On Apr 28, 2004, at 7:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
So now that I'm switching to OSX and Finale 2004, I wonder if theres a way
to get patch name documents like those that used to come with OMS?
I'm guessing that the answer is no, and obviously it's no big deal when
doing notation but I also do a lot of MIDI sequencing. So, if anyone has
any information, I'd be grateful.
My patchlists show up in FinMac 2004b, but they look like my patchlists from MOTU. I suspect that if you don't have MOTU's Digital Performer, your patchlists may not show up. I've customized one of my patchlists for use in DP, and it shows up in Finale. If it had been installed by Finale, it would not have been customized, just the factory defaults. My MOTU patchlists did not show up in FinMac 2004, BTW, so that's a good reason to upgrade to 2004b.
I just looked in my library folder, under Audio> MIDI devices. There are two folders: Generic and MOTU. It's the MOTU folder that contains my patchlists. There's also a MIDI Patch Names folder under Audio, but it's empty. I'm pretty sure that no patchlists were installed by Finale.
MOTU includes a utility called FreeMIDI Converter with the DP install. This utility converts your FreeMIDI configuration from OS 9 for use in OSX. I know of no utility that does the same for OMS MIDI configurations, probably because OMS has been pretty much dead in the water since Opcode went out of business. There's also a third party utility called Cherry Picker that you can use to customize your patchlists. MOTU also includes patchlists for virtually every MIDI instrument currently on the market with the install of DP. ********************************************
Lon Price, Los Angeles
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