12 Aug 01 - 04:12 AM (#526032) Subject: Software: Sharpeye From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca HAven't tried it yet, but in searching around, I have located a program called Sharpeye V1. It takes a scanned image of sheet music, and creates a MIDI file out of it. Visiv Releases "SharpEye Music Reader": Converts Scanned Sheet Music to MIDI SCOTLAND, UK--Visiv (http://www.visiv.co.uk) is pleased to announce the release of SharpEye Music Reader, an accurate and low cost music OCR program. Description SharpEye Music Reader can convert a scanned image of printed sheet Music (a TIFF or BMP file) into a MIDI file. It incorporates a music editor which displays the converted image in standard music notation, And where you can correct errors before saving as a MIDI file. The music editor is linked to a display of the scanned image to facilitate the checking and correcting. It can deal with multiple staves per system, multiple voices per stave, and recognizes most common musical symbols including lyrics. Availability and System Requirements SharpEye Music Reader requires W95/W98/NT4, 16Mb RAM and a scanner. It is shareware with a registration fee of $50 or o30. A fully working evaluation version can be downloaded from . This is a self-extracting file of size 1.1Mb.
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12 Aug 01 - 06:25 AM (#526056) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: Roger in Sheffield I tried this a while back when someone mentioned it in a thread here. It worked fine from good quality print. |
12 Aug 01 - 06:31 AM (#526057) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: Roger in Sheffield an earlier thread here |
12 Aug 01 - 09:35 AM (#526082) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Aha! Thanks, Roger. Will check it out. |
13 Aug 01 - 11:35 AM (#526729) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: GUEST Does this software print out the dots when you sing the music in? |
18 Mar 03 - 01:36 PM (#912747) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: JohnInKansas Also recently discussed briefly in PC programs to read & play music?, along with some similar/related kinds of programs. John |
19 Mar 03 - 02:50 PM (#913730) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: Genie Overture (which may not be made any more under that name) can read scanned sheet music and play it or turn it into editable sheet music or a MIDI. Here's a link to Coda Music's "Finale: Guitar," which sells for $99. Finale Guitar Click where it says "Enter Notes," and you will see that there are several ways to enter the notes, including SCANNING sheet music and playing a SINGLE NOTE instrument. If your voice doesn't have a lot of distracting overtones, I'd imagine you can plug in a miked voice instead of a piano or guitar. |
20 Mar 03 - 05:10 AM (#914285) Subject: RE: Software: Sharpeye From: JohnInKansas 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 |