Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-07 Thread Chuck Israels
> On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:58 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > > I think you are saying that fp and mute changes are broken in 2014 > without regard to whether or not you use the Change Instrument feature. Yes - should have been more clear. > > There are those problems and various other HP problem

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-06 Thread Craig Parmerlee
I think you are saying that fp and mute changes are broken in 2014 without regard to whether or not you use the Change Instrument feature. There are those problems and various other HP problems (note off coming too late, e.g.) that one really hopes will be fixed in the so-called "2014.5" releas

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-06 Thread Chuck Israels
Craig, I agree with Darcy. The feature works well. What I haven’t been able to get to work in 2014 are the brass mute changes, and fp gets strange playback results. I have learned to live with these playback limitations and hope they get fixed in the next version. ( Maybe there’s a way to me

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-06 Thread Craig Parmerlee
OK. I'll give it a try next time out. Being the master of jazz textures, you might appreciate my latest arrangement -- (Every Time We Say Goodbye) -- where we wanted to take advantage of the bari sax player also being an alto flute double. So that chart is 2 C flutes, alto flute and 2 clarin

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-05 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Craig, You should certainly be using the Change Instrument feature. For starters, it greatly simplifies part creation, and allows for mid-system instrument changes. There is this one playback issue I described (which I don't recall being a problem prior to Finale 2014) but certainly the bene

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-05 Thread Craig Parmerlee
Sorry I can't help because I don't use Mac. But this raises a question for me. I wasn't aware of this Change Instrument feature. Whenever I have had a player with doubles, I have set up a staff for each instrument, put them all together in manage parts, then use Hide Empty Staves so that ther

Re: [Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
I should clarify that I mean "use the Change Instrument feature to create an instrument change mid-piece," rather than selecting the entire staff and changing the instrument for the entire duration. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 5, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Darcy J

[Finale] "Change Instrument" in FinMac2014?

2015-04-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Can anyone else confirm that if you use the "Change Instrument" feature in Finale 2014 to switch to an instrument double, the new instrument does not respond to any dynamics or hairpins? (N.B. I have Human Playback on and am using Garritan instruments.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http:/