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From: hpm@bull.cray.com (Hans Mikelson)
Subject: Re: Transcribing from a CD
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In answer to a question on figuring out difficult piano passges
<gmandelDAt426.Gv8@netcom.com>, gmandel@netcom.com (Glenn Mandelkern)
wrote:

> He sampled the difficult fast passage into a soundcard on his PC.
> Then using other software he played it back at a slower speed.
> This way, he was able to pick out the individual notes.

I've used this technique too.  Some programs allow you to slow down the
speed of the sample without changing the pitch although sonic artifacts
inevitably occur.  You can get a copy of Cool Edit for windows in the
Simtel archive, oak.oakland.edu in the windows/sound directory I believe.

As for a program that can figure out a complete passage of music for
you...there is no software that can do this currently if there are any
chords involved.  If there are only single notes it can be done.  One of
the top sequencers supposedly has this capability. (I don't remember which
one, Cubase?)

People with a good "ear" can recognize chords so it would seem that this
would be an ideal application for a neural network.  Especailly if it was
trained for only one instrument such as the piano.  I am cross posting
this from rec.music.makers.piano to comp.ai.neural-nets.  Hello neural net
folks.  Any ideas on this one?

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