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Ralph L. Bowers Jr.
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| Posted 11/18/2015 4:06 PM (GMT -6) |   | Charles Lawrence said...
The last several releases/updates have been distributed as full functional downloads to be stored on your HD for future use. It did not use to be this way. You should not have deleted the F2014 install file, in case you need it for whatever reason.
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I maintain backups to my backups Charles so I have them back to F2010b and every upgrade and update since. I'd just like it noted/reflected in our accounts and reflect that it is 2014.5.
Maybe Mark will have that part of the accounts updated in due course?
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/18/2015 4:19 PM (GMT -6) | |
Charles Lawrence said...
The last several releases/updates have been distributed as full functional downloads to be stored on your HD for future use. It did not use to be this way. You should not have deleted the F2014 install file, in case you need it for whatever reason. Personally, I didn't, but others should be entitled to have what they paid for, if needed.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/18/2015 9:07 PM (GMT -6) | | Okay. I now have 2014.5 installed. However, I am still working on some projects, so decided to use 2014d for those. However, I now keep getting the pop-up when opening 2014 that there is a new version (2014.5). I suppose I should disable the automatic update feature in 2014. Maybe there's nothing they could do about the updater recognizing 2014.5 is already installed.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/19/2015 2:24 AM (GMT -6) | | | When in 2014, the link to the manual is now to the new 2014.5 manual. In other words, the new manual is an integrated manual for both. The problem with that is that the changes in 2014.5 are there, which could confuse someone still using 2014d. For example, the new manual shows the Apply HP Playback in the MIDI Tool. However, in 2014d, it is not a built-in feature, but a plugin.
I am guessing this might cause a lot of confusion for users not having 2014.5 installed. This is a bizarre approach, since it is being touted that they are 2 separate programs. However, they share a manual that shows things as they are in 2014.5, not 2014d. Hmmmm.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/19/2015 7:57 AM (GMT -6) | | |
Craig,
From what you describe, you definitely do not have JABB3 interfaced with Finale like it should be. You can of course, as you have described, use JABB3 manually and assign instruments to the Aria player, but you are missing out on what Finale can do automatically, i.e. load up the Aria player per your choice of instruments. And no, all recent Finale versions use the Aria player for playback using VST. There is no other player bundled in Finale anymore. You should have JABB3 available as a "Device" in the Score Manager, and if chosen, then under "Sound", you should see a hierarchy dropdown of all the sounds available in the library. You certainly should be able to set the soundmap priority as well.
The instruction sheet you reference is correct. What version of Finale are you using? I assume the new F2014.5. All the directories referred to in the instruction should be there except they are called F2014.5 instead of F2014. MM has not updated the instruction specifically for F2014.5, but you can just substitute F2014.5 everywhere there is an F2014. BTW, the F2014 directories are there as well, since F2014.5 is not an update, but its own standalone product that can run concurrently with F2014 or any other version you may have installed. You also must download the JABB3.ZIP file located at the bottom of the instruction sheet. Unzip it somewhere, because it contains the auxiliary/support files referenced in the instruction. It sounds like you have never done this important step. The interfacing of a Garritan library to Finale, other than GIFF, must be done manually, and is not, at this time, done automatically during the installation of the library sound files. Stop Finale, place the support files in the directories as instructed, and restart Finale. You should see JABB3 interfaced to Finale correctly then.
Good luck. If you still have problems, let us know.
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CraigP
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| Posted 11/19/2015 10:33 AM (GMT -6) | | Charles Lawrence said...
You also must download the JABB3.ZIP file located at the bottom of the instruction sheet. Unzip it somewhere, because it contains the auxiliary/support files referenced in the instruction. It sounds like you have never done this important step. The interfacing of a Garritan library to Finale, other than GIFF, must be done manually, and is not, at this time, done automatically during the installation of the library sound files.
OK. That's probably the answer. I don't remember ever doing that. I guess I just assumed that if I installed both products JABB3 and Finale from the same supplier, they would work together without a bunch of manual hacking. Silly me.
Thanks for the pointers. This might make life a little easier after I get it sorted out.
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On edit, I did install those extra files. It does make for a more seamless operation. Definitely fewer steps when setting up a new score.
I have grown accustomed to using multiple Aria instances (one for reeds, one for brass, one for rhy, etc.) It isn't really necessary, but sometimes it is a little easier to adjust the mix for the entire section at once, and sometimes I set different reverb levels or other effects on each instance. But I can still do that the hard way if it is needed. This seamless mode is definitely the way to start, and it more in line with how Sibelius manages instruments. Thanks for setting me straight.Post Edited (CraigP) : 11/19/2015 9:29:46 PM (GMT-6) | | Back to Top | |
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/19/2015 11:19 AM (GMT -6) | | Silly you Craig!  Why would you ever think such a thing! Seriously though, this is something MM should fix, since they now own the Garritan product line. Before that, it was perfectly reasonable for Garritan not to automatically interface with any particular software, but to have an external interfacing procedure for a given software such as Finale.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/19/2015 1:26 PM (GMT -6) | | I beg to differ, but it just won't happen. Perhaps you are confused like Craig was.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/19/2015 1:50 PM (GMT -6) | | AFAIK, if you have not done it for F2014 and F2014.5, then you are not interfacing your Garritan library properly with Finale. You can still use the library by loading the Aria player manually with sounds or ensembles, but Finale can do it for you if properly interfaced. Just out of curiosity, in the Score Manager, do you see your libraries in the "Device" dropdown, and the sounds for a given library in the "Sound" dropdown? You should. If not, then it is not configured properly.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/19/2015 10:01 PM (GMT -6) | | I see this in the readme about 2014.5:
"Custom user-defined options are now displayed in the Apply Human Playback command in the MIDI tool menu."
This option was always available, but it was in the dropdown list. Now, they automatically appear, and are not an item in the list. I suppose this is an improvement.
Also, I did test their mention of fixed lyric size spacing properly. I remember this as a bug Mike Rosen had brought to light. That fix is a good thing.
I also notice that editing mixed fonts in lyrics no longer results in odd characters appearing out of nowhere. That is a valuable fix.
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Mike Rosen
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| Posted 11/19/2015 10:23 PM (GMT -6) | | Zuill said...
Also, I did test their mention of fixed lyric size spacing properly. I remember this as a bug Mike Rosen had brought to light. That fix is a good thing.
Yes, I checked that out today. A good thing.
In addition, when you view the page under a higher magnification, the lyrics in the lyric window are enlarged, as well. And it seems that the cursor no longer jumps back to the top when you want to click-assign from the middle of the window. All in all, improvements to lyrics are working, for which I'm grateful!
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/20/2015 12:44 AM (GMT -6) | | Craig,
You can set up multiple instances of the Aria player for your "mixing" in the Score Manager. Just choose different banks (Aria players) and channels (1-16) for your mixes. If you don't see Bank and Channel, then turn them on with the "Customize View" button.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/20/2015 1:27 AM (GMT -6) | |
Mike Rosen said...
Zuill said...
Also, I did test their mention of fixed lyric size spacing properly. I remember this as a bug Mike Rosen had brought to light. That fix is a good thing. Yes, I checked that out today. A good thing. In addition, when you view the page under a higher magnification, the lyrics in the lyric window are enlarged, as well. And it seems that the cursor no longer jumps back to the top when you want to click-assign from the middle of the window. All in all, improvements to lyrics are working, for which I'm grateful! Unfortunately, in Windows, if I highlight a syllable in the Lyrics Window, then click assign, it always enters one syllable to the left. This is not changed from 2014d. It is really frustrating. I should report it.
Zuill
P.S.: The bug in Click Assign is actually more inconsistent than what I said. It often jumps around in other unpredictable ways. This is not new to 2014.5, but didn't get fixed with the other Lyric improvements.
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/20/2015 1:54 AM (GMT -6) | | Another line from the readme:
"The Add Cue Notes plug-in now adds the name of the cued instrument to the cue."
2014d added the name, so I don't know why this is mentioned. In 2014, the name was added, but no accidental (as in Trumpet in B appearing instead of Bb). In 2014.5, it now shows Bb, but the flat is actually a letter b. One needs to edit the expression to change the b to a flat.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/20/2015 9:26 AM (GMT -6) | | Check out this thread over on the Mac side concerning the Aria player/engine.
http://forum.makemusic.com/?f=6&m=464801&g=464806#m464806
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Zuill
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| Posted 11/20/2015 2:23 PM (GMT -6) | | This is a message to MakeMusic:
If you are going to replace the 2014 manual with the 2014.5 manual, fine. However, if you are now including a video about how the manual works, as you did, you might want to have the look of the manual match the look of the New manual. The video looks like it was made in 2014, not 2014.5. Just a suggestion, to alleviate what has already become a confusing scenario for user with 2014 who now have a manual for 2014.5.
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