Finale's user interface does not allow de-grouping tuplets. However, a plugin possibly could set up isolated tuplet notes. The problem is that the U.I. does not accept fractional values for the "in the time of" field. For example, to set up an isolated triplet 8th, you would have to assign a tuplet of 1 8th in the time of 2/3 8th, but the U.I. won't accept the fraction. However, the internal data struct simply takes an EDU value for the "in the time of" field, so a plugin ought to be able to do it. (The EDU value would not be exact, of course, since EDU values are only evenly divisible by powers of two, but you could get to within a single EDU.)
Even without a plugin, you can test how well such a plugin might work using ETF files. New an empty file in Finale, add two 8th notes, and assign each a tuplet of 1 8th in the time of 1 quarter. Then save the file as ETF and open it in Notepad (or other text editor). For a triplet 8th, the tuplet would be 512 EDUs in the time of 171. Find the first line like ^TP(#,#) 1 512 1 1024 0 and change it to ^TP(#,#) 1 512 1 171 0 For a quintuplet 8th, the tuplet would b 512 EDUs in the time of 205. Find the second line like ^TP(#,#) 1 512 1 1024 0 and change it to ^TP(#,#) 1 512 1 205 0 Then save and reopen the file in Finale and see how well it works. I would have done this myself, but I'm away from my Finale computer for a few days. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
