Being tired of typing in chord and lyrics, I bought SmartScore Song version.. I can se it does a decent job... The problem is BiaB. When I import the exported midi file in Biab, the chords become wrong, AS IF the correct chords, that Smart Score have read from the PDF score, are just overlooked.. BUT, when I export as XML, and import that to BiaB, the chords are correct.. What is NOT correct then, is the time signature.. The file I scanned today to test it was a plain 4/4 simple song and BiaB imported it as 2/4, so that mess up the correct chords also, by being correct in the BARS according to the score, but wrong to the notes, since the song been imported as 2/4 instead of 4/4...
So this become a lot of mess for me.. BiaB cannot import 2/4 midi songs, BUT when it is served a 4/4 song as XML, THEN it gives a 2/4.. What the heck????
So my question is; Is there a way to import Midi files with the CORRECT chords that obliviously IS there? Without BiaB try to reinterpret the chords?
So my question is; Is there a way to import Midi files with the CORRECT chords that obliviously IS there? Without BiaB try to reinterpret the chords?
The current standard for MIDI as I understand it does not support a Chord structure in is protocol.
Others may know more.
Can you upload the PDF Midi XML
For each file click the Share button > Create Link > Copy Link
so you will get a link like this
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx83pccx098efcr/Acidizer.zip?dl=0rather than
https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Acidizer.zip?role=personalif you change the 0 to a 1 on the end it will do a direct download rather than taking the user to the site.
I will have a deeper look later but just try this for now
Tyven-tyven-skal-du-hete-Enak4-4.xmlI just opened in Notepad and changed
<time symbol="cut">
<beats>2</beats>
<beat-type>2</beat-type>
</time>
to
<time symbol="cut">
<beats>4</beats>
<beat-type>4</beat-type>
</time>
Trygve,
After reading Pipeline's answer above, I thought I'd try BIAB's bar settings. What seemed to work for me was to set bar settings for bar 1 and change the "2" in the "# beats this bar" to zero.
I didn't scroll through the whole song but it looked to work for the first few bars.
Regards,
Noel
Pipeline: thank you for the lesson in XML. I haven't played around with this before and I didn't realise it could be opened in notepad.
I will have a deeper look later but just try this for now
Tyven-tyven-skal-du-hete-Enak4-4.xmlI just opened in Notepad and changed
<time symbol="cut">
<beats>2</beats>
<beat-type>2</beat-type>
</time>
to
<time symbol="cut">
<beats>4</beats>
<beat-type>4</beat-type>
</time>
Wow ! Thank's a lot Pipeline! This is so good to know for next time.. But it must be something wrong with the export in SmartScore, don't u think?
I tested some files in another PDF to midi/XML, the PDFtoMusic Pro, from Myriad, and that program did not do the same mistake, so perhaps I will buy also that... Running a trial only, limitied to ONE page PDF...
Trygve,
After reading Pipeline's answer above, I thought I'd try BIAB's bar settings. What seemed to work for me was to set bar settings for bar 1 and change the "2" in the "# beats this bar" to zero.
I didn't scroll through the whole song but it looked to work for the first few bars.
Ok, thank's for stepping in Noel.. I've give that a shot tomorrow...
Tried that one now, and it worked perfectly.. Thank's again Pipeline...
Trygve,
After reading Pipeline's answer above, I thought I'd try BIAB's bar settings. What seemed to work for me was to set bar settings for bar 1 and change the "2" in the "# beats this bar" to zero.
You are a genius Joel ! THAT worked perfectly, and so quick and easy to do.. Thank's a lot.. That would never ever come to my mind...;)
Trygve, please outline for me all the steps you go through to successfully scan in sheet music and import into BIaB. I'm a newbie and struggling with this functionality. Your help is appreciated. Thanks.
Music XML is very readable if you've ever worked with code, just terribly wordy.
Videotrack's comment may have been overlooked: the MIDI standard does not include chord symbols. That's why you will do better to export from Smart Score as Music XML and not MIDI.
Trygve, please outline for me all the steps you go through to successfully scan in sheet music and import into BIaB. I'm a newbie and struggling with this functionality. Your help is appreciated. Thanks.
Glevideo, welcome to the forum. Your question received a few answers (including mine) in the other forum, so please check that.
https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=75338&Number=528550#Post528550 Also, you'll do better in the future to start a new thread so we can concentrate on just your question.
Thank you, Matt and others. I guess there's not a real easy button for this one. I'll look into MuseScore or perhaps roll up my sleeves and start to tackle manual note by note entry and see if I can then bring all three lines of music together and make sense of it. Thanks again.
Gary