Thanks Jonathan! I'll give that a try. You don't know if this has gotten any easier in Finale 2012 by any chance?
Craig On 29 Jan 2012, at 1:00 PM, <finale-requ...@shsu.edu> <finale-requ...@shsu.edu> wrote: > From: Jonathan Smith <lismoremu...@wanadoo.fr> > Date: 29 January 2012 7:19:04 AM EST > To: <finale@shsu.edu> > Subject: [Finale] pitched to non-pitched percussion on same staff > Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu > > > Hi Craig, > > What I do is set up and assign an expression to trigger the channel change > (sometimes I just hide it or make it a blank space). Then set up another one > to trigger it back again later on the staff. > > So for instance if your tuned percussion stave was originally set to midi > channel 7, assign an expression to change that stave to channel 10 (normally > the perc channel) just before the entry. Then when you want it revert back to > tuned percussion again, set up another expression to change the midi back to > channel 7. You will also need to assign another expression to dictate which > actual 'sound' you want on the channel again, like Timpani, Glock, Xylo etc, > and you do that by assigning it to a Patch change not a channel change. > > I usually put in a brief string of text into the description box to keep > track of what the expr. is assigned to, as if you hide it or make it blank it > saves digging into all the playback dialogues. Then I place the hidden > Channel change very early on the staff before the entry and the patch change > just before the entry, but that is usually part and parcel of the expression > name like "Xylophone" of which I have a whole load pre-set for playback patch > changes in my expressions library. > > Hope this helps, > > Jonathan > >> >> Is there a way in FinMac2K11 to switch playback from pitched to non-pitched >> percussion on the same staff? I can get the notation to work but can't >> figure out how to get playback to go from vibraphone to tom-toms for example. >> >> Thanks, >> Craig > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
