This is really good info to know. I just set up my New Jazz Template with JABB 3 sounds as first priority, GPO 4 as second. Got the sounds to reload, and also customized the view so that everything shows. I'm liking the Score Manager more and more.
Thanks, Lon On Mar 29, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > Like this: > > The problem was instruments not switching, missing instrument error messages, > a triple forte bass clarinet sound that refused to be changed - a whole bunch > of playback crap. This kind of thing often happens when I update a file > created in an older version. I admit, I have become overly dependent on > Finale playback as a substitute for pitch memory and woefully poor keyboard > skills. > > Here is Erin's reply. Perhaps the solutions will be sufficient to indicate > the problems. I will italicize the things that were new to me. > > My name is Erin and I'm the Product Specialist. Jim Bruce asked me to take a > look into this issue for you. I'm sure we can get you up and running, and I'm > happy to answer as many questions as I possibly can about what's going on > here. Loading sounds manually in the ARIA player (as Jon suggested) can > certainly be a workaround, but there are significant Finale features that > don't seem to be functioning correctly for you, and I'd like to get that > resolved. > > First things first, I think I know how to get your file to play back > correctly. Try this: > > 1. Go to Window > Score Manager > 2. Find the Drum staff and click the arrows in the Instrument column (I know > that the drum staff is playing back just fine, but I want to head off another > issue that could come up for you if we don't take this step first) > 3. Change "Unknown" to Drum Set (All > Drums > Drum Set) > 4. Now go to MIDI/Audio > Sound Map Priority and make sure Jazz and Big Band > 3 is at the top of the list (if it isn't drag it up so that it is) and click > OK > 5. Now go to MIDI/Audio > Reassign Playback Sounds > > When I did that, the file and instrument changes played back correctly. I'm > attaching the file that I made these changes to. If the steps above do not > fix the issue, try playing back the file I'm sending and let me know if that > works. > > Moving on to some other questions you raised: > > The reference to 2002: This is not a reference to Finale 2002. This number is > the identifier for Jazz and Big Band 3, so the error message is telling us > which library is having the issue. > > Controlling the volume: The behavior you describe in the ARIA player is the > expected behavior. Since the ARIA player is a plug-in with Finale, it is > subject to Finale's settings for volume, sample rate, buffer size, audio > output, etc. You can control the volume instruments either in the Mixer, or, > in the case of instruments switches, in the Score Manager. In the file you > sent Jon, I did not see a Baritone Sax staff or an instrument change to Bass > Clarinet (I saw the Bass Clarinet only). I'm going to assume that you're > working with a newer file. Try this to change the volume: > -Open the Score Manager > -Click the Arrow in the Name column to expose the layers (see attached > screenshot) > -From here, you can see the instrument change, the measure where the change > starts and the volume assigned to that instrument (if you do not see the > start measure or volume, click the "Customize View" button and choose "Start > Measure" and "Mix") > -You can change the base level volume for each instrument individually (on a > scale of 0 to 127). When you press play, this is the setting that will > override the sliders in the ARIA player. > > Let me know if the problem persists. At this point, it's still unclear as to > why you're able to use the Instrument Change feature with newer files but not > with older ones. The feature should work on either type of file. Usually, > when we see errors like this, it indicates a problem with one of the plist > files for the ARIA player, but that would affect any file, new or old. > However, the fact that older Finale files would have been more likely to have > had every Garritan instrument manually assigned in the ARIA player might be > causing a glitch with Finale 2012's instrument recognition behavior. If > that's the case, "Reassign Playback Sounds" usually corrects this. > On Mar 29, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Christopher Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Fri Mar 29, at FridayMar 29 2:08 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: >> >>> Learn something every day! Thanks, Doug. >>> >>> Had a correspondence with an expert at Finale support (after the problem >>> was brought to her attention when I complained about a superficial >>> non-solution from someone else on the support staff) and learned things >>> about what is hidden in the ScoreManager. There is a lot there but no way >>> of knowing it without stopping one's workflow to do the research - >>> something I am disinclined to do after years of established habits. There >>> were revelations. >> >> Chuck, like what? The community wants to know! >> >> Christopher >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > Chuck Israels > 8831 SE 12th Ave. > Portland, OR 97202-7097 > > land line: (503) 954-2107 > cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > > <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > Lon Price [email protected] http://www.txstnr.com/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
