


The flexibility offered by this collection has changed the way I write music.īefore the advent of great VST/AU instruments, I played Finale through various hardware sound modules. Included are sounds from several Garritan libraries, including Personal Orchestra, Jazz and Big Band, Concert and Marching Band, Authorized Steinway, and others. See Assigning VST sounds to instruments.I love the Garritan instruments that come with Finale. Finale processes all of your instruments, assigning sounds automatically based on your Sound Map priority.ģrd party VST sound libraries not offered by MakeMusic do not have Sound Maps and will need to be configured manually. Choose MIDI/Audio > Reassign Playback Sounds.Choose MIDI/Audio > Play Finale Through VST.Ensure the Sound Maps are listed in the desired order and click OK.The Sound Map Priority dialog box appears. Choose MIDI/Audio > Sound Map Priority.

To assign instruments to VST sounds using Sound Maps For older files, you can instantly apply Garritan sounds (GPO, JABB, or any Garritan library offered by MakeMusic) to your Finale document using the Reassign Playback Sounds command. When a Garritan Sound Map is set to the highest priority in the Sound Map Priority dialog box, Finale automatically assigns Garritan instruments to all new scores and all instruments added with the Score Manager. In order to make the process of setting up Garritan instruments seamless and easy, Finale includes Sound Maps that link your document's instruments with all pre-installed VST libraries. For details regarding specific Garritan products, see Setting up Garritan sound libraries in Finale in our Knowledge Base. The Garritan Instruments for Finale installer provides all the files needed for integration with Finale. You are here: Tutorials > Garritan & Human Playback > Garritan instrument setup Garritan instrument setup
