On 09 Mar 2005, at 10:29 PM, John Bell wrote:
*Does the standalone GPO work OK?
No, my midi keyboard doesn't work with it.
John, this is Step 1. You need to get the "Personal Orchestra" application talking to your MIDI keyboard before you can do anything else. GPO Studio won't respond to your MIDI keyboard input until you launch Finale and set it up there, but the piano keys on the *standalone* "Personal Orchestra" app should highlight when you press the keys on your MIDI keyboard. (Remember to move the mod wheel up each time you load an instrument, otherwise it will play back at the lowest possible dynamic level, and you might not be able to hear it.)
If you can't get at least that to work, contact GPO Tech Support. You won't get anywhere with GPO Studio if you can't get the standalone app to work.
Next, please read my last post, and this tutorial by the late Adam Burford:
http://www.garritan.com/tutorial/Finale_GPO_tut.html
This is for Finale 2004 -- the only difference in Finale 2005 is that you can leave Human Playback on if you select "Optimize for Garritan Personal Orchestra." Otherwise, you should turn Human Playback off.
I tried re-installing GPO but it said everything was already there.
So delete it, and try reinstalling again!
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?)
Yes -- italics means "Device not found." See my last post. You have to re-select the non-italic "GPO Studio: 1," etc. in Finale's MIDI Setup every time you launch Finale.
The output I actually get is from Finale's SoftSynth. Do I need to somehow turn that off?
Yes. Turn off "Internal Speaker Playback."
In SoftSynth settings there is a button for selecting SoundFont -- is that where I select GPO?
No. If GPO Studio is correctly selected as the output device in Finale's MIDI Setup, and you have the GPO instruments correctly loaded and the channels for each staff correctly selected in Finale, and MIDI Thru set to "Smart," you should get correct GPO playback. See my last post.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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