Knocking sound in bass line

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david_t_rodda1
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Post by david_t_rodda1 » Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:23 pm

There is an unwanted knocking sound in m. 24 (0:46 sec) that seems to come from the bass line. It comes back again in 1:16 to 1:33. It is in time with the percussion and sounds like a rim shot (but more metallic). I hear it when the bass line is on solo. I could make it go away by deleting the notes in that measure, but it comes back when I add notes back in (even different notes). I tried changing Garritan instruments, but the knocking comes back in the same places. The knocking goes away when I play Finale through MIDI rather than VST though the instruments sounds rather different. I'll attach the musx score.

I'm a relatively new user of Finale 27.2 (Windows 10). Recently switched over from Muse.

Grateful for suggestions.
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Post by motet » Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:58 pm

I hear it! Played through SmartMusic SoftSynth->Finger Bass (VST) the artifact isn't there so perhaps it's a Garritan issue. Sorry I can't help.

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Post by motet » Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:16 pm

If you delete the crescendo in the previous bar (bar 34), the artifact goes away! Don't ask me what that means. But the knocking later on persists even if all hairpins are deleted.
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Post by motet » Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:22 pm

And if you set Human Playback to None the problem goes away entirely.

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