Help!! I'm so lost

• Nov 24, 2015 - 07:42

Pardon my complete ignorance here. I have a number of recordings my mother made with her keyboard. I'm hoping to convert that music into sheet music for her as a gift. I've got the files in a number of formats and they are simple one instrument audio. I'm technology say but music ignorant. Can I do that with Musescore? What do I need? All help will be very much appreciated.

Comments

Jojo-Schmitz

• Nov 24, 2015 - 07:45

If the files are MIDI, you can Import them, of they are WAV, MP3 or something like that, you'd need to transcribe them by ear, there is no software I'm aware of that could do that for you, you just can't unscramble an egg.

Shoichi

• Nov 24, 2015 - 07:46

If you have the midi / xml files MuseScore 2.0.2 can open them. Provide some examples, welcome aboard

Marc Sabatella

• Nov 24, 2015 - 15:18

But realistically, even if you have MIDI files, while they can be *opened* in MuseScore, the results will be almost certainly be very far from readbale sheet music. Think of the import as the *starting* point, after which you shold expect to spend quite a while turning the jumped mess of notes that would result from a simple import of a live MIDI recording into anything even remotely readable. MuseScore is a great tool that can be used to create beautiful score, but it really requires someone who can read music and is skilled at notating it.

And as mentioned, if they are audio files rather than MIDI, you won't even be able to use the import process to get started.

I'd recommend seeing if you can find a musician who is willing to help with the process.

.m.i.r.o.

• Nov 25, 2015 - 01:27

There is a commercial application called AudioScore which (as they claim) can convert polyphonic mp3/wav into a score. The score can be saved as .xml file and opened in MuseScore. It is quite costly though - USD $250 or USD $369 boundled with PhotoScore / NotateMe.

I don't know how reliable and accurate AudioScore software is as I haven't used it yet.

I'm using their Android version of NotateMe with PhotoScore plugin (current price: ~ $50+$38) and I'm waiting for the AudioScore plugin announced as 'coming soon' (as they said ~ a year ago). iPad/iPhone versions are also available.