That’s a great post. I’ve been annoyed by this and just lived with it. In theory, Music XML should be uniformly implemented both on export and import. In practice, many programs say they support it but only partially implement it.

+1

Suggestion: add a signature that shows you have a Mac version, in case it makes a difference. I have no idea if there are any differences between Mac and Windows versions with respect to Music XML implementation.


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