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Andre, I have to correct myself. You are right, .mts are MasterTracksPro files. Since I also work with Master Tracks, I must have made a “Freudian” slip.
Of course the extension for MusicTime is .mus.Over the last 3 weeks I have had a few small Christmas parties that I was allowed to accompany as a solo artist. All the parties were quite successful and there was even dancing.
In the meantime, I’ve transferred the MIDI files I created and arranged in Master Tracks Pro to an iPad and then play them back to my lyrics using the Songbook+ software.
This works great and I can leave my Win98 laptop at home. But Master Tracks Pro is indispensable for editing and creating. I just love it!Thank you Don!
Take your time and do it right.
That’s more important than a hasty Encore 6 that leaves users disillusioned rather than delighted.Encore 5 can read MT files.
The new Encore 6 should read the files of Encore 5, it should also work with MT files. Provided Don has included the .mts option as an extension.
Otherwise you would have to read and save the old MT files (mine are still from MT 2.0) in Encore 5 and then read them out again with Encore 6.
But I think that Don implies compatibility with the MT files.Thank you very much for your reply. That makes me very happy!
MTP was the first professional music software I bought, followed by MusicTime. Encore came much later after many unsuccessful attempts with other sheet music programs.
I wish you every success in completing your projects!Johannes, there is a statement from Don about Encore 6 at: https://passportmusic.com/topic/its-been-a-while/#post-3471
Being a Print Music owner, you can take advantage if the $149 crossgrade offer to Dorico.
Thanks Mike, that would be an option. But now Don has announced that Encore 6 will become a reality in winter 2024.
We can now wait a few more weeks after waiting years for an update.Mike, I have to correct myself…
I own PrintMusic and not Songwriter.
I’m still getting totally confused with all the names of the sheet music programs.
But the same applies to PrintMusic. I bought a user book but it’s frustrating to enter lyrics in PrintMusic when you’re used to the straightforward input in Encore.I no longer do anything at all in PrintMusic and have transferred all the scores to Encore.
Funny. PrintMusic uses the same extension for its files (.mus) as MusicTime. Since I still have old MusicTimes files on my computer, PrintMusik asks me every time I call up the software whether I should reserve the .mus extension just for PrintMusik.True words…
I don’t know anyone who works with Dorico and have no experience with it myself.
In my opinion, Finale was far too complicated to use right from the start. This could also be recognized by the fact that the company KLEMM,
the German distributor of Finale, published a lot of practice books without which Finale was not manageable.
As I’ve written here before, I bought Songwriter, the simplified version of Finale. Here, too, I had to buy a book where everything was described in detail.
I then spent more time leafing through this book than writing scores.Anyway, I mentioned elsewhere in this forum that now would be the ideal time to release a modern Encore 6 and offer hundreds of stranded Finale users a new sheet music program.
That would be a brilliant business move.yabori,
I’m not very knowledgeable about the Mac version but it looks like you are in demo mode, meaning your Encore version is not unlocked.
Do you have your unlock key?
What appears when you press the “Help” button and then “About Encore”?Your statement is not entirely correct.
We have tried alternatives, but have not found any where it would be worth changing.When converting the old Encore files, a lot of information such as lyrics and dynamic accidentals are lost. Which would mean a lot of rework until the files were up to date again. And all this with a program that you have not (yet) fully mastered.
You have to keep in mind whether it’s worth all the effort.
I think it’s worth a try for Mac users, but not for Windows users at the moment.Who would have thought that Finale would disappear from the market and join Steinberg’s Dorico?
The software preferred by Encore users is Overture from Sonic Scores. This is said to be very similar to Encore, which is not very surprising as it is from the same developer.
But Overture users are also eagerly awaiting version 6.
As you can see, it is not so easy to leave the beaten track and embark on something completely new.Good luck in your search for an alternative. Let us know if you find something useful.
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I’am still using Encore with Windows 7, no Problems.
I’ve tried ‘Song Writer’ the little sister from Finale but I wasn’t able to create scores without a helping book.It was similar with Musescore or Dorico. Far too complicated for me. I’ve probably gotten too used to the ease of use of Encore. I love the lyrics input. On the other hand, I also have a lot of Encore scores that I don’t want to convert into a program that I then don’t like to use.
So I’m waiting for “better times” 🙂
