Neuratron PhotoScore 3

by Sibelius

Product Features

• Scan printed music into Sibelius
• Edit, transpose, playback, extract parts, and print
• Reads 32 staves per page, 2 polyphonic voices, different clefs
• Also reads articulations, hairpins, slurs, and much more
• Scan lyrics, chord symbols, and text

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001XDYR2
• Item model number: PPCEO3
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 19, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,391 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

PhotoScore Professional scans printed music into Sibelius so you can edit, transpose, playback, extract parts, and print--just as if you’d inputted it yourself!

Features:

• Scan printed music into Sibelius
• Reads 32 staves per page, two polyphonic voices, different clefs, articulations, hairpins, slurs, and more
• Scan lyrics, chord symbols, and text

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Clunky and inaccurate, August 28, 2005

By 

Dave Gee (Dunedin, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neuratron PhotoScore 3 (CD-ROM)

Urgh! Not the program I had hoped for.

The scanning part is fairly straightforward, but even with clean original scanned music, Photoscore 3's recognition is pretty bad.

However, you can then go through the music, correcting errors in each bar as you go (they get highlighted in red, although you've still got to look out for the misread/missed notes/rests).

This process was almost enough to make me throw the computer out the window... the editing process is clunky and non-intuitive. It seems partially linked to the Sibelius tools, but unfortunately not in full. This would make the editing process much simpler and quicker, but it seems you've got to use the Photoscore editing tools before you can export a correctly timed score into Sibelius or other program.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't get it to work, July 24, 2005

By 

Michelle Stone "litebkt" (Mariposa, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neuratron PhotoScore 3 (CD-ROM)

The title says it all. I tried to scan in a couple of solo accompniments. After following the recommendations for gray scale and such I think I got good scans.

But the interpretation was not good. Only the far left measures down the page could be played. It skips a lot. The timing was all screwed up.

I would think that with very simple pieces it might perform. But this is definitely a no go for me.