[Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Dan Tillberg
I have tried to look in the user's manual but haven't found anything about how Finale can be configured to play back brass muted. I notice that when I enter the word straight as a text expression, Finale automatically plays back with a muted trumpet (although it sounds to me more like harmon than

Re: [Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Carl Dershem
Dan Tillberg wrote: I have tried to look in the user's manual but haven't found anything about how Finale can be configured to play back brass muted. I notice that when I enter the word straight as a text expression, Finale automatically plays back with a muted trumpet (although it sounds to me

Re: [Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Or just turn on Human Playback and create an expression that says mute. Cheers, - Darcy - djar...@earthlink.net Brooklyn, NY On 18 Apr 2009, at 11:19 AM, Carl Dershem wrote: You have to modify the expression definition. ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Dan Tillberg
OK, thanks. So I gathered. But what about the automagic recognition of the word straight? Is that documented? Is it configurable? Is it extendable? /D Dan Tillberg wrote: I have tried to look in the user's manual but haven't found anything about how Finale can be configured to play back

Re: [Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Carl Dershem
Dan Tillberg wrote: OK, thanks. So I gathered. But what about the automagic recognition of the word straight? Is that documented? Is it configurable? Is it extendable? /D Automatic? Whaddya think this is, a computer or something? Oh. Nope - it's just a setting you have to configure

Re: [Finale] Brass mute playback in Finale 2007?

2009-04-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Dan, There are two issues here: 1) Assuming you are using the SoftSynth trumpet, or the lite Garritan trumpet included with Finale, the only muted sound available is a harmon sound. If you want the sound of a cup mute, or a bucket mute, etc, you need to purchase the full version of