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Posted By : KitFernuel - 12/21/2016 10:01 PM

I have searched this forum for comparisons between these two music-scanning programs. Unfortunately, those I've found are dated (2010 +/- 2 years). Is there anyone out there that has done (or would do) more than casual comparison of these two technologies employing at least a semblance of scientific method? Both programs have evolved significantly since those precambrian days.

NOTE: This is not a discussion about why MakeMusic had to drop SSLite from Finale v25. That's another topic altogether.

Posted By : Zoots - 12/21/2016 10:48 PM

I think you are better served by trying the demo versions of both programs with the type of music you want to scan.

Finale 2012c
JABB3/Aria

Smartscore Pro X2

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Posted By : Mike Rosen - 12/22/2016 12:09 AM

Agreed. It's not likely that you will find someone who has spent the money for both, and, more importantly, really learned how to use both of them equally well.

I use SmartScore Pro, and I'm happy with it. That's as far as I can go with a recommendation.
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Posted By : Ebony Ivory - 12/22/2016 6:06 AM

As just noted in a parallel thread, I decided to give SmartScore X2 a bash this morning, and downloaded the demo. And here is what I got when I tried to run it:

Not impressed.

Brian

Posted By : Ebony Ivory - 12/22/2016 6:43 AM

Haha! That was fixed easily enough: just went into RegEdit, and deleted the "Musitek" key. Then the demo started OK.

Brian

Posted By : Charles Lawrence - 12/22/2016 11:25 AM

I agree with Zoots and Mike.

Nonetheless, here are a couple of threads on the subject.

http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=425358

http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=6&m=454731#ttop

I also use SharpEye for some quick jobs. It works great within its limitations. As discussed in the above threads, SharpEye is the predecessor to PhotoScore and no longer in development.

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