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There's a help index and tutorials built into Finale. There's a series of Youtube videos by Jason Lofreddo that are pretty good https://www.conqueringfinale.com/

If you otherwise want to use Human Playback except for certain instruments/measures you can create an expression to control it on an individual basis. Create a new expression and in the playback tab of the expression from the "type" drop-down menu select HP on (or "off"). I have to use this occasion...

The file you posted only consists of an empty staff, unlike the picture, so I couldn't check it. Perhaps superfluous, but the letter "o" will hide a note; the number "0" will close or open the speedy entry window.

musicus wrote: ↑

Tue May 02, 2023 8:38 pm

Not getting it. Where do I find the Edit Filter?

Bill Stevens wrote: ↑

Tue May 02, 2023 8:02 pm

Use the Note Mover tool to move the whole note to the left. (Note it is in layer 2.)

Also, make sure you have the Edit Filter set correctly and it should copy correctly.

::: Bill

Try looking in the Edit Menu.

In the tempo expression designer playback tab do you have "match playback to metronome marking text" checked? If so that should work no matter what is muted or soloed and whether viewing the score or part, even though only the top staff of the score appears in scroll view. The tempo mark should be p...

mmike wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 23, 2023 5:42 pm

Have you done something using TG Tools? That often leaves exactly that kind og graphic remnant. Only seems to go away after closing and re-starting Finale.

Yes - I had been experimenting with "smart playback." Thanks.

Occasionally an upside-down horizontal single-ended bracket will appear in the score. I think it may occur when I've been working with smart shapes. It cannot be deleted and if I minimize Finale it even appears on the desktop or other programs. Closing Finale will cure the issue, but I'm curious if ...

You can import MusicXML into Logic, which contains much more musical data than MIDI. My understanding is that MusicXML is a text format to share sheet music, and which doesn't retain musical playback characteristics. To retain Human Playback characteristics for use in a DAW the file would need to b...

XML is a text format, so any midi information is stripped out. I export/import when I'm opening an old file that won't play nice with HP.

Before you refresh your preferences have you tried saving to a folder other than the desktop? Have you tried "save as" with a different name? It sounds more like a Windows issue, assuming your OS is Windows.

au contraire. Right-click the graphic and select "Edit Graphics Attributes." Uncheck the "link to file" box and the image will be embedded. It will only be visible in page view, however, not scroll view.

In your file the piano staves are already united as a group. In that case just right-click (Windows) on the handle of the top of the brace and select "Edit group attributes." In the full and abbreviated name places click "edit" and enter the names, then click "ok." The group name will appear centere...

I had the same problem when I transitioned to iLok, and I actually can't remember exactly how I overcame it. Presumably the problem occurs when you open an existing file? Do you have the HP preferences set to the Vienna techniques? I recently received a file that would only display SmartSynth in the...

Thanks all...

I'm pretty sure this has been raised previously but I couldn't find anything in a search. My friend has PrintMusic. I sent him a Finale 27 file that uses the Finale Maestro font, and it had the usual garbled characters. It was a simple two measure music example so I solved the problem by recreating ...

Got it! Thanks.

Mike, For me the attached Finale document (v26 format) plays back as desired. In the Instrument List I have set Layer 1 to Channel 1, and Layer 2 to Channel 2. But you have probably been doing exactly that for a very long time, in all your Finale documents. Why doesn't seem to work when VST is used?

A forum search turned up using expressions with "play on pass x and setting the transposition either to 127 or 0 to not play or play, respectively. I experimented and couldn't get it to work with separate layers on the same staff, even if they were set to separate channels and the expression assignm...

Perhaps I don't understand your question, but play back in scroll view instead of page view.

Also, Microsoft ended support of Windows 7 this past January, so no security patches.

I have no real problem with the online manual, although I admit I keep cheat sheets for notation and playback, respectively. These include those things that crop up infrequently that I just can't remember. The manual could use search parameters to minimize having to peck one's way through the multip...

I read your posting and am happy to know that. Usually, dragging left or right is not desirable; as you say, Shift will constrain it to either horizontal or vertical, but I find it's easy to start the wrong way, in which case you have to start over. The Simple arrow keys are lass fraught. I have my...

<<2. Again, in Simple entry, Ctrl+click on the note, then use up- and down-arrow to move it.>> . . . sounds simple enough. I'll try it later on. Thank you. It's just as easy to move a rest in speedy entry but apparently no one read my post. Drag the rest into position (hold down the left mouse butt...

You need to click-drag the rests (hold the left mouse button down and drag the rest into the position you want). If you just click the rest it will turn into a note.

I'm on a Mac. Did you mean "get info", then permissions "read and write?" I don't see anything called properties. Open file manager, locate the file, right-click and select "properties." Is the file marked "read only"? If so, uncheck it, click "apply" and close. Then try saving the file. If that do...