mp3 to midi conversion

[Ginu]

i have some mp3 ringtones but when i convert them to midi using Intelliscore v5 the file doesnt sound anything like the mp3... anybody know how to make the conversion identical (or close to it)? What instrument should I use in Intelliscore when i'm asked for it

[liteFun]

convert waveforms to notes?
almost impossible. some notes are easier, eg. piano, plain guitar.

easier way is take a book that has that song in notes (warner music does these) and use eg. jazz midi sequencer and save to midi.
go to library and check out those books.

i have heard many bad ringtones, eg. sting - englishman in new york, but i have taken a book and did my own ringtone from original notes, and it was really good.
if i had time to do those ringtones... but no.

[Ginu]

ya the thing is i found a few midi ringtones that were identical to the mp3 versions that i have, so can it be impossible? I'm hoping there is some way to convert them perfectly :confused:

[liteFun]

umm.. so you found midis that are good enough to play eg. with winamp and sounds almost as mp3?
and then you want to convert mp3 to midi?
i can't get your idea...

but, if you want to take only one melody from midi that has eg. 10 tracks, just delete other tracks and save as 1-track midi to use as ringtone with logomanager etc.
for polyphonic (dct4 phones) you don't need to do anything?
or take some useless tracks off and make a bit smaller that midi.

jazz midi sequencer is very good program to edit midi's, and it's free.
with it, you can split/merge tracks (1 to x tracks (each instrument on own track), x to 1 track (all in one track)).
Jazz++ Midi Sequencer, Linux & Windows versions (http://www.jazzware.com/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/jazzware/)

[Ginu]

liteFun:

my problem is that I have a bunch of ringtones in mp3 format, and obviously my phone will not use those. I have to convert them to midi, but when I do i lose all the sound and it sounds nothing alike.

i'm looking for a program to let me convert perfectly. i have found midi files which are identical to some mp3 files i have, so I know some sort of conversion is possible. Just have to find someone who knows it.