changing guitar sounds mid-score

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JOE CLEMENTS Posted March 25, 2018 19:31

Mac OS 10.13.3 (High Sierra), Finale v25 (25.5.0.259)

I'm working on a score and I'd like to change from the overdrive electric guitar sound to the clean sound in the middle of the score, and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I'm sure the answer is simple, but I can't seem to stumble upon it. Any help would be appreciated.

(Also, notating it is no issue. This is just because it would be nice for my players to hear the change when I send them the example recording.)

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PETER THOMSEN Posted March 25, 2018 20:56

Have you tried the utility Change Instrument?

Utilities menu > Change Instrument…

JOE CLEMENTS Posted March 25, 2018 21:01

I've tried the Utilities>Change Instrument command, but that ignores the volume of the playback and wants me to change to a non-electric guitar sound (acoustic, etc).

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted March 25, 2018 22:02

Have you tried a custom expression that changes the MIDI channel (on the playback tab) on your VST to a channel that has the guitar sound you want? Another expression could change back tot he original MIDI channel.

JOE CLEMENTS Posted March 25, 2018 23:27

I have not tried that! Can you post a link with an explanation, or is it easier than I think?

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Edited March 26, 2018 22:52

The technique is the same as switching an instrument off for one instance of a repeat, only instead of switching to an empty Aria slot, you would switch to one with a different guitar patch that sounds the way you want.

https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/213702988-Tacit-on-Playback-

You may have to scroll down this thread a bit, but I have included a diagram of what I mean.

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