![]() ![]() PDFtoMusic Pro is a question mark, as it can only interpret scores created by a music notation program.As with SmartScore, I find it easier to edit a score in Finale (which again fails to tell you which measures have too few or too many beats) than in PhotoScore, but PhotoScore does seem to be more friendly when it comes to editing. As with any music recognition program, the more complex the piece, the more mistakes the program makes. I’ve been pretty happy with PhotoScore Ultimate, which although it is usually bundled with Sibelius, it can save files directly to the MusicXML format.It’s just too easy to make mistakes and those errors can hide too easily. So you get that information in SmartScore, but editing those scores before importing is a nightmare. Editing scores within SmartScore Pro is a nightmare, and one of the negative aspects about Finale is that it doesn’t highlight where measures are incomplete, or where measures have too many beats. Compared to PhotoScore Ultimate, I’ve found SmartScore Pro to be less accurate–with every scan. I’ve personally sent e-mails and asked, “Are there any updates coming” to which I’ve received no response (I don’t suppose that I merit a response, but customer service and a short note is always good business). ![]() That means no patches, no nod towards OS 10.6 (Lion) or OS 10.7 (Mountain Lion) or Windows 8. If you go on their website, they haven’t even updated the product since July of 2010. Here are some thoughts that might be useful: So what is the best program to buy, and what’s the best route to take in conversion? All three can import text, but I find proper hyphenation (when importing into Finale) to be a huge problem that exists with all three programs. As with SmartScore and PhotoScore, there is a “pro” version of PDFtoMusic as well. Or, if you have a PDF generated by a music notation product, you can buy another MAC/PC program entitled PDFtoMusic. There are pro versions of each app that are much more expensive and are much more accurate–plus they can handle scores in PDF format (although SmartScore converts those files to a TIFF file). Still, how do you get printed music from the page into your digital device while in a music notation format?įinale and Sibelius have bundled programs, SmartScore and PhotoScore, respectively, that are very limited in what they can do. You can also read (and now hear) those scores on an app called SeeScore. Or, in a round about way, a Music XML could be imported into your Mac or PC program, and then exported to be used on the Finale Songbook, Avid Scorch Reader, or MuseScore Reader on your iPad. On your iPad, this might include Notion or Symphony Pro. On your Mac or PC, this might include Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore, or other programs. Right now, MusicXML is the best way to communicate musical scores between music notation programs. ![]()
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