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Well, Encore 5 can do that…
In Windows, it is an application which runs very well on current hardware and software, though the XML export is quite limited.More seriously, I only know of Harmony Assistant (Myriad) which has an import function for MTD/Encore files. Developped at Encore 4 time-frame, and slightly modified more than 10 years ago to open Encore 5 files. Depending on the file complexity, it can do a good job (particularly on E4) or be very poor…
Perhaps several other products did the same, but dit not shout it load. Doing that requires a careful decoding of the Encore files, which some people believe it’s “reverse engineering” which is prohibited by the usage license. AFAIK, the concept of reverse engineering applies only to product code (which is proprietary) not to data files (which are fully owned by the user of the software).
I only know of Harmony Assistant (Myriad) which has an import function for MTD/Encore files. Developped at Encore 4 time-frame, and slightly modified more than 10 years ago to open Encore 5 files. Depending on the file complexity, it can do a good job (particularly on E4) or be very poor…
Very poor has been my experience, especially with regards to lyrics and expressions. I don’t like the workflow and cannot recommend spending the money. It’s available for a free evaluation, however, so don’t just take my word for it.
I’ve had much greater success with another Myriad product, PDFtoMusic Pro. Export as MusicXML 3 which handles expressions and lyrics, neither of which Encore’s xml export can handle. Open the resulting file in any modern notation app including MuseScore and edit the results. For it to work, you must have saved your Encore file to PDF. If an expression is positioned too close to another element, it will confuse the app but that’s what editing is for. Again, it’s available for evaluation without time limit.
During the Evaluation period, PDFtoMusic Pro will export only one page. Some get around this by exporting single pages as pdf and converting one at a time. There’s an equally cumbersome workflow to re-assemble in Finale. I can detail it if anyone needs.
I have been waiting for Encore 6.0 too, but do not expect it to appear any time soon. Does anyone know how to import Encore files into Overture, which I hear is the most similar? I have Harmony Assistant, which claims to be able to import Encore files, but it’s not perfected yet in that way.
Roger
Roger, importing a score into Overture 5 can only be done via XML or MIDI. It has been said here that Overture 6 would directly import Encore files. But the availability of Overture 6 is at leas as uncertain as the one of encore 6.
Encore and Overture have many similarities, but that is for the appearance, ergonomy, look and feel etc.
It does not imply at all that their file structure would be close or similar.I would guess that, when Don started with Overture, he started with a file structure which was quite similar to what he made in the eariest Encore (rather than inventing a totally new one), but both products saw their file structure evolving separately and incompatibly.
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