn't work unless I have both a ">" and a "dim." Also, the "rit." in bar 5 was working for a long time, ...

No worries, and sorry for my typo above. I meant to write "Score Manager". In any case it seems to be working. Now I just have to figure out why the last quarter note of the 4th bar is being held a little too long. Maybe the "Romantic" setting does that? I'll play with the settings and search for ot...

Your were talking about Staff mMnager, weren't you? I think I've got it. If not, I'll be back, heh.

I don't see a triangle.

Can the grand staff have two channels? I'm not seeing a way to do that. If you can point me in the right direction for how to do the two channels option you suggested, I'd appreciate it!

Ah, I see. I'll try tackling it that way. Thanks, as always.

Just to clarify, though, if I want different expressions between hands for an entire piece (let's say I want the right hand louder than the left for the first half of the piece, and vice versa for the second half), that can still be accomplished by using layers, correct? I haven't had time to test t...

Thank you for your replies. Won't using two layers work for what I want to do, not matter how many dynamics differences between hands I want throughout the piece? That is to say, during playback, aren't the dynamics and expressions for different layers played back as written for each respective hand...

A quick peek on-line offered one possibility, namely, different layers. Has anyone used this technique?

Hi all, I'm writing for solo piano in Finale, using a grandstaff. I often need the right and left hands to have different dynamics. It seems that if I using the Expression Tool, I can't give each respective hand different dynamic markings, and so, having been using the Midi Tool to either Set or Sca...

Thanks again.

Ttw, I followed your suggestions, and must say, I like what I'm hearing, so thanks for the input. You mentioned that you turn on Equalizer (under Controls). Do you just use the presets? I'm looking at ALL the various dials under Controls, Effects, and Mixer, am wondering if there's some sort of fine...

Thanks!

Thanks, TTW, much appreciated! For others who might join in here, I'll add that my pieces are for piano solo, so whatever sonority I eventually end up with has no other instruments to blend in with, nowhere to hide, heh.

Thanks for your response. When you have a chance, would you mind checking out my new post under the beginner's board? It's me asking how to get a real piano sound out of a Garritan Steinway. Thanks!

Greetings all! Simply put, I’m seeking any and all advice about how to make a Garritan Steinway piano sound as close as possible to the real thing, by only mastering within Finale, using Aria Player. I don’t need the playback to sound like Daniel Barenboim in a concert hall, but instead, am wanting ...

I did try the Steinway D briefly, but it seemed to have the same problem. However, I've since found the Aria Player controls (Finale's Audio Units Banks and Effects option doesn't seem to change anything, while Aria does), including the different venue choices, so will definitely return to Steinway ...

Greetings all, Does anyone know what is the difference between Finale Audio Units Banks & Effects vs. Aria Player? Do they interact with each other in any way? I'm trying to adjust the reverb in a Finale score, and it seems that any changes I make to Finale Effects make no difference to the playback...

Hi Zuill, just thought I'd let you know that the reinstall of the Garritan instruments worked, so thanks for that tip. It's funny though, because I don't like the sound of the Steinway, heh. It sounds like it's in an empty concert hall, has a strong reverb to it. But I found a lead on how to address...

On the contrary, you've been of great help!

Yes, thanks, I've tried that. I was also referring to the Device Setup options, such as the Midi internal speaker set up. Maybe your PC settings are different? Once again, thank you kindly.

Roger, thanks. While I'm nickel and diming you, here's one more question...are there any settings I should be checking in the Midi/Audio menu? The various speaker choices, for example? My Sound Map Priority is set to Garritan, but I'm not too sure what everything else should be set as. Thanks in adv...