John in Brisbane keeps leading me to different programs that are supposed to scan printed music and produce MIDI files, and I can't say I'm happy with any of them (but I have to say I certainly appreciate John's efforts and enthusiasm and have nothing but the utmost respect for him even if I like to tease him a bit). Lesley, who posted the message above, has the best folk MIDI site I've found, http://www.contemplator.com.

Maybe I'm a Luddite, but I prefer transcribing MIDI files by hand, using Noteworthy Composer. Noteworthy is a neat, sweet program that seems to be very reliable and stable. I've never had a problem with it.
-Joe Offer-