File Format

• Mar 19, 2018 - 20:53

I am using Presonus Studio 3 Artist Version. When I save a song it saves to .song file format. This is not compatible with Musescore. Can you help me on this?


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In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

I export my music files to Microsoft One Drive to save them. I noticed when I went to Save/Export a song to the One Drive there was a midi option in the file type. When I clicked on this a message came up saying it might not save all the file, that some of it may get lost. What is your feedback on this? By the way, I am exporting Audio files only. Is that OK to save/export as a MIDI file?

In reply to by mike320

The issue I am having is this. I don't even have a score yet. The format that my songs(that I want to create the score for)are saved by my DAW(Presonus Studio One 3) is a .song file. When I want to export this song file to Musescore, Musescore doesn't recognize the file. So how do I convert the .song file to some other file that Musescore recognizes?

In reply to by Greg Walden

Indeed, exporting to MIDi is fine - but be sure to save your score also. A MIDI file is not your score, any more than a picture of your car is your car. Enjoy the MIDI file for whatever purpose you might have in mind, just as you might enjoy a picture of your car, but when it is time to actually do anything with the score - or with your car - you will still need the real thing :-)

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

The issue I am having is this. I don't even have a score yet. The format that my songs(that I want to create the score for)are saved by my DAW(Presonus Studio One 3) is a .song file. When I want to export this song file to Musescore, Musescore doesn't recognize the file. So how do I convert the .song file to some other file that Musescore recognizes?

In reply to by Greg Walden

You do this by exporting to a .wav file from Presonus (which is different from saving).
But you won't be able to import audio data into MuseScore - which is purely a notation program.
MuseScore can import midi files but Presonus will only export midi tracks to midi files - not audio tracks.

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