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I TOTALLY missed that vibrato in second file, the Lessons file I had "target fixation" I was paying all my attention to the Brent Mason file.

Again still not 100% on what you are looking in Real Band or other app - so everything here maybe just a waste of forum bandwidth.

I think your ultimate goal is a scoring/notation program or DAW that will both IMPORT XML and .mid files, especially fretted instruments, and annotate ALL dynamics and performance nuances (bends, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs, vibrato, etc.) without error and EXPORT same in .xml and .mid files? Or maybe help PG to create a Real Band version that does all that?

In any case, I have no such program on my PC that can do all that (yet) without issues.

Using your Lessons XML, .mid, and GP3/GP5 files:

Notion 5:

XML import of the "Lessons" XML file first pic (much better) it also shows both notation and Tab as default, actually there are no options to NOT do that at import.

Notion 5 midi export from XML import is not very representative of the score (pic 2) . Repeats aren't "repeated" (no expansion of measures into the number of repeats called for) and the LAST NOTE of a measure with a repeat is carried into next set of measures as a one long hold, Also no pitch bend CC data are included.

Notion 5 reads GP3, 4 and 5 but it doesn’t do it as well as it reads your XML's exported from GP3 and GP5 (?). The vibrato is MISSING as are your notations in the "lessons" file. (no pictures)

MIDI files - Neither GP3 or 5 generated .mid time info imported correctly into Notion 5. Even though Notion 5 has a 4/4 default time signature the import of either .mid file ("Mason" or "lesson") was compressed. That is, the whole song was squeezed into a few seconds: each set/block of repeats was turned into one large amorphous blob of notes (pic 3) .

I have not had timing issues like that with other MIDI (*.mid) files I create, or even crappy web GM files, with Notation 5 see "Saturday in the Park GM.mid" read into Notation 5 - with a few tracks converted to notation and the rest left as just MIDI data just for demo purposes (Pic 4)

Finale 2012:

Don’t forget Finale 2014.5 or even latest Finale might be a whole lot better (I'm having issues with Make Music over 2014.5 haven't even tried upgrade to final Finale)

Reading GP3 exported "Lesson" XML file was not very good as you can see (pic 5) the "ffff's" (Forte marks drowning out all other text info) but you CAN see that it does annotates and plays Vibrato, and your other text is there (buried under the "ffff's) - also no note stems (?).
But Finale 2012 did not export the pitch bend (vibrato) data correctly in a .mid file (the included vibrato came out as a single bend up note) - no pics.

MIDI files: I have to force a 4/4 time signature in Finale 2012 before opening the "Lesson" .mid file ( as mentioned above I can't do anything about how Notion 5 reads in .mid files). It contains the pitch bend data (you can hear vibrato and bends) but it IS NOT ANNOTATED (no pictures since that exceeds 5 attachments and nothing to see anyway grin )

Finale 2102 does not read GP files.

MuseScore 2.0.3

Imported MIDI (.mid) "Lesson" but does not read/use pitch bend info. It also reads the GP3 XML file but not very well it has the same "ffff's' (Forte) marks as Finale 2012 did. It would NOT read the GP5 "Brent Mason" XML file, Muse Score 2 said it was not a valid XML. (no pics).

Hope this is useful

Larry

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