Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread timothy price
Three thumbs up ! tim On Apr 26, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > It would be really great if Finale shipped with default percussion output that > automatically matched the VSTs provided, or, even better, if they would switch > to the system other programs use: drag this sound fr

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread trekkspillmannen
That really should be the default, you’re absolutely right. The current options are flexible and generally good, the user-friendlyness is not (just like the MIDI tool…) It would be better with a hard-wired connection between maps and layouts; that would make things flow easier out-of-the-box.

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, April 26, 2017 7:10 am, David H. Bailey wrote: > This is just another reason that percussion remains a huge black hole > for most Finale users I have *never* cracked this. The old maps worked as long as you didn't need anything outside General MIDI percussion, but they worked out of the bo

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread trekkspillmannen
I use only 3rd party percussion sounds, and when the current percussion paradigm was introduced I was forced to dive into it. At first, it seemed unaccessible, hostile and complicated. But when I finally understood the mechanisms, it worked out nicely. The User Interface, however, is rather p

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/26/2017 6:32 AM, trekkspillman...@icloud.com wrote: > I have to correct you: Percussion LAYOUTS are saved as libraries. > Percussion MAPS is something different, and once used within Finale > they work globally. > I stand corrected. Skjalg is correct - percussion maps are XML files which o

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread trekkspillmannen
I have to correct you: Percussion LAYOUTS are saved as libraries. Percussion MAPS is something different, and once used within Finale they work globally. Skjalg > 26. apr. 2017 kl. 12.28 skrev David H. Bailey : > > On 4/25/2017 6:53 PM, Skjalg Bjørstad wrote: >> If you open a Finale document

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-26 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/25/2017 6:53 PM, Skjalg Bjørstad wrote: > If you open a Finale document that contains the percussion map you > need, that percussion map will be saved within Finale and accessible > for new and old documents. The percussion map will not be saved automatically -- it is a library which *can* b

Re: [Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-04-25 Thread Skjalg Bjørstad
If you open a Finale document that contains the percussion map you need, that percussion map will be saved within Finale and accessible for new and old documents. Skjalg - for anledningen på nett med iPhone. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

[Finale] Custom Drum Maps

2017-03-10 Thread Steve Gruver
I am familiar with Finale's default drum set map when entering notes, however I'd like to know if there is a way to change Finale's default drum set map to follow PASIC's drum set mapping without having to manually tweak everything? Is there a way to import a mapping that someone has already compl