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Human Playback Preferences - Glissandi/Bends dialog box

How to get there

Choose Edit > Preferences and select Human Playback.
Click the Glissandi/Bends tab.

Or,

Choose Window > Playback Controls.
Click the Playback Settings button on the Playback Controls.
Click HP Preferences.
Click the Glissandi/Bends tab.

What it does

You can use these settings to control the playback style of glissandi and pitch bends.

Glissando & Bend Type: Automatic • Pitch Bend • Chromatic • Diatonic. Click this drop-down menu and choose one of the options to define how Human Playback interprets glissandos and bends. Choose Automatic to instruct Human Playback to decide which type of glissando/bend effect to apply. Note that the Pitch Bend option does not apply to piano, harp, or other percussive/plucked instrument staff.
Glissando & Bend Curve: Automatic • Cubic • Quadratic • Linear. From this drop-down menu, choose the desired playback effect for glissandos and bends. Choose Automatic to let Human Playback decide the method to used based on the context of the music. A pitch bend or glissando assigned to a Cubic curve sweeps dramatically towards the end of the note. A Quadratic curve also reserves the most dramatic pitch bend effect for the end of the note, but at a more measured rate. Cubic and Quadratic would represent a common performance of a trombone gliss (for example). A pitch bend or glissando assigned to Linear ascends or descends in pitch at the same rate throughout the effect. Linear would be more appropriate for a chromatic glissando performed by a piano or other chromatic (or diatonic) instrument.
1/2-Tone Pitch Bend Range: None … 24. Use this drop-down menu to select the number of semitones to apply to 1/2 tone pitch bends. Garritan Instruments for Finale Pitch Bend Range is 12 semi-tones. Garritan Instruments for Finale can take full advantage of Human Playback's bends and glissandi. For GPO version 1 and 2 users, pitch bend range is adjustable in Human Playback, but the effect is uncertain because instruments have different actual pitch bend ranges (for example, violin=1 whole tone, flute=1 half-tone). Default is 12.
Delay When Possible. Check this box if you want the effect to be tempered by the context of the situation. For example, a crescendo shouldn't start right on the attack if a slow string patch is used, otherwise the patch never plays at full volume.