Incompatibility between Finale and Sibelius is a thing of the past. With Recordare's Dolet plug-in, we have been able to convert files between these two leading notation programs with accuracy that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Not to mention, Michael and his team are incredibly responsive to feedback, continually improving the product. MusicXML is an indispensable part of our toolbox.

- Philip Rothman, NYC Music Services

At this point in history, the variety of ways of putting notes on paper with a computer is absolutely staggering. The introduction of and continued evolution of MusicXML is absolutely essential to the music industry. Having Recordare's Finale and Sibelius Dolets on my computer has literally saved me hundreds of hours of extra work, saved my clients thousands of dollars as well as being the deciding factor in making critical deadlines on more than one occasion.

Finale and Sibelius keep changing and it's great to see (with the introduction of MusicXML 3.0) that Recordare is staying one step ahead of the game and helping me do the same! I'm really impressed with the transfers between Sibelius and Finale with MusicXML 3.0. We are now getting almost all of the subtleties of present day music notation when transferring files. Many thanks to the team at Recordare!

- John Hinchey, arranger, composer and producer

The Dolet MusicXML plugin becomes more amazing with each new release. The way Dolet 6 converts complex tuplets and extremely small note values, as well as new support for additional ornaments and other symbols make this update indispensable. As long as I am working with music notation, I'll never be without it on my computer.

- Robert Puff, RPM Seattle Music Preparation

The Dolet for Sibelius plug-in is amazing! We are processing files like madmen here! Simply wonderful.

- Mats Frendahl, TRUMPH AB

I'd be lost without both the Dolet for Finale and Sibelius. I use them both daily and have come to completely rely on their accuracy during the file conversion process.

- Jeffrey Turner, composer, engraver, Alfred Music Publishing

I like your product! It has saved me hours of time.

- Patrick Russ, symphonic orchestrator, Notes By, Inc.

Thanks for a great product - it's been wonderful to give my clients files in the format of their choosing.

- Jason DeBord, conductor, arranger, and keyboards

Things just got easier with the new version 5 of Dolet for Sibelius. Hidden staves stay hidden, instrument changes are exported, and the tenor vocalist's clef is now passed through naturally. These and other improvements reduce the amount of manual editing needed after import of the MusicXML into the receiving application, resulting in a faster workflow. Also, many of the brand-new features of Sibelius 6 are now recognised and exported, bringing compatibility right up-to-date.

- Robin Walker, University of Cambridge

Can you imagine working in your favorite notation program and being able to collaborate with other artists without ever having to worry about what software THEY are using? You don't have to imagine any more. Thanks to Dolet 5 for Sibelius, I can write in Sibelius 6 and see ALL the new enhancements show up in other programs when the MusicXML is imported. Recordare have achieved what so many different convertors hinted at over the years.

- David O'Rourke, arranger / orchestrator / jazz guitarist / conductor

A huge congrats, kudos, etc. goes out to Recordare. I just finished a new Tuba Concerto. It was originally in Sibelius and took approximately 1 hour to move to Finale via MusicXML. It came out to 50 pages long after cleaning it up. Thanks again to Recordare for this product that has saved me more hours than I could ever count!

- Bryan Doughty, Cimarron Music Press

I absolutely LOVE your software! It's an indispensable tool that I could not live without. I compose/orchestrate for films and Dolet provides me with by far the most efficient way to get music from a Cubase sequencer file into Finale.

- Dave Metzger, composer and orchestrator

Dolet is great! I can now transfer files between Sibelius and Finale without any problems. It's amazing software.

- Rocky Kitamura, Music Innovation

Terrific products -- thank you for providing a new musical lingua franca to help us use both Finale and Sibelius to serve our clients to best advantage!

- David Bailey, composer and engraver

I am a professional music copyist and must deal with composers of different platforms, programs, and versions all of the time. Your Dolet for Finale product is a godsend. Many thanks!

- Lee Monroe, Express Music Services

Thanks again for making such a great product. You guys have saved me 2 lifetimes' worth of re-entering torture.

- Joe Ferguson, Georgia Southern University

Both your Dolet programs are really fantastic functioning plug-ins. It is a great help for me in my work for music publishers.

- Tomasz Trzciński, music production

Dolet for Sibelius opens a window for me, letting me transcribe thousands of excellent scores into MusicXML and Braille. Thank you for your Dolet for Sibelius, which helps me learn orchestration with a British professor. I'm also very impressed with the new version, which gives me more features, letting me know the score better. And I also find my happiness while helping you to improve many features.

- 胡海鹏 Hu Haipeng, Chinese blind musician

Recordare is accessible, the web site is clearly organized and written, and the software, for those of us who use music notation heavily, serves a vital purpose with commendable reliability.

- Karl Krelove, music teacher / clarinetist

You are my heroes. You have helped establish MusicXML to the point where we can use it to more easily do something productive. Thanks for writing the Sibelius MusicXML plugin. Now I can move on to the music analysis kinds of things I really want to do.

- Gerald Brown, music/programmer hobbyist

Composers these days require access to a wide variety of technological tools. MusicXML and the Dolet plug-in have revolutionised the way that I work because I am no longer constrained by a single vendor or single application. I cannot praise this initiative highly enough.

- Matthew Hindson, composer

Word-processing and spreadsheet programs have been sharing formats for years, so you can write in one program and share your results with people who prefer something different. Finally, the musical world has realised that it needs the same thing. Its name is MusicXML.

- David Hewson, The Sunday Times

The problem of score obsolescence had worried me from the moment I started using Finale (1.0, in 1990!), and actually even before that, during the dark years of Professional Composer. And while I know next to nothing about MusicXML, I know the difference between life pre- and post-Dolet. The ability to convert from one platform to another is absolutely vital, and any composer who doesn't know this will certainly figure it out at some point. Your software is contributing something truly essential.

- Evan Ziporyn, composer, clarinetist, MIT Professor

The best way to convert Finale files to Sibelius is definitely via MusicXML, particularly if you export the MusicXML files from a recent version of Finale.

- Daniel Spreadbury, Sibelius Software

MusicXML is without question the most mature effort so far in using XML to encode music.

- Darin Stewart, Electronic Musician

Among all the music file formats I analyzed, MusicXML appears to be the most powerful and flexible. Great job!

- Didier Guillion, Myriad

Looking for a means for adding notation support to my upcoming music composition package, I finally decided not to reinvent the wheel and to limit notation support to an excellent export feature. Therefore, I came across MusicXML, which I believe is a perfect approach. Thank you for making this great work available to the public.

- Andre Schnoor, Cognitone

Not since MIDI made its debut in the 1980's has the music software industry seen such a revolutionary and useful tool. MusicXML is the Rosetta Stone of music notation software.

- Robert Puff, RPM Seattle Music Preparation

A very important benefit of all of your hard work on MusicXML as far as I am concerned is that I use it as a clear, structured and very ‘real-world practical’ specification of what music ‘is’ in order to design and implement my application’s internal data structures. It is easy using an XML reader library (I am using C# and .NET 3.5 under Windows Vista) to parse the elements that I can deal with now whilst skipping anything too fancy/detailed which I will deal with in some later version. I can be confident that your ‘implicit specification’ of music is helping me to avoid foolish decisions in my design through lack of knowledge on my part!

- Jay Chapman, Teesside University,
Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Thanks go to Recordare for developing MusicXML. I have been able to make a lot of progress implementing FreeDots based on MusicXML in a very short time. This is mostly because MusicXML has a very clear distinction between the graphical representation of musical events, and their sound representation. If you are yourself blind, developing music notation conversion software is extremely complicated, since you can't actually look at the source material you are working with. MusicXML has helped me a lot in this regard, and I've learned a lot about the notational conventions sighted people use since I started to develop FreeDots.

- Mario Lang, FreeDots developer

Recordare's MusicXML technology has saved me an enormous amount of time and money in preparing my book. I have rarely come across such attentive customer service and willingness to achieve the best result possible with my file conversions. The MusicXML format has been thoroughly designed and is a big step forward in letting people share music. Fantastic work!

- Simon Fox, fingerstyle guitarist and composer

I submitted a Sibelius document for conversion to Finale 2007. I thought I might receive a conversion that I would have to fiddle with endlessly, but it appeared as if I created it originally in Finale 2007. I will call upon this service again in the future.

- Scott McIntosh, arranger and freelance trumpeter, New York City

My experience with Recordare could not have been a better one. The responsiveness was outstanding and the conversion work was exactly as expected. They are truly a valuable resource!!

- John Blane, Blane Music Preparation

Thanks for the timely turnaround and really nice translation -- I feel a lot better about this big project now!

- Brian Benison, brianbenisonmusic.com Music Preparation

Finale 2003 changed the way music is shared by including the ability to read and write MusicXML files. Since then, our continued partnership with Recordare means that Finale, Allegro, PrintMusic, SongWriter, and even NotePad users can share more music back and forth, regardless of version number – even with people using other companies’ software. The level of connectivity that MusicXML provides our customers represents a very important addition to our entire product line. Recordare is a valued partner and we extend our congratulations on the ten-year anniversary of MusicXML.

- Ron Raup, CEO, MakeMusic, Inc.

Our new musicRAIN 2.0 interactive sheet music application would not be the robust product it is today without the latest technological developments from Recordare, including the new Dolet export software that allows musicians to export their scores into a musical standard, creating a composition that is a near perfect replica of the original.

- Curtis Morley, mediaRAIN

Thanks for rushing this out to me. I'm working on the music prep for Dancing with the Stars, and have a Sibelius file on screen ready to migrate over to Finale. Your expedience is much appreciated!

- Vic Sagerquist, music copyist, Dancing with the Stars

WOW! Never expected such a quick response! All I can say is a big thank you. You folks sure know how to create loyalty to your company. Continued success with all your products. I'll be popping on your site more often to see what you're up to and offering. And I WILL be talking your company up.

- Cliff Panetta, musician/teacher

Wow! Now that's fast service! We have been impressed with your Dolet plugins for some time. We are now equally impressed with your customer service.

- Danita Ng-Poss and Jason Poss, Sarawak Songs

Thank you so much for the quick reply to my question! Your customer service is excellent. You have solved my problem and I am very pleased with my purchase.

- Joe Plazak, The Ohio State University

You, by a wide margin, win the award for quickest support response ever :)

- Bryan T. Harmsen, Visaudio Designs

I was thrilled to find the piece I was looking for, and not having to buy an entire book of selections for just the one song. And I loved being able download it right away.

My son was required to have sheet music on his strings project and this was a wonderful way to obtain the music. Thank you!

I was in an immediate need for a copy of sheet music and was able to download it almost as fast as I am able to type this review. Very impressed.

I needed Schubert's Ave Maria quick! There it was. Credit card, a few clicks and I had it in my hands. Great quality too.

Thank you - it was easy and great. Will give to my granddaughter who plays piano.

Transaction was fast, efficient, and perfect. Purchased a print only which I was able to print within a minute of purchasing. Would buy again without hesitation.

It's a fantastic idea. Especially for travelers like me.