In Finale 26, I tried to change the time signature from 4/4 to 2/4 and the result was that the voices were shifted in time with respect to each other. Without a backup, it would have been a giant task to correct it. Many voices were coming in at the wrong time. With a smaller score i tried to change the time signature from 2/4 to 4/4 and it worked.
Does this fault appear in Finale 27?
Thank you for your help.
Jim Adrian
Changing the time signature
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jamesadrian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:53 pm… I tried to change the time signature from 4/4 to 2/4 …
My first guess would be that it is not a matter of bigger score versus smaller score, but rather a matter of empty measures.jamesadrian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:53 pm… With a smaller score I tried to change the time signature from 2/4 to 4/4 and it worked …
You tell that you changed the first score (= the bigger score) from 4/4 to 2/4 - right?
My guess is that
a) the score contains empty measures (displaying Default Whole Rests),
b) before changing the time signature you did not run the plug-in Change to Real Whole Rests,
- right?
* What happens if you - before changing the time signature from 4/4 to 2/4 - first run the plug-in Change to Real Whole Rests, and then change the time signature from 4/4 to 2/4?
You tell that you changed the second score (= the smaller score) from 2/4 to 4/4.
In this case the time signature change goes in “the opposite direction”, and I would not expect any voices being shifted in time with respect to each other.
Finale simply combines the measures two by two.
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Peter,
Thank you for this message.
"before changing the time signature you did not run the plug-in Change to Real Whole Rests,
- right?"
I have been completely unaware of this plug in: Change to Real Whole Rests.
Where do I get it?
Thank you for your help.
Jim Adrian
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Thank you for this message.
"before changing the time signature you did not run the plug-in Change to Real Whole Rests,
- right?"
I have been completely unaware of this plug in: Change to Real Whole Rests.
Where do I get it?
Thank you for your help.
Jim Adrian
jim@futurebeacon.com
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Bill,
Thank you for your help.
Jim Adrian
Thank you for your help.
Jim Adrian