Just came across what I think is a bug in FinMac2k7 with the Special
Tools>Double/Split Stem Tool and would like to know if anybody else
can confirm this or has a work around?
I tested it in a clean copy of the Maestro Default file that shipped
with the app. In 4/4 time CMaj I input a bar of 4 groups of 1/32nd
notes on B mid stave. Then selecting Special Tools>Double/Split Stem
Tool select only one note from each 1/4 note group for double
beaming. The upstem flags immediately displace to the right by
significant amounts eg 2 bars.
In the next bar, I input a mix of 1/8 and 1/16th notes on B. When I
apply double beams to a single note within a 1/4 note group the
upstem flags go even further to the right and can go off the virtual
page in limbo. The flags can't be selected. However, if I double-stem
a subsequent note within the same 1/4 note beat group, then Fin2k7
beams the two or more upstem notes correctly and the displaced flags
disappear.
I've checked the Doc Options>Flags's font settings and Fibonacci
spacing but nothing changes. I've done data check/file integrity etc
and no probs.
This bug has been causing me grief with an older score that began
life in FinMac2.6.3. I went back to each successive conversion of the
score from FinMac2.6.3, Fin3.2, Fin3.5.1, Fin2k to Fin2k6d and opened
the files in their respective Finale versions and the problem doesn't
appear and complex passages of double stems all work as they should
do.
The bug is only in FinMac2k7 when I import either the file from
previous FinMac2k6d or when I import directly from the older
FinMac2.6.3 version, irrespective whether the default music font is
the older Petrucci (24pt) or the current Maestro font.
PPCG4 1.25GHz DP Mirror Door OSX 10.4.7/FinMac 2k7 and previous versions.
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cheers, Claudio
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Claudio Pompili
composer, sound designer, music consultant
http://www.claudiopompili.net.au/ (**2002-2003 Golden Web Award**)
AMC http://www.amcoz.com.au
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