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is there anyone out there that can tell me how to convert cd's to midi files
and what programs do I need to do this with.....thank you...

This is not Possible

Midi files do NOT contain audio data .. See the link below for a expert explanation .. I hope this Helps

http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_get_st ... _midi.html

There is software available to convert mp3 or wav files to midi files - but it really doesn't do a very good job, especially with polyphonic signals - maybe in the future.

Some more info... http://mp3.about.com/library/weekly/aa1 ... toMIDI.htm

These sites have some conversion examples to listen to... http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~araki/amazingmidi/

http://www.akoff.com/music-composer.html

Hi

Since I had managed to lose a number of completed orchestrations of my original songs in this format, MIDI from audio is something I very dearly wished I could do. And I completed my own search for such a product.

I have yet to see this sort of conversion (sort of like alchemy--lead into gold) happen reliably,
although there are programs such as Guitar Synth that can recognize chords--(polyphony) but not at high speed, streaming; such as in an audo file, similar to a guitar

Another program is out there; and I think it's Russian, that says that it has made huge advances is called "WIDI." I think I found it readily from a Google search but haven't tried the demo after previous dismal and discouraging with similar products.

I tried one of these programs, and what i found was that, if you convert one track at a time you can do this, it is still not an exact science, but a lot is detirmined by how complex the file is also.