How do you save/export a file as an MP3?

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chillowack
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Post by chillowack » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:07 pm

Does PrintMusic allow you to save/export a composition as an MP3?

I tried the various options in the File menu, but somehow it just froze on me: got maybe 40% of the way through the exporting process, then wouldn't finish.

Meanwhile, exporting as a MIDI file produces a very canned and unrealistic piano sound, presumably because it opens in Windows Media Player by default. I'm hoping that MP3, being compatible with iTunes, will sound better.


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Post by miker » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:33 pm

Yes; File>Export to Audio File.

If this isn't working correctly, try restarting your computer. If you still have a problem, is it all files, or one particular file?
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Post by chillowack » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:09 pm

Miker, your last remark helped me figure out the problem.

Turns out the file was too large, because I had programmed it to repeat 50 times (so I could listen to it continuously, without having to cue it up each time).

Once I removed the repeat symbol, I was able to export as a .wav file.

Thanks!

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Post by josefern » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:02 am

The export to Mp3 option is not available in Finale 2010 on my Mac. where is it?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:06 am

josefern,

Are you using GPO or SmartMusic SoftSynth?

I don't think that Finale can export GPO playback as MP3.

But you can export SmartMusic SoftSynth playback as MP3.

You can export GPO playback as WAV.
You can convert the WAV file to MP3 with third party software.
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Post by LouGeart » Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:50 am

Hi, dear Fellow Mac users writing/composing in Finale '14

to get som sing-in examples of a composition (3/4-part SAB-/-SATB vocal ensemble)
I've got some problems converting the Finale files onto readable/replayable MP3 files.
I can choose the following files in 'Export file onto.....' :
Audio file-....
EPUB
Finale 2012
MIDI file
Music XML
Smartmusic ®
Which one is usefull?
Thanks in forward
Yours'
Loek van der Heide, Harlingen Port Friesland (Netherlands)

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Apr 02, 2017 11:27 am

You should choose the menu item “Audio file…”.

Depending on the Finale playback the Audio file options may or may not include the audio format .MP3 - you may only get the option of .AIFF format.
But do not worry!
You can use iTunes to convert .AIFF to .MP3.
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Post by edierobin » Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:31 pm

Make sure you select

MIDI Audio/PLayback through MIDI before exporting

The next dialogue box will have a button to selct....MP3
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Post by David Ward » Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:54 am

edierobin wrote:Make sure you select

MIDI Audio/PLayback through MIDI before exporting

The next dialogue box will have a button to selct....MP3
Not usually on a Mac. Export as AIFF then convert to MP3 in iTunes, as suggested by Peter Thomsen, is normally the way to do it on a Mac.
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Post by miker » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:16 pm

David,
I export as MP3 all the time. As has been said, you need to have Finale set to Play through MIDI.
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Post by earcentred » Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:50 pm

Is there a way to set the default file export type to MP3 instead of aiff?

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Post by miker » Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:47 pm

No. Or at least, none that I've been able to discover. I recently became a Keyboard Maestro user, and after a lot of mistakes, I finally made a shortcut for the cursor to click on the Type drop down, change to MP3, and Save, all with one hot key. Woo hoo! It's saved me a lot of time.
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Post by earcentred » Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:15 pm

Same here! But I could not get past the --> Export --> Audio file… step. I have no idea how to reach the Type drop-down option.
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Post by motet » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:12 pm

Does Finale let you set the bit rate (i.e. quality) of the MP3 file? If not, there is plenty of free software that will convert your aiff file to mp3 and let you set the bit rate.

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Post by earcentred » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:26 pm

The ability to change the default format or use something like the Keyboard Maestro macros is especially useful if you need to export a lot of files, as it can save you a lot of time (and a lot of clicks). There's no real need for the occasional audio export, but sometimes you need to export a lot of files at once, as it was my case recently.

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Post by motet » Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:36 pm

Does Finale let you set the bit rate?

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Post by earcentred » Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:10 pm

motet wrote:
Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:36 pm
Does Finale let you set the bit rate?
Not that I know — I haven't found that option. It produces Bit Rate: 128 kbps / Sample Rate: 44100 Hz, 16-bit MP3 files.

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Post by motet » Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:40 pm

Here's what Audacity gives you. Looks like they consider 128k low quality.
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