Of course you'd like it to work with MusicXML. Isn't that YOUR company?
Where is the guess work in MIDI files? Example, I can do something in Digital Performer, load it into Logic, and it looks the same. Triplets come out as triplets. Etc. But I load the same file into Finale, and the triplet comes out wrong. Or maybe Finale decides that a whole note isn't exactly a whole note anymore. Hell, even Cakewalk usually does a better job importing MIDI than Finale.
I'm concerned with it just getting the notes and rhythms right, not all the other stuff that goes into music notation. If it could import Midi's 99% better I'd be happy.
Michael Good wrote:
I think it would be a waste of MakeMusic's time to do much more work on the MIDI import. MIDI is not a very good format for representing music notation - it leaves way too much out, making programs guess at what the MIDI files mean. Computer programs aren't very good at guessing. You would get better results if Digital Performer (and Logic, and Cubase) exported MusicXML files. You could then read the notation into either Finale or Sibelius with much greater accuracy than MIDI will ever be able to provide. New notation-based programs like Notion are supporting MusicXML import before they support MIDI import. So I think that the people who can best solve moving files from Digital Performer to Finale are at MOTU rather than MakeMusic. If you agree, please let MOTU know. It means much more if they hear it from customers like you rather than a vendor like us. Best regards, Michael Good Recordare LLC www.recordare.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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