Michael, thanks for the info. I have never used XML. Can you tell me how good this solution is? Say, I want to export a choir and bigband score including lyrics, chords, articulations, sounds, repetitions like d. s. al coda, repetitions with 2nd endings, (linked parts (?))... What will I get?
Or simply: I am ready to pay for it if it does everything I want. What can be done, where are the limits? Thanks, I never thought of that Kurt > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Michael Good > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. September 2007 19:39 > An: finale@shsu.edu > Betreff: [Finale] Re: Wishlist for Finale 2009 > > Hi Kurt, > > When you talk about compatibility across programs, this is an area > where Finale is ahead of Sibelius, not vice versa. Finale 2008 saves > MusicXML files that can be read by 50 other programs, including the > 2007 versions of SongWriter, PrintMusic, Allegro, and Finale, along > with Sibelius 4 and 5. It can read MusicXML files produced by another > 50 programs (about 30 of those programs both read and write the > MusicXML format). For more information about all the programs that > support MusicXML, see: > > http://www.recordare.com/xml/software.html > > These files can be opened on Windows, Macs, and Linux systems. I bet > there are people working on the PocketPC and cellular phone too, but I > don't think we are quite there yet. > > Sibelius can read MusicXML files, but to write them so that Finale can > read them, you need our Dolet for Sibelius plug-in: > > http://store.recordare.com/dolet3sib.html > > You can watch our YouTube video that demonstrates going from Sibelius > to Finale at: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU61MAuBDtE > > The video show Finale 2007 and Sibelius 4, but it works the same with > Finale 2008 and Sibelius 5. > > If you need really accurate interchange with older versions of Finale > (back to 2000 on Windows, 2004 on PPC Mac OS X, and 2007 on Intel > Mac), then you can use our Dolet 4 for Finale plug-in: > > http://store.recordare.com/dolet4fin.html > > Music notation files have never been so compatible between programs > with so little data loss. Going from Finale 2008 to 2007 now preserves > far more formatting than 2007 to 2006 did. Finale was the first major > notation program to adopt the MusicXML format with the Windows version > of Finale 2003, and has been a leader in supporting it ever since. > > Please give these features a try, and I think you will be pleasantly > surprised at how much you can share sheet music files between people > who use different applications. > > Sincerely, > > Michael Good > Recordare LLC > www.recordare.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
