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Instrument Definition dialog box

How to get there

Choose Instrument List from the Window menu, if it isn’t already selected. The Instrument List window appears on your screen. Choose New Instrument from the instrument drop-down list (with View by Staves selected), or click the New Instrument button (with View by Instruments selected).

To change the definition of an existing instrument, select the instrument in the Instrument List window, then click the Edit Instrument button. Or, click the Bank (B) column or ctrl-click the Channel (Chan.), Bank (B), Program Change (Prog.), or Instrument Name (Instrument) columns.

What it does

Use this dialog box to create new instruments and edit existing instruments, as well as to specify or modify channel, bank, and program change information for an instrument.

Instrument Name. Enter a name for a new instrument, or change the name of an existing instrument.
Channel. Enter the number of the MIDI channel the selected instrument will use for playback. Any layers or staves assigned to this instrument will automatically play back using that MIDI channel.
Patch: Program Change • Bank Select 0, Bank Select 32, Program Change • Bank Select 0, Program Change • Bank Select 32, Program Change • Program Change, Program Change. This drop-down list lists the types of bank and program changes available in Finale. Finale supports bank changes according to the MIDI Specification and to the implementations of several manufacturers. Choose the method which matches your MIDI gear. (Check your manuals to see if the manufacturer of your MIDI gear supports banks, and if so, which method is supported. Or, refer to the Appendix-Bank Select, which provides a list of MIDI instruments and the bank select method they use.)

The first option corresponds to the simple program change. The remaining options provide bank support. "Bank Select 0, Bank Select 32, Program Change" is the standard method of doing bank select; first controller 0 (C0), then controller 32 (C32) are sent with their respective values (these two controllers determine the bank), then a program change (PC) is sent. The next two drop-down list selections are variations on the standard. In both cases, only one of the controllers is sent with its value. The last case, Program Change, Program Change, is bank select done by two standard program changes.

Bank Select 0. This text box may be disabled depending on the selection in the Patch drop-down list. If available, enter the value of the bank you want selected.
Bank Select 32. This text box may be disabled depending on the selection in the Patch drop-down list. If available, enter the value of the bank you want selected.
Program Change. Enter the number of the program change (the number of the instrument sound) that you want Finale to send.

Note: If you prefer, you can directly enter the program change number into the Instrument List’s "Prog." (program change) column, instead of entering it here.

General MIDI. Select the General MIDI patch from this drop-down list to automatically set up the Banks and Program Change for the selected instrument.
Perc . MIDI Map. From this drop-down menu, choose the desired Percussion MIDI Map for playback. See Percussion MIDI Maps.
OK • Cancel. Click OK to confirm or Cancel to disregard your changes.