Actually, in Finale 2012 the two choices at the top of the MIDI/Audio menu are "Play Finale Through Audio Units" and "Play Finale Through MIDI"; and yes, I have "Play Finale Through Audio Units" selected. If I didn't, since I'm not hooked up to an external MIDI playback system, I imagine that I would get no playback at all. My problem isn't that I'm not getting anything coming out of my speakers, it's that all I can get are the lame old SoftSynth samples no matter what. Any other ideas? -Brian
On 3/5/15, 10:00 AM, "David H. Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 3/5/2015 12:48 AM, Brian Williams wrote: >>Hello list, >> >>This question pertains to Finale 2012 running on a MacBook Pro in MacOS >>10.9.5 (Mavericks). >> >>When it comes to Finale, I'm mostly an expert about how to enter notation >>and make it look exactly how I want. Playback is another matter >>entirely. I >>mainly use playback as a "clam check" to make sure there aren't any wrong >>notes. However, I'm now working on a project for which the client needs >>me >>to produce a decent-sounding audio demo of the playback. The problem I'm >>having is that all of the supposedly wondrous "Garritan" sounds I'm >>supposed >>to be getting are indistinguishable from the awful-sounding SmartMusic >>SoftSynth sounds which worked OK in the past for clam checking. These are >>the same SoftSynth samples that I've heard for well over a decade; the >>trumpets are tinny, the trombones are blatty, and the saxes are, well, >>just >>really lame. >> >>In the Score Manager, I've selected "Garritan Instruments for Finale" >>under >>"Device" for everything, and the corresponding sounds I would like to >>hear >>for each staff are selected under "Sound". When I switch the Device to >>SmartMusic SoftSynth, the sounds stay the same. The Sound Map Priority >>dialog has "Garritan Instruments for Finale", then SmartMusic SoftSynth, >>then "Garritan Instruments for Finale" again. When I drag the second >>Garritan Instruments map to the top of the list and run the Reassign >>Playback Sounds command, it moves it back to the bottom of the list. A >>search for "Garritan" in Spotlight reveals a Garritan Instruments for >>Finale >>folder in my Applications folder, so apparently it is installed. I've >>tried >>playing my files on other people's computers and they sound the same. >> >>Is there anything you can think of that I'm overlooking? And can anyone >>explain why I have "Garritan Instruments for Finale" in my Sound Map list >>twice? Perhaps someone could guide me through the process of completely >>removing old Garritan and SoftSynth versions and reinstalling from >>scratch. >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > > >There's one other setting you need to change -- under the MIDI/Audio >menu there are two choices at the top: >Play Finale Through VST >Play Finale Through MIDI > >Make sure the VST option is checked. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
