Re: [Finale] Long first ending

Foolishly, the "To adjust the brackets on a repeat ending" in Finale Help does not say that this is best accomplished in Page View, but that has always been the case. (They also don't tell you to wait to make the adjustment until after layout is complete. Oy.) On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:22 AM

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

On 8/14/2019 11:47 PM, John Roberts wrote: How do I make a long first ending bracket that continues over multiple systems? Switch to scroll view -- making long endings is much easier there. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

It’s a guitar tab piece, a 32-bar waltz section and with variation on the repeat it works out to 16-bar 1st and 2nd endings, with about 5 bars per system. I also seem to remember that your solution used to work, but it’s a long time since I needed to do this. It is for a client, but it’s my

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

I think your best bet is a line (from the Smart Shapes palette). If you need a line of different width to match the width of the repeat ending brackets, you can create a Custom Line. The disadvantage of a smart shape is, of course, that smart shapes don't have staff lists. But that doesn't appear

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

That’s the first thing I tried, David - I got a very long line on the first system that stretched way off the page. JR > On Aug 15, 2019, at 4:54 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > > On 8/14/2019 11:47 PM, John Roberts wrote: >> How do I make a long first ending bracket that continues over

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

On 8/15/2019 8:29 AM, John Roberts wrote: That’s the first thing I tried, David - I got a very long line on the first system that stretched way off the page. JR Is this something you have to do for a client or is it your own project? If it's your own project, might it be better to use some

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

I tried Scroll View, but when I switched back to Page View this is what I got: http://hmauro.com/finale/repeatOverSystems.png Update layout…redraw screen... did nothing. Is there a quick, easy way to fix that? Harold > On 15 Aug 2019, at

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

I just clicked on the link and got the error screen saying that hmauro.com domain has expired. David H. Bailey On 8/15/2019 6:14 AM, Haroldo Mauro wrote: I tried Scroll View, but when I switched back to Page View this is what I got: http://hmauro.com/finale/repeatOverSystems.png

[Finale] erratic playback volume

Does anyone else experience very reduced playback volumes for no apparent reason? Is there a solution to the problem? Version 26 on a Mac now, but this has happened unpredictably over several versions. Usually a restart helps but hasn’t so far today. Thanks in advance for your time and help.

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

I'm pretty sure this is Human Playback thinking it's being artistic. At least in my experience it is. If I care enough, I usually end up reminding it of the volume with an invisible dynamic mark. On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:31 PM Don Hart wrote: > Does anyone else experience very reduced

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

Thank you. This was my first thought for a workaround and it’s what I plan on doing. But I wondered if Finale had some way of doing this that I had missed. Thanks for all the help. JR > On Aug 15, 2019, at 10:36 AM, Robert Patterson > wrote: > > I think your best bet is a line (from the

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

Just for the record, MuseScore and Dorico (and I'm pretty sure Sibelius) treat endings, regardless of length, as a single object of variable length, not as a collection of lines that the user has to nip and tuck to get to look right. They all display endings properly, regardless of length,

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

I'm with you, David.  I am certain this worked in the past.  I just tried it with 25.5 and it does not work -- my results are as John Robert described. I have only 25.5 installed on my computer and haven't really used it for almost a year.  So I can't say what version last worked in this

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

Well, Built-in Output level had been reduced to about half. I never touched it, I swear. :) Thank you, Robert, but Human Playback is off the hook this time, DH On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 12:45 PM Robert Patterson < rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > I'm pretty sure this is Human Playback

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

On 8/15/2019 4:41 PM, Don Hart wrote: Well, Built-in Output level had been reduced to about half. I never touched it, I swear. :) Thank you, Robert, but Human Playback is off the hook this time, [snip] Check any expressions which are in the music close to where the changes in volume

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

I had a lot of problem with this sort of thing when I was using Finale regularly.  It had to do with the software setting the mod wheel more or less randomly, and never being reset to the zero position.  I guess that is still a problem.  I eventually found myself having to add hidden notes (or

Re: [Finale] Tuplets across barlines

This is the method I prefer: it requires some workaround with manual adjustment, but you get the best possible layout, to my experience. Giovanni Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com > On 14 Aug 2019, at 14:55, Robert Patterson > wrote: > > You could force

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

Sorry, I never included the quoted text I was referring to: it was David H. Bailey’s first reply. Giovanni Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com > On 16 Aug 2019, at 07:27, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > > I would have pointed out the same, it recurred quite often.

Re: [Finale] erratic playback volume

I would have pointed out the same, it recurred quite often. One other issue I find recurring is that playback volume is incredibly soft if I activate it via shortcut (spacebar + click) a few measures ahead of the last articulation, which would sound notably louder if playback started from the

[Finale] Repeat Section with Different Volume Playback

Is there a way to have a repeated section played-back with a different volume compared to the first time? Let’s say I have a section with articulation ‘f’ followed by ‘p second time or 'p seconda volta’: how can I trigger the p (piano) articulation on repeat? Giovanni Giovanni Andreani