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loff56
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| Posted 4/22/2014 5:50 PM (GMT -6) |   | Woo-Hoo! Thanks Erin!
Now... where's that list of all the other bugs I want fixed.... Ah-ha [unfurls ancient scroll that falls to the floor and rolls down the hall]...  | | Back to Top | |
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Clesall
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| Posted 5/6/2014 4:03 PM (GMT -6) | | It's as well I don't use Finale. MuseScore does everything I need, but I did upgrade my underused Finale 2012 to 2014a today hoping that the ugliness of 2012 was gone, which it is.
However I immediately hit the 'Audio Engine fails to load' issue on my brand new Mac Pro with Mavericks, Thunderbolt display.
Reading through the various messages, I thought that if it was the mono input port (in-built microphone) causing the problem, then the simple solution would be to plug in a Line6 Toneport and switch the input to that stereo source. But it doesn't fix it. I see in the Plogue log that the Tomeport is recognised and loaded. But then Plogue finds the mono input and croaks.
The fact the MakeMusic are saying in this thread that they have known what the problem is since January, although it was being reported last October and it is now May, they have a fix and have not made a patch available seems shocking to me. Why are they selling and taking money for a product that doesn't work? This is a criminal act in any jurisdiction.
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Erin Vork
Notation and Garritan Product Specialist
Date Joined Nov 2011
Total Posts : 185
| Posted 5/6/2014 4:19 PM (GMT -6) | | Hi Clesall,
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. We are working on getting Finale 2014b out as quickly as possible, but testing takes time, and I'm afraid that the update is not quite ready yet. We do have a few options for you, however.
First of all, you can certainly contact Customer Support about a refund. We do offer a 30-day money back offer if you purchased it directly from us. However, if you'd like to use Finale 2014, we do have a workaround for you. The issue with the Thunderbolt display first appeared in the "a" update to Finale. If you uninstall Finale 2014a and then install the un-updated version, you shouldn't have these problems. You can find the links to that version of Finale here:
makemusic.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5521
When we've finished testing the "b" update, you'll be notified in Finale that it's available.
Erin Vork
Notation and Garritan Product Specialist
Product Management
MakeMusic, Inc.
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Clesall
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|  Posted 5/7/2014 2:39 AM (GMT -6) | | Thank you for the link to 2014. That does resolve the problem with the audio engine. I apologise for being so stroppy, but that is how I felt considering I had spent a lot of money and time doing a lot of searching for an answer and hadn't found one. Your own forum search engine doesn't work, it simply times out.
I still do not understand why you could not have issued an interim patch for the audio engine problem. It has obviously frustrated a lot of your customers.
Now I can find out whether I prefer Finale to Sibelius. I was very happy with Sibelius until it went to version 7. The introduction of he 'ribbon', as they called it, was a terrible mistake. It is ugly from its colour, poorly designed with regard to layout, and makes it frustrating trying to find the tools you might have been familiar with. I gave up with it. They hadn't even left the previous tool commands in place.
And some of its long-standing bugs still weren't resolved, such as its handling of hyphenation.
I mention this in case you get similar ideas!  | | Back to Top | |
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Clesall
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| Posted 5/7/2014 3:41 AM (GMT -6) | | | Yes, Google is the only way to search the forum. | | Back to Top | |
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Mike Rosen
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| Posted 5/7/2014 7:06 PM (GMT -6) | | Erin Vork said...
This particular forum does have a lot of issues (in addition to the search function). We are working on putting up a new one with better functionality. But in the meantime, David's workaround for searching is the best option here.
Then please, please, please, put up a sticky that says so, and link that SEARCH button to the sticky!
Mike Rosen
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Erin Vork
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Date Joined Nov 2011
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