Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-08 Thread Mark McCarron
] Fin11 percussion - repost On 2/7/2012 12:11 PM, Mark McCarron wrote: I haven't tried this but simple entry might work. Thanks, but I'm not interested in Simple Entry. I have always used Speedy with my computer keyboard, and according to the Finale docs, this method is supposed to work. Aaron

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Mark McCarron
I'm assuming you are using the change octave keys K,I,and   Mark McCarron From: Aaron Sherber aa...@sherber.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost On 2/6/2012 11:52 AM, Mark McCarron

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/7/2012 9:52 AM, Mark McCarron wrote: I'm assuming you are using the change octave keys K,I,and They have no effect on this issue. Finale seems to treat the percussion staff as a treble staff for the purposes of percussion entry, so the bottom line is E4. If I try hitting E3 (regardless of

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Mark McCarron
I haven't tried this but simple entry might work.   Mark McCarron From: Aaron Sherber aa...@sherber.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost On 2/7/2012 9:52 AM, Mark McCarron wrote: I'm

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/7/2012 12:11 PM, Mark McCarron wrote: I haven't tried this but simple entry might work. Thanks, but I'm not interested in Simple Entry. I have always used Speedy with my computer keyboard, and according to the Finale docs, this method is supposed to work. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Huh ... I'll be damned I always considered it a bass staff for no particular reason ... Dean On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: On 2/7/2012 9:52 AM, Mark McCarron wrote: I'm assuming you are using the change octave keys K,I,and They have no effect on this issue. Finale

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/7/2012 3:50 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Huh ... I'll be damned I always considered it a bass staff for no particular reason ... In past versions, there were bass clef and treble clef entry maps. But now that you can no longer specify an input pitch separate from a display position

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-07 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah makes sense On Feb 7, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: On 2/7/2012 3:50 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Huh ... I'll be damned I always considered it a bass staff for no particular reason ... In past versions, there were bass clef and treble clef entry maps. But now

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-06 Thread Mark McCarron
Subject: Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost Hi all, I wanted to follow up on this for the list's benefit, now that I've played with it for a while. I tried following the instructions in the post Jonathan sent, but I couldn't really get it working. Though I do see the logic of what's going

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-06 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/6/2012 11:52 AM, Mark McCarron wrote: when using speedy entry. You can engage the caps lock key and have the cursor jump from pitch to pitch using the qwerty keyboard. this might help? That's exactly the entry method I always use -- the 3-octave computer keyboard. My point is that it

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-05 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I wanted to follow up on this for the list's benefit, now that I've played with it for a while. I tried following the instructions in the post Jonathan sent, but I couldn't really get it working. Though I do see the logic of what's going on. On the other hand, I did finally get things

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-05 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I appreciate the recap always been a prob for me ... Dean On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I wanted to follow up on this for the list's benefit, now that I've played with it for a while. I tried following the instructions in the post Jonathan sent, but I

Re: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost

2012-02-05 Thread Michael Mathew
: [Finale] Fin11 percussion - repost I appreciate the recap always been a prob for me ... Dean On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I wanted to follow up on this for the list's benefit, now that I've played with it for a while. I tried following the instructions

[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