On 17.12.2005 Martin Banner wrote:
However, and this is a big however for me...I use Finale for
preparing modern performing editions of primarily 18th and early 19th
Century sacred Latin church manuscripts for chorus and orchestra.
Since there are no "voice" sounds in the GPO sound list, I chose some
instruments from the GPO instrument list, and then went to the non
GPO list (sorry, not really familiar with the terms in 2006 yet) and
added a soprano voice line. I then got a dialogue box that said I
could either play the GPO sounds, or MIDI sounds, but not both at the
same time. Ouch!!!
I guess you are talking about the setup wizard, with the GPO option
selected. Forget it, it's a really good example for something that could
work, but was so incredibly badly designed that it is completely useless
for traditional music. At least that's my opinion.
Use the way you are used to setting up your score using the smart music
sound font method in the wizard (I have a personalized instrument.txt
file for this). When you are done with it, setup your GPO sounds
manually. Choose whatever instrument you would like to replace the
voice, from the GPO set. All this is hidden in the MIDI menu.
It is true that you cannot use both GPO and smart music sounds at the
same time, but this should definitely not limit you in the appearance of
your score.
Next, write to MakeMusic and complain. Ask them to fix the wizard, so
that GPO is only your output device, and not the limit of your choice of
instruments.
Johannes
(PS when I first saw this I couldn't believe my eyes. An engraving
program which will only let you use staves for instruments that exist in
it's very limited set of sounds. Unbelievable.)
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