David, Thanks for your suggestion. I certainly have been using different channels. Your idea of tailoring expressions with different volume and panning makes a lot of sense. I guess I'll find out how placing them at the start of the staff modulates subsequent local dynamics that may already be in place.
I agree, it's WAY TOO HARD. That's why I asked on-line. Thanks, Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David H. Bailey Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] MIDI & "practice tapes" You're working WAY to hard -- to do what you want is EASY in Finale: 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > . > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
