![]() ![]() My first attempt at using OMR software to bring music to life was with the Pullman State Historic Site's Pullman Virtual Museum. None of them comes close to achieving a success rate comparable to the best optical character recognition software. Īs can be seen in the chart from Donald Byrd, different OMR software packages vary widely in cost and technique. If you follow the OMR science links, you will find much more theses about OMR than there are public available programs. Indeed, as stated in Gerd Castan’s page about OMR,ĭoing OMR is hard. However, the software that actually does the conversion, optical music recognition software, is relatively new and the software and recognition algorithms are less than ideal. ![]() The skill set itself involved in a sheet music digitizing project is fairly basic: one needs to have some understanding of music theory, be able to read music, and be able to scan documents into an imaging software program such as Photoshop. The process of turning sheet music into digitized files is neither straightforward nor error-free, but I believe well worth the effort. ![]() Happily, as it turns out, through a combination of Optical Music Recognition (OMR) and music composing software, I can scan the music, "read" it to detect the notes, time signature, etc., and tweak its playback to get just the right sound I want. As an (admittedly amateur) local historian, it has been frustrating to be presented with spectacular examples of sheet music that give shape and depth to history yet be totally inept at playing the tunes on a piano or other musical instrument. I believe that music has a unique ability to give an almost visceral clarification of historical trends and events. ![]()
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