Thank you so much for your speedy response. When I go to the college on Monday (it's some distance away), I'll check out every one of your suggestions. Thus far, It's been such a waste of time & very frustrating. Hopefully, one of your suggestions will solve this. Patricia Spedden
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kenneth Kuhlmann
Sent: Sat 1/29/2005 9:21 PM
To: finale@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: [Finale] No Sound
Patricia,
My immediate reaction to your problem description is that the MIDI setup of
the
Proformance module at college differs from the setup on the tone generator
which you use at home in some way related to either MIDI channel numbers or
program numbers. Simply put, the equipment at home responds to the note on
/ off messages etc on the MIDI channels generated by Finale playback whereas
the Proformance module at college ignores messages on the same channel(s).
I assume that the Finale setup remains the same in each situation. You do
not give enough detail about equipmet connections and setups to enable a
good diagnosis and I am not familiar with any of the equipment you might be
using other than Finale, but I would look at the following matters to ensure
that both tone generators are setup compatibly:
1) Does the Proformance respond to the program numbers generated by
Finale playback? I understand it is limited to 16 piano sounds; what
program
numbers does it respond to? I.e. is the instrument assignment (=program
number
assignment) in your Finale file compatible with the Proformance's
capabilites?
Therefore make sure that the MIDI program numbers generated by Finale are
suitable.
2) Make sure that Finale Playback is generating messages on MIDI channels
accessible by the Proformance module. Because it is a piano module, I
assume that it is necessary for Finale to generate messages on a single
channel only. If Finale is generating on several channels then the
situation can be very problematical. Your home equipment might be set up to
respond on all channels generated in your Finale setup, whereas the
Proformance may not respond to the same channels.
3) So, is the Proformance responding to the to the same MIDI channels as
your home sound module? Check the MIDI mode in which each generator is
operating, considering in particular Mode 1 ("Omni Mode" = Omni On/Poly) vs
Mode 3 ("Poly Mode" = Omni Off/Poly). In a studio situation with other
synthesizers available, it is quite likely that a module like the
Proformance would be setup to operate in Poly Mode; whereas a single
synthesizer at home might default to Omni Mode for convenience.
4) If the Proformance is in Poly Mode and set to channel X, make sure
that Finale playback generates on channel X also. If your home generator is
also in Poly Mode you will need to change its channel number to X to match,
but you need not change it if it is in Omni Mode.
5) If the Proformance is in Omni Mode and the program numbers are
compatible then I can only suggest that the Proformance is not receiving any
note messages and you should look at what might be happening at other points
on the signal path between your laptop and the Proformance module.
Kenneth Kuhlmann
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia Spedden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <finale@shsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: [Finale] No Sound
> I teach at a college where we have purchased a number of Fastlane MIDI
interfaces. They are used mainly with Macs.
>
>
>
> However, I have WinXP laptop that I'm trying to use at the college for a
lengthy, urgent project with the following equipment:
>
> * Fastlane interface
> * Fatar Studio 90 master controller with no internal sounds
> * Proformance/1 16-bit piano module
> * Amplified speakers
> * Finale 2005
>
> This all works fine at home with a Roland MPU64 USB interface which I've
updated with an XP driver.
>
>
>
> I'd prefer to be able to use the MOTU with Finale at the college (so I
don't have to disconnect everything daily), but can get no sound through the
Proformance module using the MOTU. The MOTU in/out lights come on
appropriately, but there's no sound. We have tried every possible
configuration with no luck.
>
>
>
> Could anyone tell us how to make this work as soon as possible?
>
>
>
> (Dr.) Patricia Spedden
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