RE: MusicXML 1.1 saving from Sibelius; XML document adoption rates?

["Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>]

I noted last night that my favorite editor, Guitar Pro, now includes XML export

which I believe is MusicXML.  So the guitar players on this list now have cheap

access to XML via a guitar tab and music notation midi editor and multitrack sequencer.

http://www.guitar-pro.com

I'm on vacation so I'll only see replies to the digest.

cheers,

len

 

From: Michael Good [mailto:musicxml@gmail.com]

Today Recordare released our Dolet 3 for Sibelius plug-in. It allows the Sibelius 4 music notation program to save MusicXML 1.1 files so they can be shared with people who use Finale, Notion, and many other music notation programs. More information is available at:

 

  http://store.recordare.com/dolet3sib.html

 

With this release, people can now use the MusicXML 1.1 format to exchange editable files between the two main market leaders in music notation software (Finale and Sibelius) with a higher level of fidelity than has ever been possible.

 

We now have 50 applications supporting the MusicXML format - including the commercial market leaders, innovative new products, and open source projects. So I am curious as to how MusicXML measures up against other document-oriented XML projects. Are there studies that compare adoption rates of XML document formats by software in different application areas? Pointers to such work would be most welcome!

 

I hope everyone has a great holiday season and new year.

 

Best regards,

 

Michael Good

Recordare LLC

www.recordare.com