I agree that the instruments should be there in the default file, but my point was that it is doable and not too hard. It isn't a dealbreaker for upgrading to 2012. Once you do it, it is very easy to select it the second time the same instrument appears. It is no harder to create a horn in D than it is to create a horn in E.
Yes, it's a kludge for now. I am confident that the instruments will be there in a future version. Christopher On Wed Apr 18, at WednesdayApr 18 9:48 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: > Yes, but it gets complicated when you have a piece with horn in D and horn in > E and horn in F, and their bass clef counterparts, like so many 19th century > pieces. > If MakeMusic can preload the Vuvuzela in the instrument list, they should > certainly include standard horn and trumpet transpositions. > > On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Christopher Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, the procedure I outlined is to do just that. It isn't preloaded, but it >> isn't all that difficult. Make this change in your default document and you >> shouldn't have to do it again. >> >> Actually, I haven't checked to see if it saves to my default doc. But I'm >> hoping it will work! >> >> Christopher >> >> >> On Wed Apr 18, at WednesdayApr 18 7:53 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: >> >>> The issue is changing to an instrument that isn't already preloaded. For >>> example, Horn in D, Horn in E, etc. >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Christopher Smith >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Wed Apr 18, at WednesdayApr 18 2:19 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am sure Carl can speak for himself, but my recollection was that it was >>>>> the transposition problem. If you are entering big 19th scores in Finale, >>>>> 2012 is a non-starter because of this problem, esp. if an earlier version >>>>> is available. >>>>> >>>>> The transposition problem is that Fin2012 forces you to change instruments >>>>> just to change transposition. While this may make sense for saxophones or >>>>> oboe/e.h., it makes absolutely no sense for trumpets, french horns, or >>>>> wagner tubas in a 19th century setting. >>>> >>>> Robert, >>>> >>>> It's not really that big a kludge. Here is the procedure from MakeMusic, >>>> to change the transposition but keep the same playback. >>>> >>>> To change the transposition of a staff you will need to change the >>>> instrument, then adjust the playback sounds and transposition. To do so: >>>> >>>> 1. Use the Selection Tool >>>> 2. Highlight the measure you would like the transposition to occur in >>>> 3. Go to Utilities >> Change Instrument and select a different instrument >>>> (each new transposition on the same line will need a different instrument >>>> selected. Any single line instrument will work because we will change the >>>> playback sound) >>>> 4. Go to Window >> ScoreManager and click on the Instrument List tab >>>> 5. Just to the left of the instrument name you will see an arrow pointing >>>> at the name. Click on that arrow to expand that instrument information. >>>> Select the instrument that you changed the line to at the bottom of the >>>> expanded section >>>> 6. With this instrumented selected, you can change the transposition with >>>> the pull-down menu at the bottom right of the ScoreManager. If it is not >>>> one of the common transpositions in the menu, you can select Other and >>>> create your own. >>>> 7. Still in the ScoreManager, change the playback sound of the new >>>> instrument by clicking on the assigned sound and selecting Horn in F from >>>> the pull-down menu. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
