Hidden there in plain sight. :-) Thanks, David! Now, anyone out there in TV land with more on a soundfont editor for the Mac?
TIA Don Hart on 3/25/05 2:43 AM, dhbailey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm talking about the expression dialogue itself -- when you define the > expression itself, you can enter some text which appears in the > right-hand of the expression dialog so you can clarify what you are > selecting. Just look at the expressions in the default template and > you'll see what I mean. > > The expresssions themselves will look exactly the same as the others > when placed in the score (all the piano markings will be the single p) > but when deciding on which one to select, the dialog will carry the > descriptive text: Strings-piano or Guitar-piano (or whatever you care to > enter.) There is a bar for entering text in the Expression creation > dialog, labeled Description: -- that is where you would enter > Strings-piano or Guitar-piano. > > David H. Bailey > > > > > Don Hart wrote: > >> on 3/24/05 3:30 PM, dhbailey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>> Now that we can add descriptive labels to expressions it is easier to >>> maintain two (or more) different sets of dynamics so that all the >>> dynamics for a louder patch can be set to a lower volume than the same >>> dynamics that would be used for a quieter patch. >> >> >> Thanks, David. >> >> Could you elaborate on the descriptive labels? I'm putting a hidden "G" in >> the tweaked expressions to tell the difference. Is that what you had in >> mind, or does Finale have some capability I'm not aware of. I didn't find >> anything else easily in the manual. >> >> >>> The other way is to get a soundfont editor and change the entire guitar >>> patch to more nearly echo the string section patch in volume. The >>> expressions are a lot easier than editing an entire soundfont. >> >> >> Although I've never used one, I gather from your description I was thinking >> in my original post along the lines of what a soundfont editor would do. >> >> So, Finale can't do this. Is it too much to ask (of Finale)? >> >> In the mean time, can anyone point me in the direction of a soundfont editor >> that will edit Finale's sounds on the Mac? >> >> Thanks for the help, >> >> Don Hart >> >> >> >>> Don Hart wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> For my purposes, I've had pretty good success with Finale's internal >>>> sounds. >>>> I've come across a problem that I don't see any obvious way around and >>>> wonder if any of you might be able to help. >>>> >>>> On the piece I'm currently working on, the default balance between the >>>> internal sounds for acoustic guitar and string section is out of whack. Is >>>> there any way to adjust this balance (in this case, turn the guitar volume >>>> down)? Finmac 2005a / Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz / 1.25 gigs of ram. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
