MIDI plays eighth notes instead of a half note

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:12 pm

Am using Windows Finale ver 25
The playback is fine with the original notation sheet.
The playback plays eighth notes instead of a half tied to an eighth note.
Tried redoing everything a few times to no avail.
Can anyone help me?
Thank you,
George Ports

zuill · Post by **zuill** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:29 pm

We have too little information to be of help. Is this with one particular file in one particular measure?

Zuill

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:29 pm

The playback plays eighth notes instead of a half tied to an eighth note when I play it from a midi file. It plays okay from a regular finale file.

miker · Post by **miker** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:55 am

Can you post the file?

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:43 pm

I'll try. I have trouble with doing this too.
Whoops. The midi was not allowed.
Not sure how to attach it.
Should I attach the actual Finale file to see if you can "Export it to a midi file? I might just
do the entire song over again since it is pretty short.
Any ideas?
George

zuill · Post by **zuill** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:44 pm

Just attach the Finale file.

Zuill

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:52 pm

Here's the Finale file
I almost feel like I don't have the midi in the program set up correctly.
George

miker · Post by **miker** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:45 pm

It's not the MIDI. You have used a tremolo articulation, instead of a slide. (I think that's the term for the guitar effect.) Delete the articulation, and the score plays back correctly. Unfortunately, I don't know enough to tell you how to get what you (apparently) are aiming for, but I'm sure someone will be along!

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:03 pm

Thank you so much Miker! That fixed it. I' ll try to put in my guitar slides another way.
This will be a big help to me since I have a couple other songs with the same problem.
Thanks again,
George

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:06 pm

Want to thank Zuill for adding help to my problem. I sure appreciate it.
George

zuill · Post by **zuill** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:48 am

You might find the slide in the Smart Shape Tool.

Zuill

george ports 33 · Post by **george ports 33** » Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:36 pm

There is a slide in the smart shape tool that goes from one note to the next. I'd like to have a "set" length slide that I can type into the score in front of a "begging note, not from one note to another.
Is there a way to (copy/paste) one of the slides or better yet, make a metatool out of that so I can use it a lot?
Thanks,
George

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