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I have a couple QUESTIONS about midis.

1. Is there any way to turn wav files into midis?

2. Is there any way to make a midi file out of something thats not on a computer, without having to use a program where you have to write out the song?1: No.
2: Yes.

MIDI is a bit of a weird concept really. It's less like recorded music on a CD and a bit more like sheet music you use to play a song on the piano.

Simply, it's just a file that TELLS the computer (or sampler, if you want to go all OLD School - many disco, house and sometimes hip-hop tracks in the late 80's/early 90's were made in this sort of way) that a certain sound should be played at certain times.

As a demonstration, get a MIDI, and then find two PC's with completely different sound cards. They'll almost certainly sound completely different. That's because each sound card has a different list of sounds that are still being triggered by the MIDI.

Quite frankly, I'd say bollocks to MIDI. Unless you get racks and racks of samplers, drum machines and keyboards, you ain't going to produce anything of any value. The way to go is to get a USB/Firewire keyboard and use a virtual studio like Cubase or ReBirth to do it all.

And to further elaborate on the first ANSWER, the only way to turn a WAV to a MIDI is to sit down with a keyboard and try and remember all those music LESSONS. Sorry 'bout that.



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