On 10 Mar 2005, at 03:08, Williams, Jim wrote:
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.
Yes, same on Mac and I did this.
*Have you gone through the setup routine for GPO Studio?
Err, no. I obviously need to do this but can't find how to. The Preferences offer virtually no choices (even if I knew what choices to make).
*Does the standalone GPO work OK?
No, my midi keyboard doesn't work with it.
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??
Yes, I'd be really grateful for anything.
Thanks Jim
Regards John
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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