[dj]

Hi, guys and gals:

Replying to your request about scanning quality, Reinhold, it's been a long time since I did any serious scanning and the copy of Sharp Eye that I have is very old.

What I do remember is a lot of editing of each scan's resulting page (.MRO files) to get things more in shape, and then assembling the resulting files into one .mid file.

I've gone back and found the archive of the show that I used Sharp Eye to assemble and I've attached two files here. The .mid file is the result of the scanning process, after considerable hand editing, and the .not file is the final product. This, by the way, was scanned from a printed score.

And, the cost is a lot. I think maybe the high cost of music scanning software reflects the relative demand for it: when you need the capability, you really need it, but have to be prepared to pay for "niche" software.

Hope that helps.

David