irish composers project: a digital archive for Irish contemporary music

Digitisation Process

Each score is scanned in black and white and edited using advanced image editing software and state of the art scanning equipment. The resulting scores are then saved in TIFF and PDF formats with matching audio clips created for each of the works.

The results achieved after editing can be seen in the following examples below. The adjustments made at editing stage often have a dramatic improvement on the overall legibility of the score.

Before editing
Elaine Agnew: Mushrooming (before editing)
Elaine Agnew: Mushrooming
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After editing
Elaine Agnew: Mushrooming (after editing)
Elaine Agnew: Mushrooming
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Before editing
Stephen Gardner: The Milesian Equation (before editing)
Stephen Gardner: The Milesian Equation
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After editing
Stephen Gardner: The Milesian Equation (after editing)
Stephen Gardner: The Milesian Equation
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