How can I import an xml-Document?

• Jan 31, 2022 - 18:06

hi,

a colleague works with another program.

He has sent me xml-documents.

How can I import them into Musescore?

Thanks.

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• Jan 31, 2022 - 18:56

On MacOS:

• you can open MusicXML files by dragging them to the MuseScore icon in the doc
• you can drag a MusicXML file onto any open document and MuseScore opens it in a new score.
• and of course, there's File>Open

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• Jan 31, 2022 - 20:29

Logic Pro X has a humble Score Editor accessible via Window>Open Score Editor.

Logic enables File>Export>Score as MuseXML option ... once you have the Score Editor window open. On export the resuting file suffix is simply .xml—and I'm able to import those files to MuseScore.

Possible point of confusion. Logic Pro X has another (always enabled) XML option entitled "Project to Final Cut XML". I don't know exactly what that means, but can guess it conveys matters relevant to video editing, such as syncing soundtrack to a video.

Possibly your college sent you the project in the Final Cut xml format rather than MusicXML? I'd expect that wouldn't open in MuseScore and would not contain any notational information anyway. The suffix is .fcpxml.

Note that MusicXML does not convey MIDI velocities. This is explained in a post and PDF I just added to the forum.

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• Jan 31, 2022 - 20:53

I just tried opening one of Logic's .fcpxml files (dragging it to an open score was the only option that MuseScore allowed) and as expected that produced a error message (the one below) ... which is different from the error message you posted:

    fcpxml:unknown type

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• Feb 2, 2022 - 11:38

MIDI does not contain Audio.
It also does not contain notation either.

MIDI is a format for playback instructions.
It tells you which pitch to hit at with speed with what volume and for how long (in it's most basic form). It doesn't tell you how to spell such a pitch (G# and Ab are "the same" pitch in MIDI with no means of differentiating them). It doesn't tell you how to show the duration of a note (a note that lasts 200 ticks can be either a dotted 1/16th or a staccato 1/8th or a normal 1/8th inside of a triplet or the 2nd 1/8th of a swung pair).

So while MuseScore imports a MIDI, it makes some notational guesses about the given playback information. You will see all your notes, but their spelling and face value might not always be what you expect.

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• Feb 2, 2022 - 17:15

If you really want the notation as it appears in Logic you could have someone import the project into Logic Pro X and from Pro X export to MusicXML—and as previously mentioned, you have to open the Score Editor window View to enable the MusicXML option.

That said, Logic is not the best "scorist" nor is it a great environment for customizing a score. So transferring via MusicXML may only duplicate Logic's best shot, or whatever was convenient for the person working on the project.

You might get a similar or better results by exporting the project to MIDI, and of course, that does nothing to notate tracks that might be in audio format. The trickiest thing to notate via MIDI is piano (grand staff) notation, so hopefully that's not part of the project.

Additionally MusicXML does not transport note volumes (MIDI velocity) so the project won't sound as nuanced dynamically after importing the MusicXML and for many scorists that is not a concern. They just want to create and print notation.

This is a rather inarticulate youTube tutorial, however it does outline the process of using the Score Editor in Logic Pro X to export MusicXML.

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