Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
1) I wonder why you are extracting parts? Finale has had linked parts since Finale 2007. Why not use linked parts instead of extracted parts? 2) You can not avoid generating linked parts, since t...
Peter West, I wonder whether you have tried the Change Utility? Utilities menu > Change > Chords… You can use the Transpose option to transpose the chords chromatically up or down a diminishe...
… Is the problem that I am doing VST, and not MIDI? … Yes. To mute a VST instrument, assign it to an unused channel. To make it play again, change it back.
Here is the URL til Mike Rosen’s web page: http://www.specialmillwork.com/finaletips.htm Study the document Tuplets with Simple Entry 2.pdf
Two ideas: 1) Examine the expressions used in the document, and take a look at their playback. Perhaps some of the expressions are defined for (un-intended) playback. This could happen if you cre...
George Pjevach, Do you have the Seville font? It contains a lot of fretboard diagrams, perhaps even the “customized fretboards” you need. You can use the Seville font in PrintMusic, e. g. in th...
I cannot find a way to rotate text created in shape designer or rotate expressions/articulations created from shapes. Please elaborate, if this is possible … You can not “rotate expressions/artic...
Michael Kestler, Sorry about the many questions - we are “shooting in the dark”. More questions: I suppose that you are familiar with the three music size scalings - Page Scaling, System Scalin...
To rotate text in Finale, use a line with zero thickness, and put the text on the end of the invisible line. You can create the line in the Shape Designer - and use the new shape as a shape expre...
Have you tried other steps than Redraw Screen and Update Layout? have you e. g. tried - quitting Finale, and launching it again? - removing the Preferences file? - logging out of your user accoun...