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PDF Notation Scanners
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PDF Notation Scanners
by idiotSavant » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:30 pm
Has anyone had much experience, good or bad, with notation scanning software and Notion? I'm looking for a program that can scan a PDF and convert it to Notion notation.
Michael
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by GaryExo » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:08 am
If the PDF has been exported from a score editing software PDFtoMusic Pro will read it and export in MusicXML which can then be imported into Notion.
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by idiotSavant » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:07 am
Gary thanks for the response. I was thinking of scans of printed scores.
Michael
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by wcreed51 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:09 pm
SmartScore (http://www.musitek.com/) and PhotoScore (http://www.neuratron.com/photoscore.htm) are the two that come to mind.
I think the results are less then you'd desire. Not sure if they have demos, but if so, I'd try before buying.
I think the results are less then you'd desire. Not sure if they have demos, but if so, I'd try before buying.
Bill Reed
Notion 4, Sibelius 7.5, Finale 2011/14, Overture 4, Cubase 7.5
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Kontakt, VSL VI Pro, VE Pro, EWQL Orch, Choirs and Pianos
Notion 4, Sibelius 7.5, Finale 2011/14, Overture 4, Cubase 7.5
Win8 x64, 32GB RAM
M-Audio ProFire 2626
Kontakt, VSL VI Pro, VE Pro, EWQL Orch, Choirs and Pianos
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by GaryExo » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:11 pm
Ah, right. In that case you could check out the following:
SmartScore
PhotoScore
Audiveris
The last one is open source and free!
I don't have any experience of these myself although I might try them as there are some scores I'd quite like to get into Notion to study.
SmartScore
PhotoScore
Audiveris
The last one is open source and free!
I don't have any experience of these myself although I might try them as there are some scores I'd quite like to get into Notion to study.
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by idiotSavant » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:49 pm
Audiveris looks great, but only available for windows and linux. I'll cross my fingers for a mac version! I'll check out the others. Thanks!
Michael
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
Notion 4 Mac
VSL Dimension Strings
VSL Special Edition 1,2, Plus
Miroslav Philharmonik
Apple Logic
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Re: PDF Notation Scanners
by GaryExo » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:15 am
Yes, I'll probably give that one a try soon.
Sorry, I didn't know you were on a Mac.
Sorry, I didn't know you were on a Mac.
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