- Choose MIDI/Audio > Click and Countoff
to display the Click and Countoff dialog box.
- Choose an option from the Countoff pop-up menu
to set when Finale will provide a countoff of measures before starting
to record or play back. Choose Never if you never want a countoff;
choose Always if you always want a countoff when you’re playing back and
recording; choose While Playing or While Recording if you want a countoff
only while playing back or only while recording, respectively. Finale
will always sound a click when playing countoff measures.
- In the Measures text box, enter the number
of measures that you want Finale to count off before recording or playing
back music. Enter zero if you don’t want any countoff, 1 if you
want one measure counted off, 2 to hear two measures, and so on. If you’re
only playing back, Finale uses the time signature of the first measure
that you’re playing back to determine the time signature of the countoff
measure. If you’re recording, Finale uses the beat duration set in HyperScribe’s
Quantization dialog box.
- Choose an option from the Click pop-up menu
to determine when the metronome click will play. Choose Never
if you never want a click; choose Always if you always want a click when
you’re playing back and recording; choose While Playing or While Recording
if you want a click only while playing back or only while recording, respectively.
Regardless of this setting, Finale will always play a metronome click
during countoff measures.
- Choose MIDI Note or MIDI
Data from the Source pop-up
menu, depending on whether you
want a MIDI note or MIDI event as the clicks. You can specify different
MIDI signals for the down beats and other beats. To have Finale automatically
fill in the MIDI settings for you, click Listen, then play the MIDI note
or activate the MIDI event; Finale will fill in all the settings for
you, except for Duration. If you prefer, type the MIDI information into
the text boxes. For details, see Click
and Countoff dialog box
- Click OK to return to the document. When
you record, Finale will use the settings you just made.
