Twice-sounding notes in note entry

[david15]

Hi, Finale refugee here. I’m inputting notes from a MIDI keyboard with “pitch before duration” turned on. I’m hearing the note(s) twice, once when I play the MIDI keyboard, and once when I press the duration key. Is there any way to turn this off? Many thanks.

[judddanby]

Does deselecting this Preference > Note Input and Editing produce the behavior you’d like?

[wing]

As far as I understand it, this feature was introduced at a certain point when prior to that it actually did not provide aural feedback when commiting the note (after duration input). There’s a little bit about it here:

Note Auditioning with Pitch-before-Duration and one or two other bits and bobs

So, I’ve been loving using pitch before duration for the past short while, but I’ve been noticing that something was feeling off about it that I was having trouble putting my finger on. I eventually realized it’s that notes don’t sound as they’re entered in (ie when you enter their rhythm), only when you enter their pitch. I suppose it feels odd not having the aural feedback; I didn’t realize how much I rely on it when engraving. Now I have to keep my eye on the computer screen much more, which …

I have seen more and more people lately requesting the ability to have this as a preference, since some like it, and some don’t, so hopefully it will be available soon in a future update.

[david15]

Yes it does! Thank you.

[david15]

I think I could have gotten used to it either way, but both was driving me crazy.