This time Finale 27 won't playback but Printmaker 14 will

Discuss playback problems, including VST, Garritan, MIDI, etc.

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sholtzma
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Finale Version: songwriter 2014
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Post by sholtzma » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:40 pm

Up to today, my switch from Printmaker 14 to Finale 27 has solved several recurring problems. But today one surfaced in 27. My scores will not playback: no sound, no moving green line, nothing. When I open the same files in 14, they play normally.

Any ideas?


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miker
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Post by miker » Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:23 pm

Post a file, and let us have a look.
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sholtzma
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Post by sholtzma » Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:16 pm

I tried to post the main score I am working on, and it's only 272K, but the site says that the file size is too large.

And when I try to export the file to a .wav, it creates an empty file.....

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Post by miker » Thu Mar 20, 2025 12:37 am

Just post one or two pages.
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sholtzma
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Post by sholtzma » Thu Mar 20, 2025 2:04 am

Here are the first 2 pages.
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Waltz for Strings, first 2 pages.musx
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motet
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Post by motet » Thu Mar 20, 2025 2:31 am

It plays for me. You may have to play around with the audio setup.
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sholtzma
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Post by sholtzma » Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:57 am

I decided to try a full reset: uninstall Finale and then reinstall it. That seems to have worked. But I still don't know how some setting got changed that cut off playback.....

Thanks for the help.

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