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Post by Trogdor on Apr 29, 2007 17:08:05 GMT -5
What is the difference inbetween a MIDI file, and a MP3 file? I have a program that changes MIDI files to sheet music (Spamalot on my trombone) but i dont know if it will exept MP3s, what is the difference?!?
(By the way, if you can tell me, I will raise your karma 10 more.)
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Post by odd odd on Apr 29, 2007 17:41:40 GMT -5
Let's wiki it...
"MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is an industry-standard electronic communications protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other equipment to communicate, control and synchronize with each other in real time. MIDI does not transmit an audio signal or media — it simply transmits digital data "event messages" such as the pitch and intensity of musical notes to play, control signals for parameters such as volume, vibrato and panning, cues and clock signals to set the tempo."
and then...
"MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding format. It uses a lossy compression algorithm that is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners."
Basically what I get from that is that mp3's are the sounds of a song/noise, all encoded for the computer to recognize and play back. However, MIDI is how the song should be played, everything about the song, but without musical representation of the song.
I guess you could compare an mp3 to a full song, while an MIDI is just the music sheet.
... Anyone correct me if I'm wrong...
Edit: Wait, why are you bribing with karma? If it's a reasonable thread, people will answer it anyway.
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Post by Trogdor on Apr 29, 2007 18:03:11 GMT -5
Can you transfer a MIDI into MP3? and can you turn it back?
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Post by Toasty4you on Apr 29, 2007 18:47:42 GMT -5
With some sort of converter, I guess so.
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Post by odd odd on Apr 29, 2007 19:01:29 GMT -5
Yeah, there might be a program that can read MIDI files and then convert them into mp3 files and vice versa, but I don't know of any. You could google it, though...
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Post by Trogdor on Apr 29, 2007 19:23:31 GMT -5
Let's wiki it... " MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is an industry-standard electronic communications protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers and other equipment to communicate, control and synchronize with each other in real time. MIDI does not transmit an audio signal or media — it simply transmits digital data "event messages" such as the pitch and intensity of musical notes to play, control signals for parameters such as volume, vibrato and panning, cues and clock signals to set the tempo." and then... " MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding format. It uses a lossy compression algorithm that is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners." Basically what I get from that is that mp3's are the sounds of a song/noise, all encoded for the computer to recognize and play back. However, MIDI is how the song should be played, everything about the song, but without musical representation of the song. I guess you could compare an mp3 to a full song, while an MIDI is just the music sheet. ... Anyone correct me if I'm wrong... Edit: Wait, why are you bribing with karma? If it's a reasonable thread, people will answer it anyway. Can some one put it so they dont go to Wiki to look it up?
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Post by minimcbeef on Apr 29, 2007 19:59:24 GMT -5
Get SUPER or something and convert them. A midi is more like an artificial sound collaberation, i.e., a coulpla computer generated notes. An MP3 is more of an actual song.
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Post by Gleasonator on Apr 29, 2007 20:37:55 GMT -5
MIDI files are very limited. They're like ringtones...
And yes, SUPER would work, but I like the program I posted in my thread better.
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Post by Trogdor on Apr 29, 2007 20:38:46 GMT -5
So MIDI files is sheet music, and MP3s are music?
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Post by Balmung Of The Azure Sky on Apr 29, 2007 20:55:35 GMT -5
No, not really. MIDI files are like, ringtones. They don't sound like real music. If you record something, and put it on the computer, it'll most likely be an MP3 file. I doubt you could change an MIDI file into an MP3 because you wouldn't be able to tell what instrument is playing on the MIDI file, and the converter wouldn't be able to either.
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Post by minimcbeef on Apr 30, 2007 8:07:01 GMT -5
Would that matter?
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Post by Balmung Of The Azure Sky on Apr 30, 2007 17:22:08 GMT -5
Would what matter?
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Post by Gleasonator on Apr 30, 2007 17:59:20 GMT -5
OK... ringtones are MIDI files. All MIDI files sound like ringtones. MP3s are actually music. You can hear everything in an MP3. Therefore, if you were to convert an MP3 to an MIDI it would sound like a ringtone, but if you were to convert an MIDI to an MP3 it would STILL sound like a ringtone but you could use it for your iPod and stuff.
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