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MakeMusic Forum > Public Forums > Finale - Windows - FORUM HAS MOVED! > Is there an easy way to convert 4/4 to 12/8? | Forum Quick Jump
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|  CraigP Registered Member
        Date Joined Apr 2013 Total Posts : 313 | Posted 10/21/2015 8:20 PM (GMT -6) |   | I have MIDI generated in Band-in-a-box using a 12/8 feel. But the MIDI exported from BIAB is in 4/4.
These are accompaniment tracks that won't actually be seen. But it makes sense for the other parts to be notated in 12/8 time because in 4/4, about half the material would have to use triplets, which gets messy.
I thought I could bring this across in 4/4 and then use the Change Note Durations to make every note 150% of its original value. Unfortunately there is no way to do 150%. The only options are 25%, 50%, 200%|and 400%
Any other tricks come to mind? | Back to Top | |
 |  Zuill "The Troll"

       Date Joined Oct 2003 Total Posts : 29077 | Posted 10/21/2015 10:35 PM (GMT -6) |   | Jari has a plugin for this.
Zuill "When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes. 2014c at present. Now 2014d.
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  |  CraigP Registered Member
        Date Joined Apr 2013 Total Posts : 313 | Posted 10/22/2015 12:40 PM (GMT -6) |   | I did try the plug-in. It seems very powerful and useful in many cases. In my particular case, it didn't work. about half the measures could not be converted because it found "tuplets without triplet feel". The MIDI from BIAB is quite complicated, so I am not surprised.
All I really need is some way to multiple the duration of every single note by 1.5 and rebar the music. If I had that, then I could run everything through retranscribe and it should be good. But unfortunately the Change Durations can't do 150%
As it turned out, I set up these scores in 4/4 and started working on them that way and I think I'll just carry on in 4/4 instead of 12/8. | Back to Top | |
 |  Zuill "The Troll"

       Date Joined Oct 2003 Total Posts : 29077 | Posted 10/22/2015 2:54 PM (GMT -6) |   | If we had a sample file to play with, I'm sure we could probably find some suggestions. Right now we are only guessing as we haven't a thing at which to look.
Zuill "When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes. 2014c at present. Now 2014d.
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  |  Zuill "The Troll"

       Date Joined Oct 2003 Total Posts : 29077 | Posted 10/22/2015 3:55 PM (GMT -6) |   | Now I get it. The rhythms here are a mess. Not worth trying to convert. If the MIDI file had been clean, then you would have had something to work with.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes. 2014c at present. Now 2014d.
Favorite Forum quote: "Please, everybody, IGNORE THE TROLL!" Post Edited (Zuill) : 10/22/2015 11:49:16 PM (GMT-5) | Back to Top | |
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