importing .mid files - whats wrong with this one?

1998-11-22 05:00 am

If someone would kindly help me with this one, I'd very much
appreciate it. I can't figure out what's "wrong" with this
song:
http://www.net1plus.com/users/pammett/music/God Bless the USA/USA.mid

It sounds beautiful when I play the .mid file, but after
many many attempts to import it, I cannot get the score
editor to come up with anything that sounds even close
to the quality of the .mid when played back. If I pick
a fine resolution (32 or 64th), it sounds smooth enough
(as opposed to the extremely choppy effect you get if you
pick 16th resolution), but even with smooth, it still
breaks off notes VERY suddenly.

My guess is that the 'problem' lies in the peddle being
on or off at the right/wrong time. But I don't see any
option other than just ON or OFF and neither of those
sounds right. I can hardly believe that I have to go
thru this whole score and change the peddle though I have
done that for a few bars and I can get it to sound a lot
better.

But my question is: what settings can I specify in the
import that get me a score that sounds pretty much
equivalent to the .mid? Or, is it in fact true that
there's just something 'wrong' with the .mid file itself ?
Thanks !
-Kevin
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Re: importing .mid files - whats wrong with this one?

Reply #1 – 1998-11-22 05:00 am

There is nothing wrong with the MIDI file, it is just that the performance does not lend itself to conversion to notation. It uses arpeggiated chords, and a lot of overlapping notes, which is not translated well into notation. This is one of those cases where hand entering may be easier than trying to "fix" the problems with the imported notation.

Re: importing .mid files - whats wrong with this one?

Reply #2 – 2000-07-16 04:00 am

(This is probably way-late, but never mind)....Suggestion: if your software includes Note-duration, you could Select
chunks (as required) of music and set the durations to about 99%. Trial and error will help.

QG.

Re: importing .mid files - whats wrong with this one?

Reply #3 – 2000-07-16 04:00 am

Keep in mind that there are a bunch of midi files that won't import properly into any notation software. As Quentin suggests, try trial and error, select different quanitization on note length and rests. The next best thing is to buy a music book with that score in it. I came across a book with that title and a bunch of similiar things like America The Beautiful but since I'm a punk rocker I never bought it.