On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:40:25 -0400, Dave Phillips <dlphilp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A good question. I've transcribed a lot of piano music by various > composers, and I enter each note from the computer keyboard. I follow > the dynamics indicators in the music, then I apply a very little > humanization to start-times, durations, and velocities. After that I do > edit a tempo track manually. Again I follow the tempo indicators in the > music, but I also provide an underlying tempo loop (usually at the level > of the 16th note or 8th note triplet) to "disturb" the even playback > typical of step-entered MIDI music. My sequencer of choice has a very > easily edited tempo track, so all this stuff takes less time than you > might think. I might give that approach a try; some of the stuff I want to get into MIDI format is over my head in terms of what I can perform without massive practice. :) > I find that with some careful shaping of dynamics and tempo you can > create the illusion of a decent performance. Of course, you have to know > what a decent performance is, and of course you need to know something > about the performance practice for the kind of music you're > transcribing, but all this works well for me. If you were recording a piece that you know well enough to perform (if you're not a pianist, pretend your instrument of choice (even voice) were a midi input device), would you be as satisfied? This has got me thinking. I think the ideal for me would be to record free and then mold the tempo track to the recording. Rosegarden will let you do a beat track, perhaps I'll try that. But what if you could just drag the barlines (or beats, or your choice of granularity) to the appropriate spots? -- De gustibus non disputandum est.
