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Roll Out the Barrel

Finale has always been capable of doing great things with percussion, but before Finale 2010 it was a bit involved to assign, for example, multiple snare sounds (LH snare, RH snare, buzz rolls, side sticks, etc) to the same note position on the staff. When asked about this I would suggest folks use a MIDI keyboard for entry, as you could enter these different sounds as different MIDI keys and... moreFinale has always been capable of doing great things with percussion, but before Finale 2010 it was a bit involved to assign, for example, multiple snare sounds (LH snare, RH snare, buzz rolls, side sticks, etc) to the same note position on the staff. When asked about this I would suggest folks use a MIDI keyboard for entry, as you could enter these different sounds as different MIDI keys and then assign them all to appear at the same staff position. But without a MIDI keyboard, it was, well, tricky. Finale 2010 makes this all very easy. view page