Breath noise in Finale 2010

[B Turner]

I cannot seem to rid myself of the breath noise in the wind instruments of JABB. I can start with a blank score, press play, and all of the wind instruments develop 'asthma'. The voices go from zero breath noise to having over 50% breath noise parameters, and I haven't recorded any MIDI data. It's frustrating because all of my wind voices sound extremely 'fuzzy'. I can zero them with the measure expression tool (CC#12), but that means I have to start every playback from the measure where I put in that expression.

Anyone have some insight into my issue?

Thanks very much.

...Brent

[Lon Kaiser]

Ditto in Sibelius. They start fine and immediately upon first edit start to get overpowering breath and key clicks. "Midi messages don't seem to help like ~(CC#12-0) for breath and ~(CC#13-0) key clicks

[B Turner]

I finally figured out how to eliminate it in Finale. I discovered that in the mixer tool that if reverb was set above 0 it would cause the breath noise. I don't know the connection, but I do know that as soon as I zeroed the reverb in the mixer, those sounds disappeared. I hope that you can find a similar fix in Sibelius.

Thanks for your post.

...Brent

[serenitymusician]

Thanks for this tip, Brent. I ran into the same thing with Finale 2011. I finished a score for combined orchestra and choir with an added Alto Sax solo using JABB. You're right, with the breathe noise in there, it really creates a fuzzy sound and doesn't blend well with the rest of the instruments. I will try your suggestion tonight and let you know.

Gary A.