Digital Ear

John O Keeffe · Post by **John O Keeffe** » 20 Feb 2002 4:31 pm

I came across a software programme at Digital-ear.com.
Its supposed to convert Wav to midi.I downloaded a Demo but can't seem to do much with it.
I was hoping I could record in my favorite songs ..save them as wav and then as midi and play along with them.
But I think it only records single voice or instrument and makes it a midi.
Even if it did record a music track ,I don't think it would recognise multiple instruments.and even if it did would it all show up as one single track when converted to midi and opened in Calkwalk??
Anyone got any comments about it or tried it??..............JOHN

Everett Cox · Post by **Everett Cox** » 20 Feb 2002 5:44 pm

John-- True, from the "info" they provide it says "Digital Ear can analyze a live or recorded solo performance (e.g. a singing voice, a saxophone solo, or any other musical instrument) and convert it into a standard MIDI file! ".

They do indicate "solo" and speak of singular instruments. --Everett

Gary Pederson · Post by **Gary Pederson** » 20 Feb 2002 11:02 pm

I haven't tried Digital-ear, but I tried 3 other wav to midi converters. I tried Intelliscore, AudiotoMidi & another that I forgot the name of. All the ones I've seen are monophonic except Intelliscore which has both monophonic & polyphonic versions. I was very disappointed with the results I got in all 3 cases. I could hear the melody in the resultant midis, but in every case I got a lot(a whole lot) of extra notes. I tried some of the built in filters but they didn't seem to help much. In my opinion, the effort required to clean up the midi's would be more trouble then its worth.

John O Keeffe · Post by **John O Keeffe** » 21 Feb 2002 11:12 am

Everett & Gary
Yes I guess in time there may be a programme that will do it.
When I converted the Wav it was at the wrong sampling rate for conversion to midi so I just recorded again(The Wav)in sound recorder and saved it at the proper sampling rate.
This time Digital Ear opened the file but wouldn't let me convert it because it was too long......when I finally did get a few seconds of it recorded to midi I saved it.

I then opened it it Calkwalk thinking that The voice and Drums etc would be split into different tracks......but it only showed as one track....one black dot on the track channels and I couldn't hear anything.
Gary were you able to edit the midi file when you converted or did everything show up on one track???
JOHN

Gary Pederson · Post by **Gary Pederson** » 21 Feb 2002 12:33 pm

Hi John
The wav file I used was a single instrument (dobro), with no backup playing. The dobro tune included a few double stops, so I expected problems with those. It came out as one track. I don't believe these programs can separate sounds & create multiple tracks. I imported the midis into Power Tab (an excellent freeware tabbing program). I could have edited the file in this program, but decided it would be easier to transcribe the tune then do the massive cleanup that the midi would have required. I understand some instuments convert better then others. Maybe dobro is not a good candidate. I can see where slides would be a problem. I feel like this technology has a long ways to go before it becomes practical.

John O Keeffe · Post by **John O Keeffe** » 22 Feb 2002 2:05 pm

Lock this one up!!