Re: [Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread Jon Block
Chuck: There are some major issues with 2014b. Playback does not stop when one hits stop; orchestral scores cause glitches in notation. I have had to delete the preferences file each time I start inputs to my orchestral scores. MakeMusic has confirmed these are issues without a fix at present

[Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread Chuck Israels
John, This has not been my experience. Familiarity with how 2014 operates (and there have been some changes since 2012) allows things to work at least as easily and, in some cases, more easily than they do in 2012. I believe this will be the prevailing opinion. Chuck Chuck Israels cisra...

Re: [Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread Jon Block
Keep away from 2014 and 2014b at all costs! They are filled with impossible bugs. On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:04 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > On 6/3/2016 9:08 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > > Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook pro. > > > > Orchestrating an opera from a series of piano reductions, w

Re: [Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread David H. Bailey
On 6/3/2016 9:08 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook pro. > > Orchestrating an opera from a series of piano reductions, which I import > into a standard orchestra template, with a standard two-stave piano line > between the singers and the strings (then I delete the pian

Re: [Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread Steve Parker
I'm on the latest and I see what you've described a lot. I've never got to the bottom of it. Sometimes reload all instruments from the MIDI menu sorts it, but often that changes half the instruments to piano. Steve P. > On 4 Jun 2016, at 08:04, Michael wrote: > > You’re using Finale 2010. I

Re: [Finale] Why Is It So Hard to Add Instruments to an Orchestration?

2016-06-04 Thread Michael
You’re using Finale 2010. In 2012 the Score Manager was introduced, making adding and editing instruments much easier. > On 4 Jun 2016, at 03:08, Michael Dutka wrote: > > Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook pro. > > Orchestrating an opera from a series of piano reductions, which I import > i