After talking about the features and drawbacks I have straightforward
workflow questions. Reading all that's be written to date, I have
some basic questions about how to use the program that I haven't
heard addressed yet.
What is the best way to start a new project in Finale? I can imagine
a variety of issues to consider:
* There are times when all I need is notation, in which case doing
things as before should be fine.
*There are times when I know I'll need GPO, so I'll start up with the
GPO wizard (sub-question: does the GPO wizard draw from the Maestro
Default File, or does it only wizard the playback aspects?).
But in the many cases where I'm not how the project will play out,
how do I proceed?
* For instance, let's say I have a 17 staff score. Using Finale sans
GPO means I'll have to double up on channels, as I only have 16 at my
disposal. If I later move to GPO I'll have to 're-wire' the channels,
right?
* If I set up a score sans GPO and use "pizz" in the score without
any further playback definition, Finale will play back arco, but with
GPO it'll come out pizz (right?). If I define the "pizz" expression
to playback as a patch change, would I have to change that definition
when preparing the score for GPO?
* It seems non-HP, non-GPO is the least processor intensive, so I'd
be inclined to do most of the work that way, then move to HP/GPO
later. Am I asking for troubles this way?
I think I have a modestly useful machine -- G5 dual 2.0 GHz, 2 GB
RAM, OS X 10.4 -- but I don't want to bog it down unnecessarily.
However, I also don't want to prepare a score twice: one for GPO, one
without.
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One other marginally related question: I read here (or Jari's review,
or the Finale web site -- sorry that I can't remember) that GPO
output is only for the sound that comes out of your speakers. Saving
as audio does not save the HP/GPO performance. Do I remember that
correctly? That would be awful if it were the case. (I do have Audio
Hijack Pro, so presumably I could record it that way, but it
certainly wouldn't be an elegant solution).
Andrew Levin
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