Linda, it might be a type 0/type 1 issue. MIDI files come in two flavours - well actually three, but that's beside the point - and maybe Finale can deal only with type 0, not with type 1, MIDI files (the opposite is less common). You can check if this is the case by trying a type1-to-type0 converter, or a type0-to-type1.
Are you on Windows? If so, this site has a wealth of such MIDI tools, including the ones you need. http://www.gnmidi.com/gnfreeen.htm The only downside is that these programs are command line utilities, so there's no point and click interface. I hope this helps, Antonio On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 20:42:54 -0500 Linda Worsley <[email protected]> wrote: > Help! I have been receiving MIDI files from a client--created originally > in Encore, and saved as a standard MIDI file. I have managed to open > fifteen of them in Finale and create Finale scores using the MIDI > information, comparing it to a PDF of the Encore printout for accuracy. > > Encore is, of course, a horror show, but most of the time I can make these > work. > > The 16th file, created in the same way, refuses to open and gives me an > error message that says Finale cannot open this filetype. I downloaded it > the same way I did the others. Like the others, it has .mid at the end of > the file name, and he PDF of that file is perfect. I've tried opening it > by double clicking, by opening it "within the program" and every other way > I can think of. I even tried importing it in xml, but nothing works. It > imported a blank score. > > The client "reconstituted" the MIDI file from the original Encore file, as > he had the others, and they were just fine, opened like a charm. This > one... well, does anyone have any advice? (Just make a new score from the > pdf?.... he insists that there will be too many errors in translation. But > that may be my last resort. > > Thanks for any words of wisdom. > > Linda Worsley > -- Antonio Di Martino, <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
