cresc. on Playback

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EIS
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Post by EIS » Fri Jun 19, 2015 9:53 pm

The cresc. in my music score is not working during playback. I have Human Playback set to Standard. What am I doing wrong?

The file is attached.

Thank You...
Earl
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:52 pm

My first guess is that you should have a “final dynamic” at the end of the crescendo.

Try the attached document.
It works for me (= It plays back with a crescendo).
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EIS
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Post by EIS » Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:09 am

Thank you for your reply?

I don't hear the crescendo on your revised .musx file either, so the problem must be in my playback settings somewhere. Is there some setting that defines the cresc. and dim. target values?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:41 am

EIS wrote:…I don't hear the crescendo on your revised .musx file either, so the problem must be in my playback settings somewhere. Is there some setting that defines the cresc. and dim. target values?…
When I wrote
“you should have a "final dynamic" at the end of the crescendo”
I meant that there should be a dynamic (= an expression) at the end of the crescendo.
In my revised document I have inserted in measure 31 a forte dynamic (which you perhaps did not notice?).

I wonder why I hear a crescendo in playback, and you do not?

What are your settings in Human Playback, in the chiclet Dynamics/Volume?
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EIS
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Post by EIS » Sat Jun 20, 2015 3:34 pm

Thank you for your reply.

I did see your forte at measure 31, but the crescendo still did not sound. I found a check box for "Attach to On Wings of SongRevised.musx" at MIDI/Audio>Human Playback>Human Playback Preferences. I checked the box and now the crescendo works. I returned to my original file and tried it again and it did not work. I checked the "Attach to On Wings of Song.musx" and then the crescendo worked again without the forte in measure 31. So now I have a crescendo followed by a diminuendo with no dynamic marks between them and they work fine on playback.

Thank you for all of your help...
Earl
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