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JEFF BRUMLEY Posted
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I started working on a file on Monday with no problems whatsoever - 6 parts, about 20 measures orchestrated.

Today, playing it back, one of the parts is playing a half step off. I have verified that there are no transpositions selected. 

I closed Finale, reopened, same issue. And actually, it's a different part that's now off. And it's doing it not only during playback but also Speedy Entry note playing. 

I restarted my Mac, problem still persists. Tried SmartMusic Soft Synth as well as Garrison.

Tried other files, no problem. It's only this one file.

Running Finale 27.4.1.146

Help!

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PETER THOMSEN Edited
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Welcome to the forum!

 

Since the problem persists, there is reason to suspect that the culprit is in the document’s MIDI Data.

Possibly caused by Human Playback.

- Are you using Human Playback?

- Are there any glissandi in the score?

 

Anyway, you could try this (on a backup copy!):

Selection Tool.

Select All.

Edit menu > Clear Selected Items…

First, click None, then select only Continuous Data.

Click OK.

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JEFF BRUMLEY Posted
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Good theory but nope. Something was deeply wrong in the staff itself.

- I tried copying all contents to a brand new file, and the problem went away.

- I tried copying the contents of that staff only to a new staff in the original file, and the problem persisted into the new staff.

- I emptied the contents of the original bad staff entirely, and even just playing notes on my keyboard (not entering yet) they were sounding a half step off. Yet no transposition was set for the staff.

- In the end, I just created a new staff, recreated the 9 bars from the one bad staff, and replaced the bad staff with this one and it's fine.

I've never seen anything like this and I've used Finale for 25 years.

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