On 30 Jul 2005, at 12:02 PM, Andrew Levin wrote:
What is the best way to start a new project in Finale?
Setup Wizard.
*There are times when I know I'll need GPO, so I'll start up with the
GPO wizard
There is no "GPO Wizard." There is an option in the Setup Wizard to
use GPO Finale Edition for playback.
(sub-question: does the GPO wizard draw from the Maestro Default File
Yes.
* 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.
That's not true. You have 128 channels at your disposal (or 64 if you
are using Fin GPO).
If I later move to GPO I'll have to 're-wire' the channels, right?
Not if you use the Setup Wizard
* If I set up a score sans GPO and use "pizz" in the score without any
further playback definition, Finale will play back arco,
No, not if Human Playback is on.
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?
You don't have to define anything. With HP on, the same "pizz"
expression works both with the Finale soundfont (and, I presume, any GM
playback device) and 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?
Not if you use the Setup Wizard.
I think I have a modestly useful machine -- G5 dual 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM,
OS X 10.4
You have plenty of horsepower for GPO. I think you'll find with the AU
version of GPO, you can leave it on all the time. (You may have to
reduce the polyphony of the piano, harp, percussion, strings, etc.)
-- 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.
You don't have to.
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?
Yes.
That would be awful if it were the case.
Yes it is. That feature is scheduled to be added in 2006a.
(I do have Audio Hijack Pro, so presumably I could record it that way,
but it certainly wouldn't be an elegant solution).
I agree, but Audio Hijack does work -- I've done it.
I hope when "Save as Audio" is introduced, it isn't done in real-time
-- in other words, I hope that the performance issues related to
playing back large scores don't affect "Save as Audio" (as they do when
Saving as Audio in GPO Studio).
- Darcy
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