Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
Hello George, Just an idea (it just might work): Make the change in two steps. First, change to a completely different instrument (e. g. a Tuba). Next, change the Tuba to a Piano. If that does ...
… if I need to insert a page somewhere it will throw off all the following pages … What are your steps when you insert a page? My first guess would be Page Layout Tool. Page Layout menu > Insert ...
Welcome to the forum! … I do it with the expression tool … … why does it only stay at that tempo for ONE bar, then immediately revert to the previous tempos? … If I understand you correctly, yo...
… this is a piano .mp3 … In that case (= only piano) converting the audio file to MIDI is a much easier task for a computer program than converting audio with multiple (different) instruments, li...
Welcome to the forum! There is another way to do it. You do not mention that other way; I assume that you have not tried it: Use the Playback Controls, and toggle Human Playback on. Then, use c...
Welcome to the forum! Unfortunately the mp3 format is an audio format, not a music notation format. In an mp3 file there are no MIDI codes. Concerting from audio to MIDI is like {converting fro...
Welcome to the forum! My first guess would be that the culprit could be an expression with playback effect Swing. As a test, make a duplicate copy of the Finale document. Open the duplicate copy,...
Welcome to the forum! 1) I do not recall a Finale Chord Tool feature like what you describe, sorry. 2) As a workaround you can try Document menu > Display in Concert Pitch Now the Trumpet staff...
One way to do it: Document Options - Time Signatures For the Bottom Symbol, set the Vertical Adjustment to a very low value, like -10i (= -720pt). This will push the Bottom Symbol down, possibl...
If I understand you correctly, your words ”set my own-preferred bar lines” mean “set my own-preferred measure widths” - right? My first guess: Document Options > Multimeasure Rests De-select the ...