====== Warning ====== **The contents of this page were last updated on 2007/08/01. Many things may have changed in the meanwhile.** The goal of this page is the following: * suppose that I find a musical sheet I like on [[http://www.cpdl.org|cpdl]], but there is an error and I don't own the program that created it * suppose that I'm uploading a sheet to cpdl and I would like to put it in a format that most musical typesetting programs could read * suppose that I'm sending a friend a sheet I wrote, but we use different programs, and I want to be sure he can read it... ...then I will need to know which programs can read/write which formats... ===== Programs-formats compatibilities table (by software) ===== ^#^Name^Operating system^License^Native format^Can read^Can write^ | 1 | [[http://canorus.berlios.de|Canorus]] | GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X | Free, GPL | ? | ? | ? | | 2 | [[http://denemo.sourceforge.net|Denemo]] | GNU/Linux | Free, GPL | Denemo (.denemo, .dnm) | Denemo, MIDI | Denemo, Lilypond, ABC, jtf, Csound | | 3 | [[http://www.gvox.com|Encore]] | Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP), Mac OS (9.x, X > 10.2) | 129.99 €, Proprietary | Encore (.enc) | ? | ? | | 4 | [[http://www.codamusic.com|Finale]] | Windows, Mac OS X | 600 $, Proprietary | Finale (.mus) | .mus (not newer than available Finale version), .etf, MusicXML, Midi 0 + 1 | .mus, MusicXML, MIDI 0 + 1 | | 5 | [[http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/harmony.htm|Harmony Assistant]] | Windows, Mac OS X Power PC, Mac OS X Intel, Mac OS Old versions | 70 € or 70 USD, Proprietary | Myriad .mus (different from Finale .mus) and .myr | MIDI type 0 and 1 (.mid), MIDI Karaoke (.mid, .kar), Rich MIDI Tablature File - RMTF (.mid), Creative Music File -CMF (.cmf), Finale versions 1993 to 2006 (.mus, .etf), Encore (.enc), Rhapsody (.rhp), MusicTime (.mus), NoteWorthy Composer versions : 1.3 to 2.0 (.nwc), GuitarPro (.gtp, .gp3, .gp4), Tabledit version 2.0 (1999) and up (.tef), Band In a Box Style (.sty), Yamaha Style (.sty), Soundtracker MOD (.mod), Scream Tracker S3M (.s3m), MusicXML (.xml), ABC (.abc), Tablature text file (.tab) | MIDI type 0 and 1 (.mid), MIDI Karaoke (.mid, .kar), Rich MIDI Tablature File - RMTF (.mid), Creative Music File -CMF (.cmf), MusicXML (.xml), ABC (.abc), Tablature text file (.tab) | | 6 | [[http://lilypond.org|Lilypond]] | GNU/Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, MacOS X | Free, GPL | Lilypond (.ly) | only native format, but includes converters: **abc2ly** (from abc ASCII format), **etf2ly** (from Finale format), **midi2ly** (from MIDI format), **mup2ly** (from Arkkra Enterprises Music Publisher format), **musicxml2ly** (from MusicXML format) | MIDI | | 7 | [[http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm|Melody Assistant]] | Windows, Mac OS X Power PC, Mac OS X Intel, Mac OS Old versions | 20 € or 20 USD, Shareware | Myriad .mus (different from Finale .mus) and .myr | MIDI type 0 and 1 (.mid), MIDI Karaoke (.mid, .kar), Rich MIDI Tablature File - RMTF (.mid), Creative Music File -CMF (.cmf), Soundtracker MOD (.mod), Scream Tracker S3M (.s3m), ABC (.abc), Tablature text file (.tab) | MIDI type 0 and 1 (.mid), MIDI Karaoke (.mid, .kar), Rich MIDI Tablature File - RMTF (.mid), Creative Music File -CMF (.cmf), ABC (.abc), Tablature text file (.tab) | | 8 | [[http://noteedit.berlios.de|NoteEdit]] ((NoteEdit development has basically stopped, since the core team now moved to Canorus)) | GNU/Linux | Free, GPL | NoteEdit (.not) | NoteEdit, MusicXML, MIDI | MIDI, MusiXTeX, ABC, PMX, Lilypond, MusicXML | | 9 | [[http://www.rosegardenmusic.com|Rosegarden]] | GNU/Linux | Free, GPL | Rosegarden (.rg) | Rosegarden, MIDI, Hydrogen | MIDI, Lilypond, MusicXML, Csound, Arkkra Enterprises Music Publisher | | 10 | [[http://www.sibelius.com|Sibelius]] | Windows, Mac OS | ? | ? | ? | ? | | 11 | [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-12/bin1gOIJCcyxa.bin|xml2ly]] | Any ((xml2ly is written in [[http://www.python.org|Python]], so it can run on any OS with Python interpreter installed)) | Free, GPL | None | Music XML | Lilypond | ===== Programs-formats compatibilities table (by format) ===== ^ **From -> to**^abc^cmf^csound^dnm^enc^etf^gtp^h2^jtf^kar^ly^mid^mod^mup^mus^mus^myr^not^nwc^pmx^rg^rhp^s3m^sty^sty^tab^tef^tex^xml^ ^abc (ABC) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 6 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^cmf (Creative Music File) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^Csound | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^dnm (Denemo) |2 | |2 |2 | | | | |2 | |2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^enc (Encore) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^etf (Finale) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |4 5 6 | | |4 | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |4 5 | ^gtp, gp3, gp4 (GuitarPro) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^h2 (Hydrogen) | | |9 | | | | | | | |9 |9 | |9 | | | | | | |9 | | | | | | | |9 | ^jtf | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^kar (Karaoke) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^ly (Lilypond) | | | | | | | | | | | |6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^mid (MIDI) |2 5 7 8 |5 7 |2 9 |2 | | | | |2 |5 7 |2 8 9 |4 5 6 7 8 9 | |9 |4 | | | | |8 |9 | | | | |5 7 | | |4 5 8 9 | ^mod (Soundtracker MOD) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^mup (Arkkra Enterprises) | | | | | | | | | | | |6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^mus (Finale) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |4 5 | | |4 | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |4 5 | ^mus (Music Time) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^myr, mus (Myriad) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^not (NoteEdit) |8 | | | | | | | | | |8 |8 | | | | | | | |8 | | | | | | | | |8 | ^nwc (Noteworthy Composer) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^pmx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^rg (Rosegarden) | | |9 | | | | | | | |9 |9 | |9 | | | | | | |9 | | | | | | | |9 | ^rhp (Rhapsody) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^s3m (Scream Tracker) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^sty (Band In a Box) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^sty (Yamaha) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^tab (Tablature text file) |5 7 |5 7 | | | | | | | |5 7 | |5 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 7 | | |5 | ^tef (Tabledit) |5 |5 | | | | | | | |5 | |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |5 | | |5 | ^tex (MusiXTeX) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ^xml (Music XML) |5 8 |5 | | | | | | | |5 |8 11 |4 5 6 8 | | |4 | | | | |8 | | | | | |5 | | |4 5 8 |