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The fact that Encore5 does not run on Cataline or later isn’t due to Encore, but to an arbitrary choice of MacOs.
Several people have expressed here that Encore6 should open not only Encore5 format files, but also the most recent Encore4 files (typically E455).
If my memory serves, there have been two formats in the E4 lifespan, and the earliest one was not readable by E5 – old E4 files needed to be converted using the latest E4 levels. But I don’t remember details (perhaps some incompatibilities with E5).
So, I would not expect that E6 could go back to “early E4” format.As of Finale, Encore 5 did not open the Finale format, and apparently Overture doesn’t either. I would be surprized if the E6 plans were to include that format, taking into account that MusicXML is a much better approach to import in one editor the work prepared in another one.
The internal structure of files created by MusicTime”DeLuxe” (latest V4) and Encore (latest V5) are identical, the fact that they are using different default extensions is simply cosmetic. I would be surprized if anything was done in Encore6 to prevent reading .mus files.
There is so much rewrite announced for Encore 6, that it doesn’t make sense to mention minor issues or limitations present in E5. Taking those into consideration could only delay the initial delivery. And when E6 comes out, we’ll need to prioritize major issues with minor ones or simple suggestions.
Indeed, the manual shows how to hide bracket/figure, but only for quarter notes (and up, probably); for eighth notes (and shorter), only when beamed.
In any case, omitting the tuplet figure is an outdated bad habit, resulting in much confusion for the (musician) reader. The only case where it could be tolerated is for repetitive sets of (three) beamed notes.
Generally Encore works on Windows 11, and certainly when this was an upgrade of an earlier W10 on the same machine.
I have read that there are limitations on loadable software on some computers equipped with Windows 11 “from the box”. That might be a smarted down version.
The latest is still 504, but there is a subnumber for which the latest is 875. If you are far from that number (see Help/About) send me a mail, so that I could send you a link.
(for Mac the numbers were higher, up to 507, but it doesn’t mean it is more recent, they just numbered it differently).Well, “Passport Music Software LLC” (if I remember the name right) has announced that they stopped business, but looking for takeover of the company and/or assets.
These include, that I know
– the company brand name
– the PassportMusic.com web site
– the Intellectual Property rights on the products
– the customer base (the contracts with all or any of us).It isn’t sure if “Sonic Scores LLC” – or Don Williams individually – has purchased the “Passport Music Software LLC” company, or only some of their assets. For sure the IP rights, and apparently the web site; he used the brand name on this site, but refers to it as an “entity” which may have different meanings.
So, we cannot say for sure that the company is “defunct”.
@ GDelanghe
As far as I understand, Encore 6 will (?) use something like an Overture core, keeping an Encore-like GUI. The core is something important, but is invisible to the eyes – except for the developer, and bugs.However, it has been said that the palettes would be replaced by a kind of dock, located at the left side of the screen. And if you look at Overture’s GUI, it resembles very much to a kind of dock, located at the left side of the screen.
Let’s not forget that a GUI is designed at a certain moment in time, designed towards the equipment – the screen, primarily – available at that moment.
This kind of left-side dock, if built around 1990, would either have unreadable characters, or not leave any room for the score. Today it’s quite different, the screens are so large that one needs to fill them (just kidding…)Send me a mail, I can give you access to an installer file (only the encore.exe would not be sufficient, you need libraries and fonts).
Thanks Mike, one learns everyday and at any age.
Strange enough, it’s about 45 years that I’m a forum participant (initially at professional level, and most often in English) and I never noticed this acronym.
Perhaps when they were called “bulletin board”?A library move from one system to another is probably not sufficient, a few things need to come “inside” the system. You need to reinstall.
If you don’t have the installation file anymore, please send me a mail and you’ll get a download link for an installer.You’ll need the registration code, though.
