MIDI files as input to RGDSB

[smeighan]

I posted this thread to the LOR forum. There was a question as to the ability to convert mp3 files into midi.

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I have started protyping a module for the tool i am building
meighan.net/seqbuilder/index.php
to read midi files and create various 3d affects on mega-trees.

There are two software programs that i know of that convert mp3 to midi.

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Looking at the spectrum analyzer of a wave and trying to figure out notes and instrumentation is very hard. These programs do a pretty good job. I think i like the widisoft program better. I just need the midi file to be good enough to get the beat and the general melodies.

I am a semi-professional musician. I play the flute,piccolo, recorders in 4 orchestras. I also do music arrangements using Sibelius and Music Notation.

rgbsb is written in php. I plan on using these php classes for parsing midi files
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I am currently working on getting the xml file outputs for LOR/LSP and Vixen for rgbsb before i tackle this new project.

I do think i will have a midi file parser as part of rgbsb by this summer.

As a musician I have always had it in the back of my mind to use the midi files as a driver to the animation sequences i plan on building.
There are some people who have typed in the score for Trans siberian Orchestra songs. One of them is here
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so watch for midi files as another input to rgbsb this summer.



I am halfway thru the LOR xml file output, i expect it done this weekend. I will then turn to Vixen and then LSP.

thanks
sean

[pk]

Sean -

There is a plugin for vixen that accepts a .mid file.  I played with it a bit last season and it worked.

FYI I live in Arvada

[smeighan]

Hi;

what does Vixen do with the midi file?

Here is what my initial thoughts on the design. I have the math model for snowflakes to put around a mega-tree. I am going to experiment so the snowflakes will be higher on the tree if the pitch of the melody is high and towards the bottom if it is lower. I plan on using different animations depending on the track of the song. Different colors and shapes for percussion, strings. Think something like Fantasia. I am thinking of making a dashboard that shows the midi file and alows you to select different animation models for different parts.
I am thinking major keys = brighter colors, minor keys = something different.

I don't expect this to be the whole show, but something that can get 70% of it written as a starting point.

We will see where it ends up this summer.

Just more ideas ....

thanks
sean

[pk]

I used a .mid file that was only piano.  It mapped each note to a channel.

If you have Vixen, send me a PM and I will send it to you.