You need to read the manual for the fantom and also need to learn how to work with bank change messages.
In finale you can define an instrument list (once you figure out how to get the bank change messages to work) and save it as a library to import into future documents (and even to save in your default file if you wish). Assuming that you have all the cables attached as you should (it sounds as if you do) you need to get out your fantom manual (or if there is an accompanying data list which lists all the patches in all the various banks on the fantom). When you define an instrument in Finale you have the option of sending bank changes messages at the same time as the patch change messages. Synths work in several different ways for changing banks: some use only the MSB, some use only LSB, and some use both. Your manual should tell you whether you need to send Bank Select 0, Bank Select 32, or both, along with the patch number to access the higher banks. You may need to experiment to get things just right, but eventually you will figure out what works for the fantom to access any patch in any bank. The same goes for Cakewalk, although Cakewalk will accept instrument definitions, many of which are available for download at the Cakewalk web-site or from various user pages around the web. Do a search for +Cakewalk +Fantom and see what turns up. With the predefined instrument list for the fantom loaded it is easy to access all the patches in Cakewalk as well as in Finale. Good luck! Jim Bennett wrote: > Hello Out There! > > I'm a beginner > > Can anyone tell me how I can get Finale to "work" with my Roland Fantom. > > I'm having trouble with the midi setup? When I play my song, the > settings I have chosen on the Roland get changed as the song begins. > > I need to figure out how to have Sonar (Cakewalk) work with all the > patches available in the Roalnd Fantom. Right now I'm only ablt to use > the GM settings from the Fantom. > > Thanks, Jim Bennett > > please send reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access > <http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://sbc.yahoo.com/> from SBC & Yahoo! -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
