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  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Hi Alain!

    Sforzato has not been included in the Human Playback Preferences because you have to trick Finale to get it to work. It would only lead to confusion, as it just did with you. Otherwise the HPP for the Special Edition are complete to my knowledge.

    For "ord." (which stands for ordinario) I made another home made Technique text, but it was not necessary to include it in the HPP. It then changed back to sustain or detache - depends on the note length. Without it Finale would stay at sforzato. I know that's not very comfortable. That's why it's not included in the original HPP settings for download.

    Best,
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • P
    P
    Andi, Is there a way for me to get the HP prefs for Finale 2007? I was able to get a few things working, like 'staccato' and 'ord', but I was just wondering what the Vienna Custom Library for the HPP looks like? Is thete a way to get a text version of it? I want to see what the custom text settings look like. Also, I am having problems doing crescendo hairpins over the barline? Do these work on Finale 2008? I am prolonging my upgrade because of limited funds right now. We are in a recession in the US right now, despite what Bush claims!!! Anyway, let me know and thanks for all the help. -Peter
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Hi Peter!

    I sent you some screenshots of the Finale 2008 HPP. I hope they are of some use for you.
    Crescendi in Finale 2008 do also work across the barline.

    Best,
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • S
    S

    Ciao Andy,

    would you may those screenshots available for all of us?

    Thanx

    Sergino
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Ciao Sergino!

    Ok. Here are screenshots of the Human Playback Preferences for Finale 2008 (German version)

    "Bezeichnung" = Name
    "Nur anwenden, wenn" = Only use when
    "SoftSynth- oder ext. Wiedergabe" = SoftSynth or ext. Playback
    "Diese Technik verwenden" = Use this technique

    Best,

    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • P
    P
    I've come to the conclusion that the work-arounds for using Finale with VSL are way too cumbersome. I have wasted a great deal of time trying to trick Finale into playing the right VSL articulations. The "ord." doesn't seem to be working, so it's hard to get the articulations to return from say a tremolo technique to a normal playing technique. Putting the key trigger notes into the score in a different layer seems to be the best idea. I wish it wore easier to create key switches on Finale, the whole data dump thing is way beyond the scope of just being a composer. The bottom line is; I just want to write music. Until the interface between VSL and Finale is glitch and work-around free, I will be playing the music into a sequencer like Pro-Tools of Logic. Or course the problem with that is getting the dynamics happening. -Peter
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Hi Peter!

    Finale 2007 is an old version and is not supported by us. As I said before, Finale 2009 works with our Special Edition.

    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • P
    P
    Yes, but how well does Finale 2009 work with VSL? You yourself said that it didn't recognize Sfz and things like that. before I upgrade I want to make sure that I can do ALL the articulations with no exceptions. For example, after I do a tremolo will Finale automatically switch back to normal playing, or do I have do some work-around to get it to change back to the previous articulation? This is frustrating frankly. -Peter
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    After a tremolo passage the articulation will switch back automatically.

    Sforzato is not recognised by the Human Playback Preferences. If you want to use the sforzato patch without creating an expression for it as described above, don't upgrade to Finale 2009.
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • P
    P
    I guess I will upgrade. Aside from the previous issues, Finale 2007 will is not able to save the Audio File and instead reverts to the Softsynth sounds on an aiff save. So I have been saving a midi file and importing it into pro-tools. As you can imagine, it's very needlessly time consuming. Thanks for all your help Andi. You have been very accommodating. As a side note, has the Vienna team ever thought of doing an early music instruments set? That would be amazing. -Peter
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Thanks Peter!

    We have no plans for a set of early instruments at the moment. Nevertheless it's always good to know the wishes of our customers. [:)]

    Best,
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
  • J
    J
    Ok so... I want to add one more wish... You might make an special edition on a Symphonic WIND BAND. I think you would sell a lot specially in Spain and United States, and the most funny thing is that you have already all the instruments (but the flugelhorn I think) in your library... you would just have to put all of them in one set and you are all set... Best Wishes!
  • andiA
    VSL Team
    andiA

    Hello jazzangeleyes!

    We already have Special Editions for Woodwinds and Brass as download products.
    http://vsl.co.at/en/211/261/216/29.vsl

    Best,
    Andi

    Vienna Symphonic Library
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