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For producing MIDI accompaniments, VocalEasel relies on the MMA Musical Midi Accompaniment system written by Robert van der Poel <bob@mellowood.ca>.

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The Band-in-a-Box import code is based on reverse engineering work by Alf Warnock <http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs> and Alain Brenzikofer <biabconverter@brenzi.ch>

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Opening and Saving Music Files

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In addition to its native file format, which it saves in file bundles with a .vlsong extension, VocalEasel is capable of importing and creating a number of other file formats.

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Importing Music Files

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All available file formats are displayed with the Open... menu item.

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Like much of the functionality of VocalEasel, file importing is fairly new and little tested. To make file reporting more comprehensive and reliable, please report any import problems as bugs.

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MusicXML

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MusicXML <http://musicxml.org> is capable of representing a huge variety of sheet music, and VocalEasel only understands a small subset of this: A single melody, with an optional harmony and lyrics. Examples of this kind of MusicXML can be found at Wikifonia <http://www.wikifonia.org>

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Band-in-a-Box

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VocalEasel should be capable of importing most Band-in-a-Box <http://www.pgmusic.com> files, although not all styles may work correctly at this point. +

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Lilypond

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Lilypond <http://www.lilypond.org> is capable of representing a huge variety of sheet music, and has a rather general purpose input format with procedural elements that is not easy to parse. Therefore, VocalEasel is only capable of importing very simple Lilypond files.

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Export Formats

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To export a VocalEasel song in a different format, use the Save a Copy As... menu item and select the format from the popup menu. File exporting should be fairly reliable already.

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PDF

+ +Saves graphical output in Adobe's <Portable Document Format> + +

MIDI

+ +Saves music in <Musical Instrument Digital Interface> format. + +

MusicXML

+ +Saves file in uncompressed, part-wise MusicXML 1.1 format. + +

Lilypond

+ +Saves output in Lilypond format. + +

Importing VocalEasel Songs From Other Software

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  • About VocalEasel
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  • Opening and saving Music files
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  • Entering Music
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  • Printing Music
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  • Playing Music
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  • Reporting Bugs
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