So it seems that's alright. Actually, at least on the Windows side of things, you can select "Play file through MIDI" and use the SmartMusic Soundfont that you're complaining about hearing.
But on the other hand, I've never been all that impressed with the Garritan sounds that have shipped with Finale, so maybe you're getting all that's possible with the sounds you've got. Are you listening through high quality speakers or headphones? Or are you listening only through small computer speakers? David On 3/5/2015 1:54 PM, Brian Williams wrote: > 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] > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
