On 29 Jul 2005, at 6:24 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
However, one annoyance is that if you have a Fin2k4 or 2k5 file with
expressions that *are* defined for keyswitching during playback, you
must set the playback options to "None" for Finale 2k6 (or, at least,
the ones Human Playback recognizes). This can get a bit squirrelly
because there's (AFAIK) no list of exactly what is actually IN the HP
dictionary in 2k6. So you will discover that it recognizes "mute,"
but not "st. mute" or "straight mute" -- those last two still need to
be defined for playback. But once you figure that out, it's
relatively easy to convert a file set up for GPO Studio and 2k5 to
the GPO AU/VST plugins and 2k6.
Of course, would it not have been too much trouble for Makemusic to
include all of these HP changing expressions into the Maestro and Jazz
default files? At least then we would know what's going to happen -
if you have to define your own, then you know it probably won't change
the playback (unless you manually make it so).
This lack of transparency is something that contributes to newbies'
frustrations with Finale, IMHO.
I think you misunderstood. In Fin2k5, if you wanted GPO to work, you
had to use expressions designed to trigger a MIDI keyswitch. In
Fin2k6, with Human Playback on, these MIDI keyswitches are triggered
automatically (and appropriately for each instrument) without having to
define anything.
It's actually quite easy. Just create an expression that says "pizz.,"
and assign it to a staff (or set of staves), and it plays back
correctly without any tweaking or fuss.
The only problem here is that if you have an old Fin2k5 with
expressions defined for keyswitching, you must *undefine* them in
order for HP to interpret them correctly.
The default files for Fin2k6 also include keyswitching expressions
pre-defined for playback that will work even when Human Playback is
OFF. But if you try to use them with Human Playback ON, they won't
work.
- Darcy
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