1) assign each voice to a different channel;
2) use expressions with playback set to volume -- create one with a lower volume and one with a higher volume. Place the lower volume at the start of each staff you want quieter and the higher volume one on the staff you want to feature;
3) if you want the featured voice panned right and all else panned left, create two more expressions, playback assigned to Pan Right and Pan Left and place them appropriately;
4) create your audio file using the built-in soundfonts and you're all set.
No need to mess with a sequencer and re-import.
Jim Mays wrote:
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
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