Extract text from NOT files
To convert your NOT file to another format, you need Notation Composer or other Audio software.
To convert other file formats to the "Music Score File" file type, you need software like Notation Composer or a similar tool.
The .NOT file extension is a "container of confusion" because it is shared by several completely unrelated software ecosystems, creating significant friction for users trying to open them.
Most commonly, a .NOT file is a music score created by Notation Software products like Notation Composer or Notation Musician. These files store musical arrangements, lyrics, and instrument data in a proprietary format. The primary disadvantage is that standard media players and professional DAWs (like Cubase or Logic Pro) cannot read them. To collaborate with other musicians or listen without the original software, you must convert these files to MIDI (for audio playback), MusicXML (for editing in tools like Finale), or PDF (for sheet music printing).
In the education sector, .NOT files serve as data containers for Pronote, a school life management system by Index Éducation. These are typically proprietary backups or data exchanges that cannot be opened by standard spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel. Users often need to convert the contained data to CSV or XLSX to manipulate the grades or schedules manually.
Less frequently, a .NOT file may be a digital handwriting file from a Ratta SuperNote e-ink tablet. These vector-based note files are illegible on a standard PC unless exported or converted to PDF or PNG for archiving and sharing.
Convert.Guru analyzes your NOT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted NOTEBOOK, 3DXML, FXO and AVX files.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our NOT converter.