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audiyoda · 12-10-2001, 10:37 AM

Okay, first that version of ProTools is no where CLOSE to 98% of the real thing. My Gawd-- ProTools is a $10,000+ package. Do you really think DigiDesign/Avid would just give it away? ProTools Free is a very basic version of ProTools and that's it. (Track limitations, no ProTools native plugins, time limitaitons, MIDI limitiations, no SMPTE/MIDI timecode to outboard gear, 44.1/16 bit resolution limit, no automation....do you want me to continue?)

And not all professionals use ProTools. It's slow, crash happy and very inflexable. It's becoming less of an intustry standard every day. Especially with programs like Nuendo on the market for 1/2 the cost.

Now...taking a WAV or MP3 file to MIDI is next to impossible. WAV/MP3 files are digitally recorded audio whereas MIDI files are data used by the synthesis engine of your sound card (or outboard sysnthesizer) for playback of specific notes in a given pattern. There is a program that will take very simple WAV files and convert them to MIDI. It's used to take a single voice input (humming, not singing) and convert the input to data (thereby making the human voice a digital instrument via the computer). Does it work? -- somewhat. Will it work with full song? -- Absolutley not.

-Craig

12-10-2001, 10:37 AM	#3
audiyoda Banned Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: East of Lake Michigan -- West of Lake Huron -- South of Lake Superior and North of civilization. Posts: 2,219	Okay, first that version of ProTools is no where CLOSE to 98% of the real thing. My Gawd-- ProTools is a $10,000+ package. Do you really think DigiDesign/Avid would just give it away? ProTools Free is a very basic version of ProTools and that's it. (Track limitations, no ProTools native plugins, time limitaitons, MIDI limitiations, no SMPTE/MIDI timecode to outboard gear, 44.1/16 bit resolution limit, no automation....do you want me to continue?) And not all professionals use ProTools. It's slow, crash happy and very inflexable. It's becoming less of an intustry standard every day. Especially with programs like Nuendo on the market for 1/2 the cost. Now...taking a WAV or MP3 file to MIDI is next to impossible. WAV/MP3 files are digitally recorded audio whereas MIDI files are data used by the synthesis engine of your sound card (or outboard sysnthesizer) for playback of specific notes in a given pattern. There is a program that will take very simple WAV files and convert them to MIDI. It's used to take a single voice input (humming, not singing) and convert the input to data (thereby making the human voice a digital instrument via the computer). Does it work? -- somewhat. Will it work with full song? -- Absolutley not. -Craig