I understand but I will try that any. It will be more than I had. It might spark more of an interest. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. McCann" <BillList1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Questions about reading sheet music.
Hi, Ricky, You can import a MIDI file into Lime with some preparation. However, MIDI files are not notation-based files but performance-based files. Accordingly, whatever tries to render them as notation-based files has tomake some educated guesses about things like whether a particular note is aC-Sharp or a D-Flat. Yes, they sound the same but can be written in two different ways that really do make a difference to people who read music. Bill -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Ricky Prevatte Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:06 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Questions about reading sheet music. Well Bill is it possible to examine a midi file with some of this?Will it read each track as if we were playing a midi key board? I will try it because I am excited and want to learn a little more music notation.-----Original Message ----- From: "William R. McCann" <BillList1@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Questions about reading sheet music.Hi, Jim, Summary Below I will give an overview of things you can do with music notation in three sections: 1. Scan, Play Back and Save to MIDI File (SharpEye) For those interested in learning a piece by listening or who want to import MIDI performance into SONAR, etc. 2. Scan, Play Back and Pass Results to Lime Notation Editor (Lime Aloud) For those who learn by listening and analyzing music notation and for those who wish to independently enter, revise and print their compositions for sighted musicians to read. 3. Scan, Play Back, Pass Results to Lime Notation Editor and Transcribe to Braille Music (GOODFEEL) For those who may want to accomplish all described under items 1 and 2 above who also learn new material by studying the braille while listening and who wish to create hardcopy braille music scores. Overview 1. Scan, Play Back and Save to MIDI File You can definitely scan sheet music with SharpEye and play the results back. Or you can even use something like the Peernet driver to convert music stored in a PDF document to a tiff image file which SharpEye can open and scan. Sooner or later, you will need a sighted assistant to correct scanning errors but some things actually do scan perfectly.Once you're happy with the playback, File | MIDI | Save and Open Temp Fileshould automatically open the file in SONAR if you have set your Windows file associations to open MIDI files in SONAR. Or just save the MIDI file, close SharpEye, run SONAR and open your MIDI file. You might think about trying SharpEye free for 30 days. If you already haveone of our Dancing Dots Products and Demo CD's, you can install the 30-daydemo by installing GOODFEEL and related products. That is, if you still have the CD you used to install CakeTalking or Sibelius Speaking, you already have what you need to install a demo of SharpEye, Lime and/or GOODFEEL. If you do not have our CD, go to http://www.dancingdots.com/main/demodl.htm to request a demo. See http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/sharpeye.htm for more information and to order SharpEye. 2. Scan, Play Back and Pass Results to Lime Notation Editor If your interest is to study the actual notation of the piece, consider acquiring Lime Aloud. Lime Aloud is included with purchase of GOODFEEL but also sold as a separate product which gives you authorization for SharpEye, Lime and the Lime Aloud JAWS-based scripts. The result is that you can scan music notation with SharpEye, clean it up with help from a sighted assistant sooner or later, and then pass the results to Lime, a music notation editorcomparable to Sibelius or Finale. After you're satisfied with playback inSharpEye: File | NIFF | Save and Open Temp File. Lime opens automatically. Now, provided you have JAWS for Windows, you can navigate through the score note by note, all notes in current staff or all notes in all staves. As you arrow through the piece, Lime sounds the note or chords and JAWS speaks a description of the highlighted note or rest along with any associated annotations. Of course, you can play back all parts or selected parts in tempo or at a practice tempo. Scanning sheet music is not the only way to get notation into Lime. You can play notes in from the PC keyboard or from a MIDI keyboard controller. You can use Lime to create new pieces which you can print on a standard printer for sighted musicians to read. Lime can also import MusicXML files exported by Finale, Sibelius and a good number of other notation programs. You will find a brief audio presentation demonstrating Lime Aloud at: http://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/limealoud.htm See the heading labeled: Audio Presentation of Lime Aloud Available for Download 3. Scan, Play Back, Pass Results to Lime Notation Editor and Transcribe to Braille Music You can use GOODFEEL and related products to accomplish all of the above with the additional ability to transcribe the notation in Lime into the equivalent music braille. Having a braille display also allows you to scroll through the braille and print music in sync. The print music appears in staff notation on the PC display while the braille music appears on your braille display. For more information on GOODFEEL: http://www.dancingdots.com/main/goodfeel.htm Further questions welcome, on or off-list. Bill -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Burgess Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 7:46 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Questions about reading sheet music. Gord's absolutely right, but I've got to say that it's still pretty impressive. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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