To apply for the beta test, please fill out the application form. This should make it easier for people to transfer their music from Sibelius into SmartMusic, Finale, and other music notation apps.
MakeMusic wanted to take advantage of the new features of both MusicXML 4.0 and Sibelius’s ManuScript programming language to get better MusicXML files out of Sibelius. It has been over five years since the plug-in has been updated. Original development was centered around being able to transfer Sibelius files into MakeMusic’s SmartMusic more easily, but it was soon apparent that this would be useful more generally. Over the past few months MakeMusic has been working to update their free Dolet® for Sibelius plug-in for exporting MusicXML files from Sibelius. This press release just appeared on the website and I thought it worth sharing (source: )
