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Oh my! BuonTempi's post led me to what appears to be a solution to the irritating "Audio Engine Failed to Load" error. (Surprising that MM customer support told me there wasn't a solution, though the solution was in their post of last December.) So the problem is with the iPhone (!) and Continuity C...

I have problems with F27 and Ventura on my laptop when the screen goes to sleep. I get the alert that the audio engine has failed to load. Finale still works, but without playback. I still do all my work on F26.

Bill

>> I don't have perfect layout (yet).

I tested with Perfect Layout and v26 and it did not fix that issue, which surprised me.

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Try Plug-ins > Scoring and Arranging > Split Point.

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Peter, I was trying to figure out the problem the OP was having, as were you. I am testing on 27, not 26. It looks like the grace note is on the beat if there is just one, but OP was asking about 3 grace notes and I haven't been able to figure out a way to get them on the beat. An articulation such ...

Peter,

Curious to know -- does it work on the beat for you? If so, could you post a snippet that works?

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I assume you've taken the routine first steps -- reboot Finale, and if that doesn't work, reboot computer.

Another long shot might be to Save As instead of Save.

Hopefully a Windows user will have further suggestions for you.

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Are you saying that files created in v27 get saved as 2012? Or old files opened in v27?

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Following on what Peter wrote, using the Custom Stem Tool you double-click the note and then replace the flagged stem with a plain stem. You'll probably need to create the plain stem in the Shape Designer, then when you place it, you will probably need to nudge it. It seems like a lot of fuss if you...

This might not be helpful as I am on a Mac, but when I add music to the end of your piece it beams correctly.

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No attachment.

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I don't use CPDL but out of curiosity I downloaded a random Palestrina piece. The PDF looked pretty good, but the Finale file from XML would take a lot of work. So yes, "troublesome to say the least," unless you can make do with PDF.

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... and I don't get it in v. 26. Does it happen on every occurrence or just in that one spot?

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If you are referring to the tool palette, on the Mac you shift-drag. I don't know if it's the same on Windows.

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If I click that link it says the requested file doesn't exist.

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My guess is that you didn't actually mark it "pizza" and that is humorous auto-correct.

I didn't see the original. I saw some drum parts but not the score.

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Please clarify what you are looking for -- is it a blank page before the final page? The score looks fine to me as it is so I can't imagine why. If you need a blank page, follow Motet's instructions. If something else, circle back with more detail.

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For me on both F26 and F27, no matter what Page View Style setting, when I reopen a file it is always Book Style: Row, even if I save preferences.

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Have you tried the trick of exporting as XML and then importing that into a fresh file? Sometimes that will strip out problems.

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Does it fail to start a new staff system in one score, or in every score? And if it's one score, is it one spot or every spot?

Can you post the score?

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You don't have any instrument selected. Open the score manager and select one of the Smartsynths under device and something under sound.

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Another approach is to enter the tablature in that spot and copy/paste that into notation.

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BuonTempi is correct that clicking return (sometimes repeatedly) allows you to keep working, but usually without playback, so if you need sound, re-launch is needed.

Finale is aware of this and I hope that some update of Finale or the OS will solve the problem.

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Finale Customer Service said that the problem might be that when the screen wakes up from sleep it creates the problem with the Audio Engine, so I set the screen to never go to sleep. But still when I close the laptop and reopen it, the problem still happens.

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To follow up on what BuonTempi wrote about breath marks, I agree that they often require discussion and I have found that it saves rehearsal time to notate all breaths as rests. It requires a little extra time on my end but definitely saves time in rehearsal.

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