Re: [Finale] Producing MIDI files etc.

[Mariposa Symphony Orchestra]

Hi, Michael --   Best recommendation, if I read your situation accurately:   UPGRADE!   A couple years' upgrades ago, the ability to save Finale files as .wav documents was added.    Which of course can then be burned to audio CDs with any decent burner.       Personally, I simply use Roxio to burn the .wavs to CD - the results are excellent.   With GPO, it's the next best thing to....well....any other artificially-created representation of music!     Best,   Les Les Marsden   Lecturer on the Arts, University of California Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa?  Ahhhhh, Paradise!!! http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.sierratel.com/mcf/nprc/mso.htm http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:17 AM Subject: [Finale] Producing MIDI files etc. I have been asked to supply some kind of playback file (but not one that requires Finale to run).  Having used the MIDI file creation, I have tried playing this back using a variety of widely available tools (e.g. Quicktime, iTunes, Windows Media Player and RealPlayer).  Quicktime and iTunes produced very artificial sounds (I am only using a Soundblaster card, but it is adequate most of the time within Finale) and although Windows Media Player and RealPlayer sounded more like playback directly in Finale, there were a few bizarre clashes, although they do not appear consistently if I make another version.  Does anyone have advice on the production of good quality MIDI, MP3 or other formats?  Also, does anyone have recommendations for software to create an audio CD. If its relevant, I'm still using Finale 2002. Michael Lawlor

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