MusE -- Short Reference -- Files

~/.MusE MusE Configuration File
.musePrj Hidden Project File; stores list of last projects
*.med MusE song file; internal MusE format
*.mid midi file; can be imported
*.kar karaoke: midi file with additional information; some types can be imported
*.pre preset for software synthesizer or plugin

With adding the additional extensions .gz or .bz2 you can read or write compressed files.

Dirctories
Files are organized in
  • common files for all users and projects;
    the path defaults to
    /usr/muse
    and can be set with environment variable MUSE
    There are two subdirectories:
    • $MUSE/lib
      contains machine dependent code (example: plugins)
    • $MUSE/share
      contains machine independent code (example: wallpapers)
  • common files for all projects of a user;
    the path defaults to
    $HOME
    and can be set with environment variable MUSEHOME
  • project specific files;
    this files are stored in the the same directory as the primary project file (*.prj)