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.
>> 
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