Randolph Peters writes:
> Other improvements such as
> Human Playback stop just short of being really useful. Perhaps I have
> the wrong impression of how it works. Please correct me if you know
> otherwise:
>
> 1) You cannot use your own sounds and samples together with Human
> Playback except by replacing soundfonts in the new synth/sampler
> engine.
Wrong! The SoftSynth is just a sound device, [almost] just like any other
MIDI device. Human Playback is an extra "sound preparation layer" of
your document before the actual playback starts - HP is NOT connected
directly to the SoftSynth.
> I think my own gear and sounds are better than the Finale ones (based
> on the mp3s they have provided as demos). I know that "Save to Wav"
> wouldn't work with my own instruments, but why not "Human Playback"?
Don't understand what you mean here...
> 2) Automatic trills, glissandos, hairpin dynamics are a part of Human
> Playback but not the regular playback.
>
> I've been using TGTools to make harmonics, trills, tremolos, and so
> on, play properly as part of the MIDI file. It looks like I'll still
> need these!
Harmonic, trills and tremolos are part of HP as well! And much more...
> 3) Patch changes are ignored? No pizz. to arco and that kind of thing?
Well, word like "pizz" and "arco" are ignored by the HP "interpreter". You
have to do the patch changes the way you've done it before in Finale.
> 4) Only 16 channels for Human Playback?
A HP-prepared document will play on any device. HP is not involved with
channel issues.
> 5) How does Human Playback find a sound for a part labelled "Camilla"
> or something like that?
What HP has to find is the right interpretation mode for a staff (based
mainly on the name but also on pitch range) to do an accurate
interpretation. A staff named "Camilla" will probably default to some basic
volume-based instrument.
> 6) I'm assuming that Human Playback does not save a MIDI file or
> Finale playback file. What format besides Wav does it save?
>From my review:
"When a document is saved as a MIDI file, the Human Playback
information will be stored as well."
Best regards,
Jari Williamsson
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