EXPLODE MUSIC FOR BAND OR ORCHESTRA?
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Hello.
Is Explode Music function useful for band or orchestra instrumentation? I mean: Does it use logical steps for distributing voices into appropiate instruments, tessituras etc leaving you only the job of outlining final details and putting the final touches?
Thanks
Is Explode Music function useful for band or orchestra instrumentation? I mean: Does it use logical steps for distributing voices into appropiate instruments, tessituras etc leaving you only the job of outlining final details and putting the final touches?
Thanks
- N Grossingink
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No - Finale doesn't orchestrate. That's your job.
Here is a good reference if you're new at this:
http://www.alfredpub.com/Products/Essen ... 17894.aspx
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Here is a good reference if you're new at this:
http://www.alfredpub.com/Products/Essen ... 17894.aspx
N.
N. Grossingink
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
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Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
OSX 10.15.7
Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3
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However I would like to know what´s the máximum that Explode Music function can do. It seems many composers use it for making instrumental arrangements. What´s the máximum number of instruments you can distribute a keyboard score? Thank you very much.
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And if you use for example an orchestra score, can you select passages in which some instruments play and other keep silence? Can you select orchestration details? Thanks
- Michel R E
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No, that's what university orchestration courses are for.composerfinale wrote:And if you use for example an orchestra score, can you select passages in which some instruments play and other keep silence? Can you select orchestration details? Thanks
There are definitely limits to what the "Explode Music" feature can do.
It can take a simple 4 part (or more) harmony and evenly distribute it across multiple staves.
Don't expect it to intelligently know which instruments to give what notes to in anything remotely resembling a competent orchestration.
User of Finale since version 3.0 on Windows.
Now using a mix of Finale 2012, Finale 25, and 26.1
GPO, Garritan Solo Stradivari violin, Gofriller Solo Cello.
XSamples Chamber Ensemble.
Absolute convert to NotePerformer3.
Now using a mix of Finale 2012, Finale 25, and 26.1
GPO, Garritan Solo Stradivari violin, Gofriller Solo Cello.
XSamples Chamber Ensemble.
Absolute convert to NotePerformer3.
- N Grossingink
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Quite a few arrangers/composers use explode to break apart multiple voiced MIDI staves and piano reductions into single lines for winds, brass and strings. Commercial orchestrator Tim Davies uses this technique liberally - here's a video of his workflow:motet wrote:I'm very skeptical of that.composerfinale wrote:It seems many composers use [Explode Music] for making instrumental arrangements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeCuJfXhS9s
Tim uses TG Tools "Smart Explosion" rather that Finale's own Explode utility. It offers more control and copies dynamics, articulations, smart shapes and any other entries from the source to the exploded staves, which Finale doesn't always do.
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N. Grossingink
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
OSX 10.15.7
Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3
Educational Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble a specialty
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pFF5OeJDeLFGHMRyXrubFqZWXBubErw4/view?usp=share_link
Mac Mini 2014 2.6 Ghz, 8Gb RAM
OSX 10.15.7
Finale 2012c, 25.5, 26.3, 27.3