Howdy Austin,

Converting audio to MIDI is sort of a "holy grail" of audio computer programmers. Please see our page http://www.notation.com/SpecialInter...SheetMusic.htm for more information on that. You've stated it in short: it's a noble cause, but so far no one can get it to work decently. I hope they keep trying, though!

To find a MIDI file for a particular song, and then use Musician or Composer to transcribe it to sheet music, you can use one of the special MIDI search engines we list at http://www.notation.com/MIDI-Search.php I did a quickie at two of them, and came up with the following two pages of results for "forgiveness":
http://www.inter-search.co.uk/midi/s...p;m=0&x=10
http://www.midisite.co.uk/cgi-bin/midi/search.pl?t=forgiveness&search=MIDI+Search&amp ;m=0&x=10

Not being familiar with the tune you're looking for, I can't direct you to a specific one, but you can take a listen to the ones that turn up and go from there. If you need any help once you've found a file, in converting it to something legible, do give us a holler here on the forum. I certainly hope you can find it and play your gift for your friend.

ttfn,
Sherry