Finale user since 1994. Developer of custom Finale templates for use with Tapspace Virtual DrumLine and percussion notation.
The Cymbal Line instruments are really built for multiple players written across a staff. To make all techniques available for multiple players in the same manner as a marching bass line requires a...
Score Manager > Notation Style > Percussion and alter the Percussion Layout. It may be helpful to make a copy of the percussion layout so as to not lose the original.
It would look like this when completed.
Are you referring to the VDL sounds that come with Finale or the full VDL library from Tapspace? Are you using the VDL/Finale templates from The Write Score? If you are using those templates, revie...
View > Show > Percussion MIDI Values should do the trick. This will Hide/Show those values.
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My guess is that this from an older Finale version? If that's the case, then it may be a font conflict. Finale uses a Maestro Font Default.musx file when importing/opening XML/MIDI files. Finale 27...
Sorry for the mistake, my reply was intended for CI.
Which sound library/playback device are you using? Setting up percussion requires selecting both a percussion midi map and a percussion layout. Admittedly I may have skimmed by it in the documentat...
If you're seeing sound names displayed it indicates that there are multiple sounds assigned to the same staff position within the percussion layout. If the sound names don't match what you're expec...