:think: Are there any good programs or software that can convert Mp3s to Midis? Or can anyone recommend one? There's a particular version of a song i want and I thought I could record it as an Mp3 and convert it into a Midi or record it straight as a Midi. I've never done Midis b4 so I need adivce on which are the best programs that do this and what other programs I need to convert the Midi into sheet music. Please give me some tips Cause I'm not sure what I'm doing.:sweat: *Noobism*

ive tried to do this many a time and tbh ive found the best way is to play the mp3 at a slower speed and notate it yourself.

Copied and pasted from the "transcribing" thread.*
Audio-recognition software (pitch to midi). Don't rely on them too much though. They are only used as reference. Some programs transcribe pitch to midi for you at different levels of quality. The program I use is Widi Pro. Take an mp3 or wav file and let it transcribe it. You then have to hand-pick the right notes yourself (sounds a bit messy if you playback). Just to note! Naturally, the frequency's vibration or natural resonance will create "overtones" (harmonic). This confuses the audio-recognition program and people tend to believe everything it's telling so they stick in a chunk of chords that seems to stretch from one end of the piano to the other end. You have to use your ears in this case.


I personally use the trial version of widi pro, even when it expires, it's still usable. What do I use it for? Search for key signatures. If I see that C# and F# is used most often, then it is D Major or B minor depending on the song (assuming you know your key sigs).

What's neat about this program is that there is a piano keyboard on the left side of the viewing window. The program converts pitch to midi and you can edit those rectangular bars to change the duration and key velocity. hold ctrl and left click on the bars to playback that note. If you can't hear it, then you have to stretch the note and bring up the key velocity.

You MUST have relative pitch or else this program as well as any other program is useless. This was explained in the "transcribing" thread. look for my post in there.

I'll say it again, Audio-Recognition Software is to be used as reference. You need to pick it out by ear and then put in the note in Finale or any other notation program.

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It is IMPOSSIBLE to acquire maximum quality when converting from audio to midi. As I mentioned before, they record every nuances in the song including the overtones. The playback will sound choppy and messy. Audio-recognition software seems to suffer the most in transcribing things such as bass (esp. Tuba), orchestral hit, E. Overdrive/Distortion Guitar, Timpani, glissandos or speedy passages as fast as glissandos, vocal, most brass instruments, etc.

Ya, I've looked into that WIDI program and i was thinking about downloading and playing around it, but I wanted to check here first to see if it was worth getting in the first place.

I was reading about it and noticed it said it can convert live recordings into MIDIs and I was wondering if ti's possible to record this song version: here (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Urcrqy4Zg_A) as a MIDI. And then I need to figure out how to convert MIDIs into sheet music.. but that's something I need to figure out later on, first I really need to get this as a MIDI.