John Chambers wrote:
>
> Here's a message that I got that someone else on the list could
> probably answer better than I can. What's the best way to go from
> MIDI to ABC these days?
Basically there are two different ways to go about this.
1. Use an ABC compatible notation program such as Muse or Harminy
Assistant/Melody Assistant. Open the midi files with that program, edit
the music (might take some serious editing if the midi files are
complex), save as ABC.
2. Use a direct midi to abc midi converter. As far as I know midi2abc is
the only one available although I've heard rumours of others as well.
abc2midi does a reasonably good job as long as the midi input is "clean"
(that is no performance data such as time shifting etc) the music isn't
in triple time and there are no dotted rhythms.
Creating optimal input files for abc2midi requires some experimenting
and unconventional solutions, though.
In any case you can just forget all about batch processing. You will
need some manual editing at some stage no matter how you do it.
Frank Nordberg
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