On 31-7-2015 16:13, David H. Bailey wrote: > I'm glad these messages are getting through finally -- if I had known > the files had 88 channels I would have told you right away that the > problem is that midi files can only have 16 channels, which explains why > neither of us can import the midi data properly.
David, I'm slapping myself. Of course I knew that. It just didn't occur to me that that was the problem! > > So one solution would be to have your client export all the midi data in > groups of 16 channels, from the top down. Then you can import each > separate file (by my guess that would make 6 different midi files) into > its own Finale file and then work from there to combine the data into a > single file. I've forwarderd your solution to him. I think he'll understand. > > I think -- this is a totally strange situation in my experience and it > sure would be better if the person who is sending you the midi files > understood notation and could write down what he's playing. :-) O, o, o! He has studied composition with Klaas de Vries <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_de_Vries_%28composer%29> and knows perfectly well what he's doing. He just hasn't much experience with notation software (he uses Sib.!). Thank you very much for your trouble! We'll work it out. I always win, as Dennis B.-K. knows. :) > > Good luck! > David _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
