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The following table identifies common music file formats that Composer does and does not support.
File Type |
Description |
Extension |
Opens |
Saves/Exports |
Notation |
Special format for music notation and performance used by all software programs by Notation Software. |
.not |
yes |
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MIDI |
Music performance data, not music notation data. |
.mid |
MIDI File Type 0 and 1 |
(but not Type 0) |
Karaoke |
A version of MIDI file that includes specialized lyrics information. |
.kar |
yes |
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MusicXML |
A standard file format for exchange music scores between music notation programs. |
.xml .musicxml .mxl |
yes |
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Wave |
An audio sound wave file format. |
.wav |
no |
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MP3 |
A compressed audio sound wave file format. |
.mp3 |
no |
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OGG |
A compressed audio sound wave file format. |
.ogg |
no |
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FLAC |
A compressed lossless audio sound wave file format. |
.flac |
no |
"Does Composer transcribe audio files or CD music to notation?" Composer does not do this. Some music software can do this only for very clear single note instruments and voice. Many audio engineers have spent years attempting to develop software that can identify what pitches are being played by what instruments at what times in an audio recording. But there has been very little success for music in which more than one note is played at a time. See our page on audio-to-notation for more information.