issue12

EMUSIC-L Digest                                      Volume 56, Issue 12

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	Score Readers (3 messages)

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Date:         Mon, 27 Sep 1993 20:13:00 -0400
From:         "J. M. Macknik" 
Subject:      Score Readers

        I personally have heard a little scuttlebutt about this type of
project here.  The Arts and Tech symposium brought the subject up, and I
believe someone mentioned that some people at Cornell were working on such
a system and were having quite a bit of success.  I could be completely
wrong, however...list-eners from Cornell I'm sure could help me out with
this.  Try calling some schools and see if they can give you a contact
name.  I'll do a little leg-work here as well and see what I can come up with.

Good Luck --  Jim

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Date:         Tue, 28 Sep 1993 11:57:36 -0400
From:         Hal Perkins 
Subject:      Re: Score Readers

>This message appeared on the electronic music network I subscribe to.
>Is there any truth to this? And .. (ahem) will it run on a Mac?
>
>                          --Mark Simon
>                            tip@cornellc
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>RE: Score Reader that will scan sheet music and save as a usable file:
>
>        I personally have heard a little scuttlebutt about this type of
>project here.  The Arts and Tech symposium brought the subject up, and I
>believe someone mentioned that some people at Cornell were working on such
>a system and were having quite a bit of success.  I could be completely
>wrong, however...list-eners from Cornell I'm sure could help me out with
>this.  Try calling some schools and see if they can give you a contact
>name.  I'll do a little leg-work here as well and see what I can come up with.
>
>Good Luck --  Jim


That's the first I've heard of it.  If it exists, I wouldn't be surprised
if it runs on a mac.  Maybe somebody in the electronic music studio in
Lincoln would know something?

Hal

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Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 1993 09:40:06 GMT+2
From:         "Pieter J. Nagel" <9053689@RKW-LAN.CS.UP.AC.ZA>
Subject:      Re: Score Readers

> >This message appeared on the electronic music network I subscribe to.
> >Is there any truth to this? And .. (ahem) will it run on a Mac?
> >
> >                          --Mark Simon
> >                            tip@cornellc
> >
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >RE: Score Reader that will scan sheet music and save as a usable file:
>
> That's the first I've heard of it.  If it exists, I wouldn't be surprised
> if it runs on a mac.  Maybe somebody in the electronic music studio in
> Lincoln would know something?
>
> Hal

There is at least one such program in existence that I know of. I saw one
demonstrated on our campus (University of Pretoria, South Africa) during
one of those types of tech symposiums where electronic mice run mazes.
After being fed a sheet of music, it played the piece over a Soundblaster
(i.e.it ran on a PC :-( )

I don't know what format it the data is saved in, but ANY format is better
than none, and from being able to play the music to saving it as a MIDI
file is but a small step.

I'll try to make contact with the creators - in such a way that they don't
catch on to quickly to the comercial potential of their little project.
I'll even try to get the program to you, all for a modest service fee ;-)


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