Convert or export a midi file (Previously recorded) to a PDF file
I am not sure if there is such. But my task is taking a recording (Midi file) made on a digital piano and convert it via Musescore to a PDF file or image. Is that douable at all?
if not does anyone know of competitive software that does it.
Thanks. Daniel
*As mentioned the file was previously recorded, therefore I do not want to replay it via the visual midi, but
simply as a midi file.
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I am not really sure what you are asking. What is "the visual midi" that ou don't want? A piano roll? What is "simply as a midi file"?
If you are asking if you can play something and record it as a MIDI file then have it automatically translated to notation and then exported to PDF, the answer is yes you can do that, but the results won't be readable. You'll need to do a ton of manual editing on the generated notation to get something reaosnable. Liken it to asking "can I recite an entire novel into Siri and then have it automatically turned into a PDF file". You'll get something, sure, but probably not something you could use directly.
In reply to I am not really sure what you by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your reply.
The file I have was recorded on the digital piano as a midi file. Then I transfered the midi file to my computer, then with musescore I would like to translate it or more precisely convert it to PDF or IMAGE notation. I hope that clarifies my previous.
Not exact results is understood, but how to do it from this program is not understood.
Thanks. Daniel
In reply to Thank you for your reply. The by Astrel
1. In MuseScore, go to File > Open… to import the MIDI file.
2. Adjust MIDI import settings, if needed, in the panel at the bottom of the window (see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/midi-import).
3. Go through the score and fix up what you need to fix up.
4. Go to File > Export… to create a PDF copy.
In reply to 1. In MuseScore, go to File > by Isaac Weiss
Thanks. I am going to give it a new informed try.
Daniel
In reply to Thanks. I am going to give by Astrel
Does it work with the free version?
Because so far no success
Daniel
In reply to Does it work with the free by Astrel
there is only the free version
In reply to Does it work with the free by Astrel
The full version of MuseScore is the free version. Were my instructions not clear, or does something go wrong when you try?
In reply to The full version of MuseScore by Isaac Weiss
The only import or export in the menu is pulling only PDF, There was nothing seen that goes to any Midi file mode import except the preferences setting for MIdi.
In reply to The only import or export in by Astrel
File > Open… should be the second item in the menu.
In reply to File > Open… should be the by Isaac Weiss
Thank you. Now at least I am on the right track
Daniel
In reply to Thank you. Now at least I am by Astrel
Except one thing, it automatically (or not) goes in Percussion (drumset) mode.
This is quite a programm to study.
Daniel
In reply to Except one thing, it by Astrel
That sounds like a rarely encountered bug: #85856: Piano renders as percussion on SMF import with Yamaha XG SysEx block. It's been fixed for the next version of MuseScore, which is only a couple of weeks from release.
In reply to That sounds like a rarely by Isaac Weiss
And you know about it already.
So, I guess just wait for it.
Nothing in the settings that could help.
Question: Since the piece is for string orchestra, will musescore translate it in the same order of division?
Thanks for your help today. Daniel
Daniel
In reply to And you know about it by Astrel
I'm not entirely sure I understand, but you can test it for yourself with a pre-release version of MuseScore 2.0.3: https://musescore.org/en/download#Nightly-versions
In reply to I'm not entirely sure I by Isaac Weiss
Yes Issac it's working better. Just have to noodle with the instrumentation to add more in the bottom.
Thanks.
P.S - The result is not as bad as I thought
In reply to And you know about it by Astrel
It would be best if you attached the MIDI file in question so we can be sure you are seeing this known issue and that is not something else.
Also, do keep in mind what I wrote in my previosu response. sure, MuseScore can turn a MIDi file into notes, but the results will almost certainly be unreadable nonsense if you don't spend an awful lot of time editing it by hand. Trying to do an entire orchestra score that way would be like taking Siri into a movie theater with you and asking her to transcrobe the whole thing to a readable script...
In reply to It would be best if you by Marc Sabatella
Marc,
I am not sure what would be something else. I was just trying to "translate" the string ensemble version into a score. gave me first a percussion result (Apparently because I am using YAMAHA DGX).
Now I just tried the pre version of Musescore and the result was not bad, except that it did not do any division into the score just violin + the other voices. So, I have to figure out how to add the other instruments.
Thanks. Daniel
In reply to Marc, I am not sure what by Astrel
Again, we can help better if you attach the file you are having problems with. Otherwise all we can do is guess at how to help.
In reply to Again, we can help better if by Marc Sabatella
Good Idea. I have gone as far as the second attachment.
Thanks. Daniel
In reply to Good Idea. I have gone as by Astrel
As far as I can tell, this MIDI file contains only a single track. If you want this to be separate staves for different instruments, it would be better to actually create the MIDI file that way. There really is no single automatic way to turn an arbitrary track of music into separate staves. That's more something that requires human intervention, deciding which notes to assign to which instruments, etc. This is but one of the very many things that led me to say what I said before: MIDI is just just not suited for this sort of thing. Better to compose directly into MuseScore, deciding as you go what notes to give what instruments, etc.
In reply to Again, we can help better if by Marc Sabatella
Yes, I forgot to mention, this is an individual composition (Short) I am still working on.
Thanks. Daniel
Hi Mark,
and that make sense, different tracks "might" work better in this case. It is apparently a technology that is still miles away to develop.
Entering music into Musescore will require a lot of reading and practice for someone new like me.
But I wanted to mention that I have imported yesterday the midi file into a program called Audacity
I was not able to go far with details, but there was some visual advantage to doing so. it breaks down every note separately and thus verifying accuracy, maybe it even has a feature to "translate" the Midi into notes, but I was not able to get there.
Thank you for the education, when I am able and find the time to work on the score, I will contact you for opinion.
Daniel
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And your feature request is?