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Topic: Pedal Steel Music Scanning Software |
Chris Newell
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Ojai, California, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2010 11:25 pm |
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Just wanted to alert the folks on the Forum that SmartScore Guitar Edition ($75) lets you scan in both standard notation and TAB notation and play it back, transpose and reprint. It can also can convert standard notation to steel guitar TAB (E9 or C6).
Check it out here:
http://www.musitek.com
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 21 Apr 2010 4:28 am
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Hey Chris, that looks really interesting. Can the user customize the pedal steel tuning, including each pedal and knee lever or have you built in a 'standard' tuning? Also, when it converts from music notation to pedal steel, is there any way to avoid it coming up with tab that is impossible to play? Or can you ask it to 'try again' and come up with a different way to play that section?
Thanks,
Jim
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Chris Newell
From:
Ojai, California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2010 9:19 am
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Jim
The TAB feature in SmartScore allows for customizing any number of strings and tunings and saving them with a unique template name. Also, the TAB editor allows for changing and deleting note values and fret numbering. The conversion algorithm favors guitar players... that is to say, it favors lower neck positions and limits fret spans. Unfortunately, there are no lever or pedal markings. These would need to be entered in non-digitally (e.g. pencil). But it's a good starting point. There is no "try again" or "favor this position" feature. Remember that SmartScore is primarily designed to scan in printed sheet music, play it back, transpose the key and print back out. |
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