instrument range - notes in staff showing out of range, playback is 1 octave too high - how to adjust?

James Gregg Posted 31 de agosto de 2017 17:08

Hi - I looked in the knowledgebase but didn't see this specific issue...

Finale 2012c on a Windows 10 64-bit PC, using the standard SmartSound patch library for playback.

I imported a MIDI file (it was exported from a Mac, so the file extension was .MIDI. I had to manually change that to .MID for Finale to recognize it).

Once imported, I changed the baritone sax part from the default "Grand Piano" to "Baritone Sax."

Currently the part is in concert pitch, but I will transpose and export once I'm done editing.

The pitches are mostly in the staff, in the range of the upper notes before the octave key and then a bit above, yet Finale is showing them highlighted as being "out of range."

When I use playback to listen to the part, the Baritone Sax sound is playing, but sounding an octave higher than it should.

Does anyone know of a way to edit the Staff and or instrument in ScoreManager to both show the pitches are in an acceptable range, and playback at the correct octave? Or will that not happen until I transpose to an Eb instrument?

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MIKE ROSEN Posted 31 de agosto de 2017 20:45

You can turn off the out of range notes. I'm not sure where it is, but I think it's in the View menu, Out of Range notes.

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted 31 de agosto de 2017 22:27

In Finale 25 at least it is in the View Menu.

James Gregg Posted 1 de septiembre de 2017 02:54

Thanks gents! That fixed the out of range note issue.

I also figured out that the octave transposition thing was a result of importing in from MIDI with the instrument settings that came along with that file and saving it as MUS. Once I created a new Finale MUS file using the Score Wizard with the correct instrument transpositions, I was able to copy and paste the notation from the first draft into the new file and it fixed everything - the Bari part pasted in 2 octaves higher than expected, and all I had to do was transpose down 2 octaves to fix the issue.

Thanks!

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