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 ,
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.
- CoreMIDI. From this popup menu, you can choose a SmartMusic SoftSynth General MIDI sound on one of Finale's 8 banks (each containing 16 channels). Note that the channel assigned here equals the channel number beginning with the first channel in each bank. (For example, if you choose SmartMusic SoftSynth 2 > 2, the Finale channel = 18.)
- Perc
ussion MIDI Map. From this popup 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:
Instrument List
General
MIDI Patch Numbers and Names
