Comments on: Software to generate notated music from singing?

Question: Software to generate notated music from singing?

Flunkie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:41:57 -0800

Can I sing (or hum or whistle) into my computer and have it produce notated music?

I would like to sing (or hum or whistle) into my computer and have it produce some form of notated music - sheet music notation, MIDI, or preferably both. I figure there might be some software out there that would let me do this, given the existence of games like Rock Band (which detects the pitch you're singing at).

Assume (as I do) that I am not tone deaf, and that I have a halfway decent singing voice.

Windows, please; freeware is preferred but not required.

Thanks in advance.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:55:35 -0800

Try Songsmith, then convert it.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:21:10 -0800

If you have Sibelius then there is an associated application called Audioscore that can do this (to a high standard).

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:26:07 -0800

Video demo of audioscore

By: ian1977

ian1977 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:41:09 -0800

Are you familiar with VSTs?

Here is a list of 'audio to midi' VSTs. I cannot attest to the results. I used one a while back but accuracy was not important for what I was using it for.

By: Admira

Admira — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:38:18 -0800

I have used this product with some success. Not free, but you can try it out to see how close it gets :)

A search of sourceforge reveals a few free options: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wavetomidi/, and http://sourceforge.net/projects/wave2mid/

Good luck!