At 08:22 PM 10/16/06 +0200, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >I succeeded very well to get the quartertone stuff entered into Finale >(and I now understand why some people prefer Speedy without MIDI >keyboard). Although playback is not really important to me, I do wonder >whether it is theoretically possible, without having to add expressions >to every note or such things. Has anyone managed this? Would this be >possible in any way with GPO, or the softsynth?
I don't know about GPO, but with any other synth (in my experience), you have to add a pitch bend expression to each note. It's a pain because (unless things have changed recently) a quarter-tone key signature setup in Finale output only half-steps. So C, C-1/4sharp, C-sharp, C-3/4sharp would produce Midi output of C, C-sharp, D, D-sharp. This would seem to work with a keyboard set up for quarter-tones, but unfortunately because the Midi output values overlap. That is, you can't -- again, unless something was recently changed -- get a key signature in Finale where there are four levels of C before getting to D. It doesn't "think" in 24 notes per octave. Knowing that, though, you can create invisible expressions to bend each note the appropriate distance (if you can stand the trouble!). Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
