On 7/9/04, Paul Hayden wrote:
Has anyone tried this? Any problems?
1. In FinMac04c, open a large ensemble file (orchestra, band, etc. with lots of staves and notes per page) created in FinMac02 or earlier.
2. Try EPS export of one or more pages.
I skipped FinMac03 and waited for EPS export on Fin04. For some reason, EPS export in Fin04c is very slow on my PowerMac (G4, 500 MHz, 832 MB RAM, OS 10.3.4).
I finally got a reply (see below) from MakeMusic about this problem. I tried their suggestions, but none of them helped my EPS export speed problem. I guess I'll just have to save my pennies and buy a 10 GHz quad-processor G8.
:-\
Paul Hayden
At 3:46 PM -0500 7/9/04, MacSupport wrote:
Finale 2004 in general will be slower number 1 because it is under OSX (a more processor-intensive operating system to begin with), as well as the fact that it is not yet fully optimized for OSX having just been ported over from OS9 code (dating back over 14 years ago!)
Finale's performance depends essentially on your system hardware. (processor speed, RAM, video card, etc...) There are also some minor adjustments you can make that will help its performance.
First, make sure that you are quit out of classic (which can take up a huge amount of resources from OSX, as well as conflicting with how OSX CoreMIDI works).
Go to the System Preferences, and click on the Classic icon. Click STOP if you have the choice to do so.
Some things you can do in Finale:
- Have Finale load only the Plug-ins that you use. This can be done by dragging the unwanted plugins out of the "Plugins" folder found in the Finale folder on your desktop or a separate folder.
- Turn off "Automatic Music Spacing" and "Automatic Update Layout" in the Edit menu. (Remember to update the layout of your document regularly by using the "Update Layout" option in the Edit menu, and to space your music using MassEdit.)
- Play back without the SmartMusic Softsynth soundfont. Go to the MIDI menu>>Internal speaker playback and choose Off, or the Quicktime Playback instead.
-If you are using lyrics in your document, make "Smart Hyphens" and "Smart Word Extensions" be a manual update instead of automatic. You will find these options in the Options menu>>Program options>>View. You can manually update these by going to the Lyrics menu>>Update Word Extensions, Lyrics menu>>Update Hyphens.
- Set Human Playback to "None" in the Playback Controls.
-If you are experiencing delays when nudging or dragging items, try decreasing your monitor color depth from millions to thousands of colors. Reducing your overall monitor resolution will also help in this regard.
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