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How to get there
Choose Window > Playback Controls.
What it does
Playback Controls is a floating window that give you a console for controlling the playback of your score.
Playback Controls supports Finale’s HyperScribe recording and playback functions as well. To start recording, you can click Record in Playback Controls after selecting “R” for a staff in the Mixer, Staff Controls or Score Manager.
- Rewind to Beginning . Click this button to enter the number 1 into the Measure text box, which indicates where playback begins. If the music is already playing back when you click this button, Finale stops playback for a moment, jumps to the beginning of the score, and resumes playback from there.
- Rewind . Click this button and hold the button down to make the number in the Measure text box decrease rapidly. If the music is already playing back and you want to hear something again, click this button for a moment, then release; playback will resume from the measure number (that you just changed) in the Measure box.
- Stop • Play . Click Stop to halt playback and reset the Measure text box to its original value (or, rather, to the value indicated by the Play From controls; see below). Click Play
Pressing SPACEBAR starts and stops playback even when the Playback Controls are closed.
- Record . Click Record to start recording when HyperScribe is the selected tool. Be sure that you have specified a staff for recording into in the Instrument List window. Based on your settings in the Click and Countoff dialog box, Finale either starts recording immediately or after playing the indicated number of countoff measures. Unless you’re tapping to provide the beat (Tap is checked in the HyperScribe > Beat Source submenu), Finale waits for the start signal you selected in the Playback and/or Click dialog box before playing the countoff measures and recording your performance.
- Fast Forward . This button makes the number in the Measure text box advance rapidly. If the music is already playing back and you want to skip ahead, click this button for a moment, then release; playback will resume from the measure number (that you just changed) in the Measure text box.
- Fast Forward to End . When you click this button, the Measure text box shows the number of the last measure in the score.
If the music is already playing when you click this button, Finale stops playback for a moment, plays the last measure of the score, and stops.
- Measure __ • Time. This text box has two functions. Before you begin playback, it indicates the first measure and beat to be played. And while playback is underway, it changes to show you the current playback location and EDU.
- Playback Settings. Most of the time, the controls described above are adequate for controlling playback. If you want to use some of Finale’s more powerful options, click the
- Scrolling Playback. Choose Scrolling if you want Finale to show a scrolling playback bar that advances with the music. When the scrolling playback bar reaches the edge of the window, Finale advances to the next screen of music. Uncheck this option to play back your music without showing a scrolling playback bar on the music as it plays back.
- Human Playback Style: From this drop-down list, you can choose a playback style such as romantic, jazz, reggae, or classical. Finale uses the style chosen to emulate a human performance during playback. Adjustments to the MIDI performance data in tempo, note duration, key velocity, and other MIDI attributes are applied throughout Finale’s performance. When any Human Playback Style is chosen, all other MIDI data deliberately applied to the document, including data added with the MIDI and Expression tool, is ignored in favor of the Human Playback settings. The Human Playback performance includes existing expressions, Smart Shapes, and other markings in its interpretation based on the style chosen. These settings also apply to saved MIDI files (*.MID), audio files (AIFF), and SmartMusic Accompaniment files (*.SMPX). You can turn off human Playback by choosing None from this list. Choose Custom to open the Human Playback Custom Style dialog box where you can configure custom Human Playback Settings.
You can enable or disable human playback by region by adding expressions defined for Human Playback On and Human Playback Off in the playback tab of the Expression Designer dialog box.
Also note that Human Playback interprets articulations for the note they are attached to. For Human Playback to interpret articulations and other compatible note-attached items properly, ensure they are attached to the appropriate note (and not attached, for example, to the previous note and dragged to the right as is the case with items such as breath marks and caesuras). See Articulations and Expressions for details. Human Playback also interprets certain words added as expressions. See Human Playback Dictionary.
- HP Preferences. Click this button to open the Human Playback Preferences dialog box where you can control how Human Playback deals with existing MIDI data and make additional settings. See Human Playback Preferences dialog box.
- Play From: Measure ___ • Leftmost Measure. Using these options, specify where you want Finale to begin playback; the default settings tell Finale to play from Measure __. Enter a number into the text box (or click the arrows to change the number). Alternatively, you can select Leftmost Measure displayed on the screen.
Using the Play From and Play Through options, you can even tell Finale to play measures that aren’t on the screen. Or, by entering a small range and repeatedly clicking the Play button, you can, in effect, “loop” through a certain segment.
- Play Through: Measure ___ • End of Piece. These controls let you specify where playback should stop. The default setting tells Finale to play to the end of the piece, but you can enter a number into the Measure text box—or click the arrows—to specify a certain stopping point.
- Observe Playback Region when saving to a MIDI or audio file. Check this option to limit the duration of MIDI and audio files to the region of measures specified in the options above. See also MIDI files and Audio Files.
- Tempo: Whole Note • Half Note • Quarter Note • [etc.]. The Playback Tempo is used for playback only. The tempo used for recording is set in the Playback and/or Click dialog box. The Playback tempo controls let you establish the playback tempo for your piece. Of course, if you’ve set up the tempo in other ways—by placing tempo markings into the score, for example—then this tempo setting will have no effect. See Playback and/or Click dialog box.
Not every tempo is measured in quarter notes per minute, of course, so you can select the basic unit of the tempo pulse (Half Note, Dotted Quarter Note, and so on) from the Tempo
- Swing. This control allows you to apply a swing feel to the entire piece. If you’ve created an Expression with a Swing effect, the expression will override this control. Click on the pop-up menu to select from several levels of swing or type the percentage of swing in the text box (0% = no swing, 100% = standard swing).
- Base Key Velocity. This number, on a scale from 0 (silent) to 127 (very loud), establishes the overall key velocity setting for the playback of your piece. (Key velocity is usually equated with volume, but not always. Finale calculates the effect of dynamic markings (expressions) based on this number. In other words, you can make the piece generally softer by decreasing this number (but individual dynamics within the piece will still override the playback control settings).
- Click and Countoff. Click this button to display the Click and Countoff dialog box, where you can set what will be played for a metronome click, whether a countoff will play and for how long, and when a metronome click will be heard. For information about setting the options for click and countoff in your music, see Click and Countoff dialog box.
- Playback Options. Click this button to display the Playback/Record Options dialog box where you can specify how Finale plays back your score. See Playback Options dialog box.
Noteman says: As a shortcut you can click a measure in your score to start recording, instead of using the Record button. Finale starts recording into the measure you clicked, according to the click and countoff settings, just as if you clicked the Record button. If Multitrack Record is selected in the HyperScribe > Record Mode submenu, you must set up the Score Manager to specify the recording information (which staves or layers to record into, and which channels to receive from).
Noteman says: Hidden tuplets created while generating beaming over barlines may corrupt the Human Playback performance in regions where the Beam Over Barlines Plug-in has been applied.
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Apple Podcasts User Guide
Podcasts are free audio shows that you can stream and play on your Mac. You can listen to individual episodes, or you can subscribe to a show so that new episodes are automatically downloaded as they become available.
Your podcast subscriptions, stations, and current play position sync to the Podcasts app on all your devices when you sign in with the same Apple ID. Refer to See your podcasts on all your devices.
Listen to an episode
In the Podcasts app on your Mac, click Listen Now (or any item) in the sidebar.
Hold the pointer over the show or episode you want to play, then click the Play button .
When the episode plays, you see the playback controls at the top of the Podcasts window.
Do any of the following with the playback controls:
Skip ahead or skip back within the episode: Drag the progress handle right (to skip ahead) or left (to skip back), or use the Touch Bar.
You can also use the Skip Back button to go back (in 15-second increments) and the Skip Forward button to skip ahead (in 30-second increments) in the episode.
Tip: You can customize the amount of time an episode goes back or skips ahead. See Change Playback preferences.
Pause the episode: Click the Pause button (or use the Touch Bar).
Click the Play button to resume playback (or use the Touch Bar).
Change the playback speed: Choose Controls > Playback Speed, then choose a speed.
Change the audio output: Click the AirPlay button to choose which speakers to use to listen to the podcast.
Manage the episode (for example, copy the link, share the episode, or go to the Show page): Hold the pointer over the episode playing, click the More button , then choose an option.
Note: If you added the episode to the library, you can do even more to manage the episode—for example, add it to the Playing Next list or save it. See Choose episode settings.
Read the episode description: Click the Episode Notes button .
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You can also press the Space bar to play, pause, and resume playing a show (or use the Touch Bar).
Ask Siri. Say something like:
“Forward 15 seconds.”
“Continue playing the last podcast.”
Learn more about Siri.
Use the Playing Next list
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While listening to podcasts, you can use the Playing Next list to view and change which episodes (or chapters within an episode) play next.
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In the Podcasts app on your Mac, click any option in the sidebar.
Hold the pointer over a show or episode, click the More button , then choose Play Next or Play Later.
The show or episode is added to the top of the Playing Next list (if you choose Play Next) or the bottom of the list (if you choose Play Later).
Click in the top-right corner of the Podcasts window, then do any of the following:
Play an episode (or chapter within an episode) in the list: Click the episode or chapter.
Note: Some podcasts include chapters within an episode, which allow you to jump quickly to a specific part of the episode.
Change the order of episodes you manually added to the list: Drag episodes with the Reorder button .
The Playing Next list appears onscreen until you click again to close it.
To control other aspects of playback, including whether to continue playing the next episode or what action is taken when you use headphone controls, see Change Playback preferences.