I've decided to appeal to the collective wisdom of the list for help
with this. I am writing a piece for string quartet, and I want to be
able to write fast notes for the GPO Solo Violin (Viola/Cello) in Finale
2009c (not stupidly fast, but along the lines of eighth and sixteenth
notes at dotted half=72 (the tempo from the Scherzo movement in
Mendelssohn's String Quartet #4). Problem is that the notes come out
sloppy. There is no articulation to them at all. In a group of four
sixteenth notes, the second and fourth notes more or less disappear in
playback, and even staccato eighth runs are sloppy and half the notes
aren't even played noticeably. Any advice on how to fix this sloppy
sound would be more than appreciated. I love the sounds of the Garritan
solo string instruments, but seriously, I can't use them if they're not
going to play the notes that are written.
And for reference, I even copied out the initial bars of the Mendelssohn
Quartet's Scherzo and it gave the same sloppy playback as it did with my
own music. I know it can sound a lot better because the recording I have
articulates every note clearly at the fast tempo.
Adam
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