MIDI Sound Definition dialog box
How to get there
- Choose MIDI/Audio > Play Finale Through MIDI.
- Choose Window > Score Manager, if it isn’t already selected. The Score Manager appears
on your screen.
- Click under the Sound column and choose Define MIDI Sound.
What it does
Use this dialog box to specify values for an instrument sound on an external MIDI device.
- MIDI Sound Name. Enter a name for the new MIDI sound, or change the name of
an existing sound.
- Channel.
Enter the number of the MIDI channel to
use for playback. Any layers or staves assigned to this MIDI sound 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 menu 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.
- 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.
See Also:
Score Manager
General
MIDI Patch Numbers and Names
