Disklavier

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, playerkenn wrote:

> Has anyone used intelliscore (itelliscore.net)to convert MP3 files to
> MIDI? Could make for a lot of great piano solos.

I just downloaded the demo version of it and tried it on a couple of
tracks- Stevie Wonder's "You are the Sunshine of my Life" and on a
recording I made from my DKV of one of Terry Smythe's roll transfers "Five
Foot Two".

CAVEAT: I have not tried configuring the program, other than using their
wizard. It is quite likely that better results can be achieved than I got
in my quick test.

Anyway, the first was a disaster. Stevie would not be able to recognise
the song at all.

The second was a bit better, so I've uploaded a portion of the mp3 and the
resulting midi file. You can just about recognise it.

http://www.jamesfry.com/files/fivefoottwo.mid  - midi file
http://www.jamesfry.com/files/fivefoottwo.mp3  - mp3 file

Automatic polyphonic transcription is still being heavily researched. It
is a very very hard problem, IMO and unlikely to be solved well any time
soon. At least humans have a roll in music for a little bit longer :)

Regards,

James