transcribing MP3 to score with Midi

• May 15, 2015 - 00:44

Is it possible to transcribe a tune in MP3 to a score in Musescore using Midi?

thanks


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No. Converting the data in an audio file into data about the individual notes and instruments is beyond the reach of any current technology.

First I would like that people offered solutions (even if they are ONLY PARTIAL solutions) rather than just saying current technology has nothing to offer)

There is at least one programme called Melodyne that will create a Midi file from a 16-bit .wav file. it will recognise harmonies as long as the notes are loud enough, you can get reasonable results if you are in a position to

download a version of Melodyne, (see download link to portable version) and Audacity ( link also below)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9qedoomo92pjo1i/Melodyne_Editor.exe

* spend hours in one song. you will need to work on very small segments of your song, use the parametric EQ in Audacity to remove all of the lower frequencies, then maybe do the opposite and eliminate the high frequencies to get the bass, use the library
Elevayta_Extra_Boy_Pro_Demo (Vocal remover
plugin for Audacity for removing a main singer's vocals). For this you need to unzip the file and copy the .dll file to the VST plugins folder. Then you open Audacity, check the option reload plugins, close Audacity and open it again, click on the Effects menu and select Elevayta option.

WARNING - it will make mistakes and include notes that are not in the harmonies, BUT it will also include the ones that are there. so a CONSIDERABLE amount of listening and correcting will be needed.

An example:

http://musescore.com/user/201414/scores/190225#

In reply to by RonJackendoff2

@Ron...
Sound recording (wav,mp3, etc.) into midi (and from there to notation) is definitely a tough problem; but, as you say, there may exist partial solutions.
Here's an old one I once bookmarked but never actually used:
http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~araki/amazingmidi/

After reading that webpage:
For frequency (i.e. musical pitch analysis) it seems reasonable that a recording of a single monophonic instrument would be the easiest to convert to midi.
Next would be a single polyphonic instrument - like piano or guitar - having a fairly consistent timbre.
Finally, several different instruments playing simultaneously *could* be analyzed, but detected notes would be regarded as single instrument, polyphonic music.

Drum sounds (unpitched percussion) would not be usable, as there are no fundamental frequencies to be calculated by wave analysis.

Regards.

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