Finale Forum

Whenever I insert a hairpin into Finale, it seems to overlap with its pre-inserted start and end dynamics.

Why is Finale not programmed to know that such overlaps are forbidden?


I find myself having to waste time re-positioning hundreds of hairpins at every occurrence, when Finale should 'know' that a dynamic line comprises dynamic settings (p, pp, ff etc.) and those signs used to modulate those dynamics. - It's all part of the same, dynamic, information stream for the player.

Have I missed something? Is there a way to get Finale to place hairpins intelligently and musically?

Many thanks

That's the way it is, alas. Many of us have created macros, etc., to adjust the endpoints when there are dynamics present, but you can also buy the Perfect Laout plug-in, which will fix these and many other collisions.

Many thanks Motet.

This would seem like a priority fix for the next version of Finale.

Correct me when I'm wrong, but isn't that 'priority' since last century?

Here is a demo of how Perfect Layout corrects your dynamic and hairpin placement in Finale:
https://elbsound.studio/perfect-layout/ ... e-demo.php
If you click on this link you can also control it, zoom in, download the PDF, etc.

Or look at this GIF of before/after Perfect Layout:

I think it is unlikely MakeMusic will modify its policy of focusing on new features rather then fix old problems. Look at the Pause button: I don't believe it has ever been functional. But in all fairness to the company, v26.3 is far more stable than v2012. I also think Finale's aged GUI could use a face lift.