Regarding your trombone problem, perhaps you have reached the polyphonic limit of your playback module/soundcard? The program may be starting from the top-down, and by the time it reaches the trombone parts you may be beyond the capabilities of the sound-card or module. Most midi playback devices have two limiting capabilities, Number of Channels (sometimes listed as Number of Voices or Patches) and Number of Notes-Polyphonic. So it might have 16-channel, 24-note-polyphony playback. So if you have used up 23 notes in other channels, the top note of the trombone chords would be the 24th note and any other notes simply wouldn't play.
And don't be fooled by the fact that you might actually have only 6 other instruments/notes playing -- if you are using layered sounds in another instrument, the polyphony level can be reached far before you think. If you are using a keyboard sound which is layered for greater richness, you can actually be using up 2 or 3 or 4 notes of your polyphonic limit for each individual note you are playing, so a 4-layer patch playing 4 notes is using 16-note-polyphony. As for smart-shapes, I don't think the measure-attached setting can be changed (I can't see how to do, it isn't an option under the Smart-Shapes Option, it isn't in Document Settings, clicking the option to turn it off doesn't work). But I was able to start and stop it exactly where I click, so I am not sure what your problem with it is? I double-click-and-drag, and then after I release the button at the end of dragging for length, the handles appear so I can edit it or move it as I wish. I don't see what your problem is with this, so perhaps you can be more specific about what you are trying to do and are unable to do and we can better help you. Andrew Homzy wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using FinMac 2001d and have two problems: > > 1 - I can't attach the SmartShape trill-line to a note. Upon opening the > menu, "attach to measures" is checked and the "attach to notes" & "attach to > noteheads" is grey. Wouldn't one normally want to attach a trill-line to a > note? How can I change this? > > 2 - An "all of a sudden" problem: while using SpeedyEntry, when I click on > any of the trombone or sax lines and play more than 2 notes, only one note, > the last note struck, is heard through my MIDI system. In other words > monophonic. All the chord notes are displayed in the staff. When I play the > file back, only the uppermost instrument of the section is heard. The > trumpet parts work fine. Did I accidentally turn something off? I've checked > as many aspects of the playback/MIDI tools as I can think of. > > Cheers, > > Andrew Homzy - Department of Music > Concordia University > Montreal, Quebec > CANADA H4B 1R6 > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
