Hi Bob, MIDI files leave out most notation information, so the interpretation of MIDI files to produce good notation is quite an art form. Finale does well with the basic cases, but as the files get more complicated, the results get worse.
I would recommend using another program that can do a better job of transcribing the MIDI into notation, and then transfer the results into Finale using a MusicXML file. If you are on Windows, one direct way to do this is to use Notation Composer. This is one of the best programs we have seen for transcribing MIDI files into notation, especially for the price. Read the MIDI file in, save the result as a MusicXML file, then read the MusicXML file into Finale. It is available for download and purchase from: http://store.recordare.com/notationcomp.html If you are on Mac or are already using a sequencer like Digital Performer that does high-quality MIDI to notation transcription, then I would recommend using PDFtoMusic Pro. This requires an extra step: - Read the MIDI file into your MIDI notation transcription program - Print a PDF file of the score that results - Use PDFtoMusic Pro to convert the PDF into a MusicXML file - Read the MusicXML file into Finale PDFtoMusic Pro is availabe for download and purchase from: http://store.recordare.com/pdftomusicpro.html Obviously neither of these approaches are as good or as simple as having better MIDI transcription integrated into Finale. But if you are trying to get better MIDI to Finale results right now, both products are worth checking out. Best regards, Michael Good Recordare LLC _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
