Midi help

beezer123 · 11-06-09, 08:08 PM

I need help with creating a midi file.

Basically for part of my college course I have to create a midi file.

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Use the keyboard to generate a piece of music. Save the completed work as a midi file. If you wish, you can use a program like "Frets on Fire" to create music that you are sampling with "Audio To Midi", or intercept it with a midi keyboard, or Guitar Hero intercepts. Save the completed work as a midi file.

I have tried recording through line in and line out with my tv and laptop. Which works but when i convert the file to a midi file it's just playing a few random "plinks" here and there.

Anyone got any advice on what to do or how to do it?

Scribbler · 12-06-09, 10:16 AM

Not sure what you've been taught but traditionally Audio and MIDI are two different things.

Audio data is sound sampled using A/D converters (through your line input). It's saved as a simple wav, aiff or MP3 file.
MIDI is data that can be assigned to a software instrument (or to an external MIDI device) and contains instructions to control note pitch, length, velocity, etc.

I think there is a way of converting audio to midi but haven't had much experience of how to do it. :s

Easiest way is to connect a MIDI keyboard to your computer and use a programme such as Logic or Cubase. You can also key it in manually if you don't have a keyboard.

Hope this helps!

beezer123 · 12-06-09, 10:31 AM

I think I managed it last night by using garageband then converting a very basic tune to midi.

messyhead · 12-06-09, 11:20 AM

Is this to do with your web design course? I hope you're not being shown how to embed music into websites.

beezer123 · 12-06-09, 11:37 AM

Yeah it's for my course but it's for an audio and video part of my course.

It's just another section of the course about audio and video file formats and types, more to the multimedia section.

messyhead · 12-06-09, 11:46 AM

Phew! Thought they were taking you back in time for web design there.

12-06-09, 10:16 AM	#2
Scribbler iPod 30gb Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cardiff Posts: 1,127	Not sure what you've been taught but traditionally Audio and MIDI are two different things. Audio data is sound sampled using A/D converters (through your line input). It's saved as a simple wav, aiff or MP3 file. MIDI is data that can be assigned to a software instrument (or to an external MIDI device) and contains instructions to control note pitch, length, velocity, etc. I think there is a way of converting audio to midi but haven't had much experience of how to do it. :s Easiest way is to connect a MIDI keyboard to your computer and use a programme such as Logic or Cubase. You can also key it in manually if you don't have a keyboard. Hope this helps! __________________ Cardiff Wedding \| Free Xbox 360 Slim \| Victoria Wharf Cardiff

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beezer123 Mini Mac Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 4,038	Yeah it's for my course but it's for an audio and video part of my course. It's just another section of the course about audio and video file formats and types, more to the multimedia section. __________________ My Sites Free Nintendo DSi Free Macbook Pro Free Galaxy Nexus Free iPhone 4S Free iPad 2 open spoiler to see what im doing Spoiler currently working on: Verifying: Ordered: Received: Macbook 13 inch from Apple incentives £570 Amazon Voucher instead of second MacBook from Apple.real incentices Netgear DG834N Router from Apple.freebiejeebies £26 Rollersnakes voucher from Apple.freebiejeebies iPod Touch 8Gb from Apple.Freebiejeebies iPod Nano 8gb from Apple.Freebiejeebies £150 Amazon Voucher from gifts.real-incentives £180 amazon voucher from Nextgen.giveaway. 2 x Apple iPhone from Apple incentives COD World at war from Apple Incentives Silver Apple iPod Nano 4gb from Apple incentives Nintendo Ds lite White from forfree4u Noise Magnets x2 forfree4u

12-06-09, 11:20 AM	#4
messyhead iBook Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Glasgow Posts: 2,266	Is this to do with your web design course? I hope you're not being shown how to embed music into websites.

12-06-09, 11:46 AM	#6
messyhead iBook Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Glasgow Posts: 2,266	Phew! Thought they were taking you back in time for web design there.