MIDI INTERFACE FOR GUITAR AND BASS
hi,
I'm news musescore-play....
i need one midi interface for guitar/bass that it's good about MUSESCORE,
i'm using windows7 .
Can you help me ?
Best regards
Roberto
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MuseScore is primarily a notation software where you can create musical scores and have them play back - basically as a means to check your composition. The playback function is not the primary reason for the application.
Since I'm not sure about what you are asking...
If by midi interface for guitar/bass you mean that you wish to have a score created in MuseScore to be played via midi, you can save a MuseScore file (.mscz) as a midi file (.mid). The midi file can then be played with any midi player/sequencer.
See:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/file-format#Share-with-other-music-sof…
If you wish to have a better playback sound for guitar/bass from within MuseScore, you can change the native soundfont to one with better sounds for the instruments you prefer.
See:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfont#List-of-SoundFonts
Regards, and welcome aboard.
In reply to Guitar/bass midi interface? by Jm6stringer
Hello,
sorry, maybe I was not clear
Thank you for your response
but my question is this;
MuseScore lets you connect a midi keyboard to write music
play the notes with the instrument and write on the score
You can do the same thing with a guitar or bass with a midi interface?
Has anyone had any experience with guitar or bass and a suitable interface midi?
if this is possible what he used?
or is this impossible?
Best Regards
Is this what you mean?
http://www.roland.com/products/en/GR-20/
In reply to Is this what you by ChurchOrganist
Hello,
sorry, maybe I was not clear
Thank you for your response
but my question is this;
MuseScore lets you connect a midi keyboard to write music
play the notes with the instrument and write on the score
You can do the same thing with a guitar or bass with a midi interface?
Has anyone had any experience with guitar or bass and a suitable interface midi?
if this is possible what he used?
or is this impossible?
Best Regards
In reply to i think is not .... by roberto.monti.180
That is what the Roland GR-20 does :)
You will also need a USB MIDI cable to connect the GR-20 to your PC.
But that is the only successful way I know of MIDIfying a guitar or bass.
In reply to i think is not .... by roberto.monti.180
There are a lot of MIDI interfaces to almost any acoustic instruments in the web, BUT...
I think you have forgotten a very important point:
MuseScore just gives you the chance to input one note at a time.
Yes, you can play a note in your guitar and the MIDi interfaces will translate the sound into a MIDI value parameter which will be read by MuseScore. And... MuseScore will understand which note is.
BUT... The notes record process in MuseScore is... Note by note. One note at a time.
So, if your real intention is to get a guitar sequential rhythm... No, you won't get that.
Because this very important point, I prefer to input the notes manually (with the mouse).
Be aware, though, that you still must enter notes one at a time, selecting the duration for each as you go. If you are thinking you'd be able to just play your guitar in rhtyhm and have it all magically transcribed - well, it doesn't work that way. You could, however, play into a MIDI sequencer, record that, save as a standardMIDI, then try importing that. Results will likely be very disappointing under MuseScore 1.3, better under 2.0 when that is released (and you can try the Beta to see for yourself).
In reply to Be aware, though, that you by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc, does what you wrote regarding MuseScore 1.3 still apply now we have MuseScore 3.3.x?
"If you are thinking you'd be able to just play your guitar in rhythm and have it all magically transcribed - well, it doesn't work that way. You could, however, play into a MIDI sequencer, record that, save as a standard MIDI, then try importing that."
... I just found more comments by you, from 2017 (musescore.org/en/node/231326), giving details about what sequencers do. Good. Still, my question remains. Does what you wrote above still apply today?
Thanks
In reply to Hi Marc, does what you wrote… by jonathon.neville
Artificial intelligence technology has improved slightly in the last few years, but no, magic hasn't been invented yet. There are devices that can attempt to convert sound signals to MIDI (and typically lose info along the way), and software can attempt to take realtime MIDI data and try to turn it into notation, but overall, the results will be complete gobbledy-gook, there is no possible way you'll get good results faster than just entering information the normal way.
In reply to Hi Marc, does what you wrote… by jonathon.neville
This is due to there was not, there is not and there will be not a PERFECT HUMAN PLAYER. Period.
The MIDI machines have an internal clock, to the basic tempo of the piece.
Standard MIDI software wait to the human player input the notes according to that internal clock tick.
Then, the internal software code tries to "UNDERSTAND" what is the near musical value (whole note, half note, quarter note, etc) according to the MIDI machine internal clock tick, NOT according to the human player internal clock tick.
The final result is, normally... TOO BAD!!!
That's the main reason because I prefer to input notes, one by one, manually in the score with the mouse.