turning notes into music

Son_of_Thunder · Apr 15, 2005, 10:03 AM

well, my sister wrote a song for the piano back in the early 90's, and i'd like to get it into a digital format, but the problem is doing that.

she has a keyboard, but the song is too dynamic and the keyboard isn't big enough for all the notes she has to play.

now i know nothing about making digital music, but is there a way that i could translate her written music into a digital form? if so is there a way that i could change the instrument that was playing it to, say, an organ, electric guitar or violin?

if nothing else works, i guess i could haul my pc to my friends house a few hours away, his mom has a piano w/ digital ouputs on it, but then it'd just be in piano format, i'd rather have something more thrilling.

jiiteepee · Apr 15, 2005, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Son_of_Thunder

well, my sister wrote a song for the piano back in the early 90's, and i'd like to get it into a digital format, but the problem is doing that.

she has a keyboard, but the song is too dynamic and the keyboard isn't big enough for all the notes she has to play.

now i know nothing about making digital music, but is there a way that i could translate her written music into a digital form? if so is there a way that i could change the instrument that was playing it to, say, an organ, electric guitar or violin?

if nothing else works, i guess i could haul my pc to my friends house a few hours away, his mom has a piano w/ digital ouputs on it, but then it'd just be in piano format, i'd rather have something more thrilling.

Hi

If there is a MIDI out on el-piano and your 'comp'/'sound card' has a MIDI in, you
can record all played notes as midi. Then on sequencer (like cubase) you can select
what ever you want instrumen to play this midi data, add effects and do all kind of
thing even edit it (eg. change dynamics among all others).

If you do not have ability to record MIDI, then it's more like a nightmare to try
convert recorded wave -data into midi. (so that you can later change playing
instrument). Of course there are some software available do this job (like celamony
melodyne), but the results might not be very pleasant.

jiitee

**dj_stick** · Apr 15, 2005, 10:33 AM

sibelius is a notation program that may work for you
it also comes with a trial version of a program that reads scanned sheet music to be imported into sibelius
then you can export that as midi and do as you please with it in a sequencer (VST instruments and effects etc)

Apr 15, 2005, 10:03 AM	#1
Son_of_Thunder HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 1,441 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	turning notes into music well, my sister wrote a song for the piano back in the early 90's, and i'd like to get it into a digital format, but the problem is doing that. she has a keyboard, but the song is too dynamic and the keyboard isn't big enough for all the notes she has to play. now i know nothing about making digital music, but is there a way that i could translate her written music into a digital form? if so is there a way that i could change the instrument that was playing it to, say, an organ, electric guitar or violin? if nothing else works, i guess i could haul my pc to my friends house a few hours away, his mom has a piano w/ digital ouputs on it, but then it'd just be in piano format, i'd rather have something more thrilling. __________________