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by BuonTempi
Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:37 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Change a score from 4/4 to 2/2.
Replies: 12
Views: 5473

Re: Change a score from 4/4 to 2/2.

zuill wrote:Retranscribe loses some markings (articulations and maybe expressions). A bit of redo there.
To avoid losing elements like lyrics, articulations, etc when you Retranscribe:

1. Copy the entire passage.
2. Retranscribe.
3. Paste back the passage, using the Edit Filter to de-select Notes and Rests.
by BuonTempi
Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:43 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What computer specs would be perfect for Finale?
Replies: 26
Views: 28044

Re: What computer specs would be perfect for Finale?

Firstly, I'll check with MM whether those specs are up-to-date. As said, I use Finale on my Retina display with absolutely no problems. I also use it on my Mac Mini with a 27" Thunderbolt Display (2560 x 1440), and haven't seen any (related) problems in the last six years! If those specs were true, ...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What computer specs would be perfect for Finale?
Replies: 26
Views: 28044

Re: What computer specs would be perfect for Finale?

I have the same problem. Finale crashed today and I lost 4 hours of work. I then turned on auto save.i have a 2015 iMac i5 8gb ram and an onboard video card with 2 GB ram. My drive is a fusion drive but the ssd is too small to fit all the sounds. I am thinking about getting a pc. I was going to get...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing in Byzantine Hieroglyphics
Replies: 4
Views: 2326

Re: Printing in Byzantine Hieroglyphics

I was told to delete everything - again, create a new user and reload the program - again, print default document from the new user - HEY, it worked-- music!! Went back to my user, opened default document add a few notes and - voila - hieroglyphics Rats!! Back to PrintMusic - same garbage. Clearly,...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: getting final layout right
Replies: 18
Views: 7649

Re: getting final layout right

Briefly: Finale spaces the music according to the values in the Music Spacing options. A quarter note has a 'reference' width, which is the distance assigned after it, and all other notes have a proportional value of that distance following them. (E.g. half note is 1.6 times the distance, or whateve...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: getting final layout right
Replies: 18
Views: 7649

Re: getting final layout right

lynndavidnewton wrote:(Yes, system locks are off.)
Why? I always lock the systems.

9+9+8+8+9+2 = 45 over 6 systems. So 7.5 (!) each.

Lock the systems, then 'knock' a measure or two over on to the next system using the down arrow.
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 4K resolution issues
Replies: 5
Views: 2931

Re: 4K resolution issues

There have been several complaints about this on the Mac side with people using Retina or other high-resolution screens. Apparently Finale isn't able to deal with this well yet. My 2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro works beautifully with Finale. Compared to my 2012 Mini on a Thunderbolt Display, the disp...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: em dash missing?
Replies: 15
Views: 5822

Re: em dash missing?

Bear in mind that Finale's Edit Preference "Substitute Font for Missing Unicode Characters" may affect things. In short, if the font you're using doesn't contain the char you want, Finale will change the char to something that is in the font. E.g., if you don't have š , then it will just do s . The ...
by BuonTempi
Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:51 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: paper quality JW Pepper My Score
Replies: 5
Views: 2739

Re: OT: paper quality JW Pepper My Score

I've read all I can find out, but am still wondering what the paper quality would be like for the printed scores/parts. I presume it would be very good, but would be interested to hear any opinions from those in the know. If it's anything like most of the print-on-demand book services, it's probabl...
by BuonTempi
Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: double whole note
Replies: 12
Views: 5090

Re: double whole note

Yes, November is a third-party purchase font. It's highly recommended, both for 'traditional' engraving symbols, and for historical symbols and forms. http://www.klemm-music.de/notation/november2/en/index.php There are other third-party music fonts which may suit your work. https://www.musictypefoun...
by BuonTempi
Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:20 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: double whole note
Replies: 12
Views: 5090

Re: double whole note

If you're writing lots of music with breves, I would avoid using Maestro. The standard breve's 'sidelines' are far too tall (it looks like a TIE Fighter!), and the rectangular version is ... very rectangular. Engraver is better; November better still. Also, if you're doing an organ part with a chord...
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Bach font and Word for Mac 2011
Replies: 4
Views: 3450

Re: OT: Bach font and Word for Mac 2011

The Bach font actually has standard alphanumerics (resembling Times New Roman) for the ASCII range. The idea being that you can write text and music symbols in the same font without switching. Screen Shot 3.png Most of the other symbols are Unicode chars that have no keypresses. You have to use Appl...
by BuonTempi
Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: cautionary items
Replies: 6
Views: 2253

Re: cautionary items

By 'cautionary', do you mean 'courtesy' clefs and time sigs at the end of a system, warning that they are going to change? Because those are separate settings, in Doc Opts > Clefs and Time Sigs respectively. Otherwise, if you just want the current time sig to appear in a given measure, you can use M...
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Title page etc. before the score
Replies: 3
Views: 1620

Re: Title page etc. before the score

If you're doing 6 pages of text matter before the music, I would (and indeed do) create them in an app that is capable of better text layout than Finale. Then make PDFs of the preface and the music, and combine them together.
by BuonTempi
Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale
Replies: 43
Views: 30960

Re: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale

I've done a bit of sleuthing, and here's something you may like to try: 1. In System Prefs > Printers, create a new Print queue for your printer. Add "Finale" to the name. When you print from Finale, this is the printer you will select. 2. Open ColorSync Utility. Click on the 'Devices' tab. 3. Selec...
by BuonTempi
Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:29 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: how to set up Finale to open MIDI files on websites...
Replies: 3
Views: 2100

Re: how to set up Finale to open MIDI files on websites...

Finale can only download the file, import it, and then you'll have to press play to get playback. To listen to embedded MIDI files in webpages, you need a browser plug-in that handles the format, or possibly some MIDI playing app, if your browser can use apps as helpers. On the Mac side, Apple remov...
by BuonTempi
Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:23 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Spacing plug-ins?
Replies: 12
Views: 5143

Re: Spacing plug-ins?

BuonTempi: the page size is 6x9. So it prints out smaller than it seems on the screen. The size of the paper has no effect on the size of the staff! (Unless you're scaling the page to fit the paper.) Choral music is regularly presented on staves as small as 5mm (14pt), so your 20.5pt (7.2mm) is pre...
by BuonTempi
Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:08 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale
Replies: 43
Views: 30960

Re: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale

I will continue to explore the printing options, although I think I've tried them all for my printer. I'll also contact Brother again and see if they can offer any solutions. I admit it is possible that my newness to MacOS is causing me to miss settings. From what I can see from Brother help pages,...
by BuonTempi
Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Spacing plug-ins?
Replies: 12
Views: 5143

Re: Spacing plug-ins?

You can reduce the staff size a bit: it's quite big for choral music. I put it down from 20.5pt to 17pt, and changed the font to Minion Condensed Caption. Then you can get it all on one page. Strangely, there's still some lyric collision on "wounds supply", but that all the manual adjustment required.
by BuonTempi
Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale
Replies: 43
Views: 30960

Re: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale

I am greatly disappointed because from this "explanation" I glean that the problem is too small for MM to worry about, so it's not being reported to the programmers as something worth fixing. It's not that it's too small a problem. What they're saying is: whilst they can't rule out Finale's involve...
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale
Replies: 43
Views: 30960

Re: Printing not black, more like 70% grayscale

I've had dotty output exactly like gogreen's picture when ColorSync has been enabled in the print dialog. (For my HP printer's it's under "Color Matching".) When I select "in Printer" instead of "ColorSync", then I get good, strong, crisp output. Your printer driver may operate differently. This aff...
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Creating pdf uses the name of another file
Replies: 8
Views: 3444

Re: Creating pdf uses the name of another file

I'd recommend not Minimizing any window in MacOS. There are few, if any, workflow benefits, and there are a variety of other methods of managing windows without the danger of forgetting about the ones you've minimized.
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Keyboard shortcuts for MIDI Tool and Playback Window
Replies: 8
Views: 3623

Re: Keyboard shortcuts for MIDI Tool and Playback Window

Use Mac's System Preferences > Keyboard pane to set up shortcuts for Finale. Click on "Shortcuts" tab; then on App Shortcuts. Press + to add a shortcut: select Finale from the list of Applications, and then the name of the menu command (in the case of MIDI Tool, that would be Tools->MIDI ; for Playb...
by BuonTempi
Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Looking for an authoritative resource to settle a dispute
Replies: 34
Views: 12804

Re: Looking for an authoritative resource to settle a disput

I truly appreciate it if any of you can point me to an authoritative resource that shows him his error without any room for questioning. I've searched and haven't been able to find anything that mentions this particular situation. Instead of wasting your time looking for something that doesn't exis...
by BuonTempi
Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Change I didn't notice? turning pages in a score
Replies: 20
Views: 6838

Re: Change I didn't notice? turning pages in a score

Ah. Sorry, I missed that. Page Height Zoom settings (Command Alt [ on Mac) in Column View should give a window showing just one page, with the easy scroll or button between pages.