John Chambers wrote:
>
> Meanwhile, closer to the previous topic: There are a number of music
> formats used by the commercial packages, such as Finale. Are there
> very many Finale files online?
Not really. The only really important collection of Finale files is Oliver's:
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/oliver/clarmusi.htm
and all the pieces there are also available in PDF format now.
Even the Finale Public Domain Library:
ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/pub/finale/
tends to include PDFs GIFs and Midis created by Finale rather than
straight Finale files. There are a few ETF files here and there, though.
>
> How about other proprietary formats?
NWC (Noteworthy) is still big, but I don't think many people are
actually posting NWC files anymore, it's just the back catalogue
South American choirs tend to post music in Encore format - very few
others do.
There are a few older archives with files in Score format.
Then it's Sibelius' sib. format, of course, but fortunately it doesn't
seem to catch on as much as I feared.
> Is there a way to find them?
Sure. Just browse through the web ;)
HotBot is a good place to start, since it lets you search for pages that
includes links to a specific file format.
>
> Do any of them have online communities
> of users?
All of them have in one way or another.
Frank Nordberg
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