Printable music

[Just Phil]

I have a Casio CTK 6200. I'm wondering if there is somehow a way to send created music to a printer. Thanks for any suggestions.

[Brad Saucier]

Welcome to the forums.  Did you record music on the keyboard?  It is possible to save recorded songs as a standard MIDI file and transfer to a computer.  I haven't looked, but I'm confident third party software for printing MIDI files as sheet music is out there somewhere. 

 

You can also connect the CTK-6200 as a MIDI controller directly to a computer with a standard USB printer cable.  This lets you record your performances directly to any MIDI recording software.  

[Jokeyman123]

I have used "Noteworthy Composer" with mixed results. The problem with it-and any others I've tried including the once popular Coda "Finale" the midi files will open and play in Noteworthy, but the results of translating into notation is not great. If you simple want to transcribe a single melody, or even a 2 or 3 part piece you will have more luck getting a close translation into printable notation. If you are dealing with something more complex, I am not aware of any software that will perform this transformation very accurately-at least none I've been happy with.

 

Musescore also has worked fairly well because it can translate a midi file into a printable form, pdf and a few others I recall. I have had success with something else called well duh😉....."Midi sheet music".....

 

http://midisheetmusic.com/

 

Versions run on Windows or Android for tablets. Unlike Musecore, this also displays the score as it plays and tempo and a few other things are adjustable just as does Noteworthy. Simplest of the all the programs, I have not tried this with anything more complex than piano midi files with bass and treble clefs and it does a pretty decent job. Coda Finale, which was the standard for many years is now defunct and is being re-issued as another suite, but it is a paid program and I believe you must already own Finale, which was always pretty costly. Hope this helps.

[Just Phil]

15 hours ago, Jokeyman123 said:

I have used "Noteworthy Composer" with mixed results. The problem with it-and any others I've tried including the once popular Coda "Finale" the midi files will open and play in Noteworthy, but the results of translating into notation is not great. If you simple want to transcribe a single melody, or even a 2 or 3 part piece you will have more luck getting a close translation into printable notation. If you are dealing with something more complex, I am not aware of any software that will perform this transformation very accurately-at least none I've been happy with.

 

Musescore also has worked fairly well because it can translate a midi file into a printable form, pdf and a few others I recall. I have had success with something else called well duh😉....."Midi sheet music".....

 

http://midisheetmusic.com/

 

Versions run on Windows or Android for tablets. Unlike Musecore, this also displays the score as it plays and tempo and a few other things are adjustable just as does Noteworthy. Simplest of the all the programs, I have not tried this with anything more complex than piano midi files with bass and treble clefs and it does a pretty decent job. Coda Finale, which was the standard for many years is now defunct and is being re-issued as another suite, but it is a paid program and I believe you must already own Finale, which was always pretty costly. Hope this helps.

Thanks guys! I will delve into this and figure out what works for me. It's been a lifetime ago that I dealt with writing music scores and for me, translating midi into sheet music via software is going to make it so much quicker. And thanks Jokeyman for this valuable input!