Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
Yes, it is possible, but it is not clear what you mean by your words “time signature 3/2 2/2”: 1) Polymeter of (faster) 3/2 in some staves, and simultaneously (slower) 2/2 in other staves (coinc...
I assume that the tenuto articulation has not been manually adjusted, so that the culprit is the articulation’s default positioning. As a test, enter the tenuto on a note. Then, delete that ten...
… Is it a general rule in Finale that any "Text" that you add should be added from the SCORE and not from the individual part? Is that the same way with smart shapes, expressions, and articulations...
Laine Lee, Unfortunately I am unable to reproduce your problem. I created a new expression category with the same settings as yours. And the expression defaults to begin Playback at Alignment Poi...
… Each time I add the expression, now I also have to open the dialog to tell it to play from Alignment Point. How can I set this globally for the expression or expression group? … Please answer m...
… These staff expressions have definitely lost their ability to begin the MIDI control assignment at the mid-measure note they are attached to … You told us that you were using Finale in the 90s...
… Can I design the shape in such a way that the bracket length (width, right end only?) can be adjusted horizontally without stretching the text, or will this require that the bracket be added as a...
You can create the expression as a shape expression (I would de-select Allow Horizontal Stretching which is selected by default). Finale has a (small, old) drawing environment called the Shape Desi...
When playing Finale through MIDI, use Controller 11 (Expression). To mute, set Controller 11 to zero. To unmute, set Controller 11 back to 127.
Laine Lee, You are using Mac Finale - right? You can get the playback effect via with two custom expressions. One expression will mute, the other will un-mute. In the Expression Designer, in th...