Bill, if you're using Finale 2001 then you're probably using a MIDI synth rather than Garritan samples, am I right? Finale just sends MIDI data and it's the synth the generates the sounds. Finale has lots of irritating habits, but I think it's unfair to blame Finale here.
First off, are using a Percussion map in staff attributes? The map moves notes from their true pitch to the lines and spaces that drummers understand. If you're using a map you might need to check which sounds have been activated. You won't hear the snare sound if it hasn't been set. If this is confusing, I suggest you change the notation style in Staff Attributes from Percussion to Standard, and then you'll be able to hear every percussion sound on its relative line/space on the staff. Unlike the other channels, where each note has a different pitch, on channel 10 each semitone has a different instrument. As you drag your note up and down on the staff, you'll hear only the sounds which fall on notes in the C scale (i.e. the white keys on a piano) and you're skipping over the sounds assigned to the black keys. If you sharpen the note (using the + key in speedy) before dragging you'll find there are a lot more sounds you hadn't discovered before, and hopefully you'll find what you need. Having said that, the snare drum sounds are on notes in the C scale, so there might be something else going on here. The manual has a chart showing which percussion sounds are on which notes on channel 10. It's called the General MIDI Percussion Map Table, in the appendix section. The acoustic snare drum is on note number 38, or D2 (where middle C is 60 or C4). The electric snare is on note 40 (E2). Hope this helps. Peter From: "Bill Baker" <bill_ch...@earthlink.net> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 6:46 PM Subject: [Finale] Percussion playback > I'm a casual user of Finale and I haven't upgraded since 2001, but I'm > trying to figure out how to enter percussion parts so that they'll play > back correctly. What I've done so far is to enter a note on a staff and > test its playback. If what I get isn't the correct sound, I'll drag it > to a different position in speedy entry, listening to all the sounds it > plays while I'm dragging the note. However, none of the sounds are of a > snare drum. Is that sound really so rare that Finale didn't include it > in its percussion sounds? The instrument list says I'm using Standard > Kit on channel 10, program 1. I've tried to find the answer online and > in the documentation, but everything I've read tells me to build my own > percussion library with no specific instructions on how to do it. Can > anyone help me with this? > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4570 / Virus Database: 3955/7599 - Release Date: 05/31/14 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
