IWBNI on a staff-by-staff basis one could specify that a given staff should not be played if it is hidden. As it is now, a hidden staff always plays. The instrument list window can be used to specify whether or not a given staff plays.

The desire for this feature arises from the following approach to composing within Finale: One can use "shadow" staves which are usually hidden. There is a shadow staff for each staff. To test some new material, the new material can be placed in a shadow staff without disturbing the original staff that it shadows. This works especially well for strings in which new parts might overlap with existing parts by using doublestops. One does not want such shadow staves to play when they are hidden. As it his now, one must hide a shadow staff and, as a second operation, disable playback on the instrument window for the shadow staff.

Created: February 16, 1999
Last Updated: November 25, 1999
Version: Finale 2000b