Re: [Finale] Multi-part staves in large scores (Fin 25)

2019-03-04 Thread C. Husted
I am especially intrigued by part of Mr. Patterson's post of today: "The only downside I can see is if the file is big enough to be anywhere close the 32767 frame limit. If 20-30 staves becomes 40-50, a dense piece of several hundred measures could potentially hit it. A frame is an internal

Re: [Finale] Multi-part staves in large scores (Fin 25)

2019-03-04 Thread Robert Patterson
Christopher, Your problems might be related to the frame count. I couldn't say for sure. You could run Data Check and see what happens. I don't recall how to display file stats in Fin06, but I believe there is a way. If the stats show a frame count anywhere close 32767, you are in the danger

Re: [Finale] Multi-part staves in large scores (Fin 25)

2019-03-04 Thread Robert Patterson
As you have noted, every solution to this issue is a workaround. But maintaining a score that contains both a combined staff for the score and separated staves for the parts seems like an attractive option. Whether you create the separated staves first and combine them or create the combine staff

Re: [Finale] Multi-part staves in large scores (Fin 25)

2019-03-04 Thread Christopher Smith
Hi Doug, Your method of single instruments to create the score, then combining them afterward, is what I do generally. To solve the doubled expression/articulation problem (which of course is WAY worse in V26 with stacked articulations!) I set the filter to copy only expressions and

[Finale] Multi-part staves in large scores (Fin 25)

2019-03-03 Thread Doug Walter
I know the topic of trying to use voiced parts (all but useless to me as it stands) has been covered and I’ve tried all the workarounds at various times and know the issues, so I’m not asking about that. The TGTools plug-in “Smart Explosion of multi-part staves…” often yields better results,