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Audio-to-MIDI Conversion
By Don Cox

[ John Tuttle wrote in 020831 MMDigest: ]

> Having tried a number of WAV-to-MIDI programs, which require that
> I first use the audio recording to create a Wave file, the end result
> of the conversion process still requires that I edit the MIDI file.
> And since the notes never fall on the measure lines, that editing
> process actually takes much longer than entering the notes one-by-one
> with a mouse.

However, one of the more interesting uses for such a program would be
to compare a good performance with a printed score.  This would show
how the performer used rubato and phrasing to turn a bare score into
music.

We all know that a MIDI player which just plays everything exactly as
written sounds like a Dalek.

Regards

Don Cox


(Message sent Mon 2 Sep 2002, 08:11:54 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

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