[Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I posted these queries a couple of weeks ago and got no suggestions. I'm hoping that was just because it was a weekend, so I'm trying again. g 1. This is my first time using the Finale Garritan instruments, and I'm a little confused by the percussion maps. I take it that we're supposed

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Aaron, I wish I could be more helpful. I use a jazz drum set map that is, in turn, mapped to particular MIDI pitches that trigger both the sounds and the correct note heads and staff positions. I set this up so long ago that I only remember that it was a convoluted process. Nevertheless,

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Aaron, I saw your original question but I can't help because I never use the computer-keyboard Speedy method. This method has also been deprecated by MakeMusic so it's possibly it's not compatible with the new percussion entry method. This is the kind of thing you really need to talk to

[Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Jonathan Smith
Hi Aaron, This is a minefield, but I found a post on the Makemusic website last year that helped me a lot in solving the problem but it is not easy! Jonathan Here is the post: All this assumes that you're able to get your MIDI sounds loaded and you can trigger the sounds via a MIDI

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, January 23, 2012 1:32 pm, Jonathan Smith wrote: All this assumes that you're able to get your MIDI sounds loaded and you can trigger the sounds via a MIDI keyboard/controller. Don't have one of those. Do everything via computer keyboard. The percussion has been impossible, especially

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 1/23/2012 1:32 PM, Jonathan Smith wrote: 1—go to MIDI/AUDIO 2—DEVICE SETUP 3—EDIT PERCUSSION MIDI MAPS Oh, interesting. I've never seen that dialog before, but this all looks like the stuff that used to be in the percussion map designer. I'll have to pour myself a drink and try to work

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-01-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi Darcy, I saw your original question but I can't help because I never use the computer-keyboard Speedy method. This method has also been deprecated by MakeMusic so it's possibly it's not compatible with the new percussion entry method. I wouldn't say deprecated, just that it's no longer