thisnameistaken Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I figure there must be software out there that does a passable job of converting MIDI data to notation, but I've never heard of any (I can't read so I've never really needed score before). It doesn't have to be all that sophisticated - all I need to do is provide some written parts for horn players. I won't be troubling it with chords or anything messy like that. I'm not even that fussy about the quality of the score - we'll be rehearsing them anyway so nobody will have to sight-read anything. Does this software exist? If it works with Pro Tools that would be really handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslaing Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='503273' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:33 PM']I figure there must be software out there that does a passable job of converting MIDI data to notation, but I've never heard of any (I can't read so I've never really needed score before). It doesn't have to be all that sophisticated - all I need to do is provide some written parts for horn players. I won't be troubling it with chords or anything messy like that. I'm not even that fussy about the quality of the score - we'll be rehearsing them anyway so nobody will have to sight-read anything. Does this software exist? If it works with Pro Tools that would be really handy.[/quote] Just write it out manually? From your description, it's probably the best way - but, If you want a great program to do it [url="http://www.sibelius.com/home/index_flash.html"]you can't get better than this[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 [quote name='rslaing' post='503278' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:39 PM']Just write it out manually? From your description, it's probably the best way - but,[/quote] Asking me to write score cannot be described as "the best way". [quote name='rslaing' post='503278' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:39 PM']If you want a great program to do it [url="http://www.sibelius.com/home/index_flash.html"]you can't get better than this[/url][/quote] Ah. Good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslaing Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I don't know if this will do what you want, but it's cheaper and might be enough for what you want - [url="http://www.pgmusic.com/"]band in a box[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Tuxguitar (a Guitar pro clonealike) will import Midi and display the various parts all on their own staves. here's a grab of the result of importing dazed and confused in from Midi (note, I had to make a minor change to the bass staff as it assumes all staves are treble until told otherwise) and a grab of the print preview of the bass track tuxguitar is cross platform (runs on Java on windows, Linux and OSX) open source and completely free [url="http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/"]http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/[/url] (I'm running v1.0 on Linux... not tried v1.1 yet only just noticed it's available) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 damn! Got to sibelius before me. Yeah i used it for music GCSE coursework and it gets everything down perfectly. Highly recommend it (ecept it takes some getting used to and is best inputted my MIDI, not mouse or keyboard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Lots of options, nice! Thanks everybody. I'll check out the free package first. I never knew how expensive Sibelius was, but my girlfriend's a performing arts teacher so maybe I could use it at her school if I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 And dont forget all the Finale Versions. I am on version 2009, and its dead easy to use. Imports Midi files and lays them out great. [url="http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/"]http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/[/url] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 PowerTab I think will at least generate tab if not score from midi files iirc, it has been a number of years since I used it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Sibelius is the main scoring package however Logic Pro has a score edit, both will import MIDI files and split parts over staves etc. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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