One thing you could try if you haven't already: Click on the speaker icon button on the Playback Controls toolbar, then on the Playback/Record Options button near the bottom of the panel. Check that you have Selected "Chase from First Measure" in the Dynamics and markings box.
Hope it helps Peter -----Original Message----- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of > Michael Lawlor > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:34 AM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: [Finale] Bizarre playback > > [Finale 2009] > I am encountering a range of unexpected results from playback. I have tried > VST instruments (with and without human playback) and normal MIDI, but all > suffer from the same problems. > > 1) If I play from the beginning I hear all the parts, but if I start > playback elsewhere, some parts do not sound. > > 2) Although dynamics are specified, some parts play more quietly than others > (of the same kind: 6 oboes & 6 bassoons) and some get quieter. There has > been a dim. a few bars earlier, but it should have been completed and a forte > should be in effect. > > 3) A tempo change (crotchet = 60 becomes crotchet = 90) only lasts about 1/2 > bar before reverting to the previous tempo. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Michael Lawlor > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale