Neuratron PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate, the full version of the PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite scanning software for Sibelius.
Handwrite music on a tablet or laptop and convert your writing into professional scores.
You can scan printed sheet music into other MIDI software such as sequencers and also use it on its own to scan in, playback, transpose, print scores and even save audio files.
PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate reads printed and handwritten music or PDFs in a matter of seconds, not just notes but also printed slurs, dynamics, lyrics, guitar tab, chord diagrams and more.
You can then edit or transpose the music, play it back, extract the parts and print.
PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate 8 is the full version of the PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite scanning software for Sibelius. Handwrite music on a tablet or laptop and convert your writing into professional scores. You can scan printed sheet music into other MIDI software such as sequencers and also use it on its own to scan in, playback, transpose, print scores and even save audio files. PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate reads printed and handwritten music or PDFs in a matter of seconds, not just notes but also printed slurs, dynamics, lyrics, guitar tab, chord diagrams and more. You can then edit or transpose the music, play it back, extract the parts and print.
Most Accurate
More than 26 years of experience in recognition technologies have enabled Neuratron to design and create the formidable OmniScore2TM dual-engine recognition system, resulting in PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate being 99.5% accurate on most PDFs and originals.
Easiest to Use
Ease of use has been at the centre of the design process of PhotoScore & NotateMe. With automatic scanning and recognition, plus licensed Sibelius-style editing interfaces PhotoScore & NotateMe is now more exciting and fun to use!
PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate reads virtually all markings in printed music, and most in handwritten music, including (handwritten capabilities highlighted in bold):
5-line staves (normal and small), 4- and 6- line guitar staves, 1-, 2- and 3-line percussion staves
Notes, chords (including stem direction, beams & flags) and rests (including multi rests) in up to 4 voices per staff
Appoggiaturas (grace notes), cue-sized and cross-staff notes
Accidentals and articulation marks
Clefs, key signatures, time signatures
Tuplets/triplets
The format of the page, including the page size, staff size, margins, and where systems end
Slurs, ties and hairpins
Text including lyrics, dynamics, fingerings, instrument names, tempo and technique markings
Guitar chord diagrams
Various other markings such as codas, segnos, ornaments, pedal markings and repeat endings
64 staves per page
400 pages per score
Once the music has been PhotoScored with Ultimate you can:
Extract parts
Reformat the score
Transpose
Print out
Playback (using Espressivo technology licensed from Avid for astonishing realism!) - Guitar chord diagrams/frames are not played back, although guitar tablature staves are.
Send directly to Sibelius
Save as a MusicXML file and open in Finale, Dorico, MuseScore, Notion or another music notation program
Save as a MIDI file and open in a DAW such as Pro Tools, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Studio One or Cubase
Save as a WAV (Windows) or AIFF (macOS) file for burning to CD or converting to MP3
Save as a PDF for publishing (macOS - use Print to PDF)
Use the performance mode to easily read music off the screen whilst you are performing
Key Features:
OmniScore²™ dual-engine recognition system
NotateMe handwritten music entry
Handwritten score recognition
Opens PDF files
Plays back
Sends scores directly to Sibelius
Saves MusicXML, MIDI and PhotoScore files for opening in Finale, Dorico and other editors
Saves WAV/AIFF audio files (also for burning to CD)
Reads slurs and ties
Reads hairpins and dynamics
Reads text (lyrics, title etc) in 120 different languages (including bold, italic, etc.)
Reads articulation marks
Reads triplets and other tuplets
Reads grace notes and cue notes
Reads cross-staff notes and beams
Reads guitar chord diagrams
Reads 4- and 6-string guitar tab
Reads 1-, 2- and 3- line percussion staves
Reads double and repeat barlines
Reads repeat endings, Coda and Segno
Reads ornaments and pedal markings
Accidental types
Clef types
Shortest note value
Maximum voices per staff
Maximum staves per page
Maximum pages per score
Maximum dots per note/rest
Reads the length of irregular bars
Transposes
Prints scores
Automatic scanning and reading after scanning (removes the hard work of choosing scanner settings)
Playback with astonishing realism using Espressivo feature licensed from Avid Sibelius
To use PhotoScore & NotateMe 2020 for Windows your system requires the following hardware:
An IBM compatible Pentium III (or equivalent AMD processor) or higher PC with Windows 7/8/10. At least 512MB is recommended.
Your computer should also have a reasonable amount of free hard disk space - at least 40MB and preferably rather more.
Adobe Reader 6.0 or later should be installed to view PhotoScore’s PDF help.
Sibelius users note: Although PhotoScore will work with Sibelius version 3 and higher, It is recommended that you use Sibelius 5.0 or higher (Sibelius 2018 for the best results) as it has greatly improved PhotoScore importing capabilities.
A scanner (probably connected to your computer via a USB, Printer or SCSI port), and installed TWAIN or WIA driver software.
Recommended for NotateMe: Touch screen or tablet with a stylus (e.g. Microsoft Surface Pro). Windows 8.1 if using touchscreen/stylus.
macOS Versions
To use PhotoScore & NotateMe 2020 for macOS your system requires the following hardware:
An Apple Macintosh Intel with Mac OS X 10.12+. It should have at least 512MB RAM.
Your computer should also have a reasonable amount of free hard disk space - at least 40MB and preferably rather more.
Sibelius users note: Although PhotoScore will work with Sibelius version 3 and higher, It is recommended that you use Sibelius 5.0 or higher (Sibelius 7.0 for the best results) as it has greatly improved PhotoScore importing capabilities.
A scanner (probably connected to your computer via a USB, Printer or SCSI port), and installed macOS TWAIN driver software (it is highly recommended you visit your scanner manufacturer’s website and download the latest version – also note that classic Mac OS TWAIN drivers will not work). You may need to contact your scanner manufacturer for information on installing a suitable TWAIN driver. If a macOS TWAIN driver is not available for your scanner, you will need to scan using separate software, save suitable TIFF files, and open these in PhotoScore.
Recommended for NotateMe: Touch screen or tablet with a stylus.