EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 56, Issue 03 This issue's topics: Freeware notation software (8 messages) Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 13:32:02 EDT From: "Trythall, Harry G" Subject: Freeware notation software Does anyone kow of any reeware or shareware music notation software for the Ma c? I am aware of the commercial programs. I need something simple and cheap. Gil Trythall West Virginia University, Morgantown ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 21:17:24 -0400 From: idealord Subject: Re: Freeware notation software > > Does anyone kow of any reeware or shareware music notation software for the Ma > c? I am aware of the commercial programs. I need something simple and cheap. > Gil Trythall West Virginia University, Morgantown > Try Lime. I believe it's available as a demo - not sure what features are crippled if any. Do an archie to find it - I know it's around. Jeff Harrington idealord@dorsai.dorsai.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 21:04:52 PDT From: metlay Subject: Re: Freeware notation software >Does anyone kow of any reeware or shareware music notation software for the Ma >c? I am aware of the commercial programs. I need something simple and cheap. > Gil Trythall West Virginia University, Morgantown Two questions: 1. Is Lime considered "shareware"? I don't think so, but it is rather simple and affordable. And there is at least one entry-level Mac product that has simple notation--I want to say Opcode Musicshop...? 2. Not THE Gil Trythall? Wow. Welcome to the Net, sir! -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * metlay@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask me about the Rossimatix Rat Enhancer(TM) ! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 13:38:45 U From: David Williams Subject: Re: Freeware notation softw I think LIME has gone commercial and is available through Electronic Courseware System (ECS) out of Champaign/Urbana Illinois. When we looked at it a year ago we were not impressed. It may, however, have gone through some improvements since then. I don't think you will find a free or shareware notation program around. Dave Williams (dwilliam@ilstu.edu) The Office of Research in Arts Technology Illinois State University ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 11:00:47 -0400 From: Andy Farnell Subject: Re: Freeware notation software ***************************************************************************** ************** SCORE READERS? ************** ***************************************************************************** Does anybody know of any software, either commercial or pd research, compiled or in source form to READ SCORES. What I have in mind is ideally something which will take a scanned image of some printed music and ultimately result in a midi file or csound .sco file. I know this might be a tall order, but perhaps someone knows of some neural network or image recognition software that can be used in this way. I want it for a one off project, an algorithmic analysis of Messiaens orchestration style so if anyone has midi files of any of his works (particularly those which are scored for ondes-mart or unorthodox percussion) I would be very interested in these. cheers, Andy Farnell Computing and Cognition Bournemouth University England. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 21:26:48 CDT From: FA19000 Subject: Re: Freeware notation software Look for MIDISCAN for Windows. Says it converts printed music into multi-track midi files. 805-646-8051 or 800-676-8055. Company is Musitek Music Recognition Technologies. Janice Saffir ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1993 23:38:30 -0700 From: Doug Wellington USGS Subject: Re: Freeware notation software Andy Farnell asks: >Does anybody know of any software, either commercial or pd research, compiled >will take a scanned image of some printed music and ultimately result in a >midi file or csound .sco file. I know this might be a tall order, but perhaps >someone knows of some neural network or image recognition software that can be >used in this way. I want it for a one off project, an algorithmic analysis of >Messiaens orchestration style so if anyone has midi files of any of his works >(particularly those which are scored for ondes-mart or unorthodox percussion) >I would be very interested in these. I recently became a dealer for MIDIscan. This is a piece of software that runs under Windows and will take a TIFF scan of sheetmusic and convert it to a standard MIDI file. It was just released and is amazingly good for a "1.0" release. It isn't perfect and you'll have to massage the conversion a little, but overall I think it's great. Email me at "doug@arizona.edu" if you want more info and/or price. -Doug Music Supply and Repair Service 2710 N. Paseo Tierra Verde Tucson, AZ 85749 USA (602) 760-0425 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 20:45:54 -500 From: Michael Murphy Subject: Re: Freeware notation software Andy: I have information about some commercial software in my University office called Midiscan?? I think from a cmpany called Musitec??. I'll send another note once I get back in the office, but it is supposed to take a twiain type scanned musical score in and give out a *.mid file. Works on a PC I think. If I recall , cost about $400. US. Send me another note as a wake-up call if I'm too slow in a second reply. Also, I believe the latest releases of Finale by Coda software are promising (delivering??) the same capability. Regards, Michael Murphy School of Radio and Television Arts Ryerson Polytechnic University Toronto, Ontario Canada On Sun, 26 Sep 1993, Andy Farnell wrote: > ***************************************************************************** > ************** SCORE READERS? ************** > ***************************************************************************** > > Does anybody know of any software, either commercial or pd research, compiled > or in source form to READ SCORES. What I have in mind is ideally something which > will take a scanned image of some printed music and ultimately result in a > midi file or csound .sco file. I know this might be a tall order, but perhaps > someone knows of some neural network or image recognition software that can be > used in this way. I want it for a one off project, an algorithmic analysis of > Messiaens orchestration style so if anyone has midi files of any of his works > (particularly those which are scored for ondes-mart or unorthodox percussion) > I would be very interested in these. > > cheers, > > Andy Farnell > Computing and Cognition > Bournemouth University > England. ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************