[goodfeel] Re: [ddots-l] Re: Questions about reading sheet music.
- From: "William R. McCann" <BillList1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:36:56 -0400
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 File
should 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 have
one of our Dancing Dots Products and Demo CD's, you can install the 30-day
demo 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 editor
comparable to Sibelius or Finale. After you're satisfied with playback in
SharpEye: 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
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