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Okay, I have searched the threads and can't seem to find the answer that I am looking for. Is there a way to take a song off of my cd and convert it to a midi file? Does it require special software? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks :-}
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Posted: 2003-09-05 02:06:00
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i'm not sure if this is the easiest way. but this is the only way i know. pardon me.

CD > MP3 > WAV > MIDI.
there are rippers.
there are MP3-WAV converters.
there are WAV-MIDI converters.
all available out there, some trial versions, some free.
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Posted: 2003-09-05 02:08:00
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you can check: www.download.com just type in "midi converter" and you will see a list from where you can download what you want.
good luck
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Posted: 2003-09-05 02:08:09
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And you could just ripp it to wav and then convert it to midi, and skip the > mp3 > wav part
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Posted: 2003-09-05 02:48:11
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oh yes, sorry about that.
though i saw that intelliscore software that does convert from MP3 to MIDI already. skippin the wav part. hehe.

the thing about converting to wav is that it generates a big file compared to ripping to MP3.

[ This Message was edited by: ferrarista44 on 2003-09-05 01:55 ]
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Posted: 2003-09-05 02:54:01
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Come on people, forget about it!! You can convert it, yes, but trust me, your ears will hurt cause it will never ever sound anything like the original song!! All the good quality midi's on the internet are made with midi sequencers. Forget about converting, it's impossible.
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Posted: 2003-09-05 09:57:04
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Actually they correct way would be CD->Wav->Midi. No need to stop at intermidiate mp3 format which takes time and decreases quality.
As deuxani said, the final result will sound nothing like the original. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't sound much like anything...


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Posted: 2003-09-05 15:54:09
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MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) isn't sound. All it is is binary code that triggers sound (from a sound module for example). So you can't covert wav files into midi.
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Posted: 2003-09-05 16:12:44
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Okay. I have half of the people saying yes I can do it and half saying no I can't do it. I am in no way familiar with converting cd music to wav and then to midi, are there any step by step directions on how to do this? Or is there some piece of software out there that I can just copy my cd music to and it will automatically convert it to midi? I really appreciate all of the help and input you knowledgable people are giving me!

Thanks :-}

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Posted: 2003-09-06 02:33:19
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Scottish lassie,

CD, WAV, and MP3 files all contain sound, that is the sound of the original song but in different file formats.

MIDI is like sheet music, just bits of paper with notes on. A midi player (like the T610) is like one of those automatic pianos - it just plays notes from sheet music, except it has a handful of fixed sounds (like piano, drums, sax and so on) that the notes can trigger.

So to create a MIDI, you need to write the sheet music, with maybe 8 or so tracks for the different instruments. Not easy if you're not an experienced musician!

You can get software that tries to listen to music, and guess what the notes are. As you can imagine the results are pretty poor.

Best to search around on the internet for the MIDI file of the song you want, edit it in a MIDI editing prog, then send it to your phone.

Andrew
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Posted: 2003-09-06 09:00:25
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