Hi Ben,
If your bass part is already on it's own staff, then you just have to move it to a different layer. By default, Layer 1 Stems are up and Layer 2 Stems are down. So if you move your bass part to layer 2 (Mass Edit>Move Copy Layer) and then cut and paste that part into your drum part staff, the stems will go the way you want them to.
You can set your layers up any way you want though in Options>Document Settings and then click on Layers in the window on the left.
If your drum part is all on one staff you'll need to use either Mass Edit>Utilities>Explode Music or one of the utilities in TG Tools (if you have TGtools...it is a wonderful third party set of plug-ins) TG Tools>Parts...there are a bunch of great tools in here that will do amazing things (thanks Tobias!!! :-) including specifying ranges of notes to filter out during the explosion. This will allow you to split the different instruments out so you can work with them better.
Implode music is also sometimes handy if you need to merge two separate parts back onto one staff in the same layer. I sometimes split everything out on to it's own staff using explode parts to quickly change noteheads for say the high-hat and cymbal parts to "x"'s Then I use implode music to put the high hat, cymbals and snare back together in the same layer on the same staff. Finale will sort it out so that everything is clean as far as the stems go.
There is another great way to use Explode Music. Lets say you want to just keep the bottom note of a multi note part. You could set Explode Music up this way:
Split into 1 staff
Explode Direction: Bottom up (you can also use top Down to get rid of all but the top note)
Extra notes: Discard
Place Music Into: Existing Staves Starting with (the staff you are working on)
This will leave only the bottom note of your drum part. You may have a little cleaning up to do but I use this a lot too.
You'll have to experiment to see what will work best for you. There are many, many different ways to handle your project.
I must admit...this is one of my favorite things to do in Finale!!
Best,
Karen
Hi There.
I'm working on a job that i did in sonar and converted to a midi then imported into Finale. All transferred beautifully except for the drum part. I have it all setup but i want to be able to convert certain parts of the drum part (i.e. kick) to another layer (i.e. from layer 1 to layer 2) so i can assign the stems to go down.
I know i can do it through the stem direction tool, but that is going to take me ages
Any ideas????
Ben
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