Hi, John...
 
I'm out of my element on a Mac, so I'll try a few generalities:
 
*On a PC, it is necessary to start GPO Studio BEFORE launching Finale. I 
imagine that's also true for Mac, so do start GPO Studio first.
 
*Have you gone through the setup routine for GPO Studio?
 
*Does the standalone GPO work OK?
 
Knowing answers to these questions may help me to narrow down the issue...I 
know that there are some Mac users here...where are you, ladies & gents??
Jim

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of John Bell 
        Sent: Wed 09-Mar-05 21:46 
        To: [email protected] 
        Cc: 
        Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO
        
        

        Hi Jim
        
        Thanks for taking time out from grading papers to offer help. I tried
        re-installing GPO but it said everything was already there. Anyway,
        somehow GPO eventually appeared in Finale's Output Devices so I have
        them set to GPO Studio 1,2,3,4 (but in italics -- doesn't that mean
        it's not really true?). The output I actually get is from Finale's
        SoftSynth. Do I need to somehow turn that off? In SoftSynth settings
        there is a button for selecting SoundFont -- is that where I select
        GPO?
        
        As you can tell, I'm seriously out of my depth and in dire need of a
        raft.
        
        Regards
        John
        
        
        
        On 9 Mar 2005, at 03:54, Williams, Jim wrote:
        
        > John,
        > When you installed GPO, there should have been a prompt that asked you
        > where you wanted the program to look for the VSTs.
        > First of all--when you installed GPO, did you install both the
        > standalone and the VST options? If you did not install the VST
        > version, that's your problem. You should install the VST.
        > For us on PCs, VSTs are usually found in C:\Program
        > Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins...not sure where they are on a Mac.
        > If GPO is your only VST, you should point the installer to your
        > equivalent of C:\Program Files\Garritan Personal
        > Orchestra\VST...sorry, but I'm Mac-ignorant.
        >
        > First, make sure that BOTH the standalone and the VST are installed. 
        > If you did not install the VST, do so now, and tell the installer
        > where GPO should look for the GPO VST program.
        >
        > I'm grading papers now--so I may be back later...Jim
        >
        >       -----Original Message-----
        >       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of John Bell
        >       Sent: Tue 08-Mar-05 22:04
        >       To: [email protected]
        >       Cc:
        >       Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO
        >      
        >      
        >
        >       Jim, thank you so much for taking the trouble to reply. I have 
now
        >       installed Personal Orchestra Studio but when I try to open it I 
get an
        >       error message: VST Directory does not exist!!! (their 
exclamations not
        >       mine).
        >      
        >       Finale can now see GPO so there is some progress. But in the
        > Instrument
        >       list all I see is the old GM patches as before.
        >      
        >       John
        >      
        >      
        >       On 9 Mar 2005, at 02:26, Williams, Jim wrote:
        >      
        >       > John,
        >       > Finale connects to GPO via the GPO Studio...have you 
installed the
        > GPO
        >       > Studio? If you haven't, you must...the GPO Studio will then 
appear
        > as
        >       > a MIDI out
        >       > device.
        >       > Jim
        >       >
        >       >       -----Original Message-----
        >       >       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of John Bell
        >       >       Sent: Tue 08-Mar-05 20:30
        >       >       To: [email protected]
        >       >       Cc:
        >       >       Subject: [Finale] GPO
        >       >
        >       >
        >       >
        >       >       I have the advantage of a brand new Mac with 4G RAM. I 
have
        > the
        >       >       disadvantage of being hopelessly ignorant about midi.
        >       >
        >       >       I've just installed GPO but so far have been unable to 
get
        > Finale to
        >       >       recognise it. When I go to Midi > Output Device, all I 
can
        > see is my
        >       >       midi interface.
        >       >
        >       >       I'd be enormously grateful for any advice.
        >       >
        >       >       John
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