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MarcD 08-26-2009 07:52 PM

Converting to Midi
 
I'm looking for software that will let me convert my wav or mp3 file to a Midi. I already tried amazing midi, but all that did was take the notes and scamble them.

When I would upload into Composer it would change the Key to F, when it's supposed to be in Bb. The file consists of only piano, no other instrument is involved.

Would appriciate any suggestions on software that might suit my needs, and works well with composer.

Sherry C 08-27-2009 12:34 AM

Re: Converting to Midi
 
Howdy,

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcD (Post 12154)
I'm looking for software that will let me convert my wav or mp3 file to a Midi. I already tried amazing midi, but all that did was take the notes and scamble them.

When I would upload into Composer it would change the Key to F, when it's supposed to be in Bb. The file consists of only piano, no other instrument is involved.

Would appriciate any suggestions on software that might suit my needs, and works well with composer.

This is probably one of the number one questions that we get asked regarding our software. Converting audio to MIDI is a very difficult technical task, even for single notes. As you've found already, getting the pitches and rhythms both correct in the MIDI file is not particularly reliable yet. A lot of developers have put in many many hours trying to get such a conversion to work. We have a page at http://www.notation.com/Articles-AudioToSheetMusic.php that addresses a couple of ways of going around this issue.

If you're playing the piano, you might want to consider getting (or using, if you already have one) a MIDI keyboard so that you can record your songs directly into Notation Composer via MIDI input. You can then "clean up" the recording and have your sheet music right there. Tim Fatchen (among others) is really good at this technique (you can check in the Share Your Music section of the forum to see some of his posts and songs.) I have zippo keyboard skills, but using Composer even I can bang out the rhythms properly and then adjust the note pitches to get sheet music :)

ttfn,
Sherry

MarcD 08-27-2009 01:11 PM

Re: Converting to Midi
 
Thanks for the help. It looks like I might just be better off using composer to input the notes myself. Otherwise I might be likely to pull out my hair.


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