Playback Stops After Bar 51!?!

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Post by marvin_arnold » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:42 pm

Hello everybody,

I hope someone has a solution for my problem. When playing back some of my orchestral scores (wheter it be with the Garritan plugin or with Apple's software synth), playback just stops after bar 51. :shock:
When I try to enter a bar number larger than 51 in the playback window, it gets reset to 52:1 before playback, and then playback doesn't start at all.
It is always bar 51, on several different scores. Apart from this, I cannot pin it down any better, since some scores just work fine and some don't. Exporting to Audio File works, though.

Any suggestions would be fine...

Thanks,
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:14 pm

Just an idea:

What are your settings in
Program Options > View > Measure Numbers
?

Selecting "Display Actual Measure Numbers" might fix the problem.
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Post by marvin_arnold » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:28 pm

Thank you for answering.

I just tried it but it didn't work, unfortunately.

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Post by michelp » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:09 pm

This is probably not going to be it, but just in case : Is your Playback controls fully unfolded ? The little arrow on the bottom left allows you to access more options, a.o. playback until "end of piece" or until a specific measure.
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Post by marvin_arnold » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:23 pm

I must confess that I feel rather stupid now. That was exactly the problem. I never touched these controls (I hadn't realized they were there, actually, even though I had used other controls from that part of the window, like tempo, etc...) and I haven't the slightest idea how they got set in the first place...

Plays all the way through now, smooth as a baby's behind. :D

Thank you very very very much!

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Post by michelp » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:31 pm

Sometimes a shot in the dark can bring some light.
On a side note, I always wondered why the Playback control windows always opens up in its minimized form, even after you save preferences with the window unfolded...
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Post by craigmday » Sun Sep 05, 2021 6:07 pm

Thank you, all! I had the same problem and this fixed it. Much appreciated.

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Post by bkmckenzie » Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:53 pm

Thank you, michelp, for your advice. I knew that the solution must be simple, but I couldn't find it. "Playback Settings / Stop at / end of the piece." I've been using Finale since 1988 or so, but I still get stumped now and then. I registered for this forum so I could express my thanks.

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