At 01:13 AM 7/18/02 -0400, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >The problem with the pitch wheel is that it alters EVERY pitch being >played on that MIDI channel, making it useless for tuning chords.
Ah, yes, absolutely right. I would have remembered this only when doing it, and would have created a separate performance version with all notes on separate ports and channels. Since up to 256 instances of LiveSynth Pro with 16 channels each are used in Sonar, I haven't been using chords. And I have banjo, guitar, etc., tuning to equal temperament. Now you got me going... >The Proteus (good choice, that was one of the few I was thinking of) And sadly, mine has a stuck B-flat and no C, and is now retired. I still have a Proteus FX, but pulled out my Midi card a two years ago when I went entirely to softsynths. >allows you to create different tunings for each note of the chromatic >scale (yay!) but it becomes more of a problem, say, if you need BOTH >a G# and an Ab in the same passage. There is a kludge, but it is >pretty complicated, especially since it involves changing the MIDI >note number, which involves hidden layers and muting in Finale. This >is the "not an easy task" I was referring to. That's certainly true. Creating performances of my quarter-tone pieces has had big issues, because in such pieces the irregularity of traditional scale notation (and how Finale understands and renders accidentals) comes into play. Ack. Nasty. >I don't know what the SoftSynth method is, but I hope it is chromatic >like the Proteus, though you STILL have to change it every time you >modulate. I've just asked the question over in the Cakewalk/Sonar forum. Since I retired the Proteus, I haven't done anything but pitch-wheel adjustments using softsynths. I hope you're about to stampede me into a panic of getting my Proteus fixed! I'll report back on tuning table usage in softsynths. I know that Audio Compositor can do it with soundfonts, but it's a standalone, not a DXi or VST plugin. Back to components? Say it ain't so! Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
