MC Musiceditor
The facts below are what the maker publishes about MC Musiceditor, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From MC Musiceditor's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free to use · Open source under GPLv2 or later |
| MC Musiceditor | Free | Free to use · free of charge · donations encouraged · GPLv2 or above |
The facts
Each one read from MC Musiceditor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Deployment
- desktopchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Developer and audience
- The software is developed by Reinier Maliepaard, whom the maker describes as a psychologist, software engineer, musician, and retired educator in music theory, music history, and composition.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing tools
- Listed tools include transposition, pitch conversion, score and MIDI formatting, file rename and merge, templates, and score examples.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Entry methods
- Users can enter notes by mouse clicks, keyboard shortcuts, or typing, and enter chords by mouse clicks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interoperability
- The maker says notation data can be shared and interchanged with MuseScore, Finale, and Sibelius.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Latest listed release
- The site lists version 9.0.0, released 31 December 2023, with a new menu structure and menu search tool.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Licensing and warranty
- The software is published under GPLv2 or above, and the development page disclaims warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose.checked 11 Oct 2026
- MIDI support
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- MusicXML support
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Notation format
- It uses a modification of ABC notation and can also interpret ABC code.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Playback and export
- It includes a score previewer and MIDI player, and exports to MIDI and PDF.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MC Musiceditor is free and open source music notation software.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Script based editing
- The script based editor lets users manipulate data with a text editor such as Notepad++.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux support
- The maker says version 8.5.7 and above runs on Linux under Wine; the Linux Lite version was discontinued in release 9.0.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web applications
- The maker says users can make web applications and provides an example that can be run offline in a browser.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Windows support
- The download page lists Microsoft Windows XP or above as the system requirement.checked 11 Oct 2026
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