I’m trying to export XMLs to Cantamus.app. It’s worked succesfully in the past, but this file is giving me an error when I try to import it to the site:
File is here:
All People That on Earth Do Dwell_audio.dorico (970.3 KB)
I’ve tried removing fermatas, copying all music to a new flow, etc. Nothing is working.
I think the Error message says it all. It appears Dorico gives the pickup bar a measure number “X0” (I’m not sure if this is a recent change).
You could open your xml in a text editor and change all X0 to just 0, and see if that works.
There’s been another thread just about the same thing. I’m wondering whether it’s connected to the problem with lyrics with extension lines and xml exports…
[Edit]: Janus’ comment just appeared and he must be just about right for this one!!!
Thanks to you both. This is a major bummer, as I’m very dependent on Cantamus for rehearsal recordings for my choir. I’m going to try downgrading to 5.0.
All People That on Earth Do Dwell_audio - Score - 01 Flow-noX0.zip (11.6 KB)
Try this xml.
(All I did was use Notepad to Replace (ctrl-H) X0 to 0. The xml opens OK in MuseScore and Dorico)
I think the problem may be with Cantamus as I’ve found measures marked X# (any number) will import fine into Sibelius, Finale 26, MuseScore and Reaper. The musicxml measure attribute element definition says “While often numeric, it does not have to be.” That’s why I think it’s not a Dorico problem.
Oh, I’m sure it’s more likely to be a Cantamus issue, not a fault of Dorico. Either way, I need it to work.
Thanks @Janus for that file, which worked fine. I also made one with no pickup, since it’s audio-only…
It would definitely be worth reporting this issue to the Cantamus developers, so they can fix it.
I will, thanks. They have been pretty responsive in the past to input.
As long as they haven’t fixed it my workflow is to change the pick-up bar to a regular one. I always create a separate version for uploading to cantamus either.
another thing to note with Cantaums, unless they’ve recently fixed it, is that if there is no explicit time signature, the parsing fails. I found this out when I exported just one flow which continued the same time signature as the previous one but Cantamus was unable to read it. Of course if there is a pick-up bar, at this point the time signature has yet to be defined but it’s probably not related.
@dan_kreider
Have you ever managed to use swing in Cantamus? I have found that neither Dorico nor MuseScore export swing to the MusicXML file.
I haven’t used swing in any files I uploaded, sorry.
Do you know how I can get in touch with the Cantus development team?
Yes, through their website. I have requested some things and they are very responsive.
info at cantamus dot app
Thanks for your replies.
