Adding Audio to Finale Notation

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KEMARA SKINNER Posted March 19, 2017 17:02

Finale 2010

I am having difficulty loading a wave file into my document. If I used a wave file that I downloaded from the internet, there is no problem. However if i put several sounds into audacity (which is what I want to do), save as a wave file, Finale will give me an error message "Finale cannot place this type of audio file".

I tried have saving the file (that want to use) as a MP3 then I converted to a wave file using a mp3 to wave program and it successfully converted the file, but Finale still want except it.

Attached are the two files. 1- I downloaded from the internet and 2- No I can't attached the files

I placed in audacity and saved as a wave file.

Please advise.

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Bruce Kling Posted March 19, 2017 18:25

As far as I know, it's not possible to load a wav file into Finale. However, it is possible to export a Finale notation file as a wav file.

You can load a MIDI or XML file into Finale - is that what you mean?

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted March 19, 2017 21:05

What do you mean by "load"? You can attach an audio file to a Finale project in recent versions of the program, but you cannot import it and expect notation to appear.

KEMARA SKINNER Posted March 20, 2017 14:40

Why?

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Edited March 20, 2017 15:11

Finale only allows one audio track, if that is what you mean. If you want to mix audio, you need a DAW. You can mix audio in a DAW and export as a stereo file, or you can load MIDI data from Finale into a DAW.

I am not entirely sure exactly what you are attempting, so someone else who does more with audio and Finale may be able to offer additional help.

I have been able to import a (single) stereo mp3 output from SONAR into a new Finale file, but Finale refused to import a SONAR WAV file. I wonder if it has to do with bit rate.

EDIT: Just tried again, re-exported the file from SONAR but this time I made sure the 64-bit engine was engaged. That file imported into Finale (v25) seamlessly.

Jan Angermueller Edited May 03, 2017 12:55

Kemara, I had the same problem with wave files created with Audacity and importing the audio track to Finale 2014.

It finally worked when I used Awave to convert the wave file to a "Standard Type" Microsoft Waveform PCM 16bit, 44.1 Khz (Stereo) encoded wav stream. Looks like Finale is not supporting all sorts of wav-files.

On https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleWin/Content/Finale/Audio_Files.htm it says that MP3 files MUST have 44.1KHz. But it seems to be true for wave files too.

Jan Angermueller Posted May 03, 2017 12:42

Also check your audio setup in Finale (MIDI/Audio->Device Setup->Audio Setup). Does the sample rate match the sample rate of the wave file?

KEMARA SKINNER Posted May 03, 2017 13:56

Thanks for the information. I appreciate the follow-up. Will try those suggestions.

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