Abc import

Tomscogg

Can anyone explain how to import abc files? I tap and hold the link in safari but no option to open in Symphony pro. I tried copying the URL instead but it crashes. What information within the abc file does symphony pro need to import.

Appologies if this has been answered before.

Cheers.

Tom

choirguy

Two things:

1) Try e-mailing it to yourself and opening it that way ("Open in..."Symphony Pro")

2) If you'd be willing to share a link to a non-copyrighted ABC file, I'd be happy to try to import it, too.

Tomscogg

Ok I think I've found a work around. It looks like the abc file I was trying to import contained multiple abc tunes. I assume symphony pro does not like this and prefers a single abc line.

I copied and pasted the entire file into my iPad word processor and cut out a single tune. I then pasted this into a web based abc converter that then provided me with a midi file (I can now 'copy to..symphony pro') a bit long winded but works. I also have a URL that contains the single tune abc source but still it crashes when I copy and paste this link for import. Am I doing anything wrong?

Has anyone else had this problem?

Cheers

T

choirguy

Thanks for your message and the link. Thinking the multiple song issue was at hand, I looked for another ABC source and found:

http://sites.google.com/site/lotroabc/songs

I tried opening those and they caused Symphony Pro to crash, too.

I've sent the developers a crash report...and they do read these forums (daily or more). So they are/will be aware.

Dthpham

Yes, these are all bugs. We'll make sure to address the issues posted here in a future update. Right now we're busy working on making 2.0 stable so we havent' had a chance to work on anything else.