As I didn't get an answer here, I submitted the problem to the Finale support and after some mails, they confirmed the issue, which means: "Custom text" techniques in human playback cause problems with key switches following afterwards. After the first appearance of a custom text technique no more key switches are sent when human playback detects another standard technique (like staccato, legato, etc.).
Sounds somehow sophisticated, but the problem appears with all vst libraries that have samples for playing techniques that are not listed in human playback and that require key switching (e.g. the "sfz"-samples for the strings in the Vienna Special Edition). Workaround: remove the custom text technique from human playback and write a midi dump in the sfz expression as described here: http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/Finale2012Win/Content/Finale/GPO_Finale_Edition4.htm That means that two sfz expressions have to be defined: one for the Vienna string instruments and one for all other instruments. Jan Angermueller Am 13.11.2013 15:52, schrieb Jan Angermüller: > Most instrument techniques (staccato, slurs, sustained, pizz, arco) work > fine in my Finale 2012/Windows together with Garritan and Vienna Special > Edition sounds. > > But when using special techniques like Sforzato (defined as "Custom > text: Sfz" > in human playback), they are played correctly, > but for notes after that symbol no new instrument technique are detected, > i.e. all following notes are played with the sfz sample, even without > the symbol sfz > and no matter if they have staccato dots or legato slurs. > Seems like "Custom text" in human playback sets a certain instrument > technique that is superior to all other techniques coming afterwards. > > Is there a way to switch back to automatic detection of instrument > techniques > after a custom text technique ? > > Thanks a lot, > Jan Angermueller > > _______________________________________________ > 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
