Your previous versions of Finale will be using the new samples installed to the /User/Shared directory, so deleting the old samples/components should not affect previous versions.įor any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Customer Success. Do not delete the 'Garritan Instruments for Finale' folder or any of the other components besides the GIFF_Samples folder and its contents. If you would like to remove the older Garritan Instruments for Finale samples, you can remove them (if they are in their previous default location), by deleting the 'GIFF_Samples' folder in the 'Garritan Instruments for Finale' in your Mac's Applications folder. In the latest version of Finale, Version 25, the Garritan Instrument for Finale samples will install in the /Users/Shared directory, rather than the applications folder like it did in the past. If you are having trouble with the Garritan Instruments for Finale library, check out this article to try reinstalling the Garritan Instruments for Finale library. If you do not have GIFF and you want to install it, see this guide: Reinstalling the Garritan Instruments for Finale (GIFF) sample library. Then I click the Controls tab in lower right corner of Aria Player. I slide CC7 all the way to the right for each instrument. Apparently there are updated instructions for setting up Finale, Aria & Garritan, sent to an individual, but oddly, not posted anywhere else. If 'Garritan Instruments for Finale' is listed, then you have GIFF. OK, so now I go into Studio View and click the little triangle next to PC 53 (it happens to be the soprano), and highlight Edit Virtual Instrument. Finale will install the Garritan Instruments for Finale by default as part of its installer package. 24 comments Date Votes GIRARD BOWE Posted 2 years ago 0 Hi, Eric - you may want to take a look at some of the threads in the Garritan portion of the Finale Community. Note: This article pertains to changes to the Garritan Instruments for Finale installation that concern Mac users only.

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