Sheet Music to MIDI program?

devnull0 · 04-21-2008, 06:55 AM

Hi, I have 10-15 sheets of sheet music, including multiple instruments for the same piece of music, and I would like to find the easiest program for me to tell it which notes on the sheet, and it make a MIDI file for me from the music. I don't really want an entire music making program, just a composer.

win32sux · 04-22-2008, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by devnull0

Hi, I have 10-15 sheets of sheet music, including multiple instruments for the same piece of music, and I would like to find the easiest program for me to tell it which notes on the sheet, and it make a MIDI file for me from the music. I don't really want an entire music making program, just a composer.

Which program(s) have you already tried which weren't easy enough? Rosegarden?

devnull0 · 04-23-2008, 06:52 AM

None, really, just wanted a suggestion as to which one would be easiest to use.

wizardhat · 04-23-2008, 08:20 AM

What format is the sheet music in?

petespin27 · 04-23-2008, 10:21 AM

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What format is the sheet music in?

LOL That's a good one...(how about paper?)

At any rate, I did a little searching, and found a java program that will take a scan of printed music and convert it to musicXML:
https://audiveris.dev.java.net It may do MIDI as well.

Rosegarden may be able to read the musicXML files and then convert them midi. MuseScore http://mscore.sourceforge.net/en/idx.php, although newer, will read musicXML and export to MIDI.

For a WYSIWYG music editor that you can click in the notes MuseScore is pretty promising and is getting better. I have heard of others who do everything in Rosegarden as well.

devnull0 · 04-25-2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by petespin27

For a WYSIWYG music editor that you can click in the notes MuseScore is pretty promising and is getting better. I have heard of others who do everything in Rosegarden as well.

Hmm, okay, I'll look at it. Thanks a lot!