Unwanted Sustain Pedal Effect [SOLVED]

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George Mohammed Edited July 30, 2017 17:02 Answered

I'm working on some 2-staff organ music and I use Text Expressions to indicate when notes should be played in the pedals. This creates an unwanted sustain pedal effect on playback. I could disable Human Playback to not get this but then I won't hear other intended articulations. How do I get rid of this sustain effect without turning off HP?

Example:

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PETER THOMSEN Edited July 29, 2017 22:33

To avoid that Human Playback reads ‘Ped.’ as a sustain pedal effect, create the expression as a Shape Expression instead.

In the Shape Designer there is a Text (sub-)Tool where you can enter the same text as in a Text Expression.

George Mohammed Posted July 29, 2017 22:52

Interesting. Thanks, that works!

So is there not a way to disable the Text Expression sustain pedal effect without turning HP off?

PETER THOMSEN Posted July 29, 2017 23:15

… is there not a way to disable the Text Expression sustain pedal effect without turning HP off? …

Unfortunately the settings for Human Playback are program specific, not document specific.

You may want sustain pedal effect in other Finale documents.

But …

Take a look at

Preferences - Human Playback

What menu item is selected in

MIDI Data - Start/Stop Time

George Mohammed Posted July 29, 2017 23:38

MIDI Data > Start/Stop Time > HP (Ignore Data)

PETER THOMSEN Posted July 30, 2017 00:19

And have you tried, instead choosing

MIDI Data > Start/Stop Time > No HP Effect

George Mohammed Edited July 30, 2017 01:33

Thanks for your Help Peter. I seem to have figured it out.

Choosing <No HP Effect> didn't seem to do anything. I was looking and hoping there would a kind of "off switch." There is, but it wasn't where I expected it to be. (I'm not all that familiar with this aspect of Finale anyway .....) So I had to choose the Custom HP Style and uncheck:

Interpret > Pedal markings.

I hope things get more streamlined and consolidated in the next version.

Thanks again!

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