>
> Joe,
>
> I'm not totally sure about this, but wouldn't IntelliScore serve your
> purpose here? It does convert audio files into MIDI files. It also
> eliminates vocal performances from instrumental tracks.
>
> Peter
>
> On 11/8/10 2:43 PM, "joegugs2" <gugs2001@...> wrote:
>
> >I was afraid this might be the case. Sure, I could play along with the
> >audio myself and record my performance then add the singing audio to it,
> >but it wouldn't be the same. It seems like it shouldn't be that
> >difficult, if only I could get a good transcribing of the audio where I
> >could differentiate the two parts, piano and singing. I am considering
> >slowing the tempo down so there would be better separation of the notes
> >when converting automatically so I could tell which are which. I would
> >then delete the singing portion leaving only the piano part, bring the
> >tempo back to normal and ad an audio track of her singing to the midi
> >file. Sounds reasonable only I just started learning about this whole
> >process and have little experience. I was hoping someone might have tried
> >this with success already. Anyone try something like this, I'd like to
> >hear about it. Thanks for your input and ideas. Joe
> >
> >--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Terry Cutshall <terry.cutshall@>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> Deep pockets indeed, they quoted me $1.00 per note!
> >> Since Sony (Glen Gould) has deep pockets it makes since for them.
> >>
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Nov 8, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Mark Fontana <mfontana@> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately, converting the sound of a performance (WAV) to the
> >> > instructions describing how to produce that performance (MIDI) is a
> >>very
> >> > difficult task, and there is no software currently available that can
> >>do
> >> > the job in a fully-automatic way and produce results that sound good.
> >> > Your recordings are especially problematic since they have singing
> >>over
> >> > the piano, and that is bound to confuse most tools.
> >> >
> >> > Zenph Studios (http://www.zenph.com) has been producing MIDI files
> >>from
> >> > the great piano recordings of Art Tatum, Glenn Gould et al. using a
> >> > proprietary process that likely involves using software tools to do
> >>the
> >> > initial analysis, producing a rough musical template which is then
> >> > iteratively refined by skilled musicians who constantly compare the
> >> > reconstruction with the original recording. This is very
> >>time-consuming
> >> > but currently the only way to achieve accurate-sounding results.
> >> >
> >> > If you have deep pockets, you might be able to hire Zenph to work on
> >> > your private recordings. The only other solution yielding worthwhile
> >> > results would be to have a pianist record hand-played MIDI files for
> >> > your Disklavier that sound sufficiently like your mother's playing.
> >> >
> >> > Mark Fontana
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 05:07 +0000, joegugs2 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I am trying to convert songs of my deceased mother playing the piano
> >> > > and singing from 1975 into a midi song file that will play on my
> >> > > Disklavier e3 piano. I digitized her songs from cassette tapes
> >> > > into .wav and .mp3 song files. AmazingMidi and Intelliscore have
> >> > > produced unusable midi files that are not even close to the
> >>original.
> >> > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated as it is my dream to have
> >>my
> >> > > mom playing my piano for me again. Joe
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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