Nerd Time - I'm programming

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:12 pm

Occasionally I jam with what you might call an amateur garage band. I've long had the hankering for a piece of software that could analyze a sound file, say an mp3 of a Rush tune, and extract the notes for the bass part.

Now, as with everything I think about doing, I'm pretty sure this has been tried and done before. I just don't know where to find it. So I'm screwing around with an open-source sound file editor. Right now I'm just trying to get the damn thing to build "out of the box," so to speak, and it's annoying the crap out of me.

Anybody got any bright ideas?

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:18 pm

Nine Inch Nails just released their single in a format that some Apple software can use for peeps to make remixes.

So... I guess the answer is to get an Apple.

There's an audio tool available on a certain p2p network that has 50 times more functionality than I could ever figure out, so that could be an option, too.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:37 pm

Yeah, Garage Band for Apple. What I'm doing is slightly different, I think.

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:30 am

This thing is the closest thing I could find to what you are asking for.

You may want to ask my brother tomorrow night. He does a lot of music/electronics stuff.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:05 am

Yep, that's what I want. Thanks!

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:09 am

Lemme know how it works.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:19 am

It does OK, I guess. It's at least as good as anything I would have homebrewed.