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File formats
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File formats
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PDFtoMusic manages several file formats. Here is an overview of each of
them.
Adobe PDF format
It's a document format designed by Adobe, PDF standing for "Portable
Document Format". It eases the exchange and distribution of any
document. It can store any kind of graphical objects, from text to
pictures.
It's the groundwork of PDFtoMusic.
PDFtoMusic reads this kind of document.
MusicXML format
Designed by Recordare,
this format is about to become the
exchange file format for music scores. Based on XML, a text descriptive
format, it is now managed by an increasing number of music programs.
In order to open PDFtoMusic to as many people as possible, it has been
naturally chosen as the groundwork format for the Pro version of
PDFtoMusic.
PDFtoMusic Pro writes this kind of document.
This format is not managed by PDFtoMusic, in its "non Pro" version.
You can use the Myriad
Music Plug-in to embed this kind of file in a web page or the Melody
Player to view and listen to list of files of this kind.
MusicXML compressed format
It is a packed version of the MusicXML format. In fact, this kind of
file can be obtained by packing a MusicXML file with zip, then renaming
the result file
from .zip to .mxl
In the same way, the original MusicXML file can be extracted from the
.mxl by renaming it to .zip then unpacking it with any utility that
supports this format (for instance, the original unzip program)
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Because MusicXML is a descriptive text of the score, these files can be
quite large. In order to save bandwidth, either when such files are
sent by e-mail or put on a Website, using a .mxl can be useful.
PDFtoMusic Pro writes this kind of document.
This format is not managed by PDFtoMusic, in its "non Pro" version.
You can use the Myriad
Music Plug-in to embed this kind of file in a web page or the Melody
Player to view and listen to list of files of this kind.
Myr format
It's a Myriad proprietary format, managed by Melody
Assistant and Harmony
Assistant.
Music-related information is stored as musical objects.
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
You can use the Myriad
Music Plug-in to embed this kind of file in a web page or the Melody
Player to view and listen to list of files of this kind.
Mid format
This format, based on the MIDI exchange standard between electronic
music devices (keyboards, synthesizers, expanders, etc) contains a
description of the notes that constitute the music pieces, as well as
basic information about the score. However, details about the piece
graphical appearance, its page layout, note appearance or ornaments are
not stored. Albeit very incomplete, and until the use of MusicXML
broadens, it remains the standard exchange format for almost all music
programs.
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
You can use the Melody
Player to view and listen to list of files of this kind.
Kar format
It's actually a mid format, to which additional commands have been
added in order to store lyrics related to a staff. Originally, this
format was designed to store Karaoke scores (hence its name).
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
You can use the Melody
Player to view and listen to list of files of this kind.
Wav format
It's a binary audio format. It contains stereo digital audio data. This
format is lossless, which means that it can be loaded, changed and
saved as many times as needed, without any loss in quality (contrary to MP3 or OGG, for instance).
Initially designed for PC, it is now managed by almost any
sound editor or player, or CD burning software.
When PDFtoMusic generates this kind of file, it uses the digital sound
database that has been installed on your computer. A better quality
will be obtained when using the base GOLD.
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
AIFF format
It's a binary audio format. It contains stereo digital audio data. This
format is lossless, which means that it can be loaded, changed and
saved as many times as needed, without any loss in quality (contrary to MP3 or OGG, for instance).
Initially designed for Macintosh, it is now managed by almost
any sound editor or player, or CD burning software.
When PDFtoMusic generates this kind of file, it uses the digital sound
database that has been installed on your computer. A better quality
will be obtained when using the base GOLD.
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
BMP format
It's a binary picture format. Data is not stored as graphical object,
but as pixels.
It is managed by almost all the graphic editors.
PDFtoMusic writes this kind of document.
Structure of your user
folder
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The user folder contains files that have been created by PDFtoMusic. It
is highly recommended to perform backup copies of this folder at
regular intervals.
This folder is located in your user document folder, in the "Myriad
Documents/PDFtoMusic" subfolder.
The subfolders are:
"Correction" : If you asked for the corrections not to be stored in the
PDF document itself, the changes you applied to the documents will be
stored here. There will be one correction file for each edited PDF.
"Export": When the result from an imported PDF file is automatically
exported, it is stored by default in this folder. You can change this
location from the general preferences, "Export" section.
"OCRCorrection": When you amend the result of the character optical
recognition, databases are created in this subfolder
Keyboard shortcuts
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Beyond keyboard shortcuts for menu options, some keyboard keys trigger
actions:
Spacebar: starts and stops music playback
Down arrow: switches to next page
Up arrow: switches to previous page
Esc: cancels processing of the current file
Useful links
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Here is a list of Web sites where you can download music PDF files:
http://dirk.meineke.free.fr
http://frescores.iespana.es
http://icking-music-archive.org
http://www.cpdl.org
http://
www.solovoces.com
http://
www.sheetmusicnotes.com
http://
www.score-on-line.com
http://
www.oldmusicproject.com
http://
www.free-scores.org
http://
www.eythorsson.com
http://
www.guitarpixel.com
http://
www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~ef/music/
http://
www.mutopiaproject.org
http://
www.jazzbank.com
http://
www.evatoller.pp.se
http://
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