[Finale] Staff Style Query
Hello, there. I'm working on a piece, and some of the stuff I have to do to get the chords input is ... distracting when doing playback (to check for errors, mostly). I've heard there's a ways to set up a staff style for No Playback, but am not certain how. I'm using FinWin 2004a, and have looked through the 'manual' and had no luck. Any clues? cd ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Staff Style Query
On Oct 8, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: Hello, there. I'm working on a piece, and some of the stuff I have to do to get the chords input is ... distracting when doing playback (to check for errors, mostly). I've heard there's a ways to set up a staff style for No Playback, but am not certain how. I'm using FinWin 2004a, and have looked through the 'manual' and had no luck. Any clues? I'm not certain exactly what you are trying to accomplish here. Is it chord SYMBOLS you don't want to play back? There are two much easier way to accomplish this than staff styles (which I don't even know if it is possible.) 1) This method is the easiest, and is global for the entire piece, all staves. With the chord tool selected, go to the Chord menu. The last item should be Enable chord playback. Uncheck it. This is my normal work habit, since chord playback is horrendous for jazz symbols. The MIBAC rhythm section generator plugin gives reasonable chord symbol playback for my purposes, and is light-years ahead of Finale's builit-in playback. 2) This is for single staves only, assuming you might WANT chord symbol playback in some other staves. In the Instrument List window, click on the triangle to the left of the staff that you want to affect. The second to last item is Chords, so click on the green box to deselect it. If you just have a passage in one staff where you don't want chord playback, this is a little more complex, but doable. Just for that passage, attach the chords to a layer that you are not using for anything else in that staff, say layer 4. If everything is already entered, there is a Copy/Move Layers option in the Mass Edit tool. In the Instrument List, set Layer 4 not to play back for that staff in the same way as method 2 above. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Staff Style Query
On 08/10/05, Carl Dershem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a piece, and some of the stuff I have to do to get the chords input is ... distracting when doing playback (to check for errors, mostly). I've heard there's a ways to set up a staff style for No Playback, but am not certain how. I'm using FinWin 2004a, and have looked through the 'manual' and had no luck. You actually don't need to use staff styles to turn off chord playback. If you go to the Instrument List, you can click the arrow on the left-hand side of the staff with chords and mute only the chords layer for that staff. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. ~ Igor Stravinsky ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Staff Style Query
On Oct 10, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: I've been using notes (usually the root of the chord) to 'anchor' the chord sybols to, and would like those notes to be quiet. I've tried rests, but can't anchor chords to them. Huh? I've been anchoring chord symbols to rests ever since I started using Finale (3.2). The only time this is ineffective is when using stemmed slashes (rhythmic notation), so I just copy the bass notes for those purposes. That way I don't get my stupid pitch choices (or lack of choices!) muddying the playback. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
