Posted by Paul Gramann on February 09, 2001 at 10:42:12:
In Reply to: Help with songwriting software... posted by DS on February 08, 2001 at 16:34:45:
I recommend trying the SharpEye music reader which can be downloaded and tried for free from http://www.visiv.co.uk/about.htm. When I tried it, I used the following steps:
Scan a hymn from the hymnbook
Enhance the scan - eventually save to crisp black and white bmp file
(this is really the hardest part for me)
Load bmp into SharpEye, scan, save to midi file.
Import midi file into notation software of choice.
Fix errors, separate parts, transpose, and print.
It's cumbersome but if I want all parts, or to transpose a piano piece, it's the only way. It's not worth it for transposing a single part (which is what I mostly do for the church trumpet player) so I haven't done it in a while.
If you like it and use it, you can buy it.
--paul;