The Quantization Settings dialog box appears. For even greater control over the track and channel extraction, click Set Track-to-Staff List the Track/Channel Mapping to Staves dialog box appears, in which you can specify extremely sophisticated track and channel splitting. If it discovers that the notes in a track have a very wide range, it automatically notates its contents on two staves. In either case, Finale chooses a clef for each resultant staff based on the range of notes in the track. Choose Channels Become Staves to convert the contents of each MIDI channel (regardless of their track assignments) into a Finale staff.Choose Tracks Become Staves to convert each sequencer track into a Finale staff.Specify the way in which you want the MIDI file extracted onto Finale staves.
The Import MIDI File Options dialog box appears, listing various transcription options. Double-click the desired document name.From the pop-up menu at the bottom, select Standard MIDI File.
Noteman says: View the Importing music QuickStart Video for an overview. There’s no need to quantize the sequence you’ll probably find Finale’s quantization powers to be more effective than your sequencer. To create the MIDI file, follow the instructions from your sequencer.
Imported MIDI files use the settings in the default document specified in the Preferences - New dialog box. When you open a MIDI file, Finale uses the track name as the instrument name. When you save a MIDI file, Finale saves the instrument name (from the ScoreManager) as the track name. If you prefer to compose by improvising in your favorite sequencer, you could save your piece as a standard MIDI file and let Finale notate it for you. The MIDI file format can be understood by music programs from many different companies, including most sequencer programs, even on other operating systems. Finale can both import and export standard MIDI files.