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Ready to begin production on an arrangement that has a pickup measure today, I learned that Finale doesn't export midi properly if there's a pickup measure present in the score. The drum part, in p...
I just filled out Finale's pricing survey. MakeMusic is missing the point with its pricing questionnaire. MakeMusic needs to change to a subscription model for Finale. Given all the issues, bugs an...
It would be great if Finale could offer the option to select by pitch or midi note# after making a region, bar, partial bar, or stack selection, making it possible to change all selected pitches in...
I'd like to see Finale support simplified chord extension notation.Instead of G7b5b9, just Db/G7Instead of G13b9, E/G7 etcInstead of Cmaj7#11, D/C∆7 ..wherein the first member of the polychord co...
I installed Catalina. Immediately, Kontakt won't play when instantiated in Finale. In Standalone it works fine. All versions of everything are current. Anybody else have/solve this? MacOS 10.15.2 ...
This is a solution, not a question - After building a tempo map for a video score and creating a simple mockup in Logic Pro X, I brought the Midi into Finale and wrote a score. It played back fine...
I'd like to see an option to "lock" expressions in position. In the course of editing, too often I need to restore an expression after editing that needs to be there - especially when alternating b...
I'm writing for a custom instrument in an instance of Kontakt. I've assigned cc#7 to the master volume fader for the instrument. I noticed the fader dancing around, and I'm struggling to control ...
The "Too Many Beats" dialog is useful as an error alert - but cumbersome to deal with, which may happen frequently under some circumstances It would speed up workflow considerably if it was dismiss...
I was alarmed to find none of my v.26 FinaleScripts (especially my Edit Filter scripts) not working after upgrading to Mojave last night.Turns out Finale has to be added back into the Accessibility...