Editing Encore (software) (section)

== Status ==
Direct competitors in the music notation niche have taken market lead over the last decade, surpassing Encore in features and improved standards. While Encore runs on the latest versions of Windows, it is not compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina), and it lacks support in some areas, such as for 4k displays, recent MIDI to USB applications, and later versions of VST.

Passport Music Software, LLC claimed to be reworking Encore, departing from the original code that was created over 20 years ago. With no version updates since at least 2015 (version 5.0.4 for Windows and 5.0.7 for macOS),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.passportmusic.com/news/ |website=Passport Music |publisher=Passport Music Software, LLC |accessdate=6 September 2018|title=News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907083627/https://www.passportmusic.com/news/ |archive-date=7 September 2018}}</ref> Passport Music Software closed doors in early 2022.<ref>{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203082815/https://www.passportmusic.com/ |archive-date=3 February 2022 | url=https://www.passportmusic.com/ |title=Passport Music Software, LLC}}</ref>

Following the subsequent acquisition of the product line by Sonic Scores,<ref name=acquired2022 /> version 6 of Encore is being developed by its original author, Don Williams, for both Windows and macOS.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://passportmusic.com/ |title=Passport Music Software |access-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823204509/https://passportmusic.com/ |archive-date=23 August 2022 }}</ref>