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by BuonTempi
Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: default install tree
Replies: 4
Views: 1632

Re: default install tree

My main question is this: Does Finale install user-level stuff by default in some subdirectory of $HOME/Music? No. You can see (and set) all the locations that Finale uses in Settings > Folders . Finale uses ~/Documents/Finale Files for backups, autosaves and the default save location. Logic does, ...
by BuonTempi
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDFs in 27.4
Replies: 51
Views: 78243

Re: PDFs in 27.4

PDF versions are a superset of functions. In other words, if you use particular features that were introduced in that version, that's the version of the file. For example, if your file has transparency, then it has to be PDF 1.4 or later. If you use AES encryption, it will be v1.6. The data is usual...
by BuonTempi
Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Nothing but Squares" help and links
Replies: 3
Views: 3784

Re: "Nothing but Squares" help and links

It's very weird that Finale 26 should "seek out and destroy" fonts which, at the time it was created, are nothing to do with Finale 26. They're not new versions of Maestro, Engraver, Jazz -- they are new, different fonts with new, different names. Hopefully, it's not deleting fonts that are just "na...
by BuonTempi
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDFs in 27.4
Replies: 51
Views: 78243

Re: PDFs in 27.4

mmike wrote:
Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:09 am
But nowhere do I see this supposedly new button for RGB/true black, etc.
That's listed as a "Mac only" bug fix.
by BuonTempi
Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:50 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27.4 is here
Replies: 27
Views: 10220

Re: Finale 27.4 is here

miker wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:48 pm
It went right in for me.
Ooh errr, Missus. :lol:
by BuonTempi
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Nothing but squares after upgrade to 27.4
Replies: 5
Views: 2763

Re: Nothing but squares after upgrade to 27.4

bw00ds wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:21 pm
I installed the upgrade and now there is only a bunch of squares instead of note heads, clefs--anything that is supposed to look like music.
That sounds like a font issue. Have you restarted?
by BuonTempi
Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27.4 is here
Replies: 27
Views: 10220

Finale 27.4 is here

https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/finale-v27-4-is-here/ Bug Fixes for Mac and Windows Devices: Copyable staff styles are now copied to parts when copy and pasting in the score. Back ending brackets and repeat text endings are now added to the score and parts properly. Music spacing is now correct whe...
by BuonTempi
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Version 27.4 coming
Replies: 43
Views: 18422

Re: Version 27.4 coming

However, I stand firmly by most issues that folks have with Finale is a lack of knowing how to use it or how it works. Issues like... grace notes causing the screen to go blank? The Times font offset issue? Tuplet handles don't move properly in Page View? The inability to print True Black? Problems...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Disabled Features
Replies: 11
Views: 5245

Re: Disabled Features

No features have been disabled: you should still be able to use the software, as long as you have a computer and OS that will run it. "No longer supported" means they won't provide you with support, e.g. no technical assistance, and no free updates. Your problem with text not working is something el...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Version 27.4 coming
Replies: 43
Views: 18422

Re: Version 27.4 coming

I've just seen the list of fixes, and there are certainly some very welcome items that fix some long-standing and oft complained-about issues. It's a longer list than many previous updates; though slightly underwhelming when you think they've had a year to work at it. No new features, either, that I...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

Re: 35th anniversary sale

It's crazy that they're still offering PrintMusic 2014 for sale, with no update and no Mac version. But that they now have put themselves in a position where they have to compete with lower prices instead of higher quality is quite sad. Plenty of people will pay more for quality, and lots of busines...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

Re: 35th anniversary sale

MM have replied that it is indeed due to exclusive distributor agreements "in some countries". But since the UK isn't one of those, they will allow the discount on purchases from the UK. Personally, I wouldn't mind MM raising the price of Finale if they did something about all the flaws in it. Lower...
by BuonTempi
Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

Re: 35th anniversary sale

Rest-of-World customers can buy Finale directly from MM, so it's not like local dealers have exclusive rights.

MM shouldn't need to offer significant concessions to shops, in order to give them the retailers' share of the cover price.

I've asked, and will post the reply when it comes.
by BuonTempi
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

Re: 35th anniversary sale

Ooh, yeah that's really annoying. :roll: That having been said, I was able to apply the discount to an order; but didn't go through with it, so I don't know whether it would actually work.
by BuonTempi
Thu Nov 23, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

35th anniversary sale

MM are having a sale for Black Friday, and to celebrate 35 years of Finale. Finale costs $89 to buy outright :shock: and $65 to upgrade!!! This time, even Garritan instruments are discounted -- except the CFX pianos, annoyingly, (which are arguably the only ones that still compare well to competing ...
by BuonTempi
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dorico?
Replies: 26
Views: 13160

Re: Dorico?

Does Dorico's version of Hyperscribe work better than Finale's? The problem is that we don't play the keyboard absolutely metronomically. I could see software ("AI"?) trying to accommodate for that, though. Yes. It's much better at getting the right notes. For starters, it doesn't have the problem ...
by BuonTempi
Thu Nov 16, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dorico?
Replies: 26
Views: 13160

Re: Dorico?

Other than better support for cutout scores and metatools, If by metatools, you mean key commands, then Dorico has a built-in editor for assigning key shortcuts to every command in the program. You're right that cutaway scores can't be done in Dorico, and aleatoric sections are a bit of a fiddle. F...
by BuonTempi
Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dorico?
Replies: 26
Views: 13160

Re: Dorico?

Are there any known issues with installing and using Dorico, for example, that would have a negative affect on Finale? I rely on Finale. I've replied to your original post in the other part of the forum, (ironically making the same joke as John.) The only "install overlap" is that Dorico also inclu...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:53 am
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Dorico
Replies: 2
Views: 5710

Re: Dorico

No; there's no problem; the only overlap is that Dorico also includes FinaleMaestro, Finale Jazz, Broadway and Ash. There shouldn't be any differences between version of fonts currently. If there are any problems with fonts, you might need to reinstall the Finale fonts, which you can do here: https:...
by BuonTempi
Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:46 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: latest ARIA player version?
Replies: 7
Views: 3601

Re: latest ARIA player version?

I don't get it. Your link is to update to 1.967, which is what I HAVE. Is there a link to this version 2.026 that you show a picture of? 1.967 is the version that you only managed to get by installing Sforzando. (And only an update for the engine, not the Player.) The link provides another method o...
by BuonTempi
Mon Nov 13, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: latest ARIA player version?
Replies: 7
Views: 3601

Re: latest ARIA player version?

it updates the ARIA engine on the computer. You can get the ARIA Engine update 1.967 for Windows from here: http://ariaengine.com/support/aria-engine-update/ ... though it remains absurd that MM doesn't supply the latest version for both Windows and Mac, for people who are collaborating files betwe...
by BuonTempi
Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Toccata font replacement
Replies: 2
Views: 2104

Re: Toccata font replacement

Small noteheads with parentheses and accidentals. I can combine 4 separate articulations from Finale Maestro to create the same thing, but this is not feasible to correct existing articulations. Can you not just resize the notehead? You'll have to resize the accidental back afterwards, though. But ...
by BuonTempi
Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: latest ARIA player version?
Replies: 7
Views: 3601

Re: latest ARIA player version?

Hmm. Yes, the latest version for Windows on MakeMusic's site is 1.959, (not 69) here: https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037425313-ARIA-Player-Version-1-959-Installer That's also the latest to download in " My Account > Search All Downloads " on the MakeMusic store. (Dated Oct 2019.)...
by BuonTempi
Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Engraver Time font issue
Replies: 6
Views: 2374

Re: Engraver Time font issue

finalizer wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:01 pm
I'm seriously considering downgrading to Ventura
You'll have also seen that a Finale 27.4 update is expected to fix the problems with Sonoma.
by BuonTempi
Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Engraver Time font issue
Replies: 6
Views: 2374

Re: Engraver Time font issue

Engraver Time font now looks like this: Finale's font selection dialog shows "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" in the preview pane at the top. Engraver Time only has the numbers 0 to 9, and upper and lower case C (for the Common Time and Cut time symbols). So it's unsurprising that at 40p...