Some notes won't playback

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birchbaydad
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Post by birchbaydad » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:29 am

Notes in bars 2 & 4 won't playback. They are in the legal range for the Alto Xylophone. Ideas? Thanks!

Keith

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motet
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Post by motet » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:42 am

I've no experience with this, but isn't the xylophone supposed to sound an octave higher? Or is that not true for alto xylophone? The transposition is set to none.

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zuill
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Post by zuill » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:53 am

Alto Xylophone is probably referring to the Orff instrument, which is not a transposing instrument. Unfortunately, the instrument chosen is Xylophone, which is a soprano instrument and needs transposing. The Garritan instrument is limited to the range of the standard xylophone, which won't play back the needed notes. For this, one must use the SoftSynth instead.

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birchbaydad
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Post by birchbaydad » Sat Apr 01, 2017 5:10 am

Many thanks, Zuill. That was the problem.

Keith

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