Rocky Road writes:
I have updated from Finale 2002 to 2004c on my desktop machine (G4/400). When I open a new document it sits for 4-6 minutes (!) while displaying this message:
"Finale Is Allocating Instruments for internal speaker playback"
Then everytime I press the play button it sits for 1:30 while displaying the same message
Can I speed this up? Its crazy.
Hey, Man!
That doesn't make sense. I'm on a G4 iMac/800 and when I open a Finale file when Finale 2004c is not running it takes 14 seconds for the score to appear - and no messages appear. I have MIDI set to play QuickTime instruments, internal speakers OFF. The "Allocating...." message is on for 2 seconds when I start playback, but only the first time. I have Human Playback set to NONE.
I have Autosave files, Automatic layout and music spacing, Automatic word extensions all turned off, but these would affect speed of entry, not speed of opening Finale and any files.
It could be that your hard drive is desperately fragmented (or sick), in which case, you should use a defragmentation program to fix it. It could be that you need to rebuild the desktop. These housekeeping chores can make quite a difference.
Good luck,
Hal
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