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Midiscan. Any happy user?

Midiscan is a score -->scan --> midi program.
I bought the 2.5 version of Midiscan one year ago, having to prepare rehearshal tapes for many Bach chorals (that i did found on the web later on).
This program has such very strange behaviours, either in the first recognition phase when apparently identical graphical figures (like two identical notes on successive measures) are sometimes recognized, some times not.
It becomes very surprising when, as i convert the work to midi (second phase), parts of the job which are apparently correct on the screen, becomes unrecognizable when played.
You may encounter missing notes, missing measures, measures filled with rests and so on.
A part that bad job, this program appears as implementing the worth human interface i've ever been using.
It costs 250$ in france.
After a while, I decided to give up and to improve my speed entering music with Noteworthy.

I would be interested to share my impressions with others.

Re: Midiscan. Any happy user?

Reply #2 –
I tried Midi Scan some weeks ago. Youre right, the user interface is a bit clumsy, but when you figured it out, it works. The strategy is to try every key combination in every situation :)
( for instance I figured out after a long time, that you can simply drag notes with the shift key, and there exist combinations for notes, rests, dots and so on, which I couldnt find in the help file)But anyway, note recognition is a very difficult task for a program to do, so you should not have to high expectations of a fully automatical recognition program. I think, the only way to work faster is to record the piece on a midi keyboard ( and quantize afterwards :) )
I never heard about another music recognition program. I think if you already spent the money, you should spent some more time with the program as well. Good Luck!

Re: Midiscan. Any happy user?

Reply #3 –
Voir le https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=454, dernière réponse, pour voir capella-scan --très rapide!.
I also used MidiScan and find it rather slow.
a hint though : when exporting to midi, CHECK that the measure indication (3/4, C, ...) is correct.
Otherwise MidiScan will add many rests in the midi output.
HTH,
        MAD

Re: Midiscan. Any happy user?

Reply #4 –
I do not read music and find Midiscan (demo) to be of enormous help to me as a barbershop singer we have music which is in four part harmony.

Before using Midiscan I would write every note on the music sheet for all four parts and then record and play them separately with my one finger.

I recommend Midiscan to all those who cannot play an instrument, but have the basic knowledge of musical notes.

Could you let me know where in England I can purchase the full version? and if this allows you to play each individual part.

Thanks for coming to my rescue, I will be recommending Midiscan to my barbershop friends.

Regards

Diane
 

Re: Midiscan. Any happy user?

Reply #5 –
I may be misunderstanding what you are saying but it would appear to me that NoteWorthy would suit your needs far better than MidiScan.

I find that midiscan needs much correction, particularly for the more complex music.

There is a cheaper shareware version called SharpEye but this also suffers from the need to rework all of the music once scanned.

I re-visit both addresses and download the demo versions regularly to see if the versions have improved to any extent.

You can find both of these products via a search engine.

Richard