I was curious what Sibelius support would say if I said the only thing keeping me from switching to Sibelius was a body of work I have which is based on Bill Duncan's templates.
Below is the exchange. So, for now, I'll have to stay with FinMac 2007c. **Leigh >Hi, > >I don't think this will be possible in Sibelius at present. The >formatting of the chord symbols isn't that flexible to begin with. In >addition, these chords are being interputed as technique text rather >than chord symbol text so it's really not going to work. Sorry. > > > >> Hi Tom, >> >> I've attached an archive which contains an XML file, a Finale file and a >> PDF of what the printed version should look like. >> >> Chord symbols are in Layer 4. I've included an example file and PDF of >> complex chord symbols as well. >> >> Thanks for taking a look at this. >> >> **Leigh >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007, Sibelius USA Technical Help >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Product: >> > Version: >> > Platform (search): >> > Platform (form): Mac >> > Language: >> > Search type: >> > Days: >> > Exact: >> > Search terms: >> > >> > Serial: demo >> > Name: Leigh Daniels >> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > Extra info supplied: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am a Finale 2007c user who is interested in switching to Sibelius. >> > The >> > one thing keeping me from doing that is that I have a set of templates >> > developed for Finale by engraver Bill Duncan. >> > >> > NPC Imaging is selling the templates: >> > > <http://tinyurl.com/3anjpe> >> > >> > I have tried to import into Sibelius 5 some work I've done using Bill's >> > >> > templates, but using the MusicXML export I have not been able to get >> > anything that doesn't require a lot of work to restore to it's >> > origianl >> > form. >> > >> > I am hoping you can suggest a way to make this work and I am happy to >> provide >> > a sample file if that would help. >> > >> > I know there are quite a few other people using Bill's templates who >> > would likely switch to Sibelius because many of them are pretty fed up >> > >> > with MakeMusic's poor support and apparent unwillingness to fix >> > bugs >> > of many years standing. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > **Leigh >> Hi, >> >> There are limitations to the conversion from MusicXML but generally >> the >> files convert fairly well. If you'd like to send me an example XML file >> I'll be happy to take a look. Give me some of the specific things that >> are not correct in the conversion and I'll see what if anything can be >> done. >> >> Best Regards, >> > >> Tom Betts \ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
