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PHILIP WITZIG Posted Answered
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Why, when playing Finale using VST and using Garritan instruments, and I choose export --> audio file, is the mp3 option is missing?  In order to export as an mp3 file I have to play using midi and use the not-as-nice midi instruments.  As soon as I do that, the export as mp3 option is there. Is there something unique about VST/Garritan instruments that would not allow mp3?

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PHILIP WITZIG Posted
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I'm using Windows 10 with the latest build of Finale.

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MIKE ROSEN Posted
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As far as I know, that has always been the case. You might try recording into Audacity, and converting to an MP3, there.

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PHILIP WITZIG Posted
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Bummer!  I guess I haven't used Garritan instruments that much.  I finally have a new version of Finale and a nice laptop powerful enough to load them all, and then I realize I couldn't export as I typically did.

Good suggestion about Audacity.  Never recorded into it before, but it's worth a try.

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted
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You cannot create mp3's from VST instruments in Finale, only when Finale is set to play through MIDI. This is, as Mike R has said, a long-standing situation.

 

Create the WAV files and convert them elsewhere.

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PHILIP WITZIG Posted
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Thanks!

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James Dukey Posted
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Yes, Wave, then iTunes for mp3 on Mac.

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