[Dixielandjazz] Music software

[Daniel Augustine]

Bob (c: DJML)--
     All i know about is the software that comes for free with  
Sibelius, called Photoscore Lite.
     But you have to buy Sibelius, which could cost you $599 for the  
professional version, or $295 if you qualify for the education- 
discount version.  There's also something called Sibelius First for  
$129, one of whose features says that with it you can "Scan in printed  
sheet music or open PDF files to transpose, edit and print."
(http://shop.avid.com/store/category.do?category=avid-sibelius&facet=type_score-editing 
)

     I've used Photoscore Lite a number of times with separately  
scanned PDFs of printed (not hand-written) music, and sometimes it  
gets 95% of the music and sometimes it gets 10%.  Depends on how  
complicated and distinct the music is in the PDF.  Sometimes it's just  
faster to enter everything by hand yourself.  I think there is also a  
regular Photoscore for a lot of money (like maybe $300), but i don't  
know anyone who has used it.

     Dan
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From: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
Date: February 17, 2011 1:04:35 PM CST
To: ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Music software

There are numerous programs for scanning a sheet of music that makes  
it possible to transpose it, etc.
I BIABox the best? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Warm regards,
Bob Romans

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