All piano?

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Post by miker » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:37 pm

Can anyone figure out why all notes entered on the staves from Flute to Timpani sound like a piano? A friend sent it to me, and I can't figure it out.

Percussion to Contrabass are OK.
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Post by motet » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:46 pm

It's OK on my system, so not a Finale problem. Maybe a VST player issue. Notice the offenders are all in bank 1. Also, there are settings for what you hear when you enter (as opposed to playing back).

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Post by miker » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:55 pm

I wasn't aware of that, other than the concert pitch issue. Where would that setting be?
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Post by motet » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:56 pm

MIDI menu, Device setup, MIDI thru. Try setting it to "Smart."

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Post by motet » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:58 pm

That is, if they're complaining about what the hear when entering, as opposed to playback.

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Post by miker » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:12 pm

I'll try that.

In any case, I set it to MIDI, rather than Audio Units, and it's playing correctly, so I think we'll go with that, for now.

Thanks for the help!
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Post by David Ward » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:35 pm

FWIW I'm getting exactly the same phenomenon with this file as Mike.

To double check, I started a new file with SoftSynth Piccolo through Audio Units and the new file sounded OK. I also noted that with Mike's file, if the instruments are changed from SoftSynth to Garritan (MIDI/Audio>Reassign Playback Sounds), it sounds as it should through Audio Units. (This is for playback, rather than entry.)
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Post by zuill » Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:39 am

The basic issue with this file is quite simple. There is a playback option which is unchecked which needs to be checked: Send patches to MIDI device on playback.

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Post by David Ward » Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:47 am

zuill wrote:The basic issue with this file is quite simple. There is a playback option which is unchecked which needs to be checked: Send patches to MIDI device on playback.
That simple! (once one has been told what to look for).

I wonder why it was unticked, as the default for a new file seems to be to have it ticked.
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Post by zuill » Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:57 am

By simple I didn't mean easy to track down. I meant it was one single item. Sometimes just one option checked or unchecked can cause undesired or mysterious behavior. It took me awhile to find it. I was only able to even go in that direction because I had seen this before. However, it didn't come to me right away.

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