Re: [Finale] Playback Problems (Latency) With Anything After Finale 2008v1
On Sun, December 26, 2010 1:41 am, A-NO-NE Music wrote: On 2010/12/08, at 16:07, Michael Dutka wrote: Was running Finale 2008 (original version) on an HP dv6 Notebook PC with an Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 Ghz and 4G of ram. Worked pretty well until I updated to Finale 10, instantly encountered latency problems in playback. Immediately after booting the program, playback sounded okay, but the more time that passed, the greater and greater the delay. I wasn't sure what you mean by Latency? Latency is a terminology described the time gap between the source and the target, i.e., the time gap between midi trigger and the sound. When you say latency against playback then you must know when Finale triggered the midi data. I don't think this is the case. So, what is your nature of the problem? You say it gets worse in time. That is a drift, but then what time code are you referring to? Also, what sound generator are you using? Garritan? I don't know what Win version offers but have you tried switching? Good questions. My machine is an Intel Core Duo @ 3GHz with 2GB of RAM, Windows XP SP3, and with Finale 2010 this problem comes up for me as well. Since I usually run a number of other programs at the same time (at least a browser, text editor, and graphics program), Finale's playback suffers. Sometimes the sound is delayed in playback, sometimes it's delayed in Speedy entry (1-2 seconds between keypress and sound), and sometimes it just thins out and the instruments disappear one by one until they don't play at all. (This is mostly with Garritan running.) Shortly the selection tool will stop selecting, and I know Finale will soon crash. At least it's predictable. Finale 2010 also chases inaccurately if there are slides of any kind between the beginning and the play point, resulting in a nicely key-chaotic playback. According to Finale support, this is a known bug. I have 2011 sitting here but haven't installed it. (Again, according to Finale support the major font bug is still there, but I got 2011 in case a bugfix release takes care of it. I hate waiting 15 seconds for the expression dialog to appear and waiting 5 seconds between keystrokes.) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Merging several layers in one
On Dec 26, 2010, at 12:01 AM, dc wrote: If one has 3 or 4-voice chords (same note values) written with one note in each layer, is there any way to merge them all into the same layer? Well, I thought that was an easy one, but I just checked Move/Copy Layers under the mass mover tool, (F2007c Mac 10.5.8) and, once again, I got results that I thought were wonky. Using the selection box to move layers 2,3,4 into layer one over wrote layers 1,2,3 and left the layer 4 note (moved to layer 1). Moving just layer 2 to layer 1 removes the original layer 1 - but does place layer 2 into layer 1. If I chose the option to copy rather than move, it seems that the existing layer is also over written. I guess I was thinking of a merge command. Can't help, sorry. Dick H ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Merging several layers in one
If you have a series of these, this might be worth the trouble: Add enough empty staves (temporary) below the staff you are working on to hold each note. Using the show only active layer command, copy each layer onto a separate stave. Change each stave to the same layer as the top staff. Then implode all the notes into the top staff. If you need clarification of the location of these commands, write again. I don't have Finale open right now. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 3:01 AM, dc den...@free.fr wrote: If one has 3 or 4-voice chords (same note values) written with one note in each layer, is there any way to merge them all into the same layer? Thanks, Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Merging several layers in one
On 2010-12-26 09:01, dc wrote: If one has 3 or 4-voice chords (same note values) written with one note in each layer, is there any way to merge them all into the same layer? I think Matthew Hindson asked the same thing just a few days ago. I did a quick plug-in for it this evening. It's available on the tips site, Download area - Windows plug-ins. http://www.finaletips.nu/ The plug-in should be smart enough to detect the layers that are rhythmically different and shouldn't touch those layers. It will merge the notes to the lowest layer where the same rythm is found. (So you can for example merge layers 1+3 and 2+4 if there are 2 different rhythmical structures in the different layer pairs.) Let me know it it doesn't work for correctly for you. It was quite quick coding, so there might be some mistakes. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Respell Rhythms
Been busy... just got back to this. 'Retranscribe' does exactly what I want. Thanks for all help! Steve P. On 1 Dec 2010, at 13:54, Raymond Horton wrote: Steve, try this: Highlight the passage you want to rebar. Under the midi/audio menu click on retranscribe. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Then you'll have to be more specific. In a bar of 4/4 with quarter, quarter-tied-to-quarter, quarter, Rebar changes the middle pair to a half note for me in a default document. Christopher On Wed Dec 1, at WednesdayDec 1 8:04 AM, Steve Parker wrote: No, this doesn't do it. Steve P. On 1 Dec 2010, at 12:41, Darcy James Argue wrote: Rebar Music. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Dec 2010, at 6:35 AM, Steve Parker wrote: Hi all! Still on my track of trying to learn the stuff I've spent years working round.. Is there a way to respell rhythms? Say if I have a score with a ton of crotchet-tied-to-crotchet that I would like to replace with minim? Also, sometimes I paste and end up with wrong beaming. Is there some auto way to sort this? Thanks! Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Merging several layers in one
Another (kludgy) way to do it is to copy each layer to a different stave then use 'Piano Reduction' with midi note lower than the lowest note (ie '1'). This will merge all to the treble stave then copy all to the stave you want and delete extra staves. Steve P. On 26 Jan 2011, at 21:32, Jari Williamsson wrote: On 2010-12-26 09:01, dc wrote: If one has 3 or 4-voice chords (same note values) written with one note in each layer, is there any way to merge them all into the same layer? I think Matthew Hindson asked the same thing just a few days ago. I did a quick plug-in for it this evening. It's available on the tips site, Download area - Windows plug-ins. http://www.finaletips.nu/ The plug-in should be smart enough to detect the layers that are rhythmically different and shouldn't touch those layers. It will merge the notes to the lowest layer where the same rythm is found. (So you can for example merge layers 1+3 and 2+4 if there are 2 different rhythmical structures in the different layer pairs.) Let me know it it doesn't work for correctly for you. It was quite quick coding, so there might be some mistakes. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Settings Thread
Thought it might be good to have a settings thread. I usually use thicker lines than Finales defaults, barlines, ledger lines, staff lines etc One I can't live without: Repeat Endings Inset.06944 Also text fonts etc Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
