I won't begin to tackle the first topic of why Finale's data handling is more complex than a word processor.

Stereo issues such as you raise are easily handled by expressions.

Create non-printing expressions with playback options set to Controller, and controller set to 10: Pan and then set to whatever number you want. You don't need separate expressions for each part, just for each placement you want. So you can place your violin 1 full left, violin 2 full right, viola sort of left and cello sort of right. You can experiment with the actual numerical values to find the exact placement you want. 0 is full left, if I recall correctly and depending on how your speakers are set, 127 is full the other way, with 63 being dead center.



Roving Rowes wrote:
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And now for an entirely different question:  is there a way to get the
various voices in a score to play back only on the left side or right side?
I.e., if I'm working on a string quartet and want the first violin and viola
to play back on the left while the cello and the second violin play back on
the right to achieve a stereo effect.  Maybe better yet, have the first
violin play back totally on the left, the viola 2/3 on the left and 1/3 on
the right, the cello 1/3 on the left and 2/3 on the right, and the second
violin totally on the right which would produce a sound very similar to what
one would receive while standing in the midst of or directly in front of a
quartet in which the players are, left to right, first violin, viola, cello,
and second violin.  I haven't been able to find a way to do that.  (And I'm
using speakers plugged into the sound card, not a MIDI instrument.)  Thanks.

Norm

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