Convert MP3 to Midi

Jo4

Can anyone tell me how to transfer an mp3 to midi? Is there free software to do this and if so which is best?

aerostar

You obviously have not GOOGLED ! seems plenty of information and freebie.

jayme1

ooooo I get to use this site again
how to

:P

paulsad

I think it is quite complex to go from mp3 to midi successfully as midi is more of a software programme in itself used to control synthesised instruments.
Maybe I'm wrong and some expert will know better though!

jayme1

this method seems perfect enough http://www.ehow.com/how_5143729_convert-mp-midi-open-source.html

Jo4

aerostar wrote: »

You obviously have not GOOGLED ! seems plenty of information and freebie.

What a useful post! :eek:

The person that this is for said they had Googled it and when they downloaded a program that it kept giving them pop ups and wouldn't work. Hence I thought it was best to ask for a personal recommendation from someone on here in the know!

Stompa

Jo4 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how to transfer an mp3 to midi? Is there free software to do this and if so which is best?

Unless it's a very simple mp3 file, I doubt you'll have much luck.

Jo4

We downloaded three programs last night and none of them worked. Has anyone got any more suggestions which are useful/relevant?

kwikbreaks

Your quest is similar to converting a photo of a cake into a recipe for it.

Although MP3 files are stored digitally they are in the final analysis just time sampled analogue information and you'd need a fantastically complex program to produce a midi file from one.

Not long back this very requirement used to be treated as a joke. It may be possible in a few years time but right now I don't think it is.

This is probably the most informative result from that let me google that for you link above - http://www.skytopia.com/project/articles/mp3-to-midi.html

googler

I'd say it's impossible with all but the most simple mp3.

mp3 includes data about the SOUND of the music.

MIDI includes data about the music itself - notes, time values, rests, key signatures.

For a complex piece, it's impossible to derive what should go where. If you have a melody line in the mp3 played by first a violin, then by a clarinet, then by a trumpet, and finally by a piano, how would you divide these up into 4 MIDI instruments?

What do you need the MIDI file for?

Richie-from-the-Boro

It occurred to me in the original post that here may be a particular requirement, but in listening terms why someone would want to go from a sylph like Mini Cooper to an obese old school bus beats me !

Is the O/P after the notation ?