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Author: terry
Date: 2001-10-14 02:40
Ok,
I remember hearing about music composing Software
that you scan in a piece of music, it converts to MIDI
and then you can minipulate keys etc.
anyone know what this is?
thanks!
terry
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2001-10-14 12:47
Terry,
One I have used is smartscore.
You can check out smartscore.com
There are others also.
My expierience is you have to spend quite a bit of time "cleaning up" manually, but it is faster than entering everything from scratch.
John
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Author: Dee
Date: 2001-10-14 12:48
It's called MidiScan.
It's also built into the latest versions of the Finale line of products (PrintMusic!, Allegro, and Finale).
Sometimes the result is OK but mostly it is so poor that a lot of cleanup is required. Generally I just type the music into my music software instead.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2001-10-14 16:59
Musitek is the publisher. SmartScore is their current product and is a replacement for MidiScan which they no longer produce (though you might be able to find a used copy). Coda still includes a copy of MidiScan with Finale and some of their other products. In the 2001 version, however, it would only allow you to scan one page at a time -- virtually worthless IMO. I don't know what capability the software included with 2002 has but it's still MidiScan rather than SmartScore.
If you want to try it out, you can go to:
http://www.musitek.com/
and download a fully functional demo (I haven't looked at it but these demos typically don't allow you to save or print.)
An alternative to the musitek products is Neuratron's PhotoScore. You can read about it at:
http://www.sibelius.com/
and download a copy to play with (probably the same limitations as SmartScore).
The technology behind these products is fascinating. To recognize music, they first have to find the staves and bring them into alignment (because it is unlikely that the music will be perfectly lined up in the scanner) so they have to search the scanned file and manipulate it until they can "find" the lines that form the staff. Once they have recognized that pattern then they can search for digital patterns that take the shape of notes, stems, etc. To me, the fact that they work at all is a small miracle.
Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
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