An especially annoying behavior that I have encountered when using the
SmartScore lite scanning routines in Finale is that when a score you are
attempting to scan in has an accidental at the end of a measure, tied to the
same note in the next measure, the software never gets it right. For example,
let's say an Ab not in the key signature is tied over into the next measure.
When you look at the scanned in score, it looks correct, but plays wrong, ie,
the Ab changes to an A natural when it should just hold the Ab over into the
next measure. My only workaround is to systematically delete each tie, select
the appropriate b or # tool and click on the note in the next measure, then
restore the tie. This would seem to be an easy bug to fix, but it has been
present in all the editions of Finale i have bought from 2008 to the present.
I have considered upgrading to the not-lite version, but the cost is high, and
the benefits dubious. It looks like the upgrade is mainly to recognize lyrics
and a lot more markings that I don't want to include anyway, and I have no
assurance the bug in the lite version would be fixed. I have asked if anyone
in the group has ever gone for the scanning upgrade, but no one has ever
responded, so I have no way to know if it is worth my while. For example, if
the bug is in fact fixed, could I turn OFF recognition of lyrics and all the
other markings I don't want?
Clif Ashcraft
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