Re: [tablatures] Audio to Midi to tablature

["rosea.grammostola" <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/14/2011 12:57 PM, James Lowe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Listengine [mailto:listengine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rosea.grammostola
> Sent: 14 January 2011 11:46
> To: Federico Bruni
> Cc: tablatures@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [tablatures] Audio to Midi to tablature
>
> On 01/13/2011 11:43 PM, Federico Bruni wrote:
> > Il giorno gio, 13/01/2011 alle 10.46 +0100, rosea.grammostola ha
> > scritto:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > > Someone asked me if there is a way to record audio and get tablature
> > > score as output. I know you can convert audio to midi with aubionotes
> > > (didn't test it yet). If that is possible, converting midi to
> > > tablature would be the next step. Is it possible and what is the best
> > > method / app (rumor, musescore, tuxguitar)?
> > First, I must say that I've never tried that, because I'm not really
> > interested in it.
> >
> > Have you heard about Scolily (free software)?
> > http://codingteam.net/project/scolily
> >
> > It seems that it can export to LilyPond.
> >
> > It should be packaged in Ubuntu, not in Debian.
> > You can compile it with the usual combo (./configure&&   make&&   make
> > install).
> > I think that you must record a single Voice tune. I *suppose* that
> > polyphony is too difficult for any software.
> >
> > Otherwise, if you manage to get a good .midi file from an audio
> > recording you can:
> >
> > * import it using Tuxguitar
> > * run midi2ly
> >
> > I'm getting curious... I think I'll try in the weekend.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Federico
> Thanks. Scolily don't seems to support JACK and I have no clue about recording without JACK ;)
>
> So I recorded a little song, played by myself via midi keyboard. Opened aubionotes, hooked up aqualung multimedia player to aubionotes ins via JACK. Connected aubionotes midi out to Qtractor midi sequencer. I played the recorded audio via Aqualung via aubionotes in Qtractor which recorded the midi out from aubionotes. Imported that midi track into Tuxguitar and exported it to pdf and lily, see attachement.
>
> ---
>
> except there is something not quite right with the .ly file.
>
> It compiles with no errors (I am using 2.13.45) but it is all on one line which usually indicates some kind of problem with incorrect notes per measure for your time signature.
>
> Also your PDF doesn't look like LilyPond output at all.
The PDF is generated by Tuxguitar. See attachment for a more simple 
export from tuxguitar to ly

\r

\version "2.10.5"
\paper {
   indent = #0
   printallheaders = ##t
   ragged-right = ##f
   ragged-bottom = ##t
}
\layout {
   \context { \Score
      \override MetronomeMark #'padding = #'5
   }
   \context { \Staff
      \override TimeSignature #'style = #'numbered
      \override StringNumber #'transparent = ##t
   }
   \context { \TabStaff
      \override TimeSignature #'style = #'numbered
      \override Stem #'transparent = ##f
      \override Beam #'transparent = ##f
   }
   \context { \StaffGroup
      \consists "Instrument_name_engraver"
   }
}
TrackAMusic = #(define-music-function (parser location inTab) (boolean?)
#{
   \tempo 4=120
   \clef #(if $inTab "tab" "treble_8")
   \key c \major
   \time 4/4
   r1
   r1
   r1
   r2r8\times 2/3 {e'2\1 } r32
   \times 2/3 {r16} d'4.\2 r16\times 2/3 {r64} c'4.\2 r32.\times 2/3 {d'8\2 } 
   \times 2/3 {r2} e'4.\1 r32.e'4\1 
   r8r32e'2.\1 r32d'32.\2 \times 2/3 {r64} 
   \times 2/3 {r2r32} d'4.\2 r32d'8.\2 
   r2r64e'4.\1 r64.\times 2/3 {g'8\1 } 
   r4r32.\times 2/3 {g'1\1 } r32
   r8e'2\1 r16e'64\1 d'4\2 r32.
   r64c'4.\2 \times 2/3 {r16} d'4.\2 r32.e'8\1 
   r8.r32.e'4.\1 r16e'4\1 r16
   r4r16\times 2/3 {r64} d'2\2 r8c'32.\2 
   \times 2/3 {r2} r32e'4.\1 d'4\2 
   \times 2/3 {r4r64} c'2.\2 r16
   \bar "|."
   \pageBreak
#})
TrackALyrics = \lyricmode {
   \set ignoreMelismata = ##t
   
   \unset ignoreMelismata
}
TrackAStaff = \new Staff {
   \removeWithTag #'chords
   \removeWithTag #'texts
   \TrackAMusic ##f
}
TrackATabStaff = \new TabStaff {
   \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #'(4 -1 -5 -10 -15 -20 )
   \removeWithTag #'chords
   \removeWithTag #'texts
   \TrackAMusic ##t
}
TrackAStaffGroup = \new StaffGroup <<
   \TrackATabStaff
>>
\score {
   \TrackAStaffGroup
   \header {
      title = "" 
      composer = "" 
   }
}