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Win 11 has been problematic but I remember reading that someone was successful. No idea how. My last Win machine ran 7 and I gave that away a few years ago.
And Encore 4?
Yeah, converting those old files was lots of fun on the Mac and required a G4 that could dual-boot into OS 9 and 10.4, then another that could boot into 10.6. I was doing this for a number of users before my wife threw out my G4 during an office remodel.
Any Mac built between 2012–2018 can run Encore 5.0.7 (5.0.6 1333m) over Mojave. This was the best version and ideal macOS for the old Encore.
5.0.4 was the last, best build for Windows.
Andre and I know how to get you up and running but if we don’t know your hardware and OS, there’s little that we can do.
I can confirm that an update to MTP is on Don’s list. Encore 6 is the top priority, however, followed by an update of Overture 5.
Overture 5 includes MTP functionality but does not open the older files. It may happen that a future Overture update will be able to do this.
I’m hoping that you have this resolved. If not, feel free to email me or Andre for a download link. Like everyone, I get tons of junk mail but I do check my spam filters. Please put something in the title like “Need Encore Link” so that I don’t delete requests accidentally. The folder contains Mac and Windows versions plus some troubleshooting documents that I got from Richard a lifetime ago.
Specific support questions for these old versions should be asked on this forum so that the questions and answers benefit everyone. Since I haven’t owned a Windows computer in years, I tend to answer Mac questions only.
is there any chance that Encore will open Overture files directly or will it be necessary to use the MusicXml format?
Don and I have been discussing the logistics for the upcoming Encore 6 release and this question came up. Overture has more functionality than Encore. There are plans for an Overture update that will open Encore files but Encore 6 will be released first.
Encore 6 is coming along and I’m getting excited. When he asked what app I use for quick choral, praise band, lead sheets and Christmas charts, I answered that I open my 2012 MacBook Pro and do them in Encore 5.
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I discovered an (apparently) amateur program (Harmony Assistant).
I tried it recently. Unlike the constant suggestions on the old board, I see that this version actually opens Encore 5 files with much of the information intact.
I’m glad you like it but there are way too many deficiencies for me to be able to stand it. It’s less work to open PDFs of my Encore files in PDFtoMusic Pro 2 and export to Finale via MusicXML 3.0 than it is to correct/edit my scores in Harmony Assistant and go from there—way too fiddly for me. The $95 price is the only thing that I liked about it.
I am still looking forward to Encore 6 and hope that I can do my next Christmas Book in it. For that, lead sheets and my choral work, Finale is way overkill but Harmony Assistant ain’t it for me.
I have a 2017 Macbook Air running High Sierra 10.13.6, with 8 GB of memory. It would be great to get the dropbox link.
Either update it to Mojave or create an APFS Volume, Download Mojave from the App Store and install it on that Volume.
Add, delete, or erase APFS volumes in Disk Utility on MacRemove the spaces and decode the email address and I will reply with the link.
The problem you describe first appeared in macOS High Sierra 10.13.0. Apple was the culprit. The font issue was resolved in 10.13.01 released a few days later but one has to reset the fonts in any file opened in 10.13.0.
There are other problems such as measure endings that were never resolved in High Sierra but were resolved by Mojave 10.14.4. Mojave requires a metal graphics compatible Mac built between 2012–2018 — doesn’t run on anything built earlier or later. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that runs Encore and little else.
The last build of Mojave is 10.14.6 To take advantage of this, you must be running Encore 5.0.7 build 5.0.6 1303m (yes, that’s weird). Andres and I both have it. I can be emailed l o w b f l a t (at) a o l dot c o m. I’ll reply with a Dropbox link to the installer.
This is probably because of Pdf to Music Pro.
Specifically, PDFtoMusic Pro 2, much improved over the old version that I considered useless.
I paid the $199 because using it for free takes too much of my time. In Trial mode, it exports the first page only of a multi-page pdf. Here’s how to use it anyway:
Open your multi-page pdf in Preview and print-to-pdf one page at a time. Now open each page in PDFtoMusic Pro and export as MusicXML.
The problem in Finale is that importing a MIDI or xml file overwrites previous content. Here is a workaround:
Have your preferences set so that double-clicking on the xml opens automatically in Finale (or Dorico, Sibelius, MuseScore…). Name your file, then add as many measures as needed for your project and Save. Next, double-click the next page xml file—this opens a new Finale document Untitled. Now, in Edit mode, Select All and Copy. Go back to your named Finale doc, click on the first empty measure and Paste, then Save. You can Close and discard Untitled. Repeat till you get all the pages imported.
Or pay the two bills and export/import everything in one pass.
I find this much better on Encore pdf files than any version of SmartScore which is still useful on scans, something that PDFtoMusic Pro 2 cannot do.
MuseScore has an indirect OCR feature…
It’s still a scan, not very anccurate and it puts you into MuseScore. No thanks. MS5 is supposed to be good if you believe the hype but it’s not here yet. The current version, like all of those previous, is just not ready for prime time, IMO.
