[TPIN] Auto Transcription Software

[Mark Deaton]

Yeah, it's easy to convert MIDI files, because a MIDI file is a set of
instructions for a computer or synthesized instrument, which is essentially
just a specialized computer, that tells that computer what pitch to play,
how long to play it, etc., whereas a .wav file, a CD, .mp3, or similar
digital representation of analog information is literally just that --
digitized (sampled) analog information.  In order for software to convert
the digitized information (.wav/.mp3... Etc.) it has to interpret that
information into the set of instructions that MIDI components can recognize.
This NOT EASY TO DO, and to date, I have seen no solution that works very
well on anything more than single note 4/4 time versions of something
simple, such as Mary Had A Little Lamb.  Once you've got it in MIDI format,
you're golden, but getting it there seems to be an exercise in manual input
into something like Sibelius, Finale, or Band-in-A-Box.  PG Music (makers of
Band-In-A-Box) also have a piece of software called PowerTracks Pro Audio
that is supposed to make integrating this stuff easier, but I have not tried
it.  Has anybody had success with PowerTracks?  Specifically getting digital
audio input (from a CD or .mp3, or what have you...) into MIDI format?  I
keep hoping someone has invented something along these lines.  It would be
so nice to be able to pop a CD in, turn a cut into a MIDI file, put it in
some software and print out a lead sheet in whatever key (usually B - heh
heh) the singer wants.  ;-)

Of course that would likely create some copyright issues if it were
possible. 

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Andy Del
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 2:16 PM
To: Tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: RE: [TPIN] Auto Transcription Software

I've used Sibelius to convert midi files in the past with a fair amount of
success. Can't remember if I can do this with wavs or mp3s, as it's on my
office computer. If you can, once it's in Sibelius it's simplicity itself to
extract a part, transpose it, or do anything you like, and convert it
back...

Cheers

Andy 

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