Importing, scanning & annotating
Scanning paper sheet music that you actually want to read
The reason most scanning projects stall is quality: crooked, shadowed, differently sized pages are unpleasant to read on stage, so the library never gets used and the paper comes back.
Shoot for consistency, not perfection
Flat page, even light, camera parallel to the paper. StageMate's auto-crop then squares the edges so every page in the library has the same margins.
Let the app do the naming
Metadata extraction reads title and composer off the page, which is the difference between a folder of scans and a searchable library.
Batch, then fix
Photograph a whole score in one pass and correct the few pages that misread. Fixing three pages is fast; naming two hundred files is not.
Try it on your own scores
Import PDF scores, add annotations, build setlists and turn pages hands-free. StageMate is available for Apple devices and Android. Features, cloud services and Pro purchases differ by platform; check the current plan before buying.
Download for Apple devicesDownload for AndroidQuestions people ask
- Does it convert scans to editable notation?
- No. StageMate keeps scans as readable PDFs and images rather than doing notation OCR.
- Can I scan double-page spreads?
- Yes, though single pages read better on screen.
- Is scanning legal?
- Digitise music you own or are licensed to copy; publisher rules vary.