Windows XP is more of a 0.1 revision of Win2K and not a
major upgrade. The primary difference is in the visual user
interface, which makes it look a lot different. Under the hood, it is the
same engine. Primary advantage to XP over 2K is the new "compatibility
mode", which allows some older software, like many children's games
written for W95 or W98, to run on XP. Most of those programs will not run
under NT or 2K. I doubt that a program that runs well under 2K would have
any special problems under XP. Both 2K and XP are very stable platforms
and there is little advantage in upgrading from 2K to XP. Most major
corporations are standardizing on 2K.
----- Original Message -----From: Tom WheelerSent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:23 PMSubject: Re: [disklavier] Re: using a scannerBuffy,
I have resisted moving from Windows 2000 Professional to XP simply because I have found Windows 2000 Professional to be very stable and to meet my needs. Thus I cannot really comment on whether any part of your problems with Photoscore are due to Windows XP.
I do know that the scanner makes a very big difference in the results with music scanning programs. Initially I was scanning music using an HP 6100C flatbed scanner that appeared to give good scans of the music. However when Smart Score (which I was using at the time) read the scanned files, it produced a ton of errors. I actually gave up on music scanning for more than a year due to these results. When I purchased an Epson 1200 Perfection scanner, I decided to try once more to use Smart Score and scan in music files. The results were far far fewer errors. I would presume that this would hold true for Photoscore as well.
Incidentally, when I scan music using Photoscore, I use the Photoscore interface set to 300 dpi (the middle setting in the dialog box) and it gives very good results with my Epson 2450 scanner. I have never used the Epson twain software for music scanning.
Within Sibelius it is possible to save the score as a midi file. I simply save the file as a midi file and then I use Veloset (a very useful utility found in the files on this forum) to adjust my velocities so that the velocity does not fall below 20 nor above 90. This gives a file that plays very nicely with my disklavier's volume set at 0 dB on its control unit. To play the file in my disklavier, I usually put it on a floppy disk, but you can also play it directly from your computer on the disklavier with the appropriate cables and drivers on your computer.
Tom
buffy@... wrote:
Tom,Thank you for your lengthy response. I will give it another try. I am afraid I may be having problems with xp and my HP Scanjet 6300c. I have a spare machine and own Win2000 Professional, so I may try putting it on that and doing the scanning over my network. But from what I understand about the scanjet 6300c, it is 2000 and up that it is having a problem with. So I think my next step may be to purchase a new scanner.I do not play. I use my disklavier for accompianst recording. I use Sibelius to learn my music. I am an opera singer and I find that by the time I put my music in Sibelius, (esp 20century music) I have learned it and memorized it. So scanning is not that big an issue.How do you convert Sibelius to play on your disklavier? I have an old model purchased 7 years ago with a floppy disk, not cd. I find the voicing, when I convert it to be an issue.Thanks for all your time on the Sibelius/Photoscan issue.
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