Questions about StaveWave conversion and review.

No. Create an account for 100 free credits, no card required. Top up with a one-time Stripe payment: $5 for 500 credits, $10 for 1,100, or $20 for 2,400 (bonus credits included).

Conversions cost 2 credits per source page; standalone MusicXML, MXL, or MEI engraving costs 10 credits per job. Credits are charged when you start. Failed or cancelled jobs are refunded, and so are pages we skip. When a result may not be usable, you can take the credits back instead of downloading it. Cleanup, editing, and downloads have no extra charge.

Sign in and enter your promo code in the Credits section of your dashboard. If it unlocks free processing, your dashboard will confirm that conversions and engraving use no credits.

No. StaveWave is an online service — nothing to install, no plugins. It works on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPad, and Chromebook.

You can upload PDF, PNG, JPG, WEBP, or TIFF files up to 100 MB and 100 pages. Clean PDFs and flat 300 DPI scans work best.

You get draft MusicXML plus Review Studio, a bar-by-bar check that spots uncertain measures, explains each finding in plain language, and offers suggested fixes you can apply with one tap.

Yes. StaveWave exports standard MusicXML for any notation app that imports MusicXML, including Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore, Finale, and similar score editors.

Each warning group — like 'overfull bars' or 'rhythm mismatches' — comes with suggested fixes you can apply one tap at a time or all at once. You can play any bar to hear the error, edit in the notation panel, and see the beat ruler confirm the fix.

StaveWave's engraving service turns MusicXML into print-ready sheet music. Upload reviewed MusicXML from a conversion — or a file from any notation app — and get PDF, compressed MusicXML, SVG and PNG pages, and MIDI.