[JW Lua] Setting instruments to solo mode - save functionality missing

[Jan Angermüller]

I do hope that all is well for Jari too !

And I was browsing my old MM support cases about the solo groups.
This is what the Finale team replied when I first suggested it:

"I have to agree with you that Staff Sets for the solo option
would be very handy for larger scores. I will definitely pass this
along to the development team."

So maybe we are lucky to even have an official Finale implementation
some time... but probably we won't :-(

If you like you can post on the forum.makemusic.com that MakeMusic
is already aware of this idea (it's support case #140306-000012).
But to stress the need of it, it would be helpful, if more people asked
for it in new support cases.

Jan


Am 29.05.2014 23:27, schrieb Charles O. Lawrence:
> Jan,
>
> I was just curious, because having the ability to solo/mute groups of
> instruments is just what the forum post is about.  It is an odd coincidence
> that your post to the JWLua forum came up at the same time dealing with the
> same subject.
>
> Jari must be really busy lately as we have not heard from him on this forum
> for some time and he usually is very prompt.  I trust all is well.
>
> Charles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Jan Angermüller
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:04 PM
> To: The JW Lua script plug-in.
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Setting instruments to solo mode - save functionality
> missing
>
> Charles,
>
> no, I don't read the forum.makemusic.com.
> I submitted it to MM support some months ago, but the problem of not having
> solo playback groups is of course much older.
> The idea to do it with JW Lua came when I stumbled upon the SetSolo-function
> in the JWLua class browser.
>
> Because of the restricted user interface in runtime mode, the plugin will
> probably be not very user-friendly.
> But at least it's possible to solve the problem with JW Lua and maybe the
> addition of a macro software.
>
> Jan
>
> Am 29.05.2014 21:01, schrieb Charles O. Lawrence:
>> Jan and Jari,
>>
>> Is this in any way related to a recent post on the forum.makemusic.com
>> Windows forum by zac100, "Mixer/playback -- groups of instruments?"?
>>
>> I thought this would be a good challenge for JWLua if all the hooks
>> are there, but it looks like you have beaten me to it!
>>
>> Charles Lawrence
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Jan
>> Angermüller
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:16 AM
>> To: The JW Lua script plug-in.
>> Subject: [JW Lua] Setting instruments to solo mode - save
>> functionality missing
>>
>> Jari,
>>
>> a feature request that I had submitted to MakeMusic some time ago,
>> would also be feasible with JW Lua:
>> creatings sets of instrument for solo playback.
>>
>> For example, if I am currently working on the woodwind part of an
>> orchestral score. I would like to listen quickly, for example, only to
>> the flutes/oboes or all woodwinds or whatever... It is very clumsy
>> setting the solo mode in score manager, especially if you want to
>> switch a lot between the large instrument sets.
>> So the idea would be to define instrument groups in the JW Lua plugin
>> and with one macro key switch setting these instrument to solo playback.
>>
>> I tried this example code (on Staff 5 / Layer 1).
>> But while I can get and set the solo mode, it seems like the final
>> save-functionality is not implemented yet.
>>
>> local InstrPlaybackData = finale.FCInstrumentPlaybackData()
>> InstrPlaybackData:Load(5)
>> local NoteLayerPlaybackData = InstrPlaybackData:GetNoteLayerData(1)
>> --Read layer 1
>> NoteLayerPlaybackData:SetSolo(true)
>> NoteLayerPlaybackData:SaveNew()    -- not working
>>
>> Maybe you could add that in the next release ?
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>> Jan Angermueller
>>
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