Music transcription

dante4d · 2009-05-14 12:15:24

Hello guys,

I'm a guitar player and I learn songs by ear. So far I've used Transcribe! to help me take them down into gp5 or midi. I'm thinking about buying that software, but I would like to know what you use for music transcribtion - if there are some cool open-source alternatives. So far, I found this tool to be the best when it comes to transcribing.

Also, what would you suggest for making midi tracks? Now, I use Guitar Pro 5 under wine, then export to midi, but it doesn't work very well (problems with timidity drum sounds, weird user interface behavior). I'm thinking about rosegarden, but I have no clue how siutable that software is for me and it's Qt/KDE dependent (that would probably drag lots of dependencies to my GTK only desktop).

I'd be happy to hear your preference/experience.

Regards,
David

schivmeister · 2009-05-26 20:26:11

Try http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16494

And then for the composition:

canorus
-or-
tuxguitar
-or-
something else

If your MIDI file seems to be playing rubbish, then either your composition in GP5 is not GM-friendly, or the MIDI soundbank's patch (in this case timidity's) is not GM-compliant.

When a MIDI file says play note A, then there must be a sample for note A in the sound module.

Last edited by schivmeister (2009-05-26 20:29:18)

dante4d · 2009-05-31 19:56:11

schivmeister wrote:

Try http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16494
And then for the composition:
canorus
-or-
tuxguitar
-or-
something else
If your MIDI file seems to be playing rubbish, then either your composition in GP5 is not GM-friendly, or the MIDI soundbank's patch (in this case timidity's) is not GM-compliant.
When a MIDI file says play note A, then there must be a sample for note A in the sound module.

Thanks for suggestions!

My problem with midi is that I have crappy midi patches and I'm lazy to install new ones (bass drum sounds like stomping cardboard crate...).

GP5 is a good one, but it just acts weird under wine (and is not native). I haven't tried any alternatives, but tuxguitar and others still look like they won't support all the fancy things. I ust want to easily take down what I hear played and convert it to midy for my keyboard to play it as a backing tracks when I practice.

Cheers

schivmeister · 2009-06-01 10:27:17

tuxguitar actually does support a lot of what's present in at least GP4, just that certain things have to be called up and they are floating windows (like the mixer). This essentially == troublesome since it interrupts the workflow. So far, I've had no trouble playing back stuff. But for composition, I still use GP because I'm used to putting in a lot of details (like various kinds of slides, harmonics, palm mutes). If only I were not that much of a perfectionist and fussy (and I know many people aren't), tuxguitar would suffice. You may be just in need of getting acquainted with the UI.

If your MIDI back-end is timidity, the default bank sounds like crap. Search for a good one - it's rewarding trust me.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Timidity

http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/forum/3/457 … ont-patch/

I recommend the SGM bank.

Last edited by schivmeister (2009-06-01 10:27:33)

mrcold · 2009-06-01 17:31:18

http://noteflight.com/

I don't know what you need.. but this is pretty nifty

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Music transcription

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Re: Music transcription

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