Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 06:56 AM 07/30/2005, dhbailey wrote:
>we have to prepare THREE files -- one for printing, one for playback via
>GPO and another playback file to share with others who don't have
>machines powerful enough to use GPO.)
This does seem like sort of a problem.
For example, for my own use, I will probably use Softsynth sounds by
default, because my RAM is limited, but I would like to use GPO every
now and then to hear what it sounds like. In theory, if your channels
are set up correctly, you can just switch output between GPO and Softsynth.
BUT...Softsynth (i.e., GM) percussion plays back on channel 10, and GPO
won't let you use channel 10. So for anything including percussion,
there are several steps involved (not just a switch) in changing between
Softsynth and GPO. I understand the various reasons behind this, but I
think it was poor planning on Makemusic's part not to provide some kind
of automated way of making this happen.
How difficult would it be for MakeMusic programmers to simply internally
provide some sort of data massager to figure out that we've assigned
data to channel 10 defined as percussion, and then do whatever is
necessary (transparently to the user) to route that data to the proper
GPO setup?
That way the same file might actually be able to be made useable for GPO
playback and non-GPO playback.
Oh, well. Maybe they're working on the REAL Finale2006 upgrade,
engraving enhancements, EPS export for Windows and all, to be released
as Finale2006a and that will include such hiding of the nitty-gritty of
using GPO and reconciling it with non-GPO usage.
One can always hope.
--
David H. Bailey
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