mp3 - midi

[jvaughan]

Guys, really noddy qn here, I need to convert a few mp3's into wav's and also into midi's.

Can anyone recommend any software that does it ?
I have had a little surf around, but most are full of mobile phone logo crap too.

a nice little dos prog would be good.

[barry sheene]

Not DOS, but I use Freerip

www.mgshareware.com/frmmain.shtml

[Incorrigible]

To convert it to MIDI you'd need the voices as well as the MIDI code. Are these arrangements or single instrument phrases ??

I'd be interested to know how you get on though

[jvaughan]

Much appreciated.

The samples I need to convert are single instrument samples ( a bit like the windows tada.wav )

[Incorrigible]

You could probably write the MIDI code, especially if you had a keyboard

Have you tried the forums on Harmony-central ?? They're really good but a little over technical for me

[Plotloss]

Soundforge I think is what you are looking for...

[robertuk]

*MP3 to MIDI - NO, No and yep.....no !*

MP3 and WAV are digital files.
The larger the filesize , the higher the quality or sample rate .

This is why when you convert an album to MP3 you have the choice of bit rate. 128KB is near CD quality.

MIDI files tell an onboard synthesiser what notes are present. This files are TINY !
If I had a basic on board sound card then upgraded to a Sound Blaster Audigy 2, the same MIDI files would sound much better !

So conversion is almost impossible !

I'm sure there must be some hardware/software which could work it out ... but would be very $$$.

I could just play on my guitar and the computer could grab the notes !

R



>> Edited by robertuk on Tuesday 2nd March 15:34

[Incorrigible]

robertuk said:

I could just play on my guitar and the computer could grab the notes !

I think you can with the right kit

I might have to have a play in a wavetable program tonight

Matt, Does Soundforge really do it simply ??

>> Edited to say it's not just onboard synthesisers if you have a MIDI soundcard like wot I've got you can bounce the siganl through any other modules (drums and keyboards etc (that I haven't bought yet)) they're always higher quality than the onboard stuff

>> Edited by Incorrigible on Tuesday 2nd March 17:15

[Bodo]

I guess this one could be interesting:
www.mp3towav.org/mp3-to-midi.asp