Hi...while the statement is correct that you need to specify which version, etc., I'd make the general statement that it would help you to do some reading on percussion mapping. The ***short*** version is: 1. Locate your desired drum in your library (in your case the snare in the K3 kit) 2. Go into the Percussion Map on your staff 3. Tell Finale where your drum is in the kit (the specific "note above middle C" where the snare is) 4. Tell Finale where you want the note to appear on the notated staff (In your case, drag the square in the staff up to the desired C in the staff) 5. Tell Finale what notehead you want for the instrument (regular notehead for snare, x for cymbals, etc.)
You'll have to do this process for every noteyou use in the kit... UNLESS K3 has a GM drum kit, in which case you can probably use Finale's canned "GM entry & Playback" map. If this is a one-off for you and you don't do drumkit regularly, then you are probably best served by editing an existing map. If this is going to become a regular part of your work, you are probably best served by creating a map for the K3 kit in question. Your confusion is understandable and arises from your search for one type of logic where another type of logic exists: Drum kits in sound libraries were NEVER designed with notation users in mind. They were set up so that two-or four-fingered "keyboard drummers" could enter their drum grooves into a sequencer in real time. Therefore, there is NO relationship to where a drum is on the keyboard and what it looks like on a notation stasff. So this is one of those areas where users need to meet Finale on ITS terms. FWIW, Finale 2010 makes significant advances in percussion entry, most notably in removing the virtual need for a MIDI keyboard when entering percussion. It is now much easier to use Speedy Entry without a keyboard, which is my preferred entry method. FINALLY: Many programs disagree on what MIDDLE C is. Some say C3, others say C4, still others C5. Having said that, though, there is NO need for anyone to transpose anything in a percussion setup. Please do read up on percussion mapping, though!! ;-) Jim W. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dana Friedman @ Dragonfly Technologies [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Finale] Finale and Kontakt sounds HI folks: I'm stumped on trying to get things in a drum part to appear and play back as they should. In almost all the Kontakt 3 drum kits, somewhere around Middle C is a straight snare shot.. On the onscreen keyboard, Middle C is that snare shot. SO...being smart, I figured I'd set up transposition DOWN an octave, so that if a snare is supposed to be one octave above middle C, it'll "sound" middle C. No go. Regardless of transposition (in any clef, mind you) the thing is stuck/based on position. It'sa drum KIT patch, so..why a snare drum is one leger line below the staff is beyond me. I guess the question is, how do I get this part to LOOK right and play back as desired? Right now I have a tom-tom in the E above middle C position in layer 3 interfering with the rest of the part. No drummer will want to read that. (Also, for some reason they have things programmed into these patches in which you type in a quarter note and gives you back a triplet-like fill. What the hell? Why bother? I imagine it's for people who aren't scoring..but..if you want a triplet, umm..doesn't it make sense to just play a triplet?) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dana Dragonfly Technologies Natural Solutions in a Technological World Office: 212-713-5250 e-fax: 212-202-4625 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.dragonflytech.com Should you download Internet Explorer 8? Ask me for details _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
