[LAU] Audio to midi, finding notes from an mp3

[Matthias Schönborn]

On Sunday 23 September 2007 15:05:56 Simon Williams wrote:
> Does anyone know of a program which will convert audio to midi?
> Maybe that's a little ambitious. What about something that will show
> which notes are being played or what key the audio is in?
>
> I have some mp3s which I want to play along to, but I have no idea what
> key they are in or what notes are being played. The tracks move too
> quickly for me to pick out the notes.
>
> If all else fails, I need some way of sanely repeating a short section
> of music so that I can try and find the notes myself.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
> Simon
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Hi Simon,

I don't know if there is a program that will show which notes are played, but 
to repeat a short section and play it as slow as you like you can import the 
file to ardour. There you can define such sections, and if I remember it 
right, you can play the song at any speed.

Regards
Matthias