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I'm learning Reaper to edit MIDI data and for playback until Finale finally fixes the MIDI tool, and I'm having an issue with keyswitches.  I have my multiple Aria players loaded with GPO5 instruments and generally, the playback works as expected; but some of the keyswitches aren't triggering.  For example, I have Timpani 3 KS loaded and it plays back the file in terms of the notes; but the keyswitch for pre-recorded timpani rolls (E1) isn't working.  I've deleted the keyswitch that exists from the Finale import and added it back in, but it still doesn't fire.  When I go to the Aria player in which I have the Timpani 3 KS loaded, clicking E1 on the little keyboard at the bottom also doesn't trigger the keyswitch.  None of the keyswitch notes trigger an actual keyswitch.  I have to click on the little "Keyswitches" tab and select "Rolls" for it to be activated; but then it stays activated until it go back into Aria and turn it off.

This happens for several instruments in this score, but not all of them.  For example, in my first Violin line, the Violin 1 KS I have loaded works fine with the notes triggering the keyswitches as they're supposed to.  My Violin 2 KS doesn't, however.  It responds to the keyswitch trigger notes the same way I described the Timpani above.

The keyswitches all work correctly in Finale when I play the original file back.  Any ideas on how to fix this?

Windows 10; Finale 26; 

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GPO5, and many of the other Garritan libraries, come with two sets of SFZ files that trigger the samples.

One is called 'notation', the other 'standard'.

The main difference is that the standard set has the keyswitches located in the octave just below the lowest playable note, notation on the other hand has the keyswitches located in the lowest MIDI ocatve for all instruments. So, if your MIDI file was created using Finale, then the file is sending the keyswitches in the lowest octave.

So, if you load the standard set into ARIA when playing the file, the key switches will not trigger as they are in the wrong place. Load the notation sample set and all should be well.

Why is it like this?

The standard set is designed to be playable and keyswitchable whilst playing e.g. a keyboard.

The other difference is that the standard set uses MIDI controller no.64 for legato, whereas notation uses CC#68.

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Thanks for the response.  That's not it, unfortunately.  I just double checked, and I have all of the notation versions loaded up.  I added a new track with n-Timpani 3 and put in a few notes.  They play back correctly.  I added the E1 keyswitch, which is supposed to trigger rolls, but it didn't work.  I moved the trigger to E2, E0, and E-1, and none of them triggered the rolls.

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