A little late, but here is an example of one man's fight against the droning of Finale's General MIDI percussion sounds.

Just wondering if anyone has finale 2005, and if they know how to change the sound fonts on an existing file to the marching percussion sounds? im at a loss here.

I just purchased Finale 2005 and just recieved from Fed-Ex yesterday. I'm still learning all the new features, as well as learing it all over again because I haven't touched finale since 2002. I gotta get my finale chops back up to speed...lol. If anyone has any questions about Finale 2005, you can IM me and I'll help and answer as best as I can. Granted, I am relearning it all over again...which shouldn't take long at all for that matter.

Also there are others on DLO who have Finale 2005 as well, and are very proficient with the software. So don't be afraid to ask them questions. I'm sure they'll be happy to help out as best they can.

AIM: JawnieBoy

Finale 2005 includes actual drum and mallet soundfonts from Row-Loff. Using the set up menu you can easily create and playback a variety of instruments. The only thing you really need to do is make sure that each voice is set to the appropriate channel so that the correct voice can be heard.

don't download the update finale 2005a. there's bugs that will affect your articulations...especially with triplet rolls and 16 note base rolls. the peeps at finale are on scramble to get it solve as i post this...but not sure when it'll be fixed.

dangit i have finale 2005 but when i open it up it doesn't have all the drumline battery drums, tenor snare bass cymbols. how do you use finale?!

I just got Finale 2005
how do you get the 32nd notes to look like 16th notes with an extra slash. Those 32nds take up a lot of room.

You need to use the Articulation Tool to notate the diddles, and you need to use Smart Playback to tell Finale to actually create those thiry-second notes where you want them.

You need to learn how to use the Finale User's Manual. It's good. It helps you use Finale.

You need to learn how to use the search feature on this site. Try this experiment:

Hold down "shift" while clicking on this link Click on the "search" link at the top of the page. scroll down slightly until you see the field entitled "Keyword search." Click your mouse in the text area, and type "+diddles +Finale". The '+' signs make the search work better. You will probably find a lot of posts by a lot of people having a lot of the same problems as you're having being answered by a lot of people that know a lot more than you do.

Anyway, happy notating!

Finale 2005 automatically gives correct playback of the diddle slash.

No TG Tools -> Smart Playback in 2005!

This took me forever to figure out a couple of years ago. You have to do your percussion mapping before you enter the music. If you already have your music in and your setting up your sound map after the fact, it generally doesn't change the sound. So, try setting up a new file, then set up your purcussion maps, and then copy/paste your music from the old file to the new one.

Hope this works for you! Good luck.