Hi,
I am looking for a product that ideally can allow me to play a trumpet and output sheet music. This seems to be the closest thing I've found, because if I can get to midi, I know I can get to sheet music, but I have two questions.
1. I have a Silent Brass system from Yamaha, so I believe I can use the output from that and plug it into the i2M using a 1/4" plug-1/8" plug adapter or cable. Will this work / how well does this product track a trumpet? It is monophonic, so if the tuning is right, I would expect (hope?) it to track pretty well, but I want to make sure before purchasing.
2. I know this outputs midi, but what else will I need to RECORD / save a midi track on my computer? An option that isn't too costly is preferred. I didn't see any 'record' features or anything here, just the ability to produce a midi output of some sort.
Thanks,
David
Trumpet + recording
Re: Trumpet + recording
After a bit of searching, I find that programs like Finale and QuickScore also include the ability to output midi / sheet music straight from a recorded instrument. How does Sonuus i2M compare to these in terms of tracking for non guitar/bass instruments (ie trumpet). Since I need a program to ouput midi / sheet music anyway, what are the advantages of the i2M here?
Re: Trumpet + recording
The advantage of the i2M is that it works in real-time. If you don't need real-time, you can sometimes get better conversion results with an off-line process that converts the audio to MIDI because that can easily remove spurious notes that arise from short-duration pitched sounds that were not intentional (obviously, such rejection can't be done 100% reliably in real-time without adding latency). But the quality of conversion does vary between different products. We haven't tested Finale or QuickScore so I can't comment on how well those work.
Regarding your question about how the i2M works with trumpet, we haven't tested this a lot (we don't play trumpet), but we have a professional musician currently evaluating the i2M with saxophone/horns, to test how well it works and to do a review on how to get the best results. We will post details of this when we get them.
Regarding your question about how the i2M works with trumpet, we haven't tested this a lot (we don't play trumpet), but we have a professional musician currently evaluating the i2M with saxophone/horns, to test how well it works and to do a review on how to get the best results. We will post details of this when we get them.
Re: Trumpet + recording
A review/demo of the i2M musicport with saxophone can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXx_fyV9-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXx_fyV9-U