Select Format 0 for a single multichannel track.

Select a MIDI file format by clicking the appropriate button.

See MIDI channels for further instructions. Therefore, make sure the instrument configuration is set up the same way you want the resultant tracks set up. When Finale creates a MIDI sequencer file, it places the music assigned to each instrument in the Score Manager in a separate sequencer track.

Make sure that you have assigned instruments correctly (one for each resultant sequencer track).

Remember that you are exporting a MIDI file, text and layout will not be retained in this format. To export a specific region, in the Playback Settings dialog box, select Observe Playback Region when saving to MIDI or audio file, and the specify the region you would like to export in the options above.īe sure to specify other important playback options in the Playback/Record Options dialog box (choose Window > Playback Controls click the expand arrow click Playback/Record Options). This includes tempo changes (for those sequencers that support a tempo, or conductor, track), dynamics, pitch wheel data, MIDI channel assignments, in addition to Human Playback settings configured in the Playback Settings dialog box. Keep in mind that any playback data will be retained in the MIDI file. Or, for smaller sectional changes, use the Retranscribe function. If you discover that your settings weren’t quite right, you can close the new Finale document and try again-the original MIDI file is unaffected by Finale’s transcription efforts.

Finale transcribes the MIDI File into standard notation. These options capture some of the MIDI performance data from your sequence. If want to hear the sequence played back with its original tempo fluctuations and continuous data (controllers and wheels), make sure Tempo Changes and Continuous Data are selected.Most MIDI files contain key and time signature information already, so you usually won’t have to change the default selection ( Use the File’s). Choose Key and Time Signature options.You can select options for grace notes and voice 2, as well as retain key velocities and note durations. Select the quantization settings you desire.The More Quantization Settings dialog box appears. Click the icon representing your smallest note value.The Quantization Settings dialog box appears. For even greater control over the track and channel extraction, click Set Track-to-Staff List the Track/Channel Mapping to Staves dialog box appears, in which you can specify extremely sophisticated track and channel splitting. If it discovers that the notes in a track have a very wide range, it automatically notates its contents on two staves. In either case, Finale chooses a clef for each resultant staff based on the range of notes in the track. Choose Channels Become Staves to convert the contents of each MIDI channel (regardless of their track assignments) into a Finale staff.Choose Tracks Become Staves to convert each sequencer track into a Finale staff.Specify the way in which you want the MIDI file extracted onto Finale staves.The Import MIDI File Options dialog box appears, listing various transcription options. Double-click the desired document name.From the Files of type drop-down menu, select MIDI File (*.mid).Noteman says: View the Importing MIDI files QuickStart Video for an overview. There’s no need to quantize the sequence you’ll probably find Finale’s quantization powers to be more effective than your sequencer.

To create the MIDI file, follow the instructions from your sequencer.

Imported MIDI files use the settings in the default document specified in the Preferences - New dialog box.

When you open a MIDI file, Finale uses the track name as the instrument name. When you save a MIDI file, Finale saves the instrument name (from the Score Manager) as the track name. If you prefer to compose by improvising in your favorite sequencer, you could save your piece as a standard MIDI file and let Finale notate it for you. The MIDI file format can be understood by music programs from many different companies, including most sequencer programs, even on other operating systems. Finale can both import and export standard MIDI files.

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