wav-to-midi conversion

Question

I\'m new to this field - but I need to perform a WAV-to-MIDI conversion in java. Is there a way to know what exactly are the steps involved in WAV-to-MIDI conversion? I have

Answer 1

If you don't need to automate this task (ie, for a website where people can upload MP3's and get MIDI files back), then you should consider using a tool like Melodyne which is already quite good at going this. As Steve noted, this is a very difficult task to accomplish, and even the best algorithms and solutions present at the moment are not 100% reliable.

So if you are just doing studio work and need to do a few conversions, it will probably save you a bit of time (and lots of headache) to use a tool already designed for this task.