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Re: convert cd,wav, etc files to midi, Click Here to Report this message to the Moderator Posted by Hikaru Zero (from: 67.26.116.17) on August 29, 2003 at 16:13:53: In Reply to: convert cd,wav, etc files to midi, posted by Nigel Baker on June 30, 2003 at 19:20:51: : I require a program that can do the lot,, be able to convert audio files to midi ,, be able to print score and guitar chords : thanks : Nigel It's completely impossible. Since that probably won't satisfy you, I'll elaborate: WAVs are sound recordings. They're actual recordings of sounds that will never sound exactly the same no matter how many times you record them, because they're based on actual sounds, and actual sounds always have a degree of imperfection. MIDIs are not sound recordings. MIDIs are files that tell your computer to play back recordings of specific instruments. Thus, making one MIDI file, and then making another one exactly like it, WILL produce the exact same sounds every time, because the recordings that are played in the first MIDI are the same recordings played in the second MIDI. Since it is impossible for a computer to distinguish between instruments in a recording (remember, the recordings handed to you in a MIDI are based on the assumption that they are actually recordings of the instruments in question), a computer cannot create a MIDI track based on what it "hears." For example, depending on the surroundings (say, a concert hall as compared to a room in a humble home), a trumpet might sound the same as a trumbone, or vice versa. Thus, it is impossible to convert a high-quality sound recording into a file of computer instructions. MIDIs are instructions, WAVs and CD-Audio tracks are recordings. They're incompatible with eachother. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : : I require a program that can do the lot,, be able to convert audio files to midi ,, be able to print score and guitar chords : : thanks : : Nigel : It's completely impossible. : Since that probably won't satisfy you, I'll elaborate: : WAVs are sound recordings. They're actual recordings of sounds that will never sound exactly the same no matter how many times you record them, because they're based on actual sounds, and actual sounds always have a degree of imperfection. : MIDIs are not sound recordings. MIDIs are files that tell your computer to play back recordings of specific instruments. Thus, making one MIDI file, and then making another one exactly like it, WILL produce the exact same sounds every time, because the recordings that are played in the first MIDI are the same recordings played in the second MIDI. : Since it is impossible for a computer to distinguish between instruments in a recording (remember, the recordings handed to you in a MIDI are based on the assumption that they are actually recordings of the instruments in question), a computer cannot create a MIDI track based on what it "hears." : For example, depending on the surroundings (say, a concert hall as compared to a room in a humble home), a trumpet might sound the same as a trumbone, or vice versa. : Thus, it is impossible to convert a high-quality sound recording into a file of computer instructions. MIDIs are instructions, WAVs and CD-Audio tracks are recordings. They're incompatible with eachother. Click here to be notified by email when someone replies to your message [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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