This sounds like an excellent idea. I've used midi for years and often wished such a tool was freely available.
I'm not familiar with Python but I'd be glad to help you with testing etc. Cheers, Jonathan Ben Fisher wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a Windows user, but a long time ago (around 8 years) I would use > Timidity to play midis, using the nice eawpats set and so on. > > Now, I'm going to write a program that is a graphical interface for > converting midi to wav (or mp3), with Timidity++ being the backend. I > have a collection of midi files of mostly nostalgic value, but since > the default midi capabilities of new computers sounds bad or at least > different, I'm making mp3s of the songs to keep as well. The idea of > the program is to make it easier for people (like me) on Windows to > convert a midi to mp3, and to specify which patches to use for which > instruments. The program will also let you change the volume of the > tracks, with a mixer. I think I'll call it something along the lines > of "Timidi to mp3", and will be GPLd. I develop in Windows but a Linux > port should be straightforward because I'll write it in Python. > > I realize the project is out of date, but I figure since it won't be > that much work to do, I might as well. Also, these days computers come > with pretty bad midi sounds, at least to my ears. It disappoints me > when I friends talk about how bad MIDI music is, as they don't realize > that MIDI doesn't inherently sound bad, it's just the bad > soundcard/default quicktime that sounds cheesy. > > I should be able to finish this in about a month (factoring in the > other things I'm doing), and have some ideas in mind on what features > it will have, but I thought I would post here to see what others think. > > -Ben > halfhourhacks.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Timidity-talk mailing list Timidity-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/timidity-talk
