capella-scan can be used to capture scores for any notation software
Features include:
- No score size restrictions You can scan in all the pages and they will be recognized and combined into a single score.
- It only takes 2 or 3 seconds to convert most pages of music. Uses mathematical morphology technology for lightning-fast and precise recognition of notes, accidentals, keys, bar lines, slurs, ties, repeat boxes, crescendo signs, dynamics, articulation signs etc.
- Recognizes small and large notes (cue notes, grace notes, normal notes), as well as small and large staves (as found in accompanists’ scores, for example)
- Recognizes text: lyrics, title, headers, footers, musical symbols (f, p, cresc. etc.) and links them to notes as appropriate
- Recognizes chord symbols: transfers chord symbols as transposable objects to capella for automatic transposition when the score is transposed
- Recognizes ties, slurs, musical symbols etc.
- Positions recognized notes directly onto the scanned sheet music in bright green so that errors in recognition can be easily spotted
- Captures the score’s layout so that capella can reproduce the layout
- Integrated player: plays back the recognised image so that you hear immediately if something is not as is should be.
- Offers intelligent and intuitive help for the error correction process
- Excellent voice management system, even for very complex sheet music
- Graphic import: BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF. As well as scanning in pages of score you can import bitmap files. You don’t have to have a scanner if you can source your files as bitmaps or PDFs.
- PDF and PostScript import: capture scores from the internet. You will need to install the free Ghostscript program to use this option.
- MIDI export: capella-scan can be used in conjunction with all MIDI-compatible music programs, not just capella
- Infinitely variable zoom function for lightning-fast navigation
- Works with all common scanners and can read music scanned elsewhere and saved in bitmap or PDF format.
- To edit you simply click on the incorrect object and a floating pallet of appropriate possible corrections will appear. Drag and drop the required correction with the mouse.
- Ties are distinguished from slurs and playback is correct in capella.