Mp3 To Midi

[Kathlib the Prophet]

Does anyone know of a good free program to convert MP3 files to MIDI files? I've run across a few programs, but mostly they're free trial versions, and I haven't been able to find a good free program that is easy to run (the ones I have run across either have bugs or convert to a MIDI format that isn't recognized by Python's pygame module, which I'm playing them through). I think it's because the files are more than 24 bit. I'm not sure how MIDI works as far as bit rates but I know WAV files need to be 24 or 16 bit for the pygame module to play them correctly. So any programs with a definable bit rate setting would be helpful.

[jarrur]

Midi is for controlling the instruments. Musical Instrument Digital Interface. To control one another, and to exchange system data. I use MIDI to tweak my guitar pedal also importing new sounds.

[Kathlib the Prophet]

I know that, but I use MIDI files as background music for 2D games. Music files are often converted to MIDI format, it's nothing new, but there are some songs that I haven't been able to find MIDI's for and that's why I want a program so I can do it myself.

For example, on my latest game (loosely based on Asteroids) I use a MIDI of The Memory Remains for the game's background music.

http://209.197.106.133/19580222/rock/me ... emains.mid

I use MIDI files because they have a significantly smaller filesize than WAV files. I don't use MP3s because some don't work with the latest release of the pygame module.

[jarrur]

That's not actual MIDI. Something to do with sequencers.

[Kathlib the Prophet]

Well whatever, but I still need a program to convert MP3s to .mid format.

[Metallifold]

www.mididb.com

[Kathlib the Prophet]

www.mididb.com

That's the site I usually use, however, there are a lot of songs that they don't have MIDIs for, like the entire St. Anger album and just about everything for Tool, except for a few songs off Ænima.

[Metallifold]

www.mididb.com

That's the site I usually use, however, there are a lot of songs that they don't have MIDIs for, like the entire St. Anger album and just about everything for Tool, except for a few songs off Ænima.

You can convert Guitar Pro files to midi, the entire SA album is available in GP3,4,5.

[Kathlib the Prophet]

Nevermind, I ended up using Audacity to piece together a collage of music, which actually sounds cool and fits the game.

I'll package the whole thing up as a .exe file and share it whenever it's finished, it should be pretty cool. It's based on the old Asteroids game, but has some new stuff that I'm adding, like power-ups and sound controls. I may add an option to change the color of your laser weapon, not sure if I will or not. Right now I'm working on adding variations to the meteorites (yeah, I renamed it Meteorite Mayhem, as meteorites are what actually hit planets, not asteroids ).