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Roger, this looks like a Windows problem and not specifically Encore-related. Did you try recently from some other program?
1. I suggest you to make a Google search with “microsoft print to pdf zero bytes” as search argument. There are many hints, some of them might be relevant.
2. You might try the “old method”, and install an external product, which provides you with another “virtual printer”. The most common are
– Foxit PDF Editor Printer
– PDFCreator (which has many features and may not be that easy to use anymore.The documentation on music notation seems to mention swing only for eighths. Some software editors offer it for quarters and halves, always undotted though.
The theoretician would say that a dotted note means ternal, swing is an occasional ternal, what would be the sum of both?
Frankly, if a melody uses pairs of dotted notes (say eighths) and I’d want to introduce a swing effect, I would write the first one as a quarter, and the second one as an eighth – both undotted. This gives the usual swing ratio of 2:1
Please send me a mail, and explain:
– if you are a new user, and want a license and a download link
– if you are a current user, have a valid license code for Encore 5 but want to install it on a new or additional computer you own
– if you have a Mac of a Windows machineWell, Mr. Delanghe (Belgian?), I have looked at Overture, sure. I have two comments:
1. Don has said since the beginning that he would “improve the outdated interface”. Look at the “development” menu on this site, which was written in 2022, that I know: https://passportmusic.com/development/2053-2/
The new interface looks already close to Overture’s. But it’s the current trend, not very different of what Musescore looks like.
For sure, the nowadays’ screen definitions allow things which were not possible in the 1990’s.
A similar lay-out does not mean a similar mode of operation.2. Re-using the Overture engine impacts the internals of the product, not necessarily the user interface and the mode of operation.
Furthermore, what is most important for the user is that the software reads the Encore files.
Hello Jim,
I made a quick test, and could not confirm your statement: A midi file created by Encore5/875 under Windows 11 could be opened/played by Windows Media Player.
Would you
1. send me the midi file which doesn’t play
2. tell me – how you try to open/play the midi file (from WMP, from VLC, by clicking in the Windows Explorer, etc
– when you say that the MIDI file “cannot be opened”, what is the error situation? Error message, loop, no reply?
– if the midi file can be opened in Encore
– if you had the Windows update package KB5120998 installed last August
My mail-id can easily be derived from my name on this forum.Disclaimer: I’m willing to help users with problems on Encore with Windows on a goodwill basis, without any commitment for success. PassportMusic has stopped all support activities early 2022, and SonicScore will only support Encore V6, when available.
Mr. gdelanghe, your comment is useless.
It’s your choice to believe that Encore 6 would never come out, or that it would have some weakness or another.
But please don’t “preach” that here!Sorry. Unfortunately, there is no gender-independent predicate… but should I have known?
I feel it so “gross” to address somebody by only a nickname which does not sound as a first name. This is not a pun, Ms. Gross.
Indeed, it is not clearly stated in Roger’s initial question, nor in my own first answer, that the considered issue is in Windows, this can only be derived by the context (essentially that 504 is for Windows, 505/5067 for Mac), and not everybody is aware of that subtlety.
Mr. GrossMusic, this is Mac-type reasoning.
Roger is running 504, which is a Windows version. Many versions of Windows have been issued since Encore 504 came out. It is not customary that Windows application need to be adapted to new Operating System versions, and Encore 5 runs on Windows 11 without new trouble, including an big update that I got installed this moring, and including in particular the “Microsoft print to pdf” functionality.
Yes, we need upgrades for Encore, but that’s to maintain/improve Encore functioning. Not to let it run on new Windows level, since Windows generally ensures an excellent compatibility with earlier levels.
Roger hasn’t reacted to my offer for assistance.
Where did you hear or read Encore would be released Fall 2028…???
The only place where this date has been written is this append from G. Delanghe.
Let’s say that it is an hypothesis, or a bet.
From news written recently by Mike Halloran, betting on Fall 2026 isn’t realistic.Indeed, Encore 455 works generally well on Windows 10/11, similarly as on the former versions.
If it was (re-)installed properly.
I don’t know what the problem of “safmusic” is, since he didn’t reply to my offer/request to contact me offline; but this forum has been down for a couple of weeks in the meantime.I assisted a few people with installation problems on 455, generally the issue was that they had lost their installation file and/or their serial number. While I can help with the former, the latter cannot be recovered from a former installation – or at least I don’t know how to do.
There is a recovery method which has often worked, which I can help with on request.
Tony,
Don has said, since the beginning in 2022, that he (SonicScores) would sell and support ONLY NEW VERSIONS of the PassportMusic catalog. So, it is unlikely that he would answer you – if he ever comes to visit this forum before the time new versions become available.There are two methods to explore:
– musica.at – who is/was an authorized reseller of the PassportMusic (previously GVOX) is still selling licenses for Encore 5. Their catalog does not show show MasterTracks (nor MusicTime), but they might still have a few licenses left. Best is to ask Johannes Kaiser-Kaplaner via their contact form https://www.musica.at/encore/index1.htm
– obtain a second-hand copy from a legitimate user who does not need it anymore. Just as you buy a second-hand book (or car, or house…).
The laws in his country (not yours) may allow that, and supersede a restriction on reselling (or giving) specified by the EULA (end-user license agreement).
This would be the case, under certain conditions, in the EU.Hello Roger,
I guess that a SUPPORT function on this site will be available the day Encore 6 is made available; and will probably never handle Encore 5 issues.Forum users might help, of course.
– are you printing to PDF using “Microsoft Print to PDF”, or an external program such as PDF Creator?
– can you print on paper?
– are you still able to save your score? or are you prompted to enter your license key?
– is this for all (many) scores, or just for one (in that case, please send me the file)
– else, what are the detailed symptoms of “I can no longer print”?Please send me a mail. I can send you some links and suggestions, but using e-mail is much easier than this bl**dy forum software.
Since Encore can import MIDI files, your requirement should be rephrased: Encore should be able to export the scores in mp3. Btw, I had forgotten that it couldn’t.
However, reading MIDI files and exporting as mp3 is something that can be done with many (if not all) current products can do: Overture or MuseScore, for instance.
