The Sonic Manuscript

A MusicXML-first workspace for complete score workflows.

Scan PDF or image sources into reviewable candidates, then convert staff and Jianpu, transpose, edit notation, practice playback, and export MusicXML, MIDI, print, image, or audio files.

Current product truth

Score JSON is the editing and version source of truth, MusicXML is the interchange format, and PDF, images, and recordings remain import sources that require review.

Operational sequence

Create or import a project -> review candidates -> save an accepted revision -> convert, transpose, and practice -> export or share that exact revision.

Structured score preview

Numbered preview

1.356

Staff and Jianpu previews derive from the same Score JSON so workflows do not drift between isolated converters.

Workflow step 1

Import MusicXML, MIDI, Jianpu, or scan sources

Workflow step 2

Correct, edit, transpose, practice, and export

One score project

MusicXML-first projects

MusicXML, MIDI, Jianpu, Score JSON, and scan candidates all become versioned score projects that can be corrected and restored.

Round-trip conversion and editing

Convert between staff notation and Jianpu, transpose, select rendered notation, insert or delete events, edit voices, and keep revision history.

Practice and reproducible exports

Loop, change tempo, use a metronome, isolate parts, and queue MusicXML, MIDI, print, image, and audio exports from an immutable revision.

Current app surface

Move from one-off conversion into a durable score project.

The project workspace brings accepted revisions, recognition candidates, visual editing, Jianpu, transposition diagnostics, playback timelines, export jobs, sharing, and teaching workflows together.

Audiveris and Basic Pitch results remain review candidates; high-quality engraving and audio depend on configured server renderers.