Simple Input Bug v27 (repitching adding new notes)

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Josh Winiberg Edited May 09, 2023 10:41

Hi,

I'm running the latest version of Finale 27 in Win 11. Whenever I change the pitch of a note, whether with mouse or with keyboard, for every pitch it goes up or down it adds a new note in the next bar. If I do it with the keyboard it only adds one note, but that's still annoying and overwrites whatever's following the note I'm moving. If I do it with the mouse it adds notes, overwriting the following bars continuously for as long as I'm moving the mouse up and down. I don't know if this is related to some changes in simple input or if it's a bug unique to me, but as things stand the program is practically unusable. I'll be reverting to 26 for the time being but would be grateful for any help to get 27 up and running again.

Thanks,
Josh

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PETER THOMSEN Posted May 09, 2023 12:50

Please specify the steps you’ve already taken (to solve the problem), so that we can rule out things.

Have you e. g. tried deleting your Preferences file?

ERNEST BIGGS Posted May 09, 2023 14:41

Its not a 27.3 bug since 27.3 works as expected on thousands upon thousands of computers all over the world with out issue. I would say you have a corrupted file or even a corrupted installation. You can try a reset of the preferences file but when that doesn't work try a full reinstall using a new download.

Josh Winiberg Posted May 09, 2023 14:58

Thanks for your replies. I tried looking in Preferences, Simple Edit options, and Document options for any setting that might look relevant but it doesn't seem like it's something you can change, which is why I posted here. I just tried deleting the preferences file anyway but that hasn't helped. I'll try a fresh install later and report back.

Josh Winiberg Posted May 09, 2023 15:42

Reinstalling didn't help, nor deleting preferences, but deleting the entire Finale 27 folder in %appdata% along with another reinstall seems to have done the trick.

ERNEST BIGGS Posted May 09, 2023 17:52

Great! What I meant but didn’t make very clear was a complete uninstall and new reinstall. Windows seems to leave trash behind. But alls well that ends well.

Josh Winiberg Edited May 10, 2023 10:53

Edit: Problem solved. The issue was the Finale was automatically assigning LoopMIDI as a MIDI input, while I was using it as an output to send MIDI data to Reaper. It caused a feedback error which was causing Finale to really behave strangely, adding in random notes all over the place.

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