Is it possible to turn a mp3 to a MIDI?

[Leon]

Curious. How is it MIDI's are made then?

[printz]

I think easiest would be to use a MIDI composer (such as Anvil) and write the musical notes manually, while listening to patches of the MP3.

[Gez]

To oversimplify a bit, MIDI is like sheet music for computers.


Turning an MP3 into a MIDI file is like turning a book page into a text file. There are programs that can do it automatically, bvt thc rcsv1t rnaji 1ook 1lkc thls.

Also, what happens when you turn a comic book page into a text file? A complete mess.

[Leon]

Well how is it I can turn a tune into a MIDI?

[40oz]

Printz pretty much summed up the easiest way to do it. It's not easy but it is the easiest

If it's a song from a popular rock band such as metallica, led zeppelin, nirvana, nine inch nails, or something you heard on the radio, you might have some luck seeing if someone has already created a midi of it. Try searching for the song title on musicrobot.com. If it's a song from a videogame soundtrack or an underground band no one's ever heard of, you might just have to download a midi composer and write the song yourself by ear.

[45th Parrallel]

Or you could get a guitar tab program like tux guitar and use it to convert guitar tabs into MIDIs

[Leon]

So I'm assuming Doom doesn't support any other file type for music?

[printz]

ZDoom supports MP3, MOD, S3M, FLAC, OGG and others. Eternity doesn't support MP3 but supports others (including but not limited to OGG). Other ports may support non-MIDI music formats too.

[Leon]

I have a 1 minute 20 second metal tune in which I think will work well for my WAD. I was wondering if there is a tutorial for Anvil or any program in which I can do this, or if someone could possibly do it for me?

[Gez]

Leon said:

So I'm assuming Doom doesn't support any other file type for music?

Vanilla Doom is limited to type-0 MIDI files and MUS (its own custom variant of MIDI); but ports do not necessarily have the same restrictions. ZDoom's documentation conveniently lists what is supported for what. I wish other ports also listed their supported formats somewhere...

[Jimmy]

This is a system that seems to work pretty well. :P

[Justince]

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[Leon]

Is anyone from Jimmy_Phenomener willing to help convert the tune for me?

[Leon]

Or could someone suggest to me a WAD with intense music (note I have tried Asylum of the Wretched).

[PRIMEVAL]

Gez said:

Vanilla Doom is limited to type-0 MIDI files...

Wish I would have known this...used Type-1 for Reverie.