In these cases, with music that was recently generated, PDFtoMusic Pro does a great job of conversion. When my choir sings one of these songs (always purchased!), I download the PDF from the website and unlock them, and then use PDFtoMusicPro to convert them to Finale/SmartMusic. There are several music publishers who put scores online for perusal. PDFtoMusicPro only works on PDFs that were created by a notation program (Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore), and accuracy is really unpredictable. Those other two programs would be PDFtoMusicPro ($199) and PhotoScore Ultimate 7 ($249). This summer, I invested a bit of money into two other programs to allow me to convert music to MusicXML files so that I could bring them into Finale/SmartMusic. SmartScore Pro X (the previous version) did not scan music with a high enough level of accuracy for me (when I spend more time fixing problems rather than recreating a score, there are too many issues), so I searched for other alternatives. In summary, SmartScore is a non-MakeMusic program that is bundled with a lot of MakeMusic features, and I still wonder how long it will be before SmartScore is outright purchased by MakeMusic. SmartScore Pro also brings in text, although hyphenation causes a lot of issues (very common in choral music). SmartScore X2 Pro is an odd mix of products…it contains a scanning engine, but you can also use the app to write music (music notation) and to play back audio (now with some Garritan sounds, which are owned by MakeMusic, Inc.). At a music conference this past fall, I was surprised to hear (from a reputable source) that a Finale user is better served by using SmartScore Lite and not upgrading to Smart Score Pro X. I own the full version of SmartScore Pro X (the previous version), and have used SmartScore Lite over the years with Finale. It has been over two years since SmartScore has been updated, and as a person that scans music on a regular basis (to bring into Finale and SmartMusic), I was very excited to try out the program. Last night, SmartScore X2 Pro went “live” on the Musitek website.
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