It is no longer necessary to, for example, assign a percussion staff to channel 10 in the Aria Player in order to allow for MIDI percussion sounds when switching to MIDI/SoftSynth playback. As of Finale 2012, Finale stores two sets of channel assignments in the ScoreManager, one for MIDI playback and another for VST playback. Remember that if you change an instrument's channel assignment in the Aria Player, you must also change the corresponding staff's channel assignment in the ScoreManager. You may choose any Aria Player Channel (from 1 to 16) for the selected instrument. It can be modified by clicking on the number and selecting a different MIDI channel from the submenu: The above instrument is assigned to MIDI channel 1. In the Aria Player, the current Kontakt Player channel assignment is displayed on the lower left corner of the slot (in the gray rectangle). However, it is possible to override those default channel assignments, if you so desire. Each Aria Player instance - which can be accessed by clicking the Edit button across from the appropriate bank - supports 16 simultaneous channels.īy default, the Aria slot assignment is the same as the channel number. The first (top) Aria Player instance is linked to Bank 1 (channels 1-16), the second is linked to Bank 2 (channels 17-32), and so on. The information that follows is primarily of interest to people trying to set up existing scores, such as scores imported from earlier versions of Finale.Īs explained under Setting Up Garritan Instruments for Playback in Existing Scores, the Garritan Aria Player supports a maximum of 128 simultaneous Garritan instruments assigned to 128 different MIDI channels, distributed across 8 Aria Player instances, with each instance hosting up to 16 Garritan instruments, each assigned to a different channel.įinale supports a maximum of 8 banks, as you can see in the VST Banks & Effects dialog box.
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It is strongly recommended that you use the Setup Wizard or ScoreManager when creating new scores. Also, remember that for new scores begun with the Setup Wizard, and all instruments added with Finale 2012's ScoreManager, Finale automatically chooses the best channel assignments for the instruments used in your score.
#Garritan aria player no midi manual
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of MIDI Channels and MIDI Instruments, and how they relate to Finale, consult the entry on MIDI Channels in the Finale User Manual before continuing.
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