I had to reinstall all my apps on my iMac.
When I open the Instrument List to assign sounds to my staffs, Garritan Instruments for Finale is not in the list.
I have downloaded and reinstalled Finale and Garritan a few times but to no avail.
I see the Aria player but don't see any option for Garritan Instruments for Finale.
please help
Garritan Instruments not showing in Instruments List
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- MikeHalloran
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I see that you are using 2014. Download and rerun the Finale installer. There's a second installer in the download for Aria/Garritan—do not close the window—run it.
If you're running 2014 and not 2014.5, the current installer will give you 2014.5 but will leave your 2014 copy alone.
If you're running 2014 and not 2014.5, the current installer will give you 2014.5 but will leave your 2014 copy alone.
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Sorry for confusion. I have 2014.5
I have reinstalled from the website 4 times.
Every time I do, when I open Finale i get a warning prompt saying Garritan can't locate data installation.
As per photo...
I have reinstalled from the website 4 times.
Every time I do, when I open Finale i get a warning prompt saying Garritan can't locate data installation.
As per photo...
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- MikeHalloran
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Did you run the second installer?
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If 1 re-installation doesn't change anything, then the chances of further re-installations changing things diminish exponentially!wonder wrote:I have reinstalled from the website 4 times.
First of all, where is the GIFF_Samples folder? For Finale 2012 to 2014.5, it's likely to be in the /Applications folder. Other possibilities include in /Users/Shared.
Next, go to the root level Library folder**: /Library/Preferences, and look for the file com.Garritan.Instruments for Finale.plist. Open it in a text editor.
This file tells Finale where to look for GIFF things. Check that the string following the "sample_dir" key is the same as the filepath to the GIFF_Samples folder.
** To avoid argument, the "root level Library folder" is the one at the top level of your system volume, where apps tend to save their files. It is NOT /System/Library, nor inside the User domain.
- MikeHalloran
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Unless he only ran the one as his answer and the error indicates.BuonTempi wrote:If 1 re-installation doesn't change anything, then the chances of further re-installations changing things diminish exponentially!wonder wrote:I have reinstalled from the website 4 times.
I'm still thinking that he didn't run the second installer for Aria/Garritan. It's confusing and MM should change that but they haven't.
Mike Halloran
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MacOS Ventura 14.5 (public beta); 2023 Studio M2 Ultra, 192G RAM, 8TB; 2021 MBAir M1
NotePerformer4, Dorico 5, Overture, Notion 6, DP 11, Logic Pro