anyone know of an mp3 to midi converter?

[rudeguy]

It would be really nice to have this...anyone know of one?

 

[fumbduck]

you can't be serious...

try windows sound recorder, open up an mp3, click file-> convert, and choose your midi format..

i assure you, it will sound nothing like the mp3 though.

 

[fumbduck]

i swear i only clicked it once, it must be my sh!tty roadrunner that is going out

 

[fumbduck]

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[fumbduck]

you can't be serious...

try windows sound recorder, open up an mp3, click file-> convert, and choose your midi format..

i assure you, it will sound nothing like the mp3 though.

 

[fumbduck]

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[fumbduck]

WYTGBEJW

 

[fumbduck]

WTF?!@!

 

[konichiwa]

Hahaha

 

[Snuffaluffaguss]

tried that, but it says that mp3's are not valid wave files, how can I get soundrecorder to play mp3's or do I have to convert myself form mp3 to wave?

 

[Argo]

I don't think it's possible. Midi plays music by playing back sounds of instruments hard coded into the sound card. Mp3 stores the sound wave. You can probably convert midi to mp3 easily but not the other way around. And even if you could it would sound nothing like mp3 file.

P.S. You're trying to upload a song to your cell, aren't you?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
WTF?!@!

umm....neff




anyways...tried that and no go...maybe winamp?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Argo
I don't think it's possible. Midi plays music by playing back sounds of instruments hard coded into the sound card. Mp3 stores the sound wave. You can probably convert midi to mp3 easily but not the other way around. And even if you could it would sound nothing like mp3 file.

P.S. You're trying to upload a song to your cell, aren't you?

yep yep

 

[Amorphus]

simply - you can't convert a song to midi from a digital wave source. midi->mp3 can be done, no go the other way. its because of how midi works. just google the song online.

 

[Viper GTS]

Midi is essentially an electronic form of sheetmusic, converting from a WAV form to MIDI is practically impossible.

Now if you had separate recordings of every instrument (or at least the ones necessary to recreate the song on your cell phone) you MIGHT be able to pull some sort of useable info from it.

Keep in mind however that MIDI includes the note, duration, and voice - Only the note & duration would be recoverable from a WAV form & it would be EXTREMELY mechanical - No room at all for style.

Another way to understand this would be to imagine a printed page - Graphics, text, etc. Something you pulled from a magazine. Take that page, scan it, & then re-produce the file that was used to create it. Think it could be done?

Go find the sheet music for the song you want, & find some freeware MIDI program to enter it into.

Viper GTS

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Argo
I don't think it's possible. Midi plays music by playing back sounds of instruments hard coded into the sound card. Mp3 stores the sound wave. You can probably convert midi to mp3 easily but not the other way around. And even if you could it would sound nothing like mp3 file.

P.S. You're trying to upload a song to your cell, aren't you?

yep yep

Here's a list of the tools you'll need:

Winamp (or any program that can convert mp3 files to wav)

Sound Recorder (or any program that can truncate wav files) ** this comes default on all Windows installations in Programs >> Accessories >> Entertainment in the Start menu **

Qualcom "PureVoice Converter for Windows" (it converts wav file to qcp files)
http://www.3gupload.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=631

Now lets get started:
Extract the PVConverter.zip file into a folder on your hard drive. I used "C:\PVConverter\" but anywhere is fine. You should also install the Recorder/Player if you want.

Now get the mp3 file you would like to have on your phone and load it in winamp (don't hit Play just yet). Go to Winamp options and chage the output format to "Nullsoft DiskWriter". Then hit configure, change the output directory to "C:\PVConverter\" and change the format to " PCM 8.000 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono ". <- This is important, PureVoice Converter won't work if its any other format. Hit OK and play your file, it will create a wave file in C:\PVConverter\. Note that there is a decrease in audio quality but its still enjoyable, It sounds like your listening to music over a phone. There's nothin you can do about that. If you dont like the way it sounds, stick to midi w/o audio.

Open up Sound Recorder and load your new wave file. Chop up your audio to 30secs. or less using "Delete Before/After current position" on the Edit menu. The save your shorter wave file in the same folder (C:\PVConverter\). Your phone won't play more than 30secs so anything more is a waste of space and KB usage.

There are two ways to convert your wave file to .qcp format using the converter. (Easy way) You can just drag and drop your wave file over the "PVConv.exe" file and it should output a file with that same name as your wav file but with a .qcp extension and should be significantly smaller. (Hard way) Open a DOS window, type "CD C:\PVConverter" then type "PVConv.exe file.wav" change file.wav to whatever your wav's filename is. Same results, it should output a .qcp file with the same name as your wav file. If PVConv.exe doesn't output a qcp file or outputs a 0byte file then your wave format is incorrect. Make sure you save it as "PCM 8.000 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono". If you installed the QCP Player you can listen to your file now to see what it sounds like, if it sounds like pure garbage then start over and make sure your wav format is correct.

Now that you have your .qcp file, simply upload it to your phone.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: konichiwa

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Argo
I don't think it's possible. Midi plays music by playing back sounds of instruments hard coded into the sound card. Mp3 stores the sound wave. You can probably convert midi to mp3 easily but not the other way around. And even if you could it would sound nothing like mp3 file.

P.S. You're trying to upload a song to your cell, aren't you?

yep yep

Here's a list of the tools you'll need:

Winamp (or any program that can convert mp3 files to wav)

Sound Recorder (or any program that can truncate wav files) ** this comes default on all Windows installations in Programs >> Accessories >> Entertainment in the Start menu **

Qualcom "PureVoice Converter for Windows" (it converts wav file to qcp files)
http://www.3gupload.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=631

Now lets get started:
Extract the PVConverter.zip file into a folder on your hard drive. I used "C:\PVConverter\" but anywhere is fine. You should also install the Recorder/Player if you want.

Now get the mp3 file you would like to have on your phone and load it in winamp (don't hit Play just yet). Go to Winamp options and chage the output format to "Nullsoft DiskWriter". Then hit configure, change the output directory to "C:\PVConverter\" and change the format to " PCM 8.000 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono ". <- This is important, PureVoice Converter won't work if its any other format. Hit OK and play your file, it will create a wave file in C:\PVConverter\. Note that there is a decrease in audio quality but its still enjoyable, It sounds like your listening to music over a phone. There's nothin you can do about that. If you dont like the way it sounds, stick to midi w/o audio.

Open up Sound Recorder and load your new wave file. Chop up your audio to 30secs. or less using "Delete Before/After current position" on the Edit menu. The save your shorter wave file in the same folder (C:\PVConverter\). Your phone won't play more than 30secs so anything more is a waste of space and KB usage.

There are two ways to convert your wave file to .qcp format using the converter. (Easy way) You can just drag and drop your wave file over the "PVConv.exe" file and it should output a file with that same name as your wav file but with a .qcp extension and should be significantly smaller. (Hard way) Open a DOS window, type "CD C:\PVConverter" then type "PVConv.exe file.wav" change file.wav to whatever your wav's filename is. Same results, it should output a .qcp file with the same name as your wav file. If PVConv.exe doesn't output a qcp file or outputs a 0byte file then your wave format is incorrect. Make sure you save it as "PCM 8.000 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono". If you installed the QCP Player you can listen to your file now to see what it sounds like, if it sounds like pure garbage then start over and make sure your wav format is correct.

Now that you have your .qcp file, simply upload it to your phone.

VERY informative

 

[dc]

i've tried a few programs that "convert" wav files to midis. if you want something decent sounding, be prepared to spend time cleaning up and editing the "sheet music" in a midi editor like cakewalk or something.

 

[Howard]

What song are you looking to convert?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Howard
What song are you looking to convert?

ac/dc: you shook me all night long