You cannot scan printed sheet music directly into Band-in-a-Box. However, Keystroke notation entry and musicXML support are some recently added features in Band-in-a-Box that could help you..

What type of sheet music do you have and what are you trying to accomplish in the end? If what you have is a fakebook with chord symbols and melody for example, it is probably much easier for you to enter the songs directly into Band-in-a-Box using the chord sheet and notation window.

Chord entry typically takes no longer than a few minutes. For the melody, use the keystroke entry method: Open the notation window, toggle into editable notation mode. Use the left and right cursor keys to move back and forth, press the N key to insert a note at the current time, and set the pitch of the note using the up and down keys. You only need to worry about the position of each melody note, Band-in-a-Box takes care of adding rests, ties, and everything else.

Or, if you can scan your music using another program, you may be able to export as a musicXML file. You could then import the MusicXML file into Band-in-a-Box (File - Open Special..). How useful this will be depends on what end result you are looking for and what type of music you have.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.