Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-05 Thread Johannes Gebauer
David W. Fenton schrieb: I think Johannes was referring to the fact that the email message was unsigned, having no real name attached. That's not normal for this mailing list, where no one hides behind an alias, and gives their real names in all discussions. Failure to do so immediately rai

Re: [Finale] GPO?

2005-07-05 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Human Playback isn't worth it. I'd disable it if I were you. GPO is a software Orchestral Sample player. Garritan Personal Orchestra. It sucks a LOT of CPU power, so, you'll need a fairly beefy CPU to use it effectly. (IE: 2.6+ AMD/P4 or a 1.2+ G4 or a G5) keith helgesen wrote: Hi all.

[Finale] GPO?

2005-07-05 Thread keith helgesen
Hi all.   Excuse silly questions, from a real non-professional dabbler.   What is “human playback” (as opposed to gorilla, or what playback?)   And – what is GPO? I gather it does not mean “General Post Office” as it did in the pre-electronic age in which I grew up.   Cheers K in O

[Finale] Re: Finale & GPO

2005-07-05 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jul 5, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Also, you'll notice that one of the most accomplished engravers on this list, Johannes Gebauer, now uses GPO -- and in fact was recently complaining that GPO-Finale integration in 2k5 leaves a lot to be desired, and requires far too much

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-05 Thread David W. Fenton
On 5 Jul 2005 at 19:32, Gerald Berg wrote: > On 4-Jul-05, at 4:21 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > > > > First of all, how about telling us who you are? > > The guy who wrote the keyswitch program for us, Johannes! He said > that. > > It is a very handy thing. You should thank Richard. > > Be ni

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-05 Thread Gerald Berg
On 4-Jul-05, at 4:21 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: First of all, how about telling us who you are? The guy who wrote the keyswitch program for us, Johannes! He said that. It is a very handy thing. You should thank Richard. Be nice. :) Jerry Gerald Berg __

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread John Bell
On 5 Jul 2005, at 03:19, Lon Price wrote: the only thing that's holding me back is my ancient dual 800 G4 with "only" 1 GB of RAM. Definition of "ancient" in Dictionary.com: Of or relating to times long past, especially those of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Lon Price
On Jul 4, 2005, at 5:56 PM, John Bell wrote:You say that the keyswitches don't work for you. Sorry if this is obvious, but are you sure you've loaded the KS Instruments? eg, for Violins I: Vlns 1 KS Combo; and for Flute: Flute Solo KS.That's what I get for not reading the manual.  (I assume this is

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread John Bell
On 4 Jul 2005, at 23:18, Lon Price wrote:As I said in an earlier post, I got it to load, but the key switches didn't work.  I also updated GPO and Kontakt Player per your suggestion, but still got no results.  How are these switches supposed to work?  The flute N.V. switch is set to in playback to

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Lon Price
On Jul 4, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:Ths library file in question does indeed load on a Mac, if "All files" is activeAs I said in an earlier post, I got it to load, but the key switches didn't work.  I also updated GPO and Kontakt Player per your suggestion, but still got no results. 

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Ths library file in question does indeed load on a Mac, if "All files" is active. Johannes Christopher Smith schrieb: On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:16 PM, John Bell wrote: On 3 Jul 2005, at 23:45, Lon Price wrote: On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I pr

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:16 PM, John Bell wrote: On 3 Jul 2005, at 23:45, Lon Price wrote: On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I provided the Keyswitch expression files on the GPO website. For future reference, the one library file that you said was not useable for you, is not tru

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Make sure you have all the GPO updates, the KS instruments were changed. Johannes Lon Price schrieb: On Jul 4, 2005, at 1:34 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: You will have to unstuff this file with the latest Stuffit Expander, error -12 seems to happen when a file is unstuffed with something els

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Lon Price
On Jul 4, 2005, at 1:34 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote:You will have to unstuff this file with the latest Stuffit Expander, error -12 seems to happen when a file is unstuffed with something else, at least here.JohannesI finally got the file to load, but the expressions don't seem to do anything.  I loa

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: The GPO manual provides basic information, but as you've found out, you'll need more info. Posting to a Finale discussion group that the GPO sounds worse than a soundfont won't solve your problem. I'm assuming that you listened to GPO demos before purchasing. The

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-04 Thread Johannes Gebauer
You will have to unstuff this file with the latest Stuffit Expander, error -12 seems to happen when a file is unstuffed with something else, at least here. Johannes Lon Price schrieb: On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I provided the Keyswit

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-03 Thread John Bell
On 3 Jul 2005, at 23:45, Lon Price wrote:On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I provided the Keyswitch _expression_ files on the GPO website.  For future reference, the one library file that you said was not useable for you, is not true.  It's a Finale text _expression_ library i

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-03 Thread Lon Price
On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I provided the Keyswitch _expression_ files on the GPO website.  For future reference, the one library file that you said was not useable for you, is not true.  It's a Finale text _expression_ library in a text file format.  You can download

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-03 Thread FinaleMAC
On 02 Jul 2005, at 12:03 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Since GPO has been the subject on this list a lot recently, I would > like to voice my own opinion: Not nearly as good as I hoped. > > I am particularly disappointed with the solo strings, which are in > fact worse than Finale's own soundfont.

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-03 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Johannes, If you can't get open the keyswitch library to open, email me and I'll send you my copy of the library. I don't understand how the "playback data dump" stuff works either, but that's not necessary since the person who programmed the library has already done all the work for us,

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-03 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Darcy James Argue schrieb: Johannes, You need to use the keyswitched instruments and download the library of keyswitching Finale expressions from the GPO website. This makes it very easy to switch from legato, sustained articulations (default) to the "alternating bows" articulations (which y

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread A-NO-NE Music
I agree with the original poster and I gave the same comment the day I received GPO. Solo instruments are not usable, while ensemble is quite good and usable. Tho I was not instantiating in Finale but just sequencing for my audition purpose. I used to do MIDI orchestra sequencing for large chun

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Jul 2005 at 17:11, Darcy James Argue wrote: > You need to use the keyswitched instruments and download the library > of keyswitching Finale expressions from the GPO website. This makes > it very easy to switch from legato, sustained articulations (default) > to the "alternating bows" articul

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Johannes, You need to use the keyswitched instruments and download the library of keyswitching Finale expressions from the GPO website. This makes it very easy to switch from legato, sustained articulations (default) to the "alternating bows" articulations (which you need for fast or detache

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I am listening with headphones or occasionally speakers. I am not sure how you get much benefit from the variety of bow strokes in Finale. My main problem is that fast notes simply don't work well at all, there is not enough attack on each note, too lush for using them in a string quartet or si

Re: [Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread Darcy James Argue
Wow. I don't agree with that at all. I do feel the solo violins in GPO are not as strong as they could be, but they are still far, far superior to the one in Finale's soundfont. And while the soundfont cello is adequate, I don't think it holds a candle to the GPO cello. And, of course, noth

[Finale] GPO - a little disappointing

2005-07-02 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Since GPO has been the subject on this list a lot recently, I would like to voice my own opinion: Not nearly as good as I hoped. I am particularly disappointed with the solo strings, which are in fact worse than Finale's own soundfont. I think I may go back to that, even putting up with the dr

[Finale] GPO and Finale 2006

2005-06-24 Thread Harold Owen
Title: GPO and Finale 2006 Here's what Gary Garritan says: I am pleased to announce that MakeMusic! has chosen to bundle a Finale edition of Garritan Personal Orchestra with all versions of Finale 2006. Finale 2006 will integrate the Native Instruments Kontakt Player and include the popular and

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-24 Thread John Howell
At 8:52 AM -0400 6/24/05, dhbailey wrote: John Howell wrote: [snip] I think I've seen a picture of it, but there may well only be one (or a handfull) in the entire world. The bass sax, on the other hand, should be considered and used as a legitimate member of the sax section. (I may be p

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-24 Thread Andrew Stiller
The subcontrabass saxophone does indeed exist -- it's sometimes also called the "tubax". It is a relatively new and extremely rare instrument. Photos and more info here: http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/sax_family/subcontrabass_sax.html - Darcy Server couldn't be found. Oh well, I'll

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-24 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: [snip] I think I've seen a picture of it, but there may well only be one (or a handfull) in the entire world. The bass sax, on the other hand, should be considered and used as a legitimate member of the sax section. (I may be prejudiced because one of the members of our

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Yates
> >And BTW, does the subcontrabass saxophone even exist? As an actual instrument? http://images.google.com/images?biw=&q=%22subcontrabass+saxophone%22&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listi

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-24 Thread John Howell
At 3:09 PM -0400 6/23/05, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Ken Durling wrote: An "Electric Piano" I think technically has to have reeds and hammers, or even strings like those stubby little grands made by Yamaha. Well the terminology may have changed, but back in pre-Mo

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey Andrew, The subcontrabass saxophone does indeed exist -- it's sometimes also called the "tubax". It is a relatively new and extremely rare instrument. Photos and more info here: http://www.jayeaston.com/galleries/sax_family/subcontrabass_sax.html - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brookly

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Ken Durling wrote: An "Electric Piano" I think technically has to have reeds and hammers, or even strings like those stubby little grands made by Yamaha. Well the terminology may have changed, but back in pre-Moog times there were undoubted "electric pianos"

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Adriel
on 6/23/05 11:52 AM, A-NO-NE Music at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Which brings another question. There got to be a distinction between > acoustic and electric jazz violin as you can't say jazz guitar without > defining electric and nylon, right? Wait add to that Selmer style and acoustic arc

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 2005/06/23 / 12:24 PM wrote: >You need to talk to NI about registration issues. They handle all the >copy protection stuff. I know, but the only way to get response from NI is if you are registered. That's why I thought Gary would help me out on this as his welcome email m

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:52 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: By the way, I am still waiting Gary to respond to my GPO registration issue but to no avail. What's my option? Hiro, You need to talk to NI about registration issues. They handle all the copy protection stuff. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Darcy James Argue / 2005/06/23 / 03:14 AM wrote: >Jazz violin is actually much more common than C-Melody sax. There are >lots of jazz violinists in NYC, so I'm sure there are at least a few in >the Bay Area. Jazz violin trend is happening only last few years on this side of coast. What I mean

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: (snip) the GPO Jazz/Big Band is missing tuba, mallets on the drum set, and acoustic guitar. I am partial myself to the tuba (heh, heh, because I actually play jazz tuba. Jim Self would be the guy to sample for jazz tuba, though!) but a

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Ken Durling
At 12:14 AM 6/23/2005, you wrote: Could be a Yamaha DX7 for all I know. Vintage Electric Piano does not equal Fender Rhodes. It could be a RMI Electra-Piano, a Wurlitzer, I could go on... As long as we're "picking nits" ;-) I would never classify a DX7 as an "Electric Piano," it's a syn

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 23 Jun 2005, at 2:28 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote: I'd say Tuba, French Horn, Fender Rhodes, GPO Jazz/Big Band already has Rhodes piano. It does not say Rhodes piano, it says, according to the site, http://garritan.com/jazz.html, Vintage Electric Piano. That could b

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: I'd say Tuba, French Horn, Fender Rhodes, GPO Jazz/Big Band already has Rhodes piano. It does not say Rhodes piano, it says, according to the site, http://garritan.com/jazz.html, Vintage Electric Piano. That could be anything. Could be a Yamaha DX7 for all I know. V

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 23 Jun 2005, at 1:09 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: but who even owns a C-melody now? Scott Robinson. He even has a record where he only plays C-melody. (It's really good, too.) http://home.earthlink.net/~smoulden/scott/melody.html But yeah, clearly it's a niche instrument. I'd say Tuba,

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Adriel
Steel guitar acoustic and electric. Think about 1920s-30s jazz/swing. -Adriel on 6/23/05 1:09 AM, Eric Dannewitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> Hi Chuck, Chris, et al, >> >> I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a >> little perplexi

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, Chris, et al, I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a little perplexing as to why Gary felt the need to include so many exotic saxophones -- sopranino; both curved and straight soprano (neither is "exotic," obviously, but the

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Carl Dershem
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Darcy, I haven't asked Gary, but I think what probably happened was that he simply ran into a saxophone player/collector who had all this stuff and who convinced Gary to take the time to record them all. All of what you write below makes sense to me, but I have an

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Darcy, I haven't asked Gary, but I think what probably happened was that he simply ran into a saxophone player/collector who had all this stuff and who convinced Gary to take the time to record them all. All of what you write below makes sense to me, but I have another concern about t

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, Chris, et al, I think Chris's point (with which I emphatically agree) is that it's a little perplexing as to why Gary felt the need to include so many exotic saxophones -- sopranino; both curved and straight soprano (neither is "exotic," obviously, but the difference in tone between

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 22, 2005, at 5:08 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I have written countless times for banjo, accordian, French horn, tuba, and jazz violin in jazz contexts (none of which are present in the GPO jazz collection) Of course, so have I (some, anyway - French Horn, the most often), but as

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
improving (Finale, GPO, and how easy they might be to learn and to use), even though there are some for whom the improvements don't address their particular needs, or simply don't arrive quickly enough.  This seems as if it will be a good period.Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread John Bell
On 23 Jun 2005, at 00:38, Chuck Israels wrote:I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result:"Hi Chuck,OK.  Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet.Well done Chuck! You made them see sense.John___ Finale mailing l

Re: [Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result: "Hi Chuck, OK. Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet. That's terrific! I agree with Darcy and you that the bass clarinet is essential. I got an

[Finale] GPO Jazz + B. Clarinet

2005-06-22 Thread Chuck Israels
I just had a quick correspondence with Gary and this was the result: "Hi Chuck, OK. Based on your recommendation we will include a bass clarinet. Thanks for the input. I reread what you wrote and Tom and I like it very much. Still waiting to hear from Greg so I can get off the island and vis

[Finale] GPO Install

2005-06-14 Thread A-NO-NE Music
NI Sux! The install complains permission problem. It can't be. My machines don't have permission problem, but just in case, I checked ls -la to all the possible directories that installer is trying to access. I was darn sure all permissions are correct. Shooting in a dark, I selected Custom In

Re: [Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:29 PM 5/18/05 -0400, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >I couldn't resist, and I finally ordered it just 5 minutes ago! It looked good, and I was about to sign up for the bulk deal -- but I see it comes with a proprietary player, and mixing and matching with other kinds of samples seems difficult or even

Re: [Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 2005/05/18 / 03:16 PM wrote: >Henry, could you please clarify what you mean by your second point? Are >the sounds wrong, is the music being played wrong (i.e. wrong rhythms), >what? > >As a person who is thinking hard about acquiring GPO, I would dearly >love some clarification of w

Re: [Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread dhbailey
Gerald Berg wrote: Better let us know what system -- Below is a better tech place to go. http://northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=39 Jerry On 18-May-05, at 12:21 PM, Henry E. Howey wrote: Your friendly listowner has done something silly. I have just acquired GPO and have two peculiar pro

Re: [Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread Jari Williamsson
Henry E. Howey wrote: Your friendly listowner has done something silly. I have just acquired GPO and have two peculiar problems: 1. I cannot get the last note to end without stopping GPO. Set "MIDI Thru" to "Smart" or something similar. Best regards, Jari Williamsson __

Re: [Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread Gerald Berg
Better let us know what system -- Below is a better tech place to go. http://northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=39 Jerry On 18-May-05, at 12:21 PM, Henry E. Howey wrote: Your friendly listowner has done something silly. I have just acquired GPO and have two peculiar problems: 1. I cannot

[Finale] GPO Peculiarity

2005-05-18 Thread Henry E. Howey
Your friendly listowner has done something silly. I have just acquired GPO and have two peculiar problems: 1. I cannot get the last note to end without stopping GPO. 2. The percussion notation between FINALE and GPO leaves me stunned;-( 3. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS seems really slow in answering tech qu

Re: [Finale] GPO

2005-03-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Dean, I dunno where you got that idea, but it ain't so. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 23 Mar 2005, at 4:44 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I thought GPO was not available for Mac users. DEan On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: I am experiencing a minor GPO issue: I sta

Re: [Finale] GPO

2005-03-23 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I thought GPO was not available for Mac users. DEan On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: I am experiencing a minor GPO issue: I start GPO before opening Finale (2005 Mac - OS X) but Finale says it cannot find the expected GPO Studio 1 through 4 that I have defined as Finale's MIDI o

Re: [Finale] GPO & 2006

2005-03-23 Thread Chuck Israels
On Mar 23, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, We were just talking about this last week -- you must have missed it. Hi Darcy, Could have happened while I was away playing in Spain (always fun to be in that country). The scuttlebutt from people at MM is that 2006 is pretty w

Re: [Finale] GPO

2005-03-23 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, We were just talking about this last week -- you must have missed it. This is a Finale 2005 bug. The best thing to turn off "Save Preferences on Quit" (if it's on) and then set the MIDI Output to "None" and manually save your prefs. This will avoid triggering the "Device not found" d

[Finale] GPO

2005-03-23 Thread Chuck Israels
I am experiencing a minor GPO issue: I start GPO before opening Finale (2005 Mac - OS X) but Finale says it cannot find the expected GPO Studio 1 through 4 that I have defined as Finale's MIDI out. In Finale's MIDI setup menu, the GPO studios are italicized, however, there are new, non-italicized

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-20 Thread John Bell
Thank you so much Darcy for your clear explanation. I've finally got it. On 20 Mar 2005, at 17:21, Darcy James Argue wrote: John, We've gone over this before but you may not have understood correctly. In *Finale* MIDI Setup -- *not* in GPO studio -- in the first "Output Device" box (the one for MI

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
John, We've gone over this before but you may not have understood correctly. In *Finale* MIDI Setup -- *not* in GPO studio -- in the first "Output Device" box (the one for MIDI Channels 1-16), first select "GPO Studio: 1". Then, while holding down the "shift" key, in that same box, select "GPO

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-20 Thread John Bell
On 20 Mar 2005, at 13:01, Gerald Berg wrote: Load slot 1 with player one -- then hold shift and load player 2 into same slot. You mean: load another instrument into the same slot? If I do that the 1st instrument is lost and is replaced with the new one. John _

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-20 Thread Gerald Berg
Load slot 1 with player one -- then hold shift and load player 2 into same slot. Jerry On 19-Mar-05, at 11:13 PM, John Bell wrote: On 15 Mar 2005, at 14:23, Gerald Berg wrote: John You're in the game now -- the hunt begins in earnest. At this point you have your strings on channels 33-36 Midi

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-19 Thread John Bell
On 15 Mar 2005, at 14:23, Gerald Berg wrote: John You're in the game now -- the hunt begins in earnest. At this point you have your strings on channels 33-36 Midi channels 1-16 are set for playback in slot 1 (Midi set-up pop down menu) -- channels 17-32 slot 2 etc. -- you can load two players

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Chuck Israels
be my bassist when I go out and do a clinic!! Once the "GPJO" package comes out I will be switching to it from my mix of eMu and Edirol stuff... Your "presence" will be intimidating but stimulating! ;-) Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chuck Israels Se

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
ginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chuck Israels Sent: Wed 16-Mar-05 10:28 To: finale@SHSU.EDU Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Gary Garritan and Tom Hopkins (the person who does the editing and preparation of the samples) were here yesterday recording string bass

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Hiro, Nice votes of confidence coming here - thanks. I hope George continues to have energy and enthusiasm for his work as we both mellow a little. Please give him my fond regards. Chuck On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:38 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Chuck Israels / 05.3.16 / 02:26 PM wrote: And if one

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Chuck Israels / 05.3.16 / 02:26 PM wrote: >And if one might be "intimidated" by my playing, then it's lucky they >couldn't get Ray Brown or Mingus! :) If you are playing for GPO, I will be buying it! P.S. My boss, George Russell said "hi" :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Bos

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Chuck Israels
half of Chuck Israels Sent: Wed 16-Mar-05 10:28 To: finale@SHSU.EDU Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Gary Garritan and Tom Hopkins (the person who does the editing and preparation of the samples) were here yesterday recording string bass sounds for the GPO jazz library. They are working

RE: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Williams, Jim
e- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chuck Israels Sent: Wed 16-Mar-05 10:28 To: finale@SHSU.EDU Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Gary Garritan and Tom Hopkins (the person who does the editing and preparation of th

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Gary Garritan and Tom Hopkins (the person who does the editing and preparation of the samples) were here yesterday recording string bass sounds for the GPO jazz library. They are working on a delivery date for sometime this spring, but it seems to me that summer might be more realistic. I did get

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread A-NO-NE Music
I wrote: >It is _the_ direct competitor of GPO, and user claims NI Kontakt player >works better with it than GPO: > Sorry. The direct competition price wise is this version:

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Gerald Berg / 05.3.16 / 08:24 AM wrote: >What the heck is EWQLSO? It is _the_ direct competitor of GPO, and user claims NI Kontakt player works better with it than GPO: -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-16 Thread Gerald Berg
Moving ain't as bad as all that -- it has auto search and remember -- no big deal. What the heck is EWQLSO? Jerry On 16-Mar-05, at 2:21 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Johannes Gebauer / 05.3.14 / 05:15 PM wrote: Not that I know anyhting about GPO, but perhaps you are on an earlier System version (that

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-15 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Johannes Gebauer / 05.3.14 / 05:15 PM wrote: >Not that I know anyhting about GPO, but perhaps you are on an earlier >System version (that is, Mac OS X version, not GPO version) than GPO >supports? VST directory was present even with Preview-3, which was two versions before OSX Public Preview.

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-15 Thread Gerald Berg
John You're in the game now -- the hunt begins in earnest. At this point you have your strings on channels 33-36 Midi channels 1-16 are set for playback in slot 1 (Midi set-up pop down menu) -- channels 17-32 slot 2 etc. -- you can load two players to 1 slot (by holding down shift in midi set-

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Steve Gibons
Gosh, it sounds bad. Here's a stab in the dark. Are the modulation wheels in GPO studio set to zero? steve On Mar 14, 2005, at 11:11 PM, John Bell wrote: On 15 Mar 2005, at 04:33, Harold Owen wrote: John, set "Internal Speaker Playback" to OFF. Yes, Hal, I've set it to off. And I've set the Instr

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Harold Owen
John, You should set up all 8 instruments in Player 1. MIDI playback should be set to GPO Studio: 1. Hal On 15 Mar 2005, at 00:56, Darcy James Argue wrote: No that's not it, I'm on Mac OS 10.3.8. Anyway I put the VST plugins in the folder with GPO, which now no longer complains that it can't f

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
On 15 Mar 2005, at 04:33, Harold Owen wrote: John, set "Internal Speaker Playback" to OFF. Yes, Hal, I've set it to off. And I've set the Instruments in the Instrument List to the channels that match those in GPO. Some sounds play back. Others do not. I'm still very much in the dark here. Dark as

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Harold Owen
John, set "Internal Speaker Playback" to OFF. Hal On 14 Mar 2005, at 22:15, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Not that I know anyhting about GPO, but perhaps you are on an earlier System version (that is, Mac OS X version, not GPO version) than GPO supports? VST plugins have standard folders in the librar

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
On 15 Mar 2005, at 00:56, Darcy James Argue wrote: No that's not it, I'm on Mac OS 10.3.8. Anyway I put the VST plugins in the folder with GPO, which now no longer complains that it can't find it. I don't know if that was such a good idea. You shouldn't have to move folders anywhere, and movin

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 14 Mar 2005, at 6:46 PM, John Bell wrote: No that's not it, I'm on Mac OS 10.3.8. Anyway I put the VST plugins in the folder with GPO, which now no longer complains that it can't find it. I don't know if that was such a good idea. You shouldn't have to move folders anywhere, and moving folde

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 14 Mar 2005, at 4:58 PM, John Bell wrote: Yes Darcy, I installed GPO studio from disk 4 but when I open it I get "error: VST Directory does not exist!!" then "error: Can't find template:/Applications/templates/empty.gpo" Then I get the 8 little keyboards but clicking on them does absolutely not

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
On 14 Mar 2005, at 22:15, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Not that I know anyhting about GPO, but perhaps you are on an earlier System version (that is, Mac OS X version, not GPO version) than GPO supports? VST plugins have standard folders in the library folders of the system. If they don't exist this

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Not that I know anyhting about GPO, but perhaps you are on an earlier System version (that is, Mac OS X version, not GPO version) than GPO supports? VST plugins have standard folders in the library folders of the system. If they don't exist this seems to indicate that you are using a System ve

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
Yes Darcy, I installed GPO studio from disk 4 but when I open it I get "error: VST Directory does not exist!!" then "error: Can't find template:/Applications/templates/empty.gpo" Then I get the 8 little keyboards but clicking on them does absolutely nothing. On disk 4 there is a folder called VST

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Also -- I forgot to mention, but this is very important: Once you've installed any GPO components, DO NOT MOVE THEM from their default locations. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 14 Mar 2005, at 4:39 PM, John Bell wrote: Hi Darcy Thanks for trying to help. The GPO Studio interface

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
John, Like I said in my last post, GPO Studio is a separate installation. It is not installed automatically. Put GPO Disc 4 in your computer and install GPO Studio from there. Or, better, download the most recent version from Garritan's web site. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY O

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
Hi Darcy Thanks for trying to help. The GPO Studio interface window says "Garritan Personal Orchestra Studio" in the title bar, and has eight little keyboards labeled "Player 1, "Player 2," etc. When you click on "Player 1" it should spawn a new window, with "Garritan Personal Orchestra 1" in t

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 14 Mar 2005, at 2:26 PM, John Bell wrote: FinMac 2005b I'm trying to get GPO to work at all with Finale. I've read Adam Burford's tutorial, which says "You’ll see 8 Players: Player 1, Player 2, ... Player 8. Click on one of the Player buttons and up pops an instance of the Kontakt Player". T

[Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-14 Thread John Bell
FinMac 2005b I'm trying to get GPO to work at all with Finale. I've read Adam Burford's tutorial, which says "You’ll see 8 Players: Player 1, Player 2, ... Player 8. Click on one of the Player buttons and up pops an instance of the Kontakt Player". This is my first problem. Clicking on the play

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Not Found (Mac)

2005-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 14 Mar 2005, at 12:41 PM, Harold Owen wrote: The error message did not come up when I use FinMac 2k4c with GPO. Hmm. Interesting -- apparently it used to work, and now it's broken. I believe that the MIDI setup is independent of file settings. Right -- it's saved in Program Options, not Documen

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Not Found (Mac)

2005-03-14 Thread Harold Owen
Title: Re: [Finale] GPO Studio Not Found (Mac) Dear Darcy, The error message did not come up when I use FinMac 2k4c with GPO. I believe that the MIDI setup is independent of file settings. When I open GPO Studio then open Finale 2k4, whatever was my last MIDI Setup is there for any new or old

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