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Scan & Play! There is simply no faster way to get printed music into your computer. Scan in sheet music with up to four staves per system (4 joined parts), play back then save the MIDI file. SmartScore’s SmartScan interface operates almost any scanner and adjusts each setting automatically. No guesswork or expertise required. SmartScore recognizes more musical symbols more accurately and more quickly than any other music-scanning product. Nuances written into scores are accurately captured resulting in astonishing playback realism. Use the fully integrated notation, MIDI piano-roll and MIDI list editors to correct mistakes and easily make changes to your music. Instantly add or create multiple drum patterns with the Auto-Drum Groove to enhance the playback. Recognize PDF files from the Internet and send finished MIDI files to your favorite notation, sequencing package or to your friends. SmartScore MIDI Edition is more than a powerful tool; it’s also a lot of fun!
N**T
No 5-star software
I bought this MIDI version (very unique software). It does one thing -- convert sheet / book music to MIDI format file. I then use the MIDI file in Band In A Box and that is why the SmartScore software shines in my book.It takes some self-learning. The documentation is terrible and written by a 3rd-grade non-American using severely broken Engrish. You can figure it out if you have the persistence. It really has more settings than you need as far as I'm concerned (feature-bloat) -- seems like the settings could be done on the 'finished' MIDI side instead of making it a 'requirement' before scanning your music.All in all -- I'm satisfied except for the documentation.
T**M
Great score to midi convertor
This is a perfect startup for converting existing scores to midi format.
C**E
It's better than not having anything to scan and convert
50% of the time the scan does not produce a recognizable music sheet ready for midi file conversion. Lots of time consuming editing required. May need to try some different stuff. But some pdf sheetmusic looks ultra clean and readable but it will not even convert to a TIFF file even before the recognition process. sent an email with the pdf for recommendations but never got a response back. But it is better than nothing and some sheet music does covert over pretty good to midi. Most of my sheetmusic is already in PDF format. I tried cut and pasting a pdf sheetmusic one time to ms paint, editing out edges, and then saving it as a TIFF file and it was then recognized by the program. So you may need to play around with it. But that is time consuming. I do not understand why there is a bit scan level requirements, if you can clearly read a pdf then why can't it recognize it.
D**E
Two Stars
For me, it didn't scan music well. I am not sure why, but I quit using it.
A**E
Smart score
The quality of the playback is disappointing. I would have preferred to have keyboard input such as ABC music notation. I would hesitate to recommend this program.
B**S
awful
I downloaded the free the demo first and try it. I tried every which way. Uploaded clear PDF files(not scans) . Simply music. Tried drums and bass. Nope! Contacted customer service. They finally just ignored me as it seems their only answer would be "sorry we sell software that doesn't work" Run and Save your money. This is second software of this type I have tired to no avail. A few more companies make similar. Onto the next one to try.
D**Y
Best score reading to MIDI software on the market!
I have been a lifetime subscriber of SmartScore by Musitek beginning with SmartScore Beta and then 1.0. I keep updating and upgrading it. I understand that many people complain about the scanning/converting process. The user must use a high definition/graphics scanner of at least 360px and 400-460 is even better. A plain text scanner yields poor results. I have had Smartscore read clean structured, handwritten music notation correctly converting it to sheet music with 90+% accuracy. If you have a good quality scanner you can't go wrong buying this software.
K**D
disappointed!!
This program is not as accurate as I expected it to be. Very disappointed in the scan results. Also, I was disappointed to find that it does not export to XML files, only MIDI. For my money, Finale PrintMusic is the better value in this feature range.
