The twitchy playback cursor

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GarryW
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Post by GarryW » Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:30 am

Hi. Running Windows Finale 2014.5.

I'd like to use Finale playbacks to generate simple Youtube practice videos, by doing screen video captures. One concern: when the piece is anywhere near up-tempo, Finale's playback cursor can get really twitchy as it jumps really fast from note to note.

Is there any way to modify the behavior of Finale's playback cursor? I would wish, in my dreams, that Finale could simply quietly highlight the entire current measure, instead highlighting note-by-note.

(The only control of the Playback cursor that I've discovered is a color change: View / Select Display Colors / Playback Cursor.)

I *could* try to write post-production software to clean up the cursor... but, rather not.:)


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Post by N Grossingink » Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:56 am

If the tempo is quarter=120, try resetting it to half=60, or eighth=240. That's probably a long shot and you may be stuck with things as they are.

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Post by gogreen » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:02 pm

You can also play the piece without the playback cursor by unchecking "Scrolling Playback" in the Playback Conntrols.
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