Hello everyone. I need a little help. I have a Casio WK-8000. Laptop with Windows Vista. My notation program is (Finales) Printmusic. When I connect my computer to the keyboard, I want to hear the "orchestral trumpet"-sound from the keyboard. I have found out how to get sounds out of the keyboard, but not that particular sound. Hope someone could help me on this one. Do I need another program, or could Finale team help me?
Thank you very much for your quick response. The sound I like to use goes under Brass sounds. Number 252. http://support.casio.com/pdf/008/PX_Appendix.pdf
Oh right, sorry I think I misunderstood your question initially. I am not sure that Finale let's you choose anything other than GM instruments - not that I have used it much. Let's see if others know. I suspect it would be a control command that need to be sent to the keyboard from finale. The Y-man
Ok, I think I have worked this out. I use Finale 2003 - so I think you'll have similar functions. In Finale 2003, I do the following: 1. open the song 2. enable the MIDI tools 3. Go to Window > Instrument List 4. Highlight the Prog for the Trumpet - which is probably set to 56 currently 5. Click "Edit Instrument" 6. Change the Patch to Bank Select 0 (Which correspond to the Bank-MSB on your WK8000 Appendix chart) http://support.casio.com/pdf/008/PX_Appendix.pdf 7. Set the Bank Select 0 to 54. Set the program change to 57 (not 56 - as Casio seems to have a +1 offset.) That last bit had me baffled - until I realised the software won't accept program select 0 - i.e. what appears as 0 under program change in the appendix actually needs to be 1 in Finale. Hope that works for you. The Y-man
Excellent, yes it worked very well. Thank you sooo much Y-man! I am indescribeably grateful. If you need some help concerning notation issues, I would be happy to assist you
