Finale NotePad reports some line number with errors.
If you go to these lines in the XML file, you will probably find “NIL” at the beginning of the line.
Just remove them (there are 3 of them in the example you provided) and try to reload (it works here).
These NIL are obviously bugs in the OM export, we need to figure out where they come from…
Thank you very much Jean. Yes, removing the ‘nil’ words from the XML file solves the initial error messages that Finale outputs at import. But the thrid voice, third bar problem remains: the breve is notated as a minim and no pause is inserted to complete the bar…
I’m attaching a screen printout from Sibelius import. Bar 4 is deleted almost completely… Major problems elsewhere.
I tried to replicate voice 3 in Sibelius by notating it by hand. Then I exported to XML. The XML output from Sibelius is very different from OM. Namely, the breve duration is ‘2048’, so I guess the XML specification is outdated in OM. This could be the cause of the problem. Ties, etc, remain problematic… BUT, Finale imports it really fine. That means Sibelius and Finale speak the same XML language. 
Would be very happy to see this figured out in the future. XML export is a MUST for connecting OM with the major music notation software packages.
I’ll be following this topic. Do let me know if I can further help in some way.
Best,
Gonçalo
Gato,
thanx for pointing out this BUG…
This is the fix…
Put the file in your “patches” folder in your OM folder.
this should fix it…
K
corr1-musicxml.lisp (6.88 KB)
Thank you Karim. Will try it now.
In the meanwhile I was reading the XML file from OM and found that in the place of a ‘breve’ (under the ‘type’ tag), OM wrote ‘half’, so perhaps it is down to not types and namings…
Here is the part 3 (Voice 3), measure 3:
1/4 4 2 A 0 5 2 half
Just tried exporting the same POLY. Same problems on Sibelius import… Pretty much what I showed in the picture above.
I found out that things improve a lot when I replace this:
2
half
with this:
2
breve
on the XML file. Still have some problems. See picture attached after import with this modification of the XML file.
Also replacing this:
2
half
with this:
2
breve
Helps, of course.
Now there remains some problems. I think that they are still related to duration and type naming…
Right !
You should found another bug !
Here is the fix. Replace the former file by this one.
It’s in testing mode.
If there are other problems, please do report.
THanx by the way.!
K
corr1-musicxml1.lisp (12.7 KB)
…Sorry i mispelled,
You HAVE found another bug … (instead of should…!)
Sorry !
K
You’re welcome, Karim! It seems we’re on the right track. I’ll try and test it.
I think it does not work, Karim. Now I get this (see image)…
I think it is because now the XML file has this ackward thing:
nil
See, for example the measure 1 of part 1.
OOOOOupSSS !!
You’re right.
just use the first patch for the time being.
I am attaching it…
It seems more complicated…
Will work on it !
Best
corr1-musicxml2.lisp (7 KB)
OK! Looking forward to having a strong and stable XML export feature. It would be VERY important for me, and I think for a lot of users also!
Thank you for your time.
Ok
I think this is it.
But for precaution, it’s called beta…
K
PS: You should retreive the old patch from patches and place this file instead.
Best
And thanx a lot for your feedback
corr2b-musicxml.lisp (8.13 KB)
No trouble Gato.
It’s my pleasure…
Just to say that i don’t use it unfortunately. (I have in big part written the code. ) THat’s why it may still have some bugs.
I use instead my lib that you will find here :
http://karim.haddad.free.fr/pages/downloads.html
…Yes i use no more Finale or Sibelius. I use Lilypond…
Best
K
It is now much more stable, I guess. I still have to go through Finale notepad before Sibelius but I think that is a problem with Sibelius interpreting the MusicXML 1.1 output of OpenMusic (some issues with ties, tuplets, etc). Music XML is now at version 3, which probably is too much a spec for the kind of output OpenMusic creates. I will keep testing it as I go along. Should I find more issues, I’ll report.
One a personal note, I STRONGLY feel that this feature is very important. The large majority of composers use either Finale or Sibelius, or a similar software package. This means that OpenMusic can reach more people if it can connect properly with these applications. I only know one or two composers that use Lillypond…
Thanks a lot for the last patch.
Best
Dear Karim,
I still can’t properly import the POLY into Sibelius (see picture attached, bar 5). In Finale it imports fine. I think it is tied to the MusicXML specification used by OM for the element. A developer whom I asked to have a look told me that:
I've never seen MusicXML files before where the element is expressed as a fraction, e.g. 1/4, as it is in the file you attached.For comparison, Sibelius uses a value of 256 for divisions, while Finale uses 768. The idea is that this needs to be a large enough integer that any rounding errors inherent in expressing fractional durations in tuplets are small enough to be insignificant when the consuming application tries to reconstruct the rhythmic durations of notes in tuplets.
Hope this can be useful.
All best,
Gonçalo
Sorry ,
can you send me your new poly 4/4 ?
I might have a solution to this problem. BUT, it should be universal , i.e compatible also with finale.
Best
Hello, is there any possibility, how data about the dynamics import to Finale? XML along the way dynamic lose - about discussed here. Thus, there is some other way? Some XML editor? MIDI editor where it would be possible to bulk import the data? Thank you, best regards, Petr
Hello, OM can not export - transfer dynamics in XML files. My question (I’m not a programmer, I apologize in advance): there is a possibility / xml editor, in which it would be possible to add column “Velocity” or “dynamic” or “volume” and so on and so adjust the OM-out file.xml for transmission to Finale 2011/14 (and get the possibility to place dynamics using plugin: auto-dynamic placement)? I am convinced that such a possibility should the user OM + Finale certainly welcome. Have nice days, PetrH