Keep away from 2014 and 2014b at all costs! They are filled with impossible bugs.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:04 AM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 6/3/2016 9:08 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > > Hi, folks. Running 2010 on a Macbook pro. > > > > Orchestrating an opera from a series of piano reductions, which I import > > into a standard orchestra template, with a standard two-stave piano line > > between the singers and the strings (then I delete the piano line when > I'm > > done with each number). > > > > This particular number needed a harp, and since the piano score was a > means > > to an end, I just tried to convert the piano line into a harp in the > > instrument list (GM = Orchestral Harp, but under instrument, it wouldn't > > let me plug in a harp, it just came out as Instrument 33). It sounded > like > > a flute. > > > > Created a new harp line using New Staves (with setup Wizard). This time > it > > sounded like a harp. Then, in playback, so did the flute. Changed the > flute > > to sound like a flute, and the harp sounded like a flute as well. > > > > Finally, created a whole new orchestra and imported the file, which > worked > > after a bit of manipulation. But why is it so difficult to just add a new > > instrument? I had the same issues when I tried to add a solo violin line > to > > an orchestration. > > > > > It sounds as if somehow your flute staff and your new harp staff are set > to the same midi channel number. Change that for one of the staves and > then assign the correct instrument patch to each staff and you should be > able to get them to sound correctly. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
