Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 2007/12

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Finale to Audio
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:22:32 -0500

I've just downloaded several Finale .mus files from Oliver's website. I want
to make my own "Music Minus One" files by removing the clarinet part in the
.mus file and producing an audio file I can play on the Linux machine in my
practice/teaching studio. Using SmartMusic format won't work, nor will
playing the .mus files directly because Finale (MakeMusic) doesn't support
Linux. I was surprised, when I tried today to output straight audio files
(as .mid or, using "Export" as .wav or .mp3) of the first of Bruch's 8
Songs, that the viola patch didn't get into the MIDI or audio output. It
came over as a piano sound, which of course blends into the piano
accompaniment.

Maybe I just haven't spent enough time looking around for a setting in
Finale that will solve the problem, but I haven't found one yet. Does anyone
do this successfully? I want the correct timbres (General MIDI patches) to
be included in the audio file - I'm not particular about which file format
ends up working best so long as I can play it back on a Linux machine.

I guess alternatively, does anyone run Finale under Linux using Wine or any
other Windows VM? Seems like an unnecessarily complicated solution, but I
don't want to buy additional licenses for either Windows or Finale for this
purpose. Mostly, I use the machine to read PDF sheet music (OMCDRL or
downloads) which works perfectly well under Linux.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Karl

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