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Preferences-Human Playback dialog box

How to get there

Choose Edit > Preferences and select Human Playback.

Or,

Choose Window > Playback Controls.
Click the Playback Settings button on the Playback Controls.
Click HP Preferences.

What it does

Note: A similar dialog box also exists to control regions to which Human Playback has been applied with the Apply Human Playback plug-in (program-wide, or “attached” to the document). In the Apply Human Playback dialog box, choose Preferences.

This dialog box allows you to customize intricate details of Human Playback’s interpretation. Explicit performance techniques indicated on the score, such as the type of mute or bowing style, can be specified here. But this dialog box controls more subtle nuance as well. In an orchestral rehearsal, aspects of this dialog box would be equivalent to directions from the conductor scribbled on parts, such as how to approach a fermata, or the amount to exaggerate certain dynamic markings. In fact, even MIDI data you have specified manually can be intertwined with Human Playback’s interpretation using these settings.

In general, the settings here are program-wide, but a configuration can also be saved and “attached” to a specific document. Similarly, a configuration can be transferred across documents.

Allow Temporary Score Adjustments. Check this box to allow Human Playback to adjust the horizontal position of score items while processing the score for playback. Any adjustments made to expressions or other score items return to their original position after playback.

Human Playback Preferences Set

The default Human Playback Preferences set handles playback for SoftSynth, Garritan Instruments for Finale, Garritan Personal Orchestra, and other Garritan products including Jazz & Big Band (“JABB”), Marching Band, Stradivari Violin, and Gofriller Cello - all automatically.

Current. The current Human Playback Preferences Set is displayed here. A Set is simply a configuration of settings from all pages of this dialog box (similar to the Document Options dialog box). All available sets are listed under this drop-down menu.
Name. Use this text box to name the current set of preferences. Typing in this text box automatically changes the name in drop-down menu.
Attach to [filename]. When you check this box (and save), the current set of preferences is duplicated and reserved for use with this file instead of the program-wide set. To indicate a Human Playback Preferences Set is attached to a file, “attached” appears in the Current drop-down menu. When a set is attached to a file, changes to this dialog box apply only to the attached set (for the active file only). If you decide to select a different set under the Current drop-down menu (or uncheck Attach to Active File), you are prompted to either save or discard the set. If saved, the set appears in the Current drop-down list for all files, and is available for program-wide use or to be attached to another file. If you discard, the set is lost.
Locked. Disables all dialog commands to prevent any accidental changes on a given preferences set, whether it is attached to a file or not.
Duplicate. Click this button to copy the current preferences set into a duplicate set. Using Duplicate is a convenient way to begin designing new custom sets if only some items require changing.
Delete. Click this button to delete the current set of preferences.
Default. Click this button to reset all options in this dialog box to their original default settings. This applies only to the currently selected preferences set.