I have gotten some great sounding demo recordings using Finale and GPO. Takes a little work, but you just have to figure out the best ways to use GPO.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Phil Buglass <bloke...@comcast.net> wrote: > That is what I am finding too... It is a bit > annoying, having just bought GPO4, especially to get better-sounding > output. > Most of the stuff I have done, the appearance is > most important. It is going to be used by real > people, and the audio output is just for my own > use as I work on it. This time, I am working on > some pieces which are going to be played through > an audio system in lieu of real people. The > appearance doesn't matter half as much, but it needs to sound right. > I have never tried exporting midi from finale to > another program, but I know that it doesn't > import midi too successfully. The few times I > have tried, I ended up scrapping it and entering > the music by hand. I don't mind that, but it > would be a real pain if I were working on a symphony! > > Thanks, > > Phil. > > At 12:18 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: > >I've been using Finale since 2000 and I've found > >that when I need truly realistic playback I need > >to go elsewhere for it. In my case I use MOTU's > >Digital Performer. I DO NOT try to import or > >export MIDI files, as I've found that to be too > >problematic. So I end up doing all of the work > >twice, but that's what I have to to in order to > >get my music to sound right on one hand (in DP), > >and to look right on the other (in Finale). > > > >On Apr 7, 2013, at 8:37 AM, Phil Buglass 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. > > > Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Finale mailing list > > > Finale@shsu.edu > > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > > > > >Lon Price > >lonpr...@txstnr.com > >http://www.txstnr.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Finale mailing list > >Finale@shsu.edu > >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. > Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
