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yorgi 11-18-2011 01:26 AM

two patches in a single voice?
 
I have a four-part vocal piece for training a choir. I change the volume and patch on a selected voice to be louder and distinctive to make a training midi for that part. The other voices are subdued.

Something I have done has caused two patches to co-exist in the tenor part. The one is reedy and percussive (I think it's #39, synth bass), and it will not go away unless I click the solo control on the staff. When I click the solo, only the intended patch is heard in the tenor. When I release the solo key, both the expected patch and the synth bass are heard in the tenor.

How can I get rid of the synth bass in the tenor? If I'm creating an alto midi, for example, and set all the other voices to a lower volume, the tenor's synth bass is still there, louder than the other parts.

Thanks for any suggestions

Sherry C 11-18-2011 01:37 AM

Re: two patches in a single voice?
 
Hi Yorgi,

It sounds like you may have two staves on the same channel. You can check in Staff/Setup, and see if a particular channel is assigned to more than one staff. If it is, and you don't have "special" assignments due to the MIDI playback device you're using, just click the "Chnl" button at the top of the column and then click "Ok." This will reset the channel assignments to one per staff to avoid such problems.

If that doesn't work, please post a copy of the file, or send it to me at support@notation.com and I'll take a look at it.

ttfn,
Sherry

yorgi 11-18-2011 03:29 AM

Re: two patches in a single voice?
 
I found it! The problem was a little different than the one you suggested, but you got me looking in the right direction.

I'm still exploring this tool (there's a lot of stuff here!) and I had earlier created a "sing-along" part, in which I had selected the tenor part and had given it a synth-bass patch. Later, I went back to my regular conductor's score and I had forgotten about my sing-along experiment.

When I played back the music in my conductor's view, there was that obnoxious synth-bass in the tenor part and I didn't know where it was coming from.

I really love this notation tool. I've used quite a few before, but this one is more powerful and flexible than I've had before, without being too complex. And thanks for your rapid response. Prestissimo, I guess I should call it.


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