WAV to MIDI; Interesting Editing Software
By Ron Kern
> [ Editor's note:
> [
> [ As I stated months ago, I don't transcribe music from audio.
> [ However, a tool that I've thought would be useful is an editing tool
> [ which combined a .WAV editor and a .MID editor into a single program.
> [ The program would have a split-view window with a "Piano Roll View" in
> [ the top half and a "Waveform Envelope View" in the bottom half. Both
> [ halves would be displayed simultaneously and would be scrolled with a
> [ single scrollbar. Time values would be the same in both halves of the
> [ window. You could select a region of .WAV _OR_ a region of .MID to
> [ play, or you could select BOTH. The latter would allow you to A-B
> [ compare via stereo playback. A toolbar might provide analysis tools
> [ to be applied to the waveform portion, such as Forier analysis, etc.
> [ A skilled musician might be able to use a tool such as this (with both
> [ a computer keyboard and a MIDI keyboard at the workstation) to quickly
> [ edit (and accurately time synchronize) audio with MIDI.
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> End of Digest 96.10.26
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Take a look at "Studio 4.0" from Midisoft Corporation which in fact does just what you mentioned. It allows two channels of WAV files to be played and placed simultaneously with many MIDI tracks. It will also print music notation of MIDI files. It's a fun program and a demo is available
http://www.midisoft.com/catalog/catcr8.htm
although I haven't seen the demo as I have the full version.
[ Editor's Note:
[
[ Thanks a bunch for this pointer. I have downloaded the demo but
[ it will be a week before I'll have time to do anything with it.
[ I'd still like to have "plug-ins" for doing DSP on the .WAV file
[ display; it remains to be seen if that is supported.
[
[ Jody
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