I posted this on another thread, but maybe it deserves its own thread. I am looking for practical advice on how Aria (i.e. the Garritan sounds) relates to the normal Finale mixer window.
It appears to me that if I use the faders on either one, they have an effect, but they are not linked. So it is probably a mistake to use both. Same situation for the pan controls. So I am moving forward on the assumption that I should not use the Finale mixer window at all. I have set the Finale faders all to the same level, set all the pans to dead center, and then closed that Finale window, never to be used again. Is that the right approach? But that still leaves a problem regarding the Aria faders. I expected the fader levels to be static, like an un-motorized control surface. I want the volume to adjust up and down during playback based only on the dynamic expressions I have entered in the score. I expect to set the Aria faders once for my starting ensemble balance, and then rely entirely on the score's dynamic expressions during playback. But what I am seeing is peculiar behavior where several of my instruments are sending the Aria faders up and down, seemingly at random places that correspond to nothing in particular in my score. It is acting as if I am using Aria as a plug-in to Sonar or some other DAW. I don't want those faders to move once I have set them. Any idea what might be going on here? Basically it is unusable as it currently exists because my Aria faders keep jumping around on me. Thanks, Craig _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
