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Im using Finale 2014.5 and all of a sudden the tempo markings and the dynamics are not working.....and it zooms through the score, and then will stick on a note, and it's impossible to stop it, except to exit the program.  This is driving me crazy!  what id I do, and why would it begin to do this all of a sudden.  My OS is El Capitan, on my Mac book Air.

will be so grateful if anyone can help me! 

ru

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Sounds as if you may have a stuck key.

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I just purchased Finale 2014 Print Music and dynamics do not function correctly. ONLY 1 dynamic is recognized in any given measure of the score. For example, measure 5 of instrument 1 changes from piano to forte. Suddenly ALL measure/instruments are now forte, even though they are specifically marked pianissimo.

 

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I am not a PrintMusic expert, but your results do not sound like what should happen. 

  1. Is it the sound of all instruments that is all forte?
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  2. Do forte dynamic marks appear in every part?

 

If your answer is #1: Are you playing all instruments back through the same MIDI channel? You need to check your MIDI channel selections (does PrintMusic have a Score Manager?)

 

If your answer is #2, you would likely be using the wrong Score List for the expression, which would apply the dynamic to all instruments listed in the Score List. Since I doubt PrintMusic gives you access to define or redefine expressions, I suspect your problem is #1.

 

By the way, what computer and operating system are you using? That might make a difference to someone more knowledgeable in PrintMusic than I.

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ah, the problem is setting the Playback through VST rather than MIDI

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Windows 7

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Were you able to solve your problem?

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by checking "Playback through VST" (rather than MIDI), the dynamics played back as they were notated. This seemed to be the answer. However, I have been composing since and the problem returned starting at the 16th measure. I did not do anything differently regarding dynamics notated and the Playback is still through VST. So I don't understand why this problem would change.

Also, sometimes I open up the file and for reasons I do not understand, the software only plays back as a Piano - rather than saxophones. Nothing was changed to the score the last time it was saved other than the composition/notation. '

All instruments for my score are assigned to their proper Midi Channel i.e. Soprano Sax is 4, Alto Sax is 1. These MIDI assignments have never been a problem regarding dynamics in my experience with previous Make Music software: Allegro 2005. Unlike Allegro 2005, Print Music 2014 does not give the option to assign a Dynamic to a "Measure" or a "Note". In Allegro 2005; a Dynamic assigned to a Measure is linked to ALL instruments of that score.and a Dynamic assigned to a Note is linked ONLY to that single instrument...

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You should probably contact MM directly using the "Submit a request" link at the top of the page, since that will allow you to send them the file in question.

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It is me again, Adrian,

This time, I just can't set a new tempo marking for more than one measure.

I found out that following the exact process described in the tutorial 6 about setting a tempo marking in a new file, the thing goes just fine. But when a try the same process with a converted file from an ancient version of Finale (2001), I have this issue : the new setting is only good for one measure, and then returns to the previous tempo. In this manner, I must do all the piece measure by measure, or copy all the music into a new file.

Would you happen to have a brighter solution.

JT

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JT,

 

You are using the “full Finale” (not one of its smaller siblings) - right?

And you are using the Mac version - right?

 

From your description it sounds like there are Tempo Changes in the document’s MIDI data.

As a first step I would clear the Tempo Changes:

Selection Tool. Select All.

Edit menu > Clear Selected Items…

In the dialog box Clear Selected Items, de-select everything except Tempo Changes.

Click OK.

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Although I would likely first try Peter's method, another approach to try would be to export your file as an XML and then import it into a new file. That can sometimes clear out the unseen dross that lurks behind the written notation.

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Thank you, Peter and Adrian,

I guess I was doing this the other way around (quite the opposite) : selecting everything except Tempo Changes. Well...

JT

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