Changing playback sounds
Finale supports two main ways of playing back your music: MIDI playback or
By the end of this lesson you will know:
Note. To begin at this point, open "Tutorial 8.MUS."
MIDI stands for Musical Instrumental Digital Interface, which is an industry-standard computer language that computers and MIDI devices use to speak to each other. Finale can play back using an external MIDI device, a sound card's synthesizer, or a SoundFont installed on your computer.
To play your file using a MIDI device or SoundFont:
Finale uses the MIDI device that is specified in your MIDI setup window. To configure your MIDI system, see
You probably installed the Garritan Instruments for Finale as well as the Finale program. Finale 2012 was designed to take advantage of the best audio plug-in technologies allowing Finale to load
“Audio Units” are Apple’s system-level audio plug-in architecture. Audio Units, often abbreviated "AU," are software modules — for instance, virtual instruments or effects — that can be used by any audio application that supports AU plug-ins.
Note. Finale also supports a whole range of additional
To play your file using
Right now, this file is using Finale's SoftSynth sounds. You can use the ScoreManager to reassign instrument sounds. See Configuring Instrument playback for details.
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