[Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
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 -

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Raymond Horton
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 VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
I have finale 2012c on a pc running windows 7 ultimate 64-bit. To give an idea of why I am so aggravated, all those tempo changes which I put in yesterday? Most of them have gone away overnight. My first guess there would be user error - but I kept saving every few minutes while I was

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Raymond Horton
OK, Phil, looking over your older posts, I am guessing you are using Finale-Windows 2012. I have that, but because of a couple of issues I reverted to 2011. I am going to be trying 2012 again in a few days, though. I think this stuff has not changed, so try this: 1) Save your file 2) With the

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread TXSTNR POP account
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,

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
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.

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
As I said in another post, most of the tempo changes - both wanted and unwanted - failed to survive the night. I think the cat must be getting on here after I am asleep... Today's problem is getting the program to consistently play the notes that are there. I have a couple of sections

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Raymond Horton
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

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Raymond Horton
Are the notes that are not playing repeated notes of the same pitch? I often have to shorten notes so the repeated ones will play. I will routinely use the midi tool to highlight the entire score, then under midi tool menu select edit note durations, then percent alter to a number like 96 or 94

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
Yeah, I have heard the ones on the garritan website. They are amazing. Anyway, I cleared out the data from the second half of the file, like you said in your previous message. Putting in a rall in the last couple of measures actually worked! Doing it in the problem measure, however, didn't

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
No, they are not repeating notes. Besides, it is a 2-measure phrase which repeats several times among different voices, and all the others play ok. Just the alto line, which is turned up pretty high, and marked forte right at that entry. I have tried this new stripped-down copy both with

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread David Froom
On 7 Apr 2013, at 1:00 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu 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,

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Raymond Horton
Try the modulation I described. And check the GPO patch to make sure it is loaded OK. Also, don't forget you can adjust balance in the Studio view. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
I tried that, but it did even less than before. I just tried editing the shape of the rall expression, but even changing the numbers to ridiculous values, I can't detect any change to the tempo. I put both the time and scale numbers to around 25, which according to the manual, should

[Finale] Post question

2013-04-07 Thread Dean Rosenthal
Hello: I would like to know about moving specific notes of a chord, given on a single MIDI track, to another staff. It is chord splitting. However, a split point won't work here, what I need to do is divide up the notes in a way that doesn't reflect split top to bottom etc., but by individual

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread Phil Buglass
Hi, This is a great idea. The problem is that these tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of the measure. The manual says you can attach expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with these. I tried dragging them around, but the attachment snaps to the next measure, not the

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-07 Thread TXSTNR POP account
In my somewhat less than humble opinion, you're driving yourself nuts trying to do this in Finale, when a MIDI sequencing program, such as DP or Logic, is much more suitable. On Apr 7, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Phil Buglass wrote: Hi, This is a great idea. The problem is that these tempo marks