Human Playback Preferences Glissandi & Bends dialog box
How to get there
From the Window menu, choose Playback Controls.
Click on the button on the Playback Controls. Click Glissandi
& Bends. Choose Glissandi & Bends.
What it does
You can use these settings to control the
playback style of glissandi and pitch bends.
- Type
• Automatic • Always Use Pitch Bend • Always Chromatic • Always Diatonic.
Click this popup
menu and choose one of the options to define how Human Playback interprets
glissandos and bends. Choose Automatic to instruct Human Playback to decide
which type of glissando/bend effect to apply. Note that the Always Use
Pitch Bend option does not apply to piano, harp, or other percussive/plucked
instrument staff.
- Curve
• Automatic • Cubic • Quadratic • Linear. From this popup menu, choose the desired playback
effect for glissandos and bends. Choose Automatic to let HP decide the
method to used based on the context of the music. A pitch bend or glissando
assigned to a Cubic curve sweeps dramatically towards the end of the note.
A Quadratic curve also reserves the most dramatic pitch bend effect for
the end of the note, but at a more measured rate. Cubic and Quadratic
would represent a common performance of a trombone gliss (for example).
A pitch bend or glissando assigned to Linear ascends or descends in pitch
at the same rate throughout the effect. Linear would be more appropriate
for a chromatic glissando performed by a piano or other chromatic (or
diatonic) instrument.
- 1/2
Tone Pitch Bend Range: None...24. Use this popup menu to select the number of semitones
to apply to 1/2 tone pitch bends. Garritan Instruments for Finale Pitch Bend Range is 12 semi-tones.
Garritan Instruments for Finale can take full advantage of HP's bends and glissandi. For GPO
version 1 and 2 users, pitch bend range is adjustable in HP, but the effect
is uncertain because instruments have different actual pitch bend ranges
(for example, violin=1 whole tone, flute=1 half-tone). Default is 12.
- Delay
if Possible. Check this box if you want the effect to be tempered
by the context of the situation. For example, a crescendo shouldn't start
right on the attack if a slow string patch is used, otherwise the patch
never plays at full volume.
See Also:
Human
Playback Preferences
Human
Playback Preferences - Instrument Techniques and Effects
Human
Playback Preferences - Dynamics and Volume
Human
Playback Preferences - MIDI Data
Human
Playback Preferences - Ornaments & Tremolos
Human
Playback Preferences - Tempo Variations
Human
Playback Preferences - Garritan Specials