Can I use Virtual Drumline with Finale PrintMusic or any of the other Finale products like Notepad?
We don’t advise VDL users to work with these scaled down programs due to limitations they have in regard to percussion mapping and/or MIDI control. To use the full capabilities of VDL within a notation environment, the full version of Finale or Sibelius must be used. Tapspace does not officially recommend using VDL with notation programs other than Finale or Sibelius. If you understand the above statement, and still wish to experiment with VDL in Allegro, PrintMusic, or SongWriter, resident VDL/Finale expert Scott Hirsch has provided the information below to help offer some tips. Tapspace does not officially recommend using VDL in notation programs other than Finale or Sibelius. Finale is not the only version of the Finale products that you can use in conjunction with Virtual Drumline. You would want to have at least Finale SongWriter in order to use Virtual Drumline sounds. For Windows Machines, Finale Songwriter, PrintMusic and Allegro would require the use of a Virtual Midi Cable su
