Programs to use with SharpEye

General Information
SharpEye 2 exports MIDI files, NIFF files and MusicXML files. NIFF and MusicXML are formats for music notation, and where possible you should use a notation editor which imports one of these.

SharpEye also exports MIDI files which are imported by many music programs. If you use MIDI, you will lose some information about how the music is laid out. If you are mainly interested in the sound, this may not worry you, but if you intend printing the music again, it is far from ideal.

• Finale
• Personal Composer
• Sibelius
• Other music software
  There are a very large number of programs which can import MIDI files from SharpEye including all of the Cakewalk family (SONAR, Home Studio, Music Creator etc.), Cubase and Cubasis and many more. Try searching for "MIDI sequencer" or "music notation program" or "music notation software", or go to one of the links below. MIDI sequencers are oriented towards sound output (though some also print) while music notation programs are oriented towards printed output (though most will play the music).
  

System Requirements

Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP and Vista

Minimum computer specification:
1GHz Processor and 256MB RAM

You will need a scanner to scan the printed music in.

Its not essential, but you will almost certainly want a music notation editor which imports one of the file formats that SharpEye exports (MIDI, NIFF, MusicXML, and its own format) or a MIDI sequencer, so that you can make use of the output from SharpEye. Windows/IE4 comes with a simple MIDI player so you can double click on the MIDI file saved from SharpEye and hear the result, but the music will all be played on a synthesised 'piano'.