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others in "frozen" time until you hit playback: From a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI
device, with the mouse, from the QWERTY
keyboard (best in conjunction with a numeric pad-it's worth getting an external USB
model if your laptop has none!), and you
can even use a microphone.
That last feature is called "MicNotator",
and although it sort of feels like you're
recording, you're really not-keep it
straight and think of it as typing, because

words dealing with tempo, or pick one of
the scribbles that Jazzers like to use
(Figure 7), and you'll hear the effect in
playback, automatically and on the fly.
In conjunction with Human Playback
there are the Keyswitches that have long
ago been implemented in Garritan's sample libraries, which are now a part of the
features in Finale. Say you're fiddling
away, and here comes a pizzicato note
(plucked)-all you need is a pre-assigned

7. Articulation instructions like these are implemented automatically on playback.
the software can't recognize slurs and
scoops and glissando etc. This pop-up is
where you set up how MicNotator will
work, and this is also where you'll find a
nifty tester ("Test Audio Output") to see if
your computer's sound output is happening: see Figure 6.

MIDI key to be activated and the sample
being used changes from the (bowed) fiddle sound to a plucked one. But you don't
have to hit that MIDI key, you just type the
letters pizz. on the staff above or below
the notes, and the switch will happen on
the fly. Obviously you have to use one of

Finale comes with an awesome sample
library, worth the price of admission
to the entire notation package.
MIDI-absolutely
This is another area where Finale may
surprise some with its full MIDI implementation. It goes way beyond the obvious
like recognizing the MIDI note numbers
as pitches and their velocity numbers as
attack dynamics, and sustain pedal ups
and downs for the piano.
Channel Pressure (monophonic aftertouch) can be recorded, edited, and be
active on playback. Ditto for continuous
controllers (pitch bend and mod wheels,
volume pedals, breath controllers etc.).
That's another way to automate your mix!
There's a lot more than we have space for.
Human Playback, Keyswitches
Isn't it nice to know that no monkeys
came to grief during your latest scoring
project? Human Playback is an uncannily
smart feature that turns what would be a
cold computer-like rendition into a lifelike
one. There is an entire dictionary of terms
and symbols that Human Playback reads
and interprets, right from the score page.
Type in, for example, one of almost fifty

the Garritan samples that were programmed to have the layers built into them
for switching to work-they are recognizable by the letters KS after the file name.
Here's hoping
I hope that this short teaser can inspire
you to look into the Garritan sounds-
they are lifelike, refined, and designed
with the musical practicalities in mind that
can make a mockup project into something that sounds like the "real" thing-as
long as the user has done his or her
homework to know what the "real thing"
should sound like in the first place, and
how to notate it. Happy exploring!
Price: $600 (full version); $350 for academic and theological use. Upgrade
from previous version, $139.95; many
other upgrade and crossgrade options
are available, and the Garritan libraries
may be purchased separately for DAW
use.
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