Hi Craig, Don't know, sorry, I'm still with Fin 2011.
Jonathan > 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
