Creating digital audio files that can be burned to a CD from your MIDI files 
is not that difficult but will require a few things that are not included in 
the MusicWrite software. They will create files that consist of MIDI 
information which is quite different from a digital audio file:

Let's say you have created a file MusicWrite and one of the instruments you 
use within the piece is a piano. With MIDI, if later on you decide that a 
guitar would be more appropriate, you can change the patch and have the same 
part play with a different instrument / sound. You cannot do this with a 
digital audio file.

What you will need to record your MIDI files as .wav files:

  * CD/RW (CD Rewritable Drive)-Hardware if you want to record the actual CD.

  * CD Burning Software - such as the AudioStation or AudioSurgeon program.

  * 1/8" to 1/8" stereo cable - available at any electronics/stereo store 
    (Radio Shack).

    

    NOTE: If your sound card - such as the Santa Cruz - supports internal 
          MIDI recording, you will not need the cable above. You can simply
          select "Output Mix Balance" as your recording source instead
          of "Line In".  Just be sure to mute all of the playback sources 
          except for "synthesizer".

  * Digital Audio Recording/Editing software - such as the AudioSurgeon 
    software.


Step By Step:

-  Once you have your piece sounding the way you want, connect one end of 
   the 1/8" to 1/8" stereo cable to the Line Out of your sound card and 
   the other end to the Line In of your sound card.

-  Next you need to select the Line In as your recording source in Windows.
   Click on Start->Programs->Accessories->Entertainment->Volume
   Control->Options->Properties->Recording->OK. 
   This will bring you to the Recording Mixer.



-  Select the Line In and close up the mixer.

-  Launch your version of the MusicWrite software 



-  Launch your digital audio recording software and follow the instructions
   for recording digital audio.

-  In AudioSurgeon, click on the red record button. 



-  You will now see a dialog box prompting you to enter your preferences 
   for the digital audio (.wav) file that you want to record. 

-  Select CD Quality.



-  You now have AudioSurgeon armed for recording. Click on the Play button 
   to start recording.

-  Click on the MusicWrite window, to bring it to the forefront, and press 
   the Play button to begin playing your file.

-  Once you have the file recorded, in AudioSurgeon, you can edit out the 
   silences that may appear at the beginning and the end so that you have 
   a clean recording of your MIDI file.

   

-  Once you have your file, click on File->Save As. Name your file and you 
   will now have a CD quality .wav file that you can then burn to an audio CD.

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