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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:

…then I will need to know which programs can read/write which formats…

Programs-formats compatibilities table (by software)

#NameOperating systemLicenseNative formatCan readCan write
1 Canorus GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac OS X Free, GPL ? ? ?
2 Denemo GNU/Linux Free, GPL Denemo (.denemo, .dnm) Denemo, MIDI Denemo, Lilypond, ABC, jtf, Csound
3 Encore Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP), Mac OS (9.x, X > 10.2) 129.99 €, Proprietary Encore (.enc) ? ?
4 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 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 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 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 NoteEdit 1) GNU/Linux Free, GPL NoteEdit (.not) NoteEdit, MusicXML, MIDI MIDI, MusiXTeX, ABC, PMX, Lilypond, MusicXML
9 Rosegarden GNU/Linux Free, GPL Rosegarden (.rg) Rosegarden, MIDI, Hydrogen MIDI, Lilypond, MusicXML, Csound, Arkkra Enterprises Music Publisher
10 Sibelius Windows, Mac OS ? ? ? ?
11 xml2ly Any 2) Free, GPL None Music XML Lilypond

Programs-formats compatibilities table (by format)

From → toabccmfcsounddnmencetfgtph2jtfkarlymidmodmupmusmusmyrnotnwcpmxrgrhps3mstystytabteftexxml
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
1)
NoteEdit development has basically stopped, since the core team now moved to Canorus
2)
xml2ly is written in Python, so it can run on any OS with Python interpreter installed