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Human Playback Preferences - MIDI Data dialog box

How to get there

Choose Edit > Preferences and select Human Playback.
Click the MIDI Data tab.

Or,

Choose Window > Playback Controls.
Click the Playback Settings button on the Playback Controls.
Click HP Preferences.
Click the MIDI Data tab.

What it does

You can use these settings to combine custom MIDI data, such as edits made with the MIDI tool, with Human Playback’s interpretation.

Continuous Data • Velocity • Start/Stop Time • Tempo. Here, you can specify whether you want Human Playback to ignore, incorporate, or use MIDI data you have deliberately applied to the score with the MIDI tool, Expression Tool, or Tempo tool. Click the drop-down menu next to a MIDI data type and choose HP (Ignore Data) to use Human Playback’s interpretation for that type of MIDI data. Choose HP (Incorporate Data) to instruct Human Playback to use existing MIDI data of that type in the interpretation (existing MIDI data of that type will influence Human Playback). Choose No HP Effect to instruct Human Playback to disregard that type of MIDI data while processing the score (that type of MIDI data will playback as if Human Playback was set to None).

All four of these settings apply to any MIDI data added to the score. For example, the Continuous Data setting applies to all continuous data, whether defined with an expression, or the MIDI Tool.

To apply MIDI data to your score manually, see MIDI tool, Tempo Tool, and To define an expression for playback.

Anticipate Continuous Data By ___ Milliseconds. Some sound devices, in particular software synths, have a long latency, resulting in a gap in volume, pitch bend and other continuous data. This option anticipates the data sent to Finale, taking even slight tempo changes exactly into account. Default is 15 ms (for SmartMusic SoftSynth, GPO, and hardware sound devices). Suggested value for QuickTime is 200.