Quite a few of the common notation and/or sequencing programs have bundled or add-for-a-few-bucks-plug-in software to convert scanned sheet music into notation in the program. Nearly all notation programs allow you to save-as MIDI, and most sequencer programs allow you to print notation.

Generally, if you have a notation/midi program you like, a quick trip to the maker's site will tell you whether something is available that works with your program. For most "name brand" programs, you'll almost certainly find something, and in most cases, you'll probably be best served by using the Music-OCR program that speaks the "same language" as your basic notation program.

It takes a fair investment in time and effort to learn the finer points of any program - so I'd generally prefer to be able to scan into the program I know, rather than having one program to print from scans, one to print from midi, one to print from my own notation, etc.

From all that I've seen, Sharpeye is a pretty good program; and I'm sure we'll see some additional helpful evaluations. Given time, I may even get around to wringing it out myself; but there are quite a few things ahead of it for now; and the programs I use (and intend to use in the near term) generally have built-in scan recognition capabilities.

I note the reference above to "audio input" for producing notation. Perhaps we have some cross-threading with another current thread at Sing it in, get dots out. There is some overlap in the discussions in this and "the other" thread - although the subjects are somewhat different.

Steve Parks - You may be interested in my comments on Sibelius "over there." Major RANT - for me, but I'm having a problem with them.

John