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by Michel R E
Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

I've come across what seems to be an oversight on the part of Dorico's designers: you can hide any bar number in a score. However, you don't have the option to SHOW a bar number where one might not "normally" go.
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: not specifically Finale, contrabass question
Replies: 14
Views: 2329

Re: not specifically Finale, contrabass question

Andreo, thank-you so much. That's wonderful information. The "double harmonic" you've indicated at bars 23 and 29, you would notate them as double harmonics like that? At measure 24, there is a node at the augmented 4th? I was unaware! my god the contrabass is a miraculous instrument. Why is there s...
by Michel R E
Mon Oct 25, 2021 8:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: not specifically Finale, contrabass question
Replies: 14
Views: 2329

Re: not specifically Finale, contrabass question

thank-you Andreo!

if I notate this passage in this way, does it place this (moderately slow) sequence of harmonics properly and in a comfortably playable zone?
by Michel R E
Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: not specifically Finale, contrabass question
Replies: 14
Views: 2329

not specifically Finale, contrabass question

are there any "advanced" contrabass players here who ight offer a bit of advice on a sequence of artificial harmonics?
by Michel R E
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: strings divisi vs. double/triple/etc. stops
Replies: 5
Views: 1204

Re: strings divisi vs. double/triple/etc. stops

Oh, and yes: the parts I'm writing will be fairly simple-- quarter and half-notes at a slower tempo. Nothing crazy. let me give you a piece of advice on writing continuous double-stops: remember that it's nearly impossible for a solo player to make a long sequence of double-stops to sound legato/su...
by Michel R E
Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: strings divisi vs. double/triple/etc. stops
Replies: 5
Views: 1204

Re: strings divisi vs. double/triple/etc. stops

it all depends on what library you are using and what type of sample or instrument. for example, with NotePerformer using the sectional violins, NP will automatically divide the strings into how ever many voices there are. In theory, of there were 8 different voices on the staff, NP3 wold have you h...
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:00 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

I would say try copying those files into the VST2 directory
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:38 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

aha, you're not getting the pizzes. which means that you haven't got the NotePerformer HP preferences installed. that was the important little bit of information. I'm not sure where it will be on your computer, but on mine it's in the directory... \program data\MakeMusic\Finale\VST Support\ and you'...
by Michel R E
Sat Oct 23, 2021 12:27 am
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

once you've done the "reassign instruments", if you check the Score manager, are your instruments all set to NotePerfomer? (I'm double-checking here) I know there was a NotePerformer playback techniques file, but forget what format it came in. With certain libraries it was simply a Finale file that ...
by Michel R E
Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

there is no need to select the device in the Score manager. As long as the instrument staff is correctly labeled (the very first column on the left) then reassigning instruments for playback (in that MIDI/Audio menu) will automatically switch all the instruments to NP3 and the correct instruments. I...
by Michel R E
Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:17 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

Under MIDI/Audio, set the Soundmap Priority to NotePerformer (ie: have NotePerformer be the top choice in the list).
Then, again under MIDI/Audio, select "reassign playback sounds".

It sounds to me like you aren't using NotePerformer at all.
by Michel R E
Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:31 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Noteperformer issues
Replies: 21
Views: 13678

Re: Noteperformer issues

which HumanPlayback style are you using?
did you setup so that NotePerformer is the actual device for playback? (in your Score Manager)
are you playing the music from the play controls or by pressing the Space bar?
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

thank-you! that does indeed help a great deal.
that's one thing missing from the Dorico help files: actual examples showing the results of various choices for this particular feature.
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

I really like how Dorico handles parts, mind you.

Here's the how the cadenza appears in the orchestra's 1st violin part, and then how it appears in the full score. (in the orchestral violin part you're seeing the 1st measure that comes after the cadenza as well. In the score it's on the next page)
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

I think that's thw one feature of Dorico I'm having the most difficulty wrapping my brain around: the algorithm for spacing, and the terminology they use for how D fills a page with music. the concept of "vertical justification" simply will not get through my thick skull. "justify staves and systems...
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

aha! and guess what happened when I removed those brackets?

Dorico decided to respace the music on that page, now I have to manually move all those staves to get rid of the collisions.
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

MIchel, as a card-carrying member of the anti-clutter movement, you might want to ditch the brackets for the triplets in your ossia example above. hm... yes, thank-you. there was something that struck me as.... cluttered, there. good catch. I think right now I'm concentrating so much on learning th...
by Michel R E
Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

I believe just selecting the item and hitting [backspace] will do it. I'm also pretty sure there is a "reset to default" function somewhere. I simply haven't had to use it yet. My one annoyance with manual positioning is that it's difficult to get the mouse to constrain movement to vertical/horizont...
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

you can enter either from a MIDI keyboard or from the computer keyboard. They aren't separate modes like in Finale. With Dorico you enter notes, articulations, dynamics, slurs, everything in one go, if you want. It's amazingly simple, from what I could tell. It's just not the note entry method for m...
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)
Replies: 83
Views: 31497

Re: Finale AND Dorico (maybe MuseScore, Notion Sibelius, etc. also)

fine! well, I guess I can start off with a bit of my experience using it (Dorico) over the last couple of weeks. Please ask me questions about functions/features so I can help you guys get a grasp of what can or cannot be done with Dorico, or things that are actually far easier in Dorico even if doa...
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99138

Re: dead horse

I don't even know what to post!
I wouldn't know where to start. I am a very new user of Dorico.

Any suggestion as to which forum category I would post in?
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: dead horse
Replies: 164
Views: 99138

Re: dead horse

I disagree. The real problem with MM is that they completely ignore users' issues, including on-going bugs, and insist on implementing "features" that were obviously thought up by some committee that never actually writes or engraves music. MM don't have to answer personally every single comment. Bu...
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:17 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title doesn't appear on all pages
Replies: 9
Views: 1699

Re: Title doesn't appear on all pages

I only just bought Dorico a few weeks ago, for a trial run. I got it for a reduculously low price so took advantage of it. I've only entered one piece so far, my violin concerto. I don't know that I'm ready to switch 100% to Dorico yet. There are a few things that it can't do that are part of the ho...
by Michel R E
Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title doesn't appear on all pages
Replies: 9
Views: 1699

Re: Title doesn't appear on all pages

hairpins and dynamics is one of those places that Dorico has a definite leg up on Finale.
it's ridiculously easy to get dynamics properly placed, and best of all, consistent.
by Michel R E
Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title doesn't appear on all pages
Replies: 9
Views: 1699

Re: Title doesn't appear on all pages

sadly, to keep using the Strad violin and the Gofriller cello I have to resort to LOTS of headbanging (and I don't mean heavy metal rock) with Finale 2012, which was the very last version of Finale that supported those libraries. with lots of tweaking (invisible articulations, hidden slurs, various ...