Help with Finale File

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:06 pm

Anyone here able to help me convert 2 Finale 2005 files to ETF, MusicXML, or MIDI?

winston · Post by **winston** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:54 pm

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:36 am

I only have Notepad. So no save options other than Finale's binary format:(
The playback in Notepad sucks, so I want to bring it into a sequencer.

I can manage lot's of input formats, but Finale's binary isn't one of them.
MusicXML would be best, but MIDI would work.

I just need somone with the software to do the Load->Save As part.
Or point me to a conversion tool.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:14 am

knuxie wrote:How about using your Record Now program on your hard drive? If you have HP or Windows, it's in the Accessories window (programs page). Click Accessories, then Entertainment. The recorder should be there. You can then record off the playback. It will be a WAV file, which you can then convert into mp3 or WMA or whatever.

Again, that leaves me with Notepad's instrumentation. In a sequencer I can choose better sounding instruments and adjust the mixing. I'm not tring to get an audio file like WAV, nor compressed audio like MP3 yet. That's the easy part.

Never mind. I just spend a few days enteruing it into another tool, so I cabn get the format I want. I don't have a few hundred buck for the full Finale, and I guess Notepad is worth what it cost.