I’ve been playing with the trial. I can’t see any difference between that and 2014.5 other than telling me that Ambience is not supported. Still no option to ‘reassign playback sounds' to Garritan. Still tells me it has unexpectedly quit when I quit it. Still takes ages the first time I hit play. The contoured dashed slurs look nicer but the large time signatures are clunky as hell for a new feature - the method (below) has more steps than my current kludge… The time signature dialogue can finally be clicked again, rather than dragged (as in versions up to 2014), but the key signature dialogue (which was fine) can now not be clicked and has to be dragged.
Not a very useful message, but I shall not take advantage of the $99 price.. Steve P. Creating large time signatures is common in full conductor scores. You can create these in Finale using the EngraverTime font <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Engraver_Font.htm#EngraverTime>. This method assigns the large time signature to the score but doesn't affect linked parts. In this method, you'll create and apply a staff style to a score to hide the usual time signatures, then change the time signature font options. This example works best using a score with six or more staves. If you're viewing a linked part and not the score, choose Document > Edit Score. Choose Plug-ins > Scoring and Arranging > Global Staff Attributes. The Global Staff Attributes plug-in <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Global_Staff_Attributes.htm> appears. Deselect Time signatures in score. Click OK. Choose Document > Document Options. On the left, choose the Fonts category. The Document Options - Fonts dialog box <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Document_Options_dialog_box.htm#Fonts> appears. Next to Notation, select Time (Score). Click the Set Font button. The Font dialog box <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/FONTMULT.htm> appears. Choose EngraverTime, Regular, Size 48. Click OK. Choose the Time Signatures category on the left. The Document Options - Time Signatures dialog box <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Document_Options_dialog_box.htm#Time_Signatures> appears. Under Vertical Adjustment, in the Score column, set Top Symbol to 1" and Bottom Symbol to -.75", and click OK. You may need to experiment with these values to suit the needs of your score. Choose the Staff tool <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/ID_MAINTOOL_STAFF.htm>. Click to the left of the third staff (to select the entire staff). Choose Staff > Edit Staff Attributes. The Staff Attributes dialog box <https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleMac/Content/Finale/ISDLG.htm> appears. Select Time signature in score. Click OK. The large time signature appears. Repeat the previous step on subsequent staves, spaced apart as needed. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
