I see a lot of audio to midi converters on the internet but they don't work well for piano or other polyphonic instruments recordings.
Is there a good piano audio recordings to midi converter? I have some piano audio recordings that i want to listen with pianoteq sounds, please help me.
The best polyphonic audio detection out there is Melodyne. Nothing else tops it. However depending on material, Melodyne can be hit and miss. There's no silver bullet for this.
I concur with Mr. Dragon:
Melodyne can certainly be hit-or-miss, especially if a lot of sustain pedal is used in the original piano performance. Melodyne simply does not know how to handle sustained notes, especially if there is a lot of pedal work at hand.
If more than a modest amount of rubato is present in the original piano audio to be converted, any audio-to-midi converter may confuse the correct placement of rhythm and bar lines.
In addition, reverb tends to wreak havoc with audio-to-midi conversion.
Cheers,
Joe
I concur with Mr. Dragon:
Melodyne can certainly be hit-or-miss, especially if a lot of sustain pedal is used in the original piano performance. Melodyne simply does not know how to handle sustained notes, especially if there is a lot of pedal work at hand.
If more than a modest amount of rubato is present in the original piano audio to be converted, any audio-to-midi converter may confuse the correct placement of rhythm and bar lines.
In addition, reverb tends to wreak havoc with audio-to-midi conversion.
Cheers,
Joe
Thank you for all the answers.
Is there a service to convert piano recordings to midi files? Because on Youtube some pianists sell piano midi files (only 1 dolar per midi file) but usually they don't take requests.
The only service would be paying someone with perfect pitch to do a transcription
The only service would be paying someone with perfect pitch to do a transcription
Thank you! I Can’t find a person who do that.
Before you do that you might give Transcribe! a try.
30-day demo, and *much* cheaper than Melodyne (you would need the top-of-the-range Studio edition). I have not used it, but the reviews make a trial irresistible. (Ars longa, vita brevis, et cetera).
I use AnthemScore ( https://www.lunaverus.com/ ). Is not expensive, has free trial (limited). It gives you more or less the correct notes and rhythm, it loads the
transcription directly into Musecore (if you have that, it is free). At least it quickly gives you the basis/starting point. After that I make something playable using Transcribe. It speeds up transcription process a lot, no need for absolute pitch either, every amature can do it. I just tried with this video someone posted some time ago (Body and Soul Nellie McKay, I dont recall where, sorry, it indeed has a very nice pianoteq like piano sound):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXZvWJx0RTs , the result is actually already quite OK, it just takes 5 minutes. With lots of sustain it is not so good off course and unfortunately..