Hi Drew, I just about have this completed. Thanks for the help. I do not understand how to set up the legend panel. I can create/edit the Information Box, but is there a way to add bullets under the Info box title?

Hey Moises Luis Exposito, when an item in the script is replaced with a new effect, all of the parameters of the new effect are added to the script (including the Rack Type). If the new effect does not have a Rack Type Default in the effects window, then the Rack Type in the script will be blank. If you add a Rack Type Default value in the effects window, then that value will be copied to the script when you do the replacement. It’s not possible to preserve a Rack Type in the script when an item is replaced with a new effect; the rack type of the new item will always replace the rack type of the old item.

Normally I use the rack type column to indicate to the company the type of rack. We do this process manually and we have our own system. I do not understand why if I change an effect (for example mine red for mine green) the information in this previously assigned column disappears.    

Hi Bryan, check out Site layout diagrams basic instructions.   Site layouts are only available in the Pro version of Finale 3D. You can have to sets of safety circles on a site layout — effect based safety circles and position based safety circles.   • The effect safety distances are entered in the Safety Distance Meters column of the effects window. The column is hidden by default so you’ll have to unhide it using the blue gear menu.   • The position safety distances are entered in the Safety Distance Meters column of the positions window.   • To view the site layout, go to the racks window and select All Positions from the drop-down list in the upper right. The Window settings option in the upper left corner of the racks window contains the options for how the circles are displayed.

Hello Drew, While we were at Cobra-Con you showed me how to do this, but I am trying to recall how we set than up and edited the effects fallout distances and the position fallout distances. I am looking in Effects, Positions, and rack settings and I cannot find where I can get the site layout. Can you walk me through this again? Sorry for my poor memory.   Thanks bryan

  Curtis B wrote: Another feature that would be cool to see would to have separate volume control over the soundtrack and the effects. I like to add a “pop” as the launch sound of my single shots so I know if they align with the soundtrack but would prefer not to have to make those pops “big” as that would take away from some of the song. Having the ability to control the volume of the soundtrack and effects separately would help alleviate this need as you could lower the soundtrack volume without creating a “special” soundtrack just to use in Finale.   Hi Curtis B, all versions of Finale 3D have this feature. Just go to File > Render settings and look for the setting titled Effect audio volume and Song audio volume.

Thanks for the answer, I am currently on a M1 air with 16gb of ram. at this stage I am doing pretty basic designs and definitely nothing larger than pyrojam.

Another feature that would be cool to see would to have separate volume control over the soundtrack and the effects. I like to add a “pop” as the launch sound of my single shots so I know if they align with the soundtrack but would prefer not to have to make those pops “big” as that would take away from some of the song. Having the ability to control the volume of the soundtrack and effects separately would help alleviate this need as you could lower the soundtrack volume without creating a “special” soundtrack just to use in Finale.

That’s odd… I liked having it to help scripting a little easier. Thanks for the clarification!

Hi Curtis B, sorry for the confusion. Snapping events/cues to the playhead is a Hobbyist/Pro feature. The user setting never existing in the Lite version. The feature was originally enabled in Lite but we got some feedback that the behavior wasn’t preferred so we decided to disable it.