The problem with creating quarter-tones as expressions solely for playback purposes is that they are then not treated equal to other accidentals with regards to spacing, or just about anything else!
Whether it's a task for Finalescript or something yet to be developed, but I can't see how it's beyond the realms of possibility for notes with accidental X to be given particular midi data, while notes with accidentals Y & Z are treated normally. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhbailey Sent: 16 October 2006 20:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] quartertone playback Johannes Gebauer wrote: > I succeeded very well to get the quartertone stuff entered into Finale > (and I now understand why some people prefer Speedy without MIDI > keyboard). Although playback is not really important to me, I do wonder > whether it is theoretically possible, without having to add expressions > to every note or such things. Has anyone managed this? Would this be > possible in any way with GPO, or the softsynth? > > Johannes I don't think it would be any easier no matter what the playback device -- you still need to edit the pitch bend data for each quarter-tone accidental. Just as a thought, could you create the quarter-tone accidentals as expressions, with playback set to Pitchwheel? I know that different patches on different playback devices have pitchwheel response set differently, but I would think that with a properly edited set of patches (edit once and re-use) quartertone expressions could be defined to provide proper playback and might be easier to deal with than "normal" accidentals. This is all pure conjecture on my part, but the underlying premise that Finale needs to send the proper playback data to whatever device it is playing through holds true. I don't see how GPO or the SmartMusic softsynth will make any difference. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
