QWS is free. if that's the one you mean. Visit www.andrelouis.com for more info.
: Mark, I have a couple of questions about that program you mentioned. : But : first let me assure you that I am not averse to paying for good : software, as : long as it works. : : 1. Do you have the site for that program WMS? : : 2. Does it work well with Jaws? : : 3. About how much is the program? : : John Justice : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Mark Driesenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:29 PM : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Mp3 to midi : : :>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 form in order to contact 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