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Hector Pascal
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Post by Hector Pascal » Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:47 pm

Hi again,

When I playback a lengthy undamped piano arpeggio of say 6 bars, by the time the last bar is near, the first notes may be heard to switch off. Am I noticing Finale's polyphony limits here? Or is there a setting that I can tweak, perhaps? I am using Garritan Instruments for Finale Steinway.

Cheers,
Hector.


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Michel R E
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Post by Michel R E » Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:00 am

it could be one of two things:

1) yes, you might have reached that instrument's polyphony limit (which can be adjusted in the Aria player if I recall)

2) many instruments have a normal decay, so you may simply have reached the point where that instrument won't sound anymore because it's beyond the length of the sample itself.
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.
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Hector Pascal
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Post by Hector Pascal » Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:38 am

Thanks, Michel. I will take a look around in the aria settings.
I will also test out the music on a real piano to see how long all the notes will sustain at various dynamics.
Cheerio,
Hector.

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Michel R E
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Post by Michel R E » Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:07 am

remember to compare with the decay of the sampled piano, not a real piano.
regardless of what you write or how you play with the Aria player, you MAY never get a long decay on that piano sample.
it's a consideration.
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.

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