Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Joel Pollock <joelp@n...> wrote:
> is there any good shareware or freeware for making an mp3 file a 
midi file 
> so that i can run it through my module, adjust the tempo, etc.?  
can it 
> even be done?  basically i want to be able to slow down a track so 
i can 
> better learn some of the difficult drum passages.

Joel,

I'm quoting myself from another forum long ago. I don't know whether 
the situation has changed in the meantime, but this type of 
conversion is unorthodox, to say the least, because MIDI isn't a type 
of compressed audio or PCM; it is merely a set of instructions about 
how a MIDI instrument is to create sound. That said, 

"I've seen three programs that purport to do the job in one way or 
another (I haven't tried any of them):

AmazingMIDI, which is available at freewareland, can take the wav. 
file of a single intstrument and make the conversion, though 
apparently it doesn't work with drums. 

WIDI MP3 MIDI Converter is a $50 download from AudioUtilities.

Music Recognition Pro is out there somewhere for $100 or so.

If they don't work for your purposes, don't shoot me; I'm just the 
messenger."

Ed