Aaron, I think you're got a handle on my questions. Just before your post came in, I fired out another set of confusions/questions to Darcy.
To keep this from getting terribly asynchronous, I'll wait for a while to send this post.... okay it's been about an hour, so... >At 05:21 PM 07/31/2005, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >1. If I bring my templates forward into Finale 2006, then they will not > >take advantage of the new playback system without completely reworking them > >with a new expression set. My present set of over 1,000 expressions in > >different fonts and languages and shapes will no longer function. Or I must > >use the Finale templates as is. > >I don't think this is true. It is true if you had, for example, pizz >and arco expressions designed to do channel switches. In Fin2006, >those particular expressions shouldn't be defined to do anything on >playback; HP will take care of it for you, if your're using Finale GPO. Yes, all my expressions that have expressive meaning are defined to express. :) >There is no plugin system to automatically set up old docs with >Finale GPO. But the manual setup process actually doesn't take very long. It would for several hundred scores that might benefit from being run through the new system. But I'd like to hear them to decide. A plugin or script that could be run on a whole directory of copied scores would be great -- or even the stage where it imports scores from earlier Finale versions asking 'produce score for GPO/Kontakt system?' For scores from scratch, I'd still have to update my rather large default file, but only for the small body of templates that I have. > >3. The new playback system is incompatible with other currently supported > >playback systems, including its own human playback system, > >Not true. HP works just fine with Finale GPO. Someone said HP had to be turned off for GPO. I'll skip that question for now. > >and the only > >VTSi it supports comes bundled with it (i.e., Virtual Sampler, Live Synth > >Pro, etc., are not supported). That is, the new playback system has > >disabled standard VSTi features of the operating environment. > >I don't believe that's true, but I don't know. I think you can still >use other devices just as you would have previously; they are neither >easier nor harder to use than before. My use of 'new playback system' has entirely screwed up the questions & answers, I think. As I explained in my answer post, by 'new playback system' I meant the new Kontakt/GPO playback system. This will in no time become the default method of working with Finale. I can smell it. :) > >4. The original Human Playback system is now either superseded by or > >incompatible with the new playback system, which has its own Human Playback > >system. > >Not true. HP is still HP. Actually, HP is now smarter, because it >knows whether or not you're using Finale GPO and makes choices accordingly. I think I need a flow chart. These are the options? Notation -> HP -> GPO/Kontakt (no other VSTi) -> Audio Notation -> HP -> GPO/Kontakt -> End (no massaged Midi file option). Notation -> HP -> other mix'n'match VSTi or Soundfont combo -> Audio Notation -> HP Plugin -> Massaged Midi file available for save Notation -> User-defined expression Midi file available for save Midi -> Notation -> ??? How is Midi controller data used/interpreted by HP and/or GPO/Kontakt, or is it ignored? > > To optimize a score for both methods (i.e., to take full advantage > >of the different methods without compromising either one, and being able to > >save material for use in an external studio suite), two different scores > >must be created. > >I thought this was true, but now I don't think so. You might have to >do some fiddling with certain expressions which are defined for playback. Okay. I'm still on hold with this one, then. > >6. The new system no longer outputs Midi and patch switches for use in an > >external studio suite such as Sonar, except for the old Midi save-as and > >the superseded Human Playback plugin save-as. > >Not true. You can still use Fin2006 exactly as before with external >suites. (I don't do this, but that's my understanding.) Still on hold here, too, depending on the ultimate answer to #4 in Finale's marketing regime > >7. The new playback system is incomplete as shipped, missing many standard > >instruments, but will not load existing sample sets (such as Yamaha or > >Soundfont) and does not come with a conversion utility or sample builder. > >The only option for expanding the new playback system is to purchase more > >software. > >Finale GPO is only a playback *option*, not a new system. But the development went into this feature, didn't it? The whole integration? So it will end up being the default for most folks. Be that as it may.... >It contains >most instruments in the standard orchestra (Garritan Personal >*Orchestra*) but does not include saxes and other band and jazz instruments. ...*excluding* an option to load my own samples or convert them from other formats (yes?) or use other players *simultaneously* (yes?) >So even after all of this discussion, still lots unclear to lots of >people. I think we can all agree that the docs suck even worse than >usual on this new feature. That's for darn sure. Many thanks, Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
