Michael, It would seem that Finale is 'chasing' controllers to what is set in Finale's own Mixer. With that in mind it's probably a good idea to set your levels and panning in Finale's own Mixer...
Frank, From current projects forward I highly recommend that you give each 'part' on a divisi stave a unique layer. Just get in a habit of doing it while you compose. That doesn't help you much w...
Another 'fun' tip for choirs if you have some time on your hands and enjoy fiddling with voice synthisis.... Grab Alter Ego. It's free! Yes, it does sound pretty robotic or cartoonistic in Finale ...
Bump... After doing some research I've gone back and reworked my previous posts above to include corrections, screen shots, and hyper-links. Come check it out.
Bonus Tip For folks trying to do a full mix down all in Finale, I highly recommend picking up a Multi Band Dynamic Compressor and a good EQ. There are some nice free ones to be had. I highly r...
Using Multiple Layers You can run multiple layers/voices on a stave. You could also opt to working with separate staves and hiding or superimposing things, etc. Here is one example method usin...
Here's a thread that might be helpful on extending the Basses: https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115006814707-Poor-Bass-Voice-Upper-Range-in-Garritan-Personal-Orchestra On c...
I'm guessing it would be this link: https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115006814707-Poor-Bass-Voice-Upper-Range-in-Garritan-Personal-Orchestra
Enjoyed the composition, as well as the GPO rendering! Thanks for sharing....
No rules really, experiment and go with what your ears like. Personally I mentally map it like this: First I go for a scoring stage sound using the regular reverb. I more or less focus this se...