Other SmartMusic SoftSynth Patches
There are two additional alternative General
MIDI patches on bank 1, Piano and Violin (all other SmartMusic SoftSynth
patches reside in bank 0). These are the same piano and violin patches
that were included with Finale 2005 are available when SmartMusic SoftSynth
is chosen as your MIDI Out device in the MIDI
Setup dialog box. To create an instrument using one of these
alternative patches, do the following:
- If the Instrument list isn’t visible, from
the Window menu, choose Instrument List.
- Under the Instrument Column click the popup menu for the staff you want to assign to the
2005 Piano or Violin and choose New Instrument. This option is
at the top of the list. The Instrument
Definition dialog box appears.
- Click the Patch popup
menu and choose Bank Select 32, Program Change. The Bank Select
32 and Program Change text boxes should be available.
- In the Bank Select 32 text box, enter 1.
- In the Program Change text
box, enter 1 for the Finale 2005 Piano and 41 for the Finale 2005 Violin.
Important note: If you want to change this instrument
back to any of the standard General MIDI patches, first change
the Bank Select 32 text box back to 0.
