Okay. I've been arranging songs with Finale NotePad 2012, and I've got quite a few racked up. I though I'd conquered all of my problems, but a new one arose. Even though I have repeat bar lines in the proper space, the song doesn't repeat when I play it back. After looking through Finale forums and messaging support groups, I found out that the repeat feature doesn't work in playback. If I submit an arrangement in mus. and midi. format, will it not playback the repeat, or am I fine? And if it doesn't playback, what can I do to solve this problem? I really don't want to have all of that hard work go to waste...
EDIT: I don't know if it makes a difference, but I have the unpaid version of NotePad.
I'm purty sure the .MUS & .MIDI will include it. Not positive, but I've arranged with NotePad too and the file should carry over. Seriously, that's just embarrassing if it doesn't.
MIDIs do not include double bar lines, repeats, etc. Therefore, repeats will not be played on a MIDI.
Quote from: BonusPwnage on November 07, 2012, 05:44:27 PMI don't know if it makes a difference, but I have the unpaid version of NotePad.
Notepad is free.
There is a trick to getting around this:
1)find a MUS file on the site that has a working repeat bar
2)highlight the measure and press Ctrl+C
3)open your sheet and highlight a measure to paste it on, then proceede to Ctrl+V
4)finish your arrangement and enjoy a working repeat bar.
Thank you so much, Olimar! I'll try it and see how it turns out. You really don't know how much this means to me. It's people like you who are kind enough to take the time to answer people's questions that make my days. Thanks to everyone else as well for all of the useful information!
P.S. Ignore what everyone else says, Olimar is one of the best characters in SSBB
http://www.ninsheetm.us/smf/index.php?topic=4751.msg163168#msg163168
Ive made a notepad template with many workarounds. You can copy and paste what you need and delete what you don't
Quote from: BonusPwnage on November 08, 2012, 05:37:55 PMP.S. Ignore what everyone else says, Olimar is one of the best characters in SSBB
They're all just jelly :J
It worked! Thanks a lot! Now, time to start firing out some arrangements!