Save as Audio
Save As .MP3, .WAV, and .AIFF

Turn your Finale file into an audio CD! Press one button to save your Finale score as an .MP3, .AIFF, or .WAV file to burn onto an audio CD. Hear all the nuance of your music, including interpretation provided by Finale’s exclusive Human Playback, though your choice of integrated Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO) sounds and other supported VST/AU instruments. (.MP3 format available with SmartMusic Sound Font only.)

Play it back. An example of playing back a Finale file saved as an audio file.
(.wma, Windows Media Player required)
Play it back. An example of playing back a Finale file saved as an audio file.
(.mp3)

MusicXML
Finale can import and export MusicXML 2.0 files – right from the File menu and the Launch Window. Unlike MIDI files, MusicXML allows you to transfer the sounds and graphical elements in your file to other applications including older versions of Finale.

MusicXML Import also recognizes:

• Accidentals and ties
• Slurs and other articulations
• Fretboards
• Metronome markings
• Piano pedal lines
• Composite time signatures
• Embedded graphics

Finale also supports a compressed file format which makes MusicXML files much smaller and more transportable.

Backwards Compatibility
MusicXML Export allows you to save your music so it can be imported by anyone using selected older versions of Finale for Macintosh or Windows.

MusicXML Compatibility in Finale

Want more options? Recordare.com offers plug-ins (sold separately) that allow you to open these files into Finale for Mac OS X (back to 2004), and Finale for Windows (back to Finale 2000). You can even read MusicXML files created in other music notation programs.