Finale 27.4, Windows 10, Sonar, (Cubase), Dorico Pro & Dorico iPad
I am running out of ideas. Try checking that your Casio is broadcasting MIDI to Finale on All Channels, or at least that Finale is set up to receive on the same channel the Casio is using to send. ...
I'm pretty sure Aria was available to F 2011. In the MIDI/Audio menu there may be a way to tell the computer to Play Through VST. But I admit I am particularly hazy about how Finale used to work be...
What sound is assigned to the Flute part in the Score manager, in the VST (Aria Player)?
How does your Casio send MIDI to the computer? MIDI cables, USB, or both? Do you use the keyboard to enter data or control any other programs on your computer? Does the keyboard work with them?
Here are two places where reverb might be set.
First make sure the dynamic is attached to the staff you mean (the Horn) and not the staff below. I find that can hapen to me in a tight score if I am not careful.
I think your chimes player would prefer a multi-measure rest to deleted staves so that he or she will be able to count the beats and know when to come in with the chimes.
What a coincidence: I've been using Finale since was introduced as well. Admittedly the software could be better than it is. I'm sorry your luck with it has been less favorable than mine.
Oddly, none of the (ancient?) hymnals I am familiar with from England or the US put S&A or T&B on one stem, although I think I have run across the practice in other books I ran into tangentially. ...
All of which you could have discovered by trying out the demo. Not that Finale has done what it should to fix problems, but your comments suggest you have been with the software through several u...