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Importing Audio from MIDI Under Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the musically-inclined dept.

The Cat In The Hat asks: "I'm looking for software that will allow me to import audio from an audio keyboard attached to the midi port on my sound card. I know that you can do this with Cake Walk under Windows but is there any similar software under Linux? "

4 comments

  1. hmm.. by Zurk · · Score: 1

    try freetracker/modtracker/soundtracker on freshmeat.net ...some other stuff is there too.

  2. import might be the wrong phrase. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    I'm not sure exactly what you're saying, so if you could clarify, that'd be great. Regardless, you wouldn't really _import_ the audio... you'd just record it. The audio out on the keyboard would have to be plugged into the soundcard's in jack, regardless of what platform you're using... The data that goes over MIDI isn't audio, it's sort of like sheet music... The import functions in cakewalk/cubase are essentially just record with sync... And the linux market is sadly missing that stuff. Your best bet would be just to start recording, then start the midi sequence and cut the silence at the beginning....

    I can tell you that the previous comment regarding trackers is way off base, though. There's an opensource project to make a cubase clone under linux, but it's really not going anywhere. If you're really looking to do a lot of music stuff, keep a windows partition on the machine....

  3. Rosegarden - music notation and MIDI input by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1


    Try Rosegarden; it accepts MIDI input, e.g. keyboards, and automatically creates music notation from your MIDI input. I think the notation graphics are very neat. It may not support all the MIDI features in expensive commercial software. I think it is an excellent tool for composition.

  4. Rosegarden screenshots are stunning! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I recommend you look at this Rosegarden screenshot. Here are some more screenshots.

    I have used Rosegarden extensively and think it is superb. The authors, Chris Cannam, Andy Green and Richard Bown wrote Rosegarden for their final-year BSc degree projects at Bath University. Excellent work!