.mxl files
These are zip-compressed files of XML music files formatted according to MusicXML 3.0.
Most, if not all, music editors are able to import / export this kind of file, making MusicXML format a de facto standard for music information exchange. Please refer to the detailed MusicXML 3.0 specification.
A book export provides:
- Either one separate
.mxl
file for each movement found in the book (this is the default). - Or a single
.mxl
file for a globalopus
containing the separate movements. The notion of opus is fully defined by MusicXML, but not supported by many editors, if any. To make Audiveris use opus, simply set the optionorg.audiveris.omr.sheet.BookManager.useOpus
to true.
A sheet export provides:
- One separate
.mxl
file for each page found in the sheet.
NOTA: Instead of .mxl
files, which are compressed XML files, Audiveris can export plain
(non-compressed) .xml
files.
To do this, just set the option org.audiveris.omr.sheet.BookManager.useCompression
to false.