clarkus
03-04-2004, 02:45 PM
To Lee and others interested in this issue of \"Why are notation programs so clunky as regards playback, and when are these software designers going to get with it?\" I wanted to share some correspondence I just has with Finale; things are looking up, it seems.
The pdf file I cannot steer you to here, but those who are interested could contact Finale & they\'ll share it with you. Basically, the (new) program looks for instructions like \"rit\" and \"crescendo\" and gives you something reasonably lifelike.
Probably a big shrug for those whose home-base is a program like Cubase, but great news for us Finale & Sibelius addicts - or anyone who dreams of getting a good demo from a notation program, not having to dump all your data from one program to another ...
Subject: RE: ? ? \'s regarding Finale
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:51:15 -0600
From: \"WinSupport\" <winsupport@makemusic.com>
To: \"clark suprynowicz\"
Hello,
Finale 2004 (which will be released for OS9 very soon, but is already out for OSX), has a feature called Human Playback. What is does is it reads the score when it plays back. So if you put in a tempo change, or a dynamic change (gradual or sudden), or you put in a trill or tremolo, Finale will automatically play it. Overall, this feature will respond to virtually anything that you put into the score. It even reads the parts to see what instrument they are written for, and if a effect is not appropriate, it does not play it. This feature also has several style settings, just as 21 Century, or Classical, or Romantic. There is also a Custom Setting were you tell Human Playback what to respond to. To give you an example of what this can do, here is the page on our website about Human Playback (http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/ftr-human-playback.asp). It gives a side by side example of with or without HP. Note that all of this is done in Finale, without a sequencer.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Phil
Technical Support Representative
MakeMusic!, Inc.
Coda Music Technologies
Subject: RE: ? ? \'s regarding Finale
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:42:52 -0600
From: \"WinSupport\" <winsupport@makemusic.com>
To: \"clark suprynowicz\"
Hi, Phil -
So - just to be clear - both tempo and dynamic markings are respected with what is called \"smart font?\" I assume, if so, parameters are adjustable (i.e. \"molto rit.\" can be adjusted as to howe \"molto\" it is?)
Thanks!
CS
Hello,
Yes the parameters are adjustable. Here is a pdf file of all the text items Human Playback responds to.
Phil
Technical Support Representative
MakeMusic!, Inc.
Coda Music Technologies
The pdf file I cannot steer you to here, but those who are interested could contact Finale & they\'ll share it with you. Basically, the (new) program looks for instructions like \"rit\" and \"crescendo\" and gives you something reasonably lifelike.
Probably a big shrug for those whose home-base is a program like Cubase, but great news for us Finale & Sibelius addicts - or anyone who dreams of getting a good demo from a notation program, not having to dump all your data from one program to another ...
Subject: RE: ? ? \'s regarding Finale
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:51:15 -0600
From: \"WinSupport\" <winsupport@makemusic.com>
To: \"clark suprynowicz\"
Hello,
Finale 2004 (which will be released for OS9 very soon, but is already out for OSX), has a feature called Human Playback. What is does is it reads the score when it plays back. So if you put in a tempo change, or a dynamic change (gradual or sudden), or you put in a trill or tremolo, Finale will automatically play it. Overall, this feature will respond to virtually anything that you put into the score. It even reads the parts to see what instrument they are written for, and if a effect is not appropriate, it does not play it. This feature also has several style settings, just as 21 Century, or Classical, or Romantic. There is also a Custom Setting were you tell Human Playback what to respond to. To give you an example of what this can do, here is the page on our website about Human Playback (http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/ftr-human-playback.asp). It gives a side by side example of with or without HP. Note that all of this is done in Finale, without a sequencer.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Phil
Technical Support Representative
MakeMusic!, Inc.
Coda Music Technologies
Subject: RE: ? ? \'s regarding Finale
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:42:52 -0600
From: \"WinSupport\" <winsupport@makemusic.com>
To: \"clark suprynowicz\"
Hi, Phil -
So - just to be clear - both tempo and dynamic markings are respected with what is called \"smart font?\" I assume, if so, parameters are adjustable (i.e. \"molto rit.\" can be adjusted as to howe \"molto\" it is?)
Thanks!
CS
Hello,
Yes the parameters are adjustable. Here is a pdf file of all the text items Human Playback responds to.
Phil
Technical Support Representative
MakeMusic!, Inc.
Coda Music Technologies