What free transcribing software?

[fretmeister]

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If I have to splash £99 for Sibelious First then I will, but if there is something good that's free, then great![/size][/font][/color]
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[Allie]

MuseScore isn't bad. Plenty of useful tools. I tried that first, then went to Finale. Being a bit lazy, I find Finale does a lot of things for you, particularly if you use MusicXML imports.

[ambient]

I use Sibelius, it's good but fiddly to use and took me ages to work it out.

[fretmeister]

Does MuseScore allow the scanning in of sheet music to then be edited, like Sibelius does?

[Grangur]

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Does MuseScore allow the scanning in of sheet music to then be edited, like Sibelius does?
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No, Musescore wont do that. But knowing the scanning market, as I used to work in scanning software, I doubt you'll get that anywhere for free.

[lowdown]

Although I use Sibelius for work, another package well worth considering (and it is up there with Sibelius and Finale),
is Notion4 (£40.00).
[url="https://shop.presonus.com/products/notion-prods/Notion-4"]https://shop.presonu...-prods/Notion-4[/url]

It is very easy to use, incredibly stable with a very simple work flow. (worth checking out the tutorial videos they have, and on YouTube).
I use Notion 4 on the iPad for my own personal use and it works a treat (about £11.00, or £21.00 for all the in App purchases).

If you purchased Notion4 desktop @ £40.00, you qualify for a crossgrade offer to Sibelius 7.5 full version @ £160.00, (so, total of £200.00)
and a saving of around £200.00 on the full version. - Worth considering...

If you are after free, then MuseScore seems a safe bet, plenty seem to like it.

Edited July 1, 2014 by lowdown

[ambient]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1404216314' post='2490353']
Although I use Sibelius for work, another package well worth considering (and it is up there with Sibelius and Finale),
is Notion4 (£40.00).
[url="https://shop.presonus.com/products/notion-prods/Notion-4"]https://shop.presonu...-prods/Notion-4[/url]

It is very easy to use, incredibly stable with a very simple work flow. (worth checking out the tutorial videos they have, and on YouTube).
I use Notion 4 on the iPad for my own personal use and it works a treat (about £11.00, or £21.00 for all the in App purchases).

If you purchased Notion4 desktop @ £40.00, you qualify for a crossgrade offer to Sibelius 7.5 full version @ £160.00, (so, total of £200.00)
and a saving of around £200.00 on the full version. - Worth considering...

If you are after free, then MuseScore seems a safe bet, plenty seem to like it.
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Notion's the software advertised by Esa-Pekka Salonen in the iPad Air advert, that does look really good, and it's something I'm planning to get when I get an iPad.

[url="https://www.apple.com/your-verse/orchestrating-sound/"]https://www.apple.com/your-verse/orchestrating-sound/[/url]

[lowdown]

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Notion's the software advertised by Esa-Pekka Salonen in the iPad Air advert, that does look really good, and it's something I'm planning to get when I get an iPad.

[url="https://www.apple.com/your-verse/orchestrating-sound/"]https://www.apple.co...strating-sound/[/url]
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That Orchestra app looks Interesting.

Re Notion.
If you do get it, it's worth Investing in the extra sounds. The sound pretty good,
(not up there with Spitfire Audio of course , but very useful).
The sampled articulations work well with the notated articulation markings.

Edited July 1, 2014 by lowdown

[DorsetBlue]

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1404213512' post='2490292']
No, Musescore wont do that. But knowing the scanning market, as I used to work in scanning software, I doubt you'll get that anywhere for free.
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No idea how good it is but:

[url="https://audiveris.kenai.com/docs/manual/releases.html"]https://audiveris.kenai.com/docs/manual/releases.html[/url]

Java app for Windows and Linux.