Cecil Rigby wrote:
A friend's asking me for help with a project. He uses FinWin05 and says that
version has an "FPA Wizard." What exactly is that?
As I understand it (and I haven't used it), FPA is a means of creating a
file or files, which are used to help a musician master new material.
As the musician plays or sings, the notes played or sung are contrasted
to the notes in the FPA file, and deviations (in pitch, duration,
rhythm) are flagged for correction. .
If it helps to know, he wants aid in making some rehearsal mp3s for his
choir that have various combinations of the vocal parts featured, and he
wants to "input the files to the web page." He has limited skills using
Finale and doesn't want to pay an accompanist anymore to make tapes for the
various parts.(I know whether an accompanist makes tapes that have to be
converted or if I help make the files from Finale there's more than a little
work involved, of course.....)
I just don't know if the FPA Wizard is something that would make the process
easier and/or has features I'm unaware of......
Not if my understanding is correct. If it were me, I'd advise him to
take a copy of the score (as he wants it), make an ~.mp3 of the entire
piece, an ~.mp3 of each part, and an ~.mp3 of all the other parts except
each part. He doesn't need the FPA in this process. Since 2k5, Finale
will create the ~.mp3's automatically, and putting the files to a
webpage is simply a matter of using an FTP client to manage the
website. I would also note that it is possible that there may be one
or more members of his choir who do not have ~.mp3 playback equipment,
and he may need to be prepared to offer MID or cda files as an alternative.
ns
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