On 31 Jul 2005, at 3:37 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
Ahhh.....another *extremely* important and confusing thing that
doesn't appear to be in the manual: You can assign a different slot to
an instrument in GPO than the MIDI channel number. This, for me, was
the missing link, and it explains how you can have percussion play
back on MIDI channel 10 when that slot is not available in Finale GPO.
You can see this if you set up a new GPO score with flute, violin, and
percussion. Check the instrument list; as expected, flute is channel
1, perc is channel 10, and violin is channel 3. Now look at GPO setup.
The instruments are in slots 1-3, but if you select slot 2
(percussion), you'll see underneath that it's set to pick up on MIDI
channel 10.
Darcy, this for me is a *very* important insight, even if it's
something that was obvious to you.
I agree, and thanks for pointing it out! I understand that this GPO
thing is very confusing to newcomers -- much more confusing than it
needs to be.
MakeMusic should pay someone ([ahem] like, say, me) to write a simple,
easy-to-understand tutorial on this.
Now, this leads me to to another feature which I think would be very
useful. I don't have a very powerful machine, and I'm not going to be
using GPO in the near future. But I would like to set up my new scores
for GPO playback from the start. The problem is that actual instrument
loading takes place at the *wrong* point in the process. In the setup
wizard, it takes place when you finish the wizard. If you're
configuring GPO by hand, it takes place as you add each instrument.
I think instrument loading shouldn't take place until you click the
"Play through VST" option.
But that's checked by default (as it should be!) when you set up a
score using Finale GPO Edition instruments.
However, I have requested that there be a new Program Option "Only load
AU/VST instruments on playback". This would be *tremendously* helpful
when switching between multiple scores that are configured for AU/VST
playback.
If you think this is a good idea, please let MakeMusic know.
- Darcy
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