What version (what year, and Mac or Windows) of Finale are you using, Phil?



Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra
Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC
Composer, Arranger
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On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Phil Buglass <bloke...@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm sorry, I don't know how to do that...
>
> I am finding this process very frustrating. Most
> of my stuff is producing printed music to be
> played, but this one is to be 'performed'. Trying
> to get it to sound right is driving me in
> circles. Some of the stuff - articulations,
> slurs, for example - are interpreted by the human
> playback. To get it to alter tempo, the manual says that HP has to be off.
>
> I could probably do this easier using midi in
> Music Creator, but this was why I shelled out
> hard-earned money to buy the Garritan GPO, to get
> the realistic sound. Some of the examples on the
> Garritan website are incredible - I couldn't tell
> they weren't played by real musicians. How do
> they do it??? I realise that they have probably
> been working with the program for years, while I
> have had it about 3 months, but even then... I
> could do it in midi then import it, but importing
> midi is not the program's strongest aspect. One
> piece I ended up entering from scratch because I
> couldn't get it to play properly.
>
> I have places in this piece where the program
> doesn't play the notes that are written. Just
> totally ignores them! If it played them wrong, at
> least I would have an idea where to look. I have
> a bit of melody which hops around different
> parts, and in at least one place, it plays the
> first note and then ignores the rest.
>
> Hey guys, sorry for the rant. I guess I am just
> fighting a very steep learning curve!
>
> Phil.
>
> At 06:00 PM 4/6/2013, you wrote:
>
> >You could clear the performance data
> >
> >Mark McCarron
>
>
>
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