Klarinet Archive - Posting 000570.txt from 1995/09

From: Judith Kunst <judithk@-----.NL>
Subj: Re: Music software
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 17:21:36 -0400

> Recently in a discussion on this list of software there was
>mention of using Midiscan to scan printed music into MIDI files that can
>be played, edited, transposed, and printed.
>
>Does this seem to work pretty well?
>
>What sort of scanner is needed?
> Flatbed or is a hand scanner OK?
> How high a resolution seems to be needed?
> B&W or color?
> Any preferred brands?

I tried the Midiscan demo with a hand scanner and found it almost imossible
to get one page of music properly converted into a midi file. Right now I
don't have the money to buy a flatbed :-(
Midiscan seems to be a very useful program.

Judith
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Judith Kunst

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