Very true. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Mp3 to midi
> True but at least you sequenced it at least. Maybe importing it right > from you keyboard via he headphone jack migt make it sound > more real, depending on the sound of your keyboard. > > SA&G > : I use Quick Windows Sequencer all the time myself (QWS). Only thing > : about > : it is that for those of us who'd rather not pay for things and just > : get > : everything free, there's nothing out there that allows us to take > : those MIDI > : files created in QWS and import them into something like Audacity, > : where we > : can actually work with them as if they were audio tracks. > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: <[email protected]> > : Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 3:35 PM > : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Mp3 to midi > : > : > :> Well there is QWS you can use to sequence the midi file and then > :> import all of the tracks to sonar and use JSonar, sfz and some > :> really good sound fonts to make it sound good! > :> > :> SA&G > :> : For your information, MIDI stands for "MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT DIGITAL > :> : INTERFACE" and that is exactly what it means. If you already know > :> : this, > :> : please consider the following. A MIDI program is made up of > :> : multiple channels of information which are synchronized by some > :> : kind of timing device, usually either a software or hardware > :> : synthesizer. Each instrument > :> : receives a separate set of signals which causes the instrument to > :> : play various notes in its range, raise or lower the volume, add > :> : effects like echo > :> : and so on. You may already be getting my drift. A stereo MP3 > :> : program is > :> : made up of a maximum of 2 channels which are usually transmitted > :> : simultaneously. In order for you to develop a MIDI program from > :> : an MP3 > :> : source, you would have to map out each individual instrument's part > :> : and > :> : enter that data into the program. That my friend, is an almost > :> : impossibly > :> : complicated premise. > :> : > :> : Now let's deal with how Jaws and MIDI programs get along. For > :> : the most > :> : part, they don't. If your sound card is capable of doing so, you > :> : can get > :> : quite a respectable reproduction from a MIDI file. But the > :> : software on the > :> : sound card actually reads the MIDI program and assigns different > :> : instruments to each track or channel. Jaws will comfortably read > :> : the titles > :> : in on a disc containing MIDI files but it usually reads them as > :> : "001.mid, > :> : 002.mid" AND SO ON. Each heading represents the entire MIDI > :> : program. > :> : That program can contain as many as 16 channels of independent > :> : data. Freedom Scientific has been working with the developers of > :> : MIDI programs > :> : like Cake Walk and MIDI PRO but up till now, they haven't given > :> : them much > :> : priority. I'm told that Stevy Wunder did create his own software > :> : which was > :> : quite effective and using that program, he wrote many songs. In > :> : one particular album, Stevy actually played all of the parts > :> : including drums, > :> : bass, keyboard, horns and so forth. So, it is possible to use Jaws > :> : or other > :> : screen readers with a MIDI song writing software package but I > :> : have been > :> : trying to find one that works successfully for years. I have been > :> : a musician for 41 years and have worked with MIDI for about 25 of > :> : those years. I have really tried to employ software sequencers > :> : and have had little success. Older hardware sequencers were much > :> : easier because they had > :> : dedicated buttons which served a specific purpose. Current Yamaha > :> : keyboards > :> : have a digital interface which allows you to connect the board to > :> : your computer but at some point, Jaws just bogs down. Apparently, > :> : the designers > :> : use graphics which don't read with Jaws. I found that very > :> : frustrating to > :> : say the least. > :> : I guess the Jaws designers aren't music lovers. It's more likely > :> : though > :> : that they have been fighting hard to keep up with office based > :> : applications > :> : and had little time to deal with MIDI at all. > :> : > :> : John Justice > :> : ----- Original Message ----- > :> : From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :> : To: <[email protected]> > :> : Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:31 AM > :> : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Mp3 to midi > :> : > :> : > :> :> No nothing out there exists to do that. Midi is just 0's and 1's. > :> :> you wil have to play the piece on a midi keyboard or have > :> :> someone do it for you. Tha'ts the only way way I can think of to > :> :> do that. > :> :> > :> :> SA&G > :> :> can > :> :> > :> :> : Hello friends, > :> :> : Is there any software to convert MP3 files to midi ?, > :> :> : IF so will it work well with jaws?. > :> :> : Any help would be greatly appreciated. > :> :> : > :> :> : In a day, when you don't come across any problems, -you can be > :> :> : sure that you are travelling in the wrong path -. . > :> :> : SWAMI - VIVEKANANDHA . > :> :> : Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > :> :> : http://www.blind-computing.com > :> :> : Address for the list archives: > :> :> : http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > :> :> : To post to this group, send email to > :> :> : [email protected] > :> :> : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > :> :> : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> :> : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > :> :> : subject or body of a blank message to: > :> :> : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> :> : Use the following 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