WAV to Midi - does it work

[bnjiman80]

Hi

Just looked at Tavenger5's post on Intelliscore.

Is anyone using this, or any other, software? Could you give comments?

Does any software "identify" what voices the notes are coming from in the conversion, or do you have to go through and set them to channels manually? Because this would take ages, surely?

Thanks in advance
Cheers, Ben

[evolv]

i don't have the program. never heard of it actually, but it sounds cool to get wav files into midi's

[CoDee]

I have tried several so-called MP3 to MIDI programs, and none of them produced even marginally acceptable results.

[nicoptvin]

that would be really cool

[bnjiman80]

hmm, I thought it sounded too good to be true :p

[rdeol]

I've tried that program with no luck. The quality is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad

[bnjiman80]

Could anyone email me, or a post, a midi of a well-known song that has been converted? I would like to see what you get...

Thanks alot!
Ben

[fiddler02]

me personally i don't see how midi files created from wav files could ever have acceptable results........i KNEW it had to be too good to be true.......what kind of wav files do people try to convert anyway? Educate me.

[Zandro]

Best results are received when the WAV is monophonic, like a saxophone. It still sounds crappy, though.

[ring0]

that would be cool if it worked

[gallusmc]

well, sounds cool, but is nearly impossible to do this perfect

[karla23]

This does work in my phone- just be patient

[newguy]

>the WAV is monophonic

True, it can be done polyphonically if the tempo of the song, which is as usual, is much less than the sampling rate you convert at. In which case you can seperate the notes played in the chord depending on the superposition, and also on the types of instruments used in the mp3 since different instruments exhibit different harmonic responses.

[Graeme]

Originally posted by newguy
.... it can be done polyphonically if the tempo of the song, which is as usual, is much less than the sampling rate you convert at. In which case you can seperate the notes played in the chord depending on the superposition, and also on the types of instruments used in the mp3 since different instruments exhibit different harmonic responses.

Stuff and nonsense!!

You need to read up some basic audio physics theory.

It is impossible to convert a polyphonic file to midi (and why would anyone want to , anyway?).

[Graeme]

Anyone who thinks it is possible to convert a polyphonic .wav file to midi is welcome to take up my challenge here;

http://board.midibuddy.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79583&perpage=25&pagenumber=2

*Edit - Fixes link

[thomo]

in my experience this software works only with simple sounds or instruments, it aint to clever.

[gdroad]

I've tried a few WIDI, Intelliscore, Digital Ear.....whilst INtelliscore seems to be the best they seem to all still be crap.

[palabokgood]

YAH! IT WOULD BE REALLLYYYYYYYY GREAT! IVE BEEN LOOKIN FOR ONE PROGRAM BUT NONE AWW

[Tool]

Nothing like this will eber work properly, too complecated...

[castledrumme]

I have tried it and it does work with single melody lines. Like if you sing "La la la la" it will convert it but it won't seperate different instruments

[m0zzie]

yeah, i've tried about 4 different programs telling me they'd convert mp3/wav to midi's, never with anything close to decent results. you can usually get the basic tune there in the background, but then over the top of it you get all this other ****. and the programs i've used have never been able to seperate instruments. not surprising as this could be close to impossible for a computer to do.

[msher]

I've tried intelliscore and it made even the simplest song sound like a slowly dying wildebeast. some people say it works, but i can't make it.

[Durden]

Tried the Inetlliscore..........

Just do the thing yourself
Easy answers usually aren't answers at all.!!

[saxmidiman]

Don't bother.

Multi instruments cannot be done with it.
Polyphonic instrument by itself will work, but the result is not very satisfying.

It's easier just to do it by ear yourself.

If you want, get something called a Chronotron for Windows media player or Winamp and slow down the tracks so you can hear everything. (It can change speed without altering pitch. You have to see to beleive).

[voice of god]

Originally posted by msher
it made even the simplest song sound like a slowly dying wildebeast.

HA!~~~:laugh: :laugh: I've heard some bands who can do that too...

[floydlax16]

....Iam not very good with a Wav to Midi converter every time i try and make one it sounds VERY bad so i gave up. I think you need to be skilled in sequencing to convert adn make it sound good....practice practice i guess?

[Zandro]

I think you need to be skilled in sequencing to convert adn make it sound good....practice practice i guess?

No, it's just impossible. There is no way to convert polyphonic streaming audio files to a tracked form, and sequencing has nothing to do with converting- WAV > MIDI is ANTI-sequencing.

[skeez]

it works, but it is very messy

[dueerboy83]

they dont sound very good

[samicharmed]

I don't think so, I've been searching for it too, but i've found nothing. Sorry!!

[Cho Chang]

nope, it doesn't work.. it sucks... it's impossible