Conversion from .pdf glitching
Hello! I am trying to convert a .pdf file to .mscz, but every time I try it looses the words and messes up the notes. Chaos everywhere. It even loses the title.
I tried converting on the website, downloading, and opening in MuseScore 3 on my MacBook Pro, I also tried opening the converted file in the MuseScore webpage (on Chrome) with no different results. I tried converting it twice, with the same results both times.
Help! I cannot figure out why this score won't convert.
I've uploaded the .pdf (correct) and the .mscz (ALL jacked up....no words, wrong notes, it's a mess!) file.
Thanks so much!
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| O Vos Omnes.mscz | 22.34 KB |
| O vos omnes.pdf | 1.6 MB |
Comments
Try to install Audiveris locally and play with its many configuration options.
See: https://musescore.org/en/node/277874
You'll probably find the score by searching on .com
Hi !
Here is your score after a quick scan of the PDF with Photoscore. There are probably still some corrections to be made.
1- O vos Omnes.mscz
And you can also watch this excellent downloadable transcript since it's in Public Domain.
https://musescore.com/bsg/scores/5705579
In reply to Hi ! Here is your score… by Papibois
THANK YOU!!!!! SO MUCH!!!
Where did I go wrong? How did you fix this?
Do I scan with Photoscore before or after running the document through Musescore conversion? Or convert with Photoscore instead?
I'm sorry to bug you with these questions, but I'd like to figure this out for future projects.
Thank you again for your help!!! You've made a small choral group VERY HAPPY!
In reply to THANK YOU!!!!! SO MUCH!!!… by xandin4
Glad I could help.
If you don't want to enter the music directly into MuseScore you need to start from the PDF and scan it with an OMR (Optical Music Recognition) Program such as Audiveris, Smartscore or Photoscore. But you should know that the basic versions of these programs are free but have reduced capacities and that's why it didn't work for you. Personally I use the full version of PhotoScore which is much more powerful but very expensive to buy. Besides it takes time to master it correctly. So in your case I think I would have downloaded a "O your Omnes" from the Public Domain and modified it directly within MuseScore.
In reply to Glad I could help. If you… by Papibois
"O your omnes!" What an interesting error! I suppose you are using some kind of French-to-English spell-checker or autotranslate that was not aware of Latin?
In reply to Glad I could help. If you… by Papibois
Weird! I used MuseScore to convert the pdf, which I paid for! It's a little annoying that it doesn't do what I need it to do (it has worked beautifully in the past, just not for this music).
So, for stubborn music I need to use another OMR program?
I have entered music directly into MuseScore before, but I've limited time right now and just needed to transpose down one whole step. Seemed like an awful lot of time to simply transpose!
I'll be sure to surf the public domain more in the future.
Thank you again!
In reply to Weird! I used MuseScore to… by xandin4
There's nothing to pay for to convert to PDF on MuseScore, https://musescore.com/import is a completly free service
In reply to There's nothing to pay for… by Jojo-Schmitz
YesJojo-Schmitz, the transcription service from PDF to mscz is offered free of charge by the MuseScore program and based on Audiveris. But we have to admit that it is limited to scores that are not too complicated. And that's already a good thing. For more elaborate scores it is thus necessary either to take the time to enter in MuseScore or to pass by a paying OMR program. This has always been the case and contrary to what Xandin4 says it hasn't worked better in the past. Moreover, the fact that you have paid for the score in PDF does not change anything, of course.
On the other hand it is often interesting, rather than searching PDFs, looking for MusicXML files, or even files from other music publishers to be converted to XML to open them properly in MuseScore.
In reply to YesJojo-Schmitz, the… by Papibois
Audiveris is free too, and, outside MuseScore's PDF Import, works better
In reply to Hi ! Here is your score… by Papibois
Thank you for your citation of my score, but that is not the same work. The first work is the Holy Saturday Tenebrae Responsory from the Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae of 1585; my posted score is the somewhat better known motet from 1572, of identical structure and text. The reader will note the motivic similarity of the two settings; they are different, and I (and history) prefer the 1572 motet.
In reply to Thank you for your citation… by [DELETED] 1831606
Yes, of course! And I didn't even pay attention to the translation of the Latin tittle...
On the other hand, yes, I had noticed that your transcription was quite different but as Shoichi I wanted to invite our friend Xandin4 to search in the MuseScore.com library.
In reply to Yes, of course! And I didn't… by Papibois
As ought be obvious, Victoria has been a big favorite of mine forever.... I would put "library" in quotes, though ...
In reply to As ought be obvious,… by [DELETED] 1831606
I'll make a note of that for next time. Thank you for your detailed information.
In reply to I'll make a note of that for… by Papibois
Victoria's once-obscure Tenebrae Responsories from the 1585 Officium are an amazing collection of powerful, emotive, and dark art, and are well worth knowing. There continue to be available good recordings of the set these days, including George Malcolm/Westminsters 1960's recording where I met them.