I have used Finale Software in one form or another since the very early 1990s.
It has been a long and wonderful relationship for well over 30 years.
For much of that time, it was expensive (Phone Charges and Lost Time) to request support, but somehow problems were usually resolved in hours or days.
In the last few years, Finale has provided some pretty wonderful people to help those of us who have always been seriously tech-challenged.
Things changed drastically in the last few years. I have grown older (almost 88 now), and have one eye on the clock. I now have to beg for help almost every time I write a few bars of music ... it has been totally bewildering, and must be incredibly annoying to the "few and committed" who are still trying to help people like me (while Yamahah and Make Music management keep their eyes and fingers on the *** ($$$).
I find myself once again mired in technical problems ... this time its Writing Octaves . All of a sudden they play back sequentially, instead of simultaneously ... CC is now C>C. What the hell is one to do ????
Go to Dorico ... maybe in 5 years when they are partly caught up tp where Finale was a couple of years ago. And I may be the only one out here, but I think Finale (NOTATION software) Playback (when not cursed by every new daily glitch) is far, far superior to anything Cubase (AUDIO software) has ever produced, And I used Cubase for a long time with Finale, until I realized I was getting a better sound with Finale.
It is embarrassing and humiliating to have to keep begging for help. and "rely on the goodness of strangers".
But ... Help Again, Please.
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Octaves Play Back Sequentially Instead Of Simultaneously
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It's really hard to help without much more information -- ideally including a Finale file that shows the problem. (This forum is very limited in file size of attachments, unfortunately.)
Are these octave notes in the same Layer/voice? Are you sure they are at the same rhythmic position in the bar? What are you playing back to (e.g. ARIA Player, or something else)? Is it only octaves that behave in this way, not other intervals?
I can of course appreciate that you might prefer to persevere with Finale: but if it's really causing you this much grief and struggle, then perhaps Dorico is worth a look. I'm always amazed by what people manage to achieve using anything; and I've certainly heard amazing mock-ups from Cubase and Logic. I've not heard many great demos direct from Finale, and the number of people who have the knowledge and skill to do so is probably few.
But I find Dorico's functions and controls for audio much more capable than those in Finale -- CC automation lanes, Expression maps, MIDI piano roll editor, etc, etc.
Are these octave notes in the same Layer/voice? Are you sure they are at the same rhythmic position in the bar? What are you playing back to (e.g. ARIA Player, or something else)? Is it only octaves that behave in this way, not other intervals?
There are things that Finale can do that Dorico can't; but the reverse is also true: Dorico does plenty that Finale cannot; and for the majority of "Common Western Notation", Dorico is entirely capable. The notion that it's still a 'fledgling' app, not ready to leave the nest, might have been true five years ago; but not now. And Dorico 6 is likely not far off.
I can of course appreciate that you might prefer to persevere with Finale: but if it's really causing you this much grief and struggle, then perhaps Dorico is worth a look. I'm always amazed by what people manage to achieve using anything; and I've certainly heard amazing mock-ups from Cubase and Logic. I've not heard many great demos direct from Finale, and the number of people who have the knowledge and skill to do so is probably few.
But I find Dorico's functions and controls for audio much more capable than those in Finale -- CC automation lanes, Expression maps, MIDI piano roll editor, etc, etc.
As a friend of mine once said about music publishing: "If we were in it for the money, we'd be doing something else." That certainly seems to be the case for notation software, as evidenced by MakeMusic's departure.