 Anyone Using Finale With A Mac? |
 Thu 31 Mar 2005, 04:38
Post
#1
|
|
 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 30-Mar 05 From: Ottawa - CA Member No.: 63,201  |
I recently purchased a Roland Fantom X6. I use a Mac G5 and have installed Finale 2005. I can't seem to get Finale to send patch changes to the Fantom. When I do the Tutorial in the Finale tutotial book (chapter 6 - more midi topics) the result I get is not correct - the patch assignments are not recognized by the X6 - it plays all the parts with the one sound - whichever sound the X6 has selected on its screen - not affected by the data I have entered in Finale. However, I can enter notes in Finale using the X6 as a midi source so I know the computer and the X6 are sending and receiving the midi signal.
Is anyone at this site using Finale with a Mac? Can you offer any suggestions to get me started? Any help would be appreciated. blueroom |
 |
 
|
 |
Replies
|
Fri 1 Apr 2005, 03:36
Post
#2
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 30-Mar 05 From: Ottawa - CA Member No.: 63,201 |
Thank you to ghess, MidiMacMan, beltunabob, and leekunkel!
Re beltunabob's suggestion re Finale forum - thanks I didn't know it existed. I have now found it and will check it out. Re leelunkel's suggestions about turning off "local switch' on the Fantom, I have now tried that and, while the result is different, it's still not correct. i will tinker with this further. Re the OSX midi set up - I thought I had done that properly but will try out your suggestions to set up another devise... sounds more complicated than it should be... but I will go there if nothing else works Re what both ghess and MidiMacMan said about "open the instrument list...do not change the channels listed..." I'm puzzled. I had assigned each staff its own patch on its own channel (e.g. staff one is "flute", midi channel one, GM 74 Flute, staff two is "Choir", midi channel two, GM 111 Choir Aahs, etc) When you say not to change channels...don't understand - I have to assign each sound its own channel, no? Re MidiMacMan - appreciate the thoughtful reply - I am going to need more time to try out each of these suggestions. I can relate to the frustrations and gratifications of trying to compose with Midi. After I have tried all this out I will post news if I achieve success. Thanks all! blueroom |
|
|
|
Posts in this topic
blueroom Anyone Using Finale With A Mac? Thu 31 Mar 2005, 04:38
ghess I've not used the Fantom, but I do use Finale ... Thu 31 Mar 2005, 05:38 MidiMacMan QUOTE (ghess @ Mar 31 2005, 04:38)1. Open MID... Thu 31 Mar 2005, 06:26 beltunabob Blueroom,
You might try the Finale forum. I'm... Thu 31 Mar 2005, 15:48 leekunkel I have also just been through the same hoops with ... Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:23 leekunkel One other thing that I failed to mention in the pr... Thu 31 Mar 2005, 19:34 joehosefat After scanning through all of this, just one simpl... Fri 1 Apr 2005, 06:00 ghess QUOTE Re what both ghess and MidiMacMan said about... Fri 1 Apr 2005, 12:53
leekunkel While finishing my setup for DP4 today, I discover... Sat 2 Apr 2005, 01:26 |
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
