Disklavier

Victor,

I am not aware of any such software that will do what you are asking. There are
a couple of  programs (for the PC anyway) that will take say one note at a time
and convert it to single MIDI 'notes' but not with chords. More than one note at
a time in the .wav file (especially with much reverb or room noise in the
recording) and it is just about impossible at this time to do such a thing. Add
in multiple instruments and, well you get the idea. The resulting waveforms in
the .wav file are far too complex to get anything meaningful out of it.

However, there are many programs that will 'time stretch' a .wav file for slower
(or faster) audio playback listening only. They will read in the original .wav
file and without changing the pitch of the original music up to a limit. You
cannot slow it down say by a factor of 4 and expect to hear a natural re-play of
the original sound. Programs such as Sound Forge for the PC or Peak for the Mac
both can do this. Some of the other programs that can do this are sequencers
such as Logic Audio, Cakewalk's Sonar, or Cubase. These are not freeware or
shareware programs.

There are some shareware 'time stretch' programs out there such as
http://www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk/xscribe/index.html?AfID=1873 although I
have never tried them. It helps walk you through the process what you are asking
according to the web site but it is not totally automated.

In other words, you would still need to only listen to the audio and would not
be able to re-create complete scores on your DKV. It would be great though,
wouldn't it?

Hope this helps a little...


Danny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Lim" <viclimax@...>


> Hi,
> Is there any way to convert a file stored in .wav format to a midi or eseq
> format playable on a disklavier? I have a CD of piano practice pieces
> which I would like to slow down during playback on my DKV.
> Thanks,
> Victor