[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
Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
3) A tempo change (crotchet = 60 becomes crotchet = 90) only lasts about 1/2 bar before reverting to the previous tempo. When this happens to me, I use Jari Williamsson's JW Tempo plugin to force it to manually override the unpredictable vagaries. Matthew ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
Il 22/12/2010 11.33, Michael Lawlor ha scritto: [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 As far as I know there is a corruption in MIDI data, I encountered that problem now and then in some files created with version 2006 (Windows). I had to re-create the interested measures to get rid of the problem. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
macfin2010 i can't figure out the commands necessary to do this. have 70 docs i need to print, can send to a printer but need to generate PDFs. possible with finalescript or do i have to do this one by one? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Bizarre playback
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
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
Hello Jef, Selecting the Adobe PDF printer to print a PDF no longer works in 10.6. If you are on 10.6 using Adobe Acrobat Distiller, FinaleScript will not help you. If you have QuicKeys write a sequence to bring up the print dbx, select Save As Postscript under the PDF pull-down menu, and send the PS file to a watched folder then Distiller creates your PDF. Next, set the sequence to batch. It's a weird workaround but I receive specific job optioned PDFs due to the fact that you can set different watched folders that will use specific job options. I don't have to worry about using an incorrect job option for a project. Another option is to select Save as Adobe PDF under the PDF pull-down menu (within the Print dbx) but it takes too long to run and is not predictable enough to script. Frankly, I would say that if you have an old 10.4 machine around, use that as a PDF creator. Hope that helps, Steve 12/22/10 7:30 AM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: macfin2010 i can't figure out the commands necessary to do this. have 70 docs i need to print, can send to a printer but need to generate PDFs. possible with finalescript or do i have to do this one by one? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale su.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
{Spam} Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
Michael, About your playback problem, if you have Human Playback activated, you might try a different playback type (or none). I found out last July that at least one of the Human Playback modes (Jazz) has a feature which degrades playback. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
{Spam} Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
Friends, Where I wrote I found out last July that at least one of the Human Playback modes (Jazz) has a feature which degrades playback. please read Jazz as Romantic; it is the Romantic HP style which degrades playback; Jazz does not. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
It's a longstanding bug that most expressions chase from measure one, but keyswitches don't (say, arco to pizz, mutes, and for all I know maybe softer versions of some instruments.) Balance is a tricky issue, because one can't expect a p trumpet to be balanced with a p flute in its bottom octave, for example. Most issues related to balance, unless the same dynamic gives a different volume to the SAME instrument, can probably be traced to simply Finale doesn't really know what correct balance is. You have the Studio view to sort out all that. I don't know what to say about the tempo problem, except is it possible that you have an expression partway through the bar that has playback associated with tempo? Even if you didn't set it yourself? Sometimes I have taken an expression that I liked the look of, changed the text, but didn't check the playback, and then it had unexpected results. Christopher On Wed Dec 22, at WednesdayDec 22 8:52 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
jeez, sounds far more complicated and time-consuming than printing 70 individual files to PDF... Selecting the Adobe PDF printer to print a PDF no longer works in 10.6. If you are on 10.6 using Adobe Acrobat Distiller, FinaleScript will not help you. If you have QuicKeys write a sequence to bring up the print dbx, select Save As Postscript under the PDF pull-down menu, and send the PS file to a watched folder then Distiller creates your PDF. Next, set the sequence to batch. It's a weird workaround but I receive specific job optioned PDFs due to the fact that you can set different watched folders that will use specific job options. I don't have to worry about using an incorrect job option for a project. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Bizarre playback
On Wed, December 22, 2010 9:58 am, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: please read Jazz as Romantic; it is the Romantic HP style which degrades playback; Jazz does not. That's my experience as well. The Romantic setting does some nice things with dynamic and tempo shape, but also produces some degraded results. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
At 10:00 AM -0600 12/22/10, Fiskum, Steve wrote: Yes, it is more complicated than printing to PDF...but printing to PDF is not an option in 10.6. Then it must be a Finale compatibility problem. I've had no trouble with Mac OS 10.6.4 printing to PDF in any program, including Sibelius. (They did have to come out with some compatibility upgrades after 10.6 debuted, but they took care of it almost immediately.) John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music College of Liberal Arts Human Sciences Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html We never play anything the same way once. Shelly Manne's definition of jazz musicians. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
nope, as steve mentioned earlier, using Adobe to print does NOT work. you are talking about the built-in OS method of PDF generation, which cannot be automated via finalescript in 10.6. on or around 08:54 -0600 12/22/10, Fiskum, Steve seems to have said: Selecting the Adobe PDF printer to print a PDF no longer works in 10.6. ... Yes, it is more complicated than printing to PDF...but printing to PDF is not an option in 10.6. Then it must be a Finale compatibility problem. I've had no trouble with Mac OS 10.6.4 printing to PDF in any program, including Sibelius. (They did have to come out with some compatibility upgrades after 10.6 debuted, but they took care of it almost immediately.) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
If you read my first post you may have noticed that I said. Frankly, I would say that if you have an old 10.4 machine around, use that as a PDF creator. I've beem saying that this problem is specifically a 10.6 problem. Of course, 10.4 works. Maybe this will help you understand the issue. http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobats-adobe-pdf-printer-replaced-in-snow-leopa rd.php Good luck, Steve 12/22/10 1:08 PM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: At 10:00 AM -0600 12/22/10, Fiskum, Steve wrote: Yes, it is more complicated than printing to PDF...but printing to PDF is not an option in 10.6. Then it must be a Finale compatibility problem. I've had no trouble with Mac OS 10.6.4 printing to PDF in any program, including Sibelius. (They did have to come out with some compatibility upgrades after 10.6 debuted, but they took care of it almost immediately.) John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] finale script batch print to PDF
Here is the reason I go straight to Postscript to a watched folder. I don't want my PDFs mucked up with Apple's PDF engine and then Distilled. From: Leonard Rosenthol PDF Standards Architect Adobe Systems August 30th, 2009, 10:23 pm What we do is let Apple do the original creation of the PDF using their Quartz technology and then we ³transcode² their PDF into one of ³Adobe quality² based on your job options settings. So while it starts out as Apple, it ends up as Adobe (using our PDFLibrary, etc.) http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobats-adobe-pdf-printer-replaced-in-snow-leopa rd.php#comment-477459 Hope this helps, Steve 12/22/10 2:12 PM, Fiskum, Steve fisk...@jspaluch.com wrote: If you read my first post you may have noticed that I said. Frankly, I would say that if you have an old 10.4 machine around, use that as a PDF creator. I've beem saying that this problem is specifically a 10.6 problem. Of course, 10.4 works. Maybe this will help you understand the issue. http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobats-adobe-pdf-printer-replaced-in-snow-leopa rd.php Good luck, Steve 12/22/10 1:08 PM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: At 10:00 AM -0600 12/22/10, Fiskum, Steve wrote: Yes, it is more complicated than printing to PDF...but printing to PDF is not an option in 10.6. Then it must be a Finale compatibility problem. I've had no trouble with Mac OS 10.6.4 printing to PDF in any program, including Sibelius. (They did have to come out with some compatibility upgrades after 10.6 debuted, but they took care of it almost immediately.) John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ilman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] {Spam} Merge layers plugin?
Is there a plugin that can combine/simplify two layers into one? Matthew ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
