On Jul 4, 2005, at 5:56 PM, John Bell wrote:
You say that the keyswitches don't work for you. Sorry if this is obvious, but are you sure you've loaded the KS Instruments? eg, for Violins I: Vlns 1 KS Combo; and for Flute: Flute Solo KS.
That's what I get for not reading the manual. (I assume this is documented there.) Anyway, KS expressions are now working for me. Thanks so much for your kind help. This was pretty tricky, though. The KS.lib file showed up as a page of binary code, which always kinda freaks me out, but I saved it to my desktop and tried loading it in Finale, and it worked (after selecting "All Files"). And thanks for the help with Finale MIDI Setup. This also works with sound modules, but you'll only be able to use the first 8 MIDI channels in each module that is sharing a slot--still kinda lame in my opinion.
You don't need to create new switches for every project. If you import the library into your default Finale file, they are always there. You can edit them to your liking even if you don't understand the computer jargon. In GPO you can save various ensembles as .gpo files. What you do need to do for every project is to assign channels to instruments in Finale. That shouldn't take very long.
Now that I understand the KS thing, the only thing that's holding me back is my ancient dual 800 G4 with "only" 1 GB of RAM. I tried loading four GPO players to create a "virtual orchestra," but I maxed out my RAM halfway through loading the string section. If I need a mockup of a full orchestra, I'd need to do it in Digital Performer, recording each section one at a time.
Thanks again for your help,
Lon
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