Klarinet Archive - Posting 000596.txt from 2010/09

From: "Tom Servinsky" <tompiano@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Converting IMSLP files to midi format
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:37:18 -0400

Simon
Thanks. I've been using a small program called "Notation Composer" which is
a very light version of Finale. You get what you pay for....
The program claims to be able to the very process you have described but to
date, I've had no success. It will recognize the first staff of music and
then stop.
Since my music writing penmanship is not as clean as I would like, I've been
using the Notation program to manually put the transposed parts into a nice
printed format. Unfortunately, this process is slower than watching paint
dry.
Maybe if I would hookup my electric keyboard I could speed the process up
dramatically.
But the whole notion of being able to scan an existing piece of music,
upload it, change the key signature, and making then only needing to some
minor alterations would be a dream come true.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Aldrich" <simonaldrich@-----.ca>
To: <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Converting IMSLP files to midi format

>> Can anyone assist me in how to convert txt or pdf files into a midi
>> format?
>> I'm having to transpose all of the bassoon parts to Bb for my youth
>> symphony
>> this year due to the my ace bassoonist breaking his arm. One of my
>> clarinetists will cover his parts until he's healed.
>> I'm currently using Notation Composer.
>
> Tom - If you can get a recent version of Finale (2007 or after) this
> is what I do to transpose parts:
> Print each page of the the IMSLP part (or any other part).
> Scan each page at 300 dpi, output to a TIFF file (the OCR program in
> Finale requires a TIFF file at 300 dpi).
> Launch Finale. Within Finale there is an OCR (optical character
> recognition) program called SmartScore Lite.
> Under "Scanning: Smartscore Lite" in the File menu, choose "Import an
> Existing TIFF file".
> Smartscore Lite will convert the imported TIFF file (single page) into
> a single Finale file.
> If your original part is 10 pages you will have 10 individual Finale
> files. That is not a problem. You can copy and paste each successive
> Finale page into the first Finale page, creating a single document.
> Note recognition in Smartscore Lite is quite good. I do little note-
> changing in the resulting Finale File.
> However, current music OCR programs do a poor job of recognizing
> dynamics, slurs, articulations, measure numbers, etc.,
> so you will spend tens of hours entering those via the computer
> keyboard. Fire up your espresso machine!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Simon Aldrich
>
> Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
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> Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
>
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