I have a somewhat similar problem to the one presented by Andrew Stiller several weeks ago (which was seemingly solved by clearing Performance Data.)
However. I import an existing SATB midi file into Finale. I make my editorial/compositional/musical changes to it. I turn OFF Human Playback (we're talking Finale 2K4 here). I make sure under Playback Options that all "playback recorded ..." possibilities are UNCHECKED. I give a voice, say Bass, a Pan Right instruction via Expressions. Similarly, I Pan Left the SAT. I play the file under Finale. It's exactly what I want and check to see if the pan feature is performing as requested. It does. I save the file as MIDI and also as WAV. However, under the MIDI and WAV when played using a midi or wav player, I have lost the Pan functionality that worked so nicely when under direct Finale control. And I was very careful to Clear Performance Data first. I have gotten this to work correctly in the past. But now can't seem to replicate it. Any thoughts? Regards, Jim Mays Camden, Maine -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Stiller Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 4:38 PM To: finale list Subject: Re: [Finale] midi difficulties > when I save a > > separate midi file and play it back thru the QuickTime Player, there >> are all kinds of undesirable changes: the timbres are slightly >> different, trumpets overbalance trombones, notes chop off short (as >> if marked stacc.) or begin late (like a fluffed attack), and there >> are brief passages of total dropout at all dynamic levels. >> >> Shouldn't a midi file sound exactly like the score playback? Why is > > this happening, and what can I do about it? Thanks to all who responded to this. Turns out I needed to clear Entries/Performance Data, wh. did the trick. I never record performance data, myself, so I tend to forget there might be some in a file I get from someone else. -- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
