At 05:52 PM 5/25/05 +0200, you wrote: >we are having a slight misunderstanding here. I am not complaining at >all about GPO, since I don't own it.
Ah! Now I understand. Okay, if your interest is basically Finale playback and good demos, then it seems (from what I've heard on the GPO site) that it's a fine choice. >at least with Finale (and I am definitely not >willing to learn to use a sequencer just for my Finale playback), the >problem is that only 1 soundfont is supported at the same time as far as >I know. You have to specifically select the soundfont in Finale. I haven't spent much time with Finale's own sound output in the past five or six years. But I just tried it to be sure, and my suggestion works fine. I set channels 1-16 to the internal Finale synth, and 17-32 to another software synth. I put a scale in alternating staves. Setting staff 1 to channel 1 GM patch 1 and staff 2 to channel 17 GM patch 1 alternates the pianos being played. So it wouldn't require a sequencer, just adding a standalone soundfont player. Tuck that in your info file for future reference, especially if you need an instrument that's not included in the GPO. Maybe a piece for koto and orchestra, or bass flute (does GPO have a bass flute? love those PVC flutes!). >If I can find a good soundfont this might keep me from spending money on >GPO. If I can't I may jump on the group sale for GPO, simply because is >seems the easiest high quality solution, since Finale directly supports >GPO to some extend. Sounds like GPO is what your'e after, as Darcy suggests. Yes, I did misunderstand, thinking you already had it and wanted to replace one of the patches. But if you ever do, the option is there! Some string fonts on their way separately. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
