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MXL

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Compressed MusicXML music notation file

File type: Audio and sound file

An mxl file extension is related to the Compressed MusicXML notation format used to store music notation. An mxl format is used by ENCORE!, Capella, MuseScore and others.

Found 2 different file type records with the same mxl filename suffix.

What is mxl file?

File type category:
Audio and sound file

Date updated: May 9, 2024

The mxl file extension is associated with music notation files, that are used Compressed MusicXML format.

Compressed MusicXML was developed by Recordare, and it is successor of MusicXML music notation file format.  Because older MusicXML format is a plain text and MusicXML file can be very large, new Compressed MusicXML format uses zip compression algorithm for reduce size.

MusicXML format is used to distribute interactive sheet music online and share sheet music files with a musical applications.

MIME types:
application/vnd.recordare.musicxml

How to open mxl file?

Use MuseScore to open MXL Compressed MusicXML file.

How to convert mxl file?

MuseScore can saved *.mxl file to other music notation format.

Suggested software to open mxl file:

Associated software actions with the mxl file

Software applications that can open mxl files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that can edit mxl files:

Microsoft Windows

Software capable of saving mxl files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that create mxl files:

Microsoft Windows

Software apps that import mxl files:

PackRat 5.0 support data

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: September 25, 2018

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The mxl file extension is associated with PackRat 5.0, an information manager for Windows, developed by Polaris Software.

The program is discontinued and no longer supported although it seems it was fairly popular product.

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