I am making some "practice tapes" for a choral group I sing with.
The intent is to create 4 versions of a song --- Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass -- where the featured voice is made prominent relative to other voices & accompaniment which I do by: a) giving it more volume, b) a different MIDI instrument and possibly c) by putting it on the right channel of a stereo wav file. I find it easiest to create a basic file in Finale, port to MIDI and by editing the MIDI file to create the three effects above. I happen to like the new Finale sound fonts, so I import the S,A,T,B doctored (MIDI) files back into Finale which I then use to write .WAV files. Seems complex, however changing the dynamics of individual voices seems more easily done in other software. It works nicely -- most of the time. When I re-import the modified MIDI files back to Finale the tempi which in the Finale file were created as text expressions come back in as "T.T. absolute" tempo markings at least according to Forza! The real problem is that the playback is constant as set by the initial tempo and not changing as originally intended by the text expressions in the parent Finale file. One question I am seeking an answer to is how to map the so-called "T.T. absolute" tempo marking back to text expressions or whatever other workaround allows Finale to play the piece back correctly. It's quite possible I am simply not knowledgeable enough on how to make MIDI work for me. Jim Mays _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
