Sound Error

Discuss playback problems, including VST, Garritan, MIDI, etc.

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thepianoman
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Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:19 pm
Finale Version: Finale Version 26
Operating System: Windows

Post by thepianoman » Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:10 pm

I am having a severe problem with Finale's audio playback.

Firstly, whenever I use MIDI to play the sound, no sound plays at all. Secondly, when I use VST, I have to use to SmartSynth soundbank. Even then, the audio is strange. It has a low-quality, static-y sort of effect to it. Finally, whenever I have Finale open, i can't play any other videos or anything - it claims "Audio Render Error".

What's the deal here?


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motet
Posts: 8225
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Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005,27
Operating System: Windows

Post by motet » Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:18 pm

The last is a fact of using ASIO. You can instead use a different driver, like DirectSound, or else install a different ASIO driver that lets two processes share, like FlexASIO. Maybe DirectSound will improve your audio quality as well. MIDI/Audio->Device setup->Audio setup.

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